KARDS - The WWII Card Game News

Hello everyone!

We’ve had a great year in KARDS and are so excited for all the things coming up in the year ahead. With that, it is time to be festive and enjoy the winter holidays in KARDS!

The holiday cheer has been brought into the game with some special holiday themed music and snow that will last throughout the holiday season. Players that earned the special temporary card back and battlefield decoration during last year’s festivities now have access to these again to use during this year’s holiday season. Up ahead, we have some special daily gifts from the team for everyone to enjoy!

[h3]🎁 Daily Holiday Gifts[/h3]

Celebrate the winter holidays together with KARDS. This is the time to be merry and enjoy gifts from the team!

Between December 22nd and January 1st, you’ll be able to collect a daily gift with your first win of the day. The daily holiday gifts include a unique temporary seasonal card back, card packs, and more!

Make sure you log into KARDS every day during this time and get your goodies!

[h3]🎊 Double Skirmishes with Double Fun![/h3]

During the holiday season, we will have TWO Skirmishes for you to enjoy with special rules matching the festive occasion.

The first Skirmish, which starts on December 23rd and ends on the 25th, will have special rules that allow you to get a bit more creative with your deck.

The second Skirmish starts a week later, on December 30th, and ends on January 1st. The Skirmish bringing us into the new year will feature large-scale air combat with its unique rules.

Keep an eye out for more details on these upcoming Skirmishes!

[h3]🎄 Special Store Offers[/h3]

Of course, we have some extra special offers in the in-game store for the holiday season!

Holiday Bundle

Celebrate the holidays with this festive holiday bundle, containing medkit XP boosters and standard card packs.

Holiday Special

Give yourself a treat with this holiday special! Enjoy standard and officer card packs together with several medkit XP boosters.



We also have some amazing discounts coming up soon in the Steam Store, so keep your eyes peeled for those!

Enjoy this year’s winter holidays and a great end of year 2022 in KARDS.

Happy holidays and merry KARDSMAS from the 1939 Games team!

After an incredibly impressive performance throughout the year, culminating in an extremely successful run through the World Championship, Jking7 has conquered all his opponents and stands victorious as the KARDS 2022 World Champion! Jking7 makes KARDS history as the first consecutive, two-time holder of the title of KARDS World Champion!

The runner-up for the KARDS 2022 World Championship is Head. After a valiant fight for the top spot, Head wasn’t able to build up the momentum he needed, being defeated in that final series 3-0 by Jking7. Head is followed by Berto Burrito in third place, who was defeated by Head after an incredibly hard fought series that went all 5 games where, after winning his first two matches, Berto Burrito just couldn’t find the win with his Soviet Self Damage deck. In fourth place we have Bamboo who couldn’t catch a break with his deck lineup, being the first player to exit the Grand Finals.

As such, the bracket stands like this after the KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals:



Our sincerest congratulations to our new KARDS World Champion, Jking7, as well as all of the participants in the top 4 Grand Finals. All our grand finalists have proven their skill and dedication to KARDS throughout the World Championship and earned their share of the $10,000 prize pool.

We thank everyone who participated in the World Championship by playing, watching, or otherwise interacting with this annual event. The KARDS 2022 World Championship has been filled with some amazing matches, awesome plays and tons of excitement - we are incredibly grateful to everyone who joined us in creating this unforgettable event!

You can find the Grand Finalists’ decklists here:

KARDS 2022 World Championship - Top 4 Decks

[h3]Relive the Action[/h3]

You can relive all the action of the KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals on our YouTube channel.

KARDS 2022 World Championship - At a Glance

https://youtu.be/3EZ74mt--fA

KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals Day 1 - Live Recording

https://youtu.be/8AgR06R2NTc

KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals Day 2 - Live Recording

https://youtu.be/a9Pd4KzS3s8

Check out the live recordings to catch up on all the action and relive the highs and lows of this unforgettable World Championship weekend!

