KARDS - The WWII Card Game News

Good day, commanders!

The first weekend of the Knockout Stage has concluded!

After an intense fight among some of the most skilled and dedicated KARDS players in the world, the top 2 in each of the 16 groups have moved on to the second weekend of the Knockout Stage. For these top 32 players, the fight continues tomorrow where they will face off against one another in a double elimination bracket with the hopes of making it to the KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals!

Check out the bracket to see how the fight will look like this weekend.

On November 6th, we will be LIVE with the final matches, as the top 4 players who make it into the Grand Finals are determined!

The Grand Finals will be played online on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of December. We will be LIVE both days to bring you all the action in an EPIC show where we will find out who will become the KARDS 2022 World Champion!

We are extremely excited for what’s ahead for the World Championship - follow us on Twitch, Facebook, Twitter and join us on Discord to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the action!

A new Skirmish event is live now until November 6th!

Another new and unique set of rules for this weekend’s Skirmish! Here’s everything you need to know.

Skirmish is an entirely new game mode in KARDS where you play with alternate rules. These rules vary; you’ll face something new and completely different at every Skirmish event. Read more about Skirmishes in our announcement blog New game mode: Skirmish.

[h3]Rules for Skirmish #9[/h3]

In this Skirmish, you choose your own deck to battle with. Units get +1 attack for each ability (Blitz, Guard, Ambush, etc.) they have and when a unit is deployed, it gets one of Blitz, Ambush or Fury at random.

[h3]Prize for Skirmish #9[/h3]

The prize for winning this Skirmish is a full set of the new German card, Scatter Tactics! This Countermeasure costs 1 Kredit to play and has the effect that when a unit attacks, enemy units on the battlefield get -2 attack until end of turn.



[h3]Special Store Offer for Skirmish #9[/h3]

This weekend, there is a special German offer in the store. Bolster your German forces with 1 German National Officer pack and 4 German National packs, containing only cards for Germany.

Access the Skirmish event from the game's main screen to get an overview of the game mode, rules and prize.

This Skirmish will be accessible from November 4th at 12:00 GMT until Sunday, November 6th at 18:00 GMT.

Join this special event - win your Skirmish to claim victory and the spoils!

Please let us know what you think of the event in the comments below or on the KARDS Discord.

See you in the Skirmish this weekend!

Hello everyone!

Following the announcement of this month’s card balance changes on October 24th, we have deployed these changes on November 1st. Check out the dev blog for more details about these balance changes: Card Updates: Efficiency.

This patch also includes several bug fixes and some additions in anticipation for the KARDS mobile beta 2, including a new KARDS Account Settings button accessible in the top-right cog menu. Note that at the moment, this feature is only useful for participants in the mobile beta. If you are participating in the beta test, read more about account linking.

We thank all of our players and the KARDS Community in general for reporting bugs and discussing the game balance. If you want to get involved, join us on Discord!

[h2]Card Balance Changes[/h2]

A total of 15 cards have been updated in this patch.

[h3]FINEST HOUR[/h3]



Old: Give an air unit +2+2 and Blitz.
New: Give an air unit +1+1 and Blitz.

[h3]EMERGENCY MEASURES[/h3]



Old: Choose and discard a Spitfire to deal 4 damage to target unit and pin it.
New: Choose and discard a Spitfire to add a RAF GROUND CREW to the support line.

[h3]BLACK WATCH[/h3]



Old: Deployment: Orders in enemy hand cost 2 more.
New: Orders in enemy hand cost 2 more.

[h3]FOR GLORY[/h3]



[h3]A5M4 CLAUDE[/h3]



Old: Deployment: A friendly unit has -1 operation cost this turn.
New: Deployment: Give another friendly unit -1 operation cost.

[h3]144TH INFANTRY REGIMENT[/h3]



Old: Deployment: A friendly unit gets +1 attack and operates for 1 less this turn.
New: Deployment: Give another friendly unit +1 attack and -1 operation cost.

[h3]JAGDPANTHER[/h3]



[h3]25. PANZERGRENADIER[/h3]



Old: Has Guard while in the frontline.
New: Gets Guard when moves into the frontline.

