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The Holiday season in KARDS arrives with a bang! This time, we have something very special for you.

[h3] We give everyone the Starter Pack DLC for free today, on December 21st![/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1471390/

The Starter Pack DLC contains the following items:

• 2 Base Packs (with 5 cards each from the base set)
  
• 2 Allegiance Packs (with 5 cards each from the Allegiance Expansion)
  
• 2 Draft tickets (allowing you to compete in draft mode and earn rewards)
  
• 80 Resources to create new cards
  
• The special Steam card back
  

This Starter Pack regularly costs $9.95 - but on December 21st, it is free for everyone! This is a special gift from the team to all KARDS fans, new players, and veterans alike.

Spread the word and get everyone using this 100% Discount on December 21st. Even if you have purchased the in-game welcome pack, you still can and should use this Starter Pack.


Note: You can claim the DLC even if you don’t own KARDS, but you can’t use its content until you have installed KARDS and completed the tutorial.

After a fantastic year in KARDS (just to name the highlights: we released KARDS, had two expansions, and one World Championship), it is time to be festive and enjoy the Holidays with gifts from the team.

This time, we have something very special for you.





The Holiday season in KARDS arrives with a bang: We give everyone the Starter Pack DLC for free on December 21st!

The Starter Pack DLC contains the following items:

• 2 Base Packs (with 5 cards each from the base set)
  
• 2 Allegiance Packs (with 5 cards each from the Allegiance Expansion)
  
• 2 Draft tickets (allowing you to compete in draft mode and earn rewards)
  
• 80 Resources to create new cards
  
• The special Steam card back
  

This Starter Pack regularly costs $9.95 - but on December 21st, it is free for everyone! This is a special gift from the team to all KARDS fans, new players, and veterans alike.

Spread the word and get everyone using this 100% Discount on December 21st. Even if you have purchased the in-game welcome pack, you still can and should use this Starter Pack.

Don’t hesitate; the free DLC is available only on the 21st of December (UTC) after that it becomes paid.

Note: You can claim the DLC even if you don’t own KARDS, but you can’t use its content until you have installed KARDS and completed the tutorial.

[h2]Daily Holiday Gifts[/h2]



Following the free Starter Pack gift, we also invite you to celebrate the upcoming Holiday season together with KARDS.

During the season, you can celebrate with a special daily Holiday bonus for