KARDS - The WWII Card Game News

Gamescom 2019, one of the annual highlights for gamers, is approaching fast and the KARDS development team will be present there!

As we are all excited about this, we would thought this to be a perfect opportunity for a player gathering and meetup with the devs:

Are you interested in a player gathering with the devs during Gamescom?

We have thought of having a nice, fun player meeting with an open bar, good chats, and great fun with the devs. The event itself would take place on Friday, Aug 23, in Cologne not too far away from Gamescom.

We have some ideas how to spice up the event, but we would like to ask for your input as well and if there is anything you would like to see (battle a dev, real life swag, T-Shirt etc.).

That being said, keep in mind that this wouldn't be an expensive, crazy huge party as we prefer spending our main resources on KARDS itself. ːsteamhappyː

We are looking forward to your ideas and feedback!

This patch is about fixing bugs and some visual improvements. We welcome all feedback and thank for the bug reports we have received!

• Fatigue damage was applied incorrectly if player with empty deck drew card in enemy turn. Fixed.
  
• Units that give other units attack boost (like TYPE 93 and M8 GREYHOUND) sometimes removed their boost incorrectly. Fixed.
  
• Cards that target failed sometimes in resolving their target effect (for example M16 HALF-TRACK). Fixed. Please let us know if you see this still, as it is difficult to test.
  
• FOR FREEDOM, KITTYHAWK and SKUA could target incorrect targets. Fixed.
  
• SHTURMOVIK did not apply damage correctly to units with Heavy Armor. Fixed.
  
• G4M1 BETTY could not be attacked by ground units. Fixed.
  

• Changed the image of a few cards.
  
• Adjusted the wording on a few cards.
  
• The Kredit negate of ADMIRAL HIPPER is now shown correctly.
  
• Players can now see how many wins they still need to be eligible for seasons rewards (5 wins needed in a season as minimum).
  

KARDS Early Access Patch (Build 0.9.11)

This patch is to complete the base KARDS set of 350 cards, to balance existing cards and to bug fix.


We have introduced the following six new cards to complete the base set of 350 cards:

• 93rd GUARDS
  
• SUPPLY CHAIN
  
• UNCLE SAM
  
• G4M1 BETTY
  
• EMPIRE OF THE SUN
  
• HOME DEFENSE
  

We continue to balance cards as we get more stats and feedback.

• DAYLIGHT BOMBING - now costs 4, deals 3 damage and destroys kredit slot
  
• SHTURMOVIK IL-2M - now has Heavy Armor 1 and deals excess damage to HQ
  
• U-375 - now only discards 5 cost or less and no HQ damage
  
• M36 JACKSON - now costs 5
  
• ULTRA - now costs 3
  
• GRENADIER GUARDS - now has attack 5
  
• 1st AIRLANDING BRIGADE - now has defense 5
  
• PANZERZUG 61 BP42 - now has attack 5
  
• STIRLING Mk I S3 - now has defense 4
  
• CORSAIR F4U-1D - now has defense 4
  
• BLADE OF THE SAMURAI - now costs 6
  
• B-17 FLYING FORTRESS - now costs 9
  

Check out the dev blog The Final Countdown: KARDS base set completed! for full details on the new cards!

• Units attacking an immune unit/HQ were able to attack more than once. Fixed.
  
• Tutorial messages sometimes showed twice. Fixed.
  
• A rare crash occurred when one player surrendered at the same time the other player triggered an event like ending turn. Fixed.
  
• Cards sometimes got stuck on board after an invalid target was chosen. Fixed.
  
• Help bubble text sometimes blocked history text. Fixed.
  

• Changed animation for cards played from enemy hand.
  
• When dragging to attack an enemy unit, you now see the damage each unit will do.
  
• National packs received in achievements are now visualized better.
  

Join us on Discord!

We just finished the first ever KARDS season at end of April and what a blast it was! Let’s celebrate the winner, go over some info, and have a look at Season 2.


The winner of Season 1, Number One of the elite Officer Club, is SoraTsukishima! The reward for this amazing feat is an original Kards survival bag with a Kards flask, a real Kards booster card pack, and a special 1939 Games certificate (we keep a twin of that certificate at the 1939 Office on display). We also have some in-game reward.

Congratulations, SoraTsukishima!


We handed extra packs as reward for Season 1. Depending on the amount ranked unlocked, you got various rewards with extra rewards for Field Marshals and members of the Officer Club: Season 1, Gold Cards, and Physical Items … OH MY!.



At the end of the season and with the start of the new season on May 1, the in-game rewards have been directly added to your Kards account. Enjoy!




Now, that we have successfully closed Season 1, it is time to look ahead to Season 2 which started May 1st.


As part of our ongoing improvements, we clarified the UI so that you can easily see what you need to do to get to the next level of rewards at the end of the season.



We have adjusted all ranks to provide new challenges and to justify the good rewards that are waiting for you at the end of the season.

Except for Field Marshal rank, all ranks for all nations were lowered by 1 with start of Season 2. All stars earned in the rank so far were retained (e.g. a German Major with 3 stars became a German Captain with 3 stars).

The Field Marshal rank was lowered by two ranks down to Major 5 stars.


Directly after the end of Season 1 and with the start of Season 2, we have removed everyone from the Officer Club as none matched the prerequisites of being Field Marshal in at least three nations (see above). We already see top players arriving joining the Officer Club for Season 2, are you one of them?


Welcome to Season 2!

KARDS Early Access Patch (Build 0.9.5)

This patch is to prepare the rewards for Season 1 and to be ready for Season 2 starting May 1st.

• Gold versions of existing cards are now available! Gold cards can be received as rewards and in packs. More about Gold cards.
  
• Packs opened until now will be retroactively checked for gold versions, and if applicable, the normal version in players collections will be swapped for the corresponding gold version.
  
• Tweaks to collection and deck builder to support gold cards.
  
• Added backend support for the end of Season 1 and start of Season 2: More about rewards for Season 1.
  
• An Officer Club leaderboard history has been added for previously completed seasons.
  
• After analyzing our data and feedback from the player community, we’ve implemented several changes to our matchmaking system that should pair players more appropriately and thus improve the experience for new players and veterans alike. Note that this may result in slightly longer queue times for some players as a better match is found.
  
• Feedback indicates that showing the national rank titles and icons when playing, is causing confusion instead of being helpful. As the national ranks is basically a part a progression system that doesn’t dictate matchmaking, we have decided to remove the ranks from being displayed in Battle to avoid confusion.
  

• The Officer Club leaderboard showed a mismatch between top 100 position and points and player information below line. Fixed.
  
• The 85mm D-44 FIELD GUN pinned attacking bombers and artillery units. Fixed.
  

• We slightly changed the animation for cards being played from the hand.
  
• We changed / swapped a pictures on a few cards.
  
• Preparations to change the main menu background image with the start of Season 2 on May 1st.