[h3]PANZER III-G[/h3]



Old: Cannot be pinned while in the frontline.
New: Pincer: Cannot be pinned.

[h3]P-47D-25-RE[/h3]



Old: Deployment: Destroy target enemy unit in the frontline.
New: Deployment: Destroy a random enemy unit in the frontline.

[h3]CAMPAIGN TRAIL[/h3]



Old: All your units are fully repaired and operate for free this turn.
New: Your units operate for 2 less this turn and are fully repaired at the end of the turn.

[h3]FIAT C.R.42[/h3]



[h3]186TH FOLGORE[/h3]



Old: When you deploy an Alpine unit, it gains Ambush.
New: When you deploy an Alpine unit, it gains Blitz.

[h3]DARING STRIKE[/h3]



Old: Costs 1 less for each Intel card you've played this battle. Deal 2 damage to any target.
New: Costs 2 less for each Exile unit you control. Deal 2 damage to any target.

[h3]M4 SHERMAN PL[/h3]



Old: Has +2 attack and operates for free if you have played an Intel card this turn.
New: Has Blitz and operates for free if you have played an Exile card this turn.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

[h3]Audio[/h3]

• Fixed some sounds that were not listening to MasterVolume (bad sounds! go to your room).

[h3]Cards[/h3]

• Fixed bugs where Countermeasures appeared to be deactivated when they were not.
  
• Fixed a bug with PACT OF STEEL not working correctly in rare cases.
  
• The wording on a few cards have been changed for clarification and consistency.
  
• The ability of the PZL P.11 didn't trigger sometimes. Fixed.
  
• Stealing a unit from the frontline while the enemy has MISSING active resulted in the stolen unit being incorrectly killed when returned. Fixed.
  
• Fixed a few cards that might in rare cases cause destruction effect more than once.
  
• TYPE 88 AA GUN's ability does not trigger when dealing 0 damage. Fixed.
  
• ROAD TO BERLIN was sometimes not working correctly. Fixed.

[h3]Localization[/h3]

• Several translation bugs have been fixed. Thank you for reporting them!

[h3]Visual[/h3]

• Added some passive ability icons that were missing.
  
• In Draft, sometimes the wrong card back was shown. Fixed.

[h3]Other[/h3]

• Fixed wrong state of game when reconnecting in draft.
  
• Fixed some daily missions not being counted after reconnection.

[h3]Update on 04.11.22[/h3]

• Fury effect on friendly fighter became permanent after using BURST OF FIRE. Fixed.
  
• When SENDAI REGIMENT was destroyed, if it had no card to add, it would add a visual card that could not be controlled. Fixed.
  
• RAID sometimes increased card cost twice. Fixed.
  
• Revealed Countermeasure card could be seen as activated. Fixed.
  
• Fixed some lighting issues, causing some scenes to be too dark in specific circumstances.

That’s all for now. As always, we welcome your feedback in the comments below and on the KARDS Discord.

Good day, commanders!

The Knockout Stage is imminent and the groups for the first weekend have been drawn!

Check out the live drawing stream here:

https://youtu.be/Vt54ZNfilUA

What’s up ahead for top 128 competitors is an intense weekend of KARDS during the group stage, played on October 29th and 30th. After this weekend’s matches, the top 2 players in each of the 16 groups will advance into a 32 person double elimination bracket played during the following weekend, on November 5th and 6th.

Check out what the groups for this weekend look like:





We wish our competitors the best of luck in the games ahead!

Hello KARDS community!

We are excited to share some news with you about the next beta test for the KARDS mobile version.

[h3]The second public beta test of the KARDS mobile version will go live in November![/h3]

We aim to invite as many users as possible that have signed up to participate in the beta.
The beta test will be simultaneously run on both Android and iOS and is anticipated to last for two weeks.

Signups for this second beta test will be closed on November 3rd - so if you’d like to participate, please make sure you’ve signed up before then!

SIGN UP NOW

We’ll be reaching out to our beta 2 participants shortly after signups close with more information.

[h3]For Android users[/h3]
Your email needs to be the same as you use in the Google Play Store. This will enable us to whitelist your account for the beta test.