[h3]Chinese Invitational Tournament[/h3]

On November 26th, the Chinese Invitational Tournament was held, where three of the four Grand Finalists from 2021 who couldn’t make it to Iceland to play in the 2021 KARDS World Championship Grand Finals battled it out with another titan of the Chinese competitive scene, Fenrir. You can read more about the Chinese Invitational tournament in the dev blog: Chinese Invitational Tournament: This Saturday!

孙笑川258 reigned victorious in the Chinese Invitational, claiming victory and the lion’s share of the $5000 prize pool, following a series of intense games against CCMS-031. In second place was CCMS-031, with Fenrir coming in third, and cu元素收集大师 coming in fourth place.

Our congratulations to the winner, 孙笑川258! You can watch the final series of the Chinese Invitational here:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Xd4y1t7q1/

[h3]But Wait - There’s More![/h3]

Shortly before the holidays, on December 17th, we will be finishing off the competitive year with a bang with the December Officer Club Championship. We’ll be live and bringing you all the action in this final tournament of the year from 13:00 GMT!

The competitive year starts up again with the January Officer Club Championship. We’ll have plenty more tournaments throughout the year, including Officer Club Championships, Open tournaments and perhaps even some different formats. Stay tuned for more information about next year’s eSports schedule!

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Dearest players,

It’s time to continue going over the UI changes we are working on and in this part we will again be looking at one of the main menu buttons, CARDS and a brand new deck building interface.

In part 1 of this series of devblogs on the upcoming UI changes we explored the Home screen. Then, we talked about the PLAY button in part 2. Now, let’s take a closer look at the CARDS button.

When you press the CARDS button, you will get access to the following screens:



[h2]1. DECKS:[/h2]

Swipe or scroll up/down for your list of decks.

• Click/tap any of the decks to edit the deck via the new deck editor/builder (more below on this).
  
  
• Click/tap the empty deck slot with + to create a new deck.
  
  
  • Select custom deck (default).
    
    
  • Or Prebuilt deck (if you own any).

[h3]New deck editor/builder[/h3]



This is probably the biggest change we will cover in this blog. The whole layout of the deckbuilder will be changed. While the current version of our deck builder works, we've always felt it could benefit from a fundamental overhaul and improvements. This has also been the feedback we've gotten from the community from early on. The main things we want to achieve with the new layout are:

• Accessibility - being easy to understand and pick up quickly.
  
  
• An improved deck overview (seeing a bigger part of your deck in the process).
  
  
• A more suitable and consistent UI for mobile.
  
  
• Various improvements for power users (especially on desktop).

The new deckbuilder is split into 3 main areas:



1. Top bar - Deck builder variant.

• Show all (unowned cards included)

• Wildcard overview.

• Magnifying glass for search (expands on clicking/tapping)

• Filters (on mobile we don’t have as much space to show all the filters on the front, so they are all grouped together in a filter panel. On desktop, most will still be available from the front.)

2. Collection - Filtered by the nations in the deck. Scroll or swipe up/down to view all the cards. Click/tap on any card for details, history and the ability to create cards with wildcards.



3. Deck - Cards shown stacked vertically in a separate panel on the right. Part of the top bar also belongs to the deck part.



[h2]2. PACKS[/h2]



Click here to open your unopened packs. Currently this section works pretty much as before on the desktop version but is slightly different on mobile. However, we will be upgrading the pack opening experience much more in the near future.

[h2]3. COLLECTION[/h2]



Here, the layout changes much in the same way as in the deck builder. Instead of the deck on the right, that panel is dedicated to filters exclusively.

There are of course a lot more details we could go into but I believe this covers the main changes and reasoning behind them. In the next blog in this series we will look at some changes we are working on within the battle scene itself which will affect the game itself the most so stay tuned.

As always, let us know what you think about the changes highlighted here in the comments below or on the KARDS Discord. Your feedback is very valuable!

Gummi, Chief Creative Officer

A new Skirmish event is live now until December 4th!

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 #11[/h3]

With the KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals ongoing this weekend, we have some extra special rules for this Skirmish!

Each player randomly gets 1 of 4 decks to battle with. There is one deck for each of the 4 finalists of the 2019 World Championship - Gearbot, Drogear, Fenrir and Gkzhukov. All cards have the same functionality as they did at that time, including some decks having ally elites.

Experience the 2019 World Championship just as it was back then with this Skirmish - and make sure you follow KARDS on Twitch so you don’t miss out on any of the action in the 2022 World Championship Grand Finals!

[h3]Prize for Skirmish #11[/h3]

The prize for winning this Skirmish is a brand new ELITE card! The Soviet 39th Rifle Regiment is an Infantry unit which costs 5 Kredits to play and 1 Kredit to operate. This unit has 5 attack, 5 defense, and the deployment ability to take control of an enemy unit with cost 2 or less.



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 December 2nd at 12:00 GMT until Sunday, December 4th 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!

Attention all KARDS players!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

The KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals are happening THIS weekend!

Below, you will find all the details needed to catch the action over the weekend and get in with your own chance to win some goodies!

[h2]Broadcast & Giveaways[/h2]

The KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals will be broadcast LIVE on all our channels (Twitch, Youtube, Facebook and Steam). Most of the action will be happening on Twitch, where every day during the broadcast viewers can enter a giveaway for a chance to win card packs, draft tickets, and maybe more - simply type “KARDSWORLDS2022” in chat to enter the giveaway!

The KARDS 2022 World Championship Grand Finals broadcasts will be on December 3rd and 4th starting at 13:00 GMT both days. Follow us on Twitch to make sure you don’t miss any of the action!

[h2]The Broadcast Team[/h2]



As always, we have an awesome team of casters and analysts to bring you all the insights, knowledge and hype needed for a great time!

[h2]The Grand Finalists[/h2]



For the Grand Finals, four of the most skilled and dedicated KARDS players in the world meet each other on the battlefield of KARDS for the ultimate title of World Champion!

[h3]Bamboo[/h3]

Bamboo is a veteran of the game with extensive KARDS experience. He has frequently reached high positions on the seasonal ladder and competed in numerous OCC Qualifiers and KARDS Opens tournaments. His first appearance on the main stage of KARDS eSports was during the top 6 Grand Finals Qualifier stream for the 2022 World Championship. This rising star is in peak form and is ready to give his fellow competitors a run for their money.

[h3]Berto Burrito[/h3]

With numerous successful runs in KARDS Opens and OCCs, including two OCC wins, Berto Burrito is a regular in the KARDS eSports scene. It’s no secret that Berto was brought to the game by his good friend and reigning KARDS World Champion, Jking7. Now, this Canadian hopes to take the title away from his fellow countryman and claim it for himself. Berto was able to beat Jking7 during their matches in the top 6 - only time will tell how he will fare if he faces Jking again in the Grand Finals.

[h3]Head[/h3]

Compared to his opponents, Head is a relative newcomer to KARDS, but one that has shown extreme dedication to the game and risen to the top at lightning speed. Head has participated in numerous KARDS Opens and OCCs where he has had some impressive performances. Although he has yet to win a tournament, Head is coming in hot and is well prepared for what’s ahead.

[h3]Jking7[/h3]

As the KARDS 2021 World Champion, Jking7 returns to the 2022 World Championship with a title to defend. Consistently securing top spots on the seasonal ladder, with several KARDS Open and OCC wins and a plethora of other high placements during KARDS tournaments, Jking7 is a titan in the KARDS eSports scene. Jking7 is also a KARDS streamer Jking0739, allowing those interested to get a glimpse into the mind of the reigning World Champion. The question that remains is: can Jking7 win the title of KARDS World Champion for the second year in a row?


Make sure you tune in to the World Championship Grand Finals show this weekend and find out who will be crowned the 2022 KARDS WORLD CHAMPION!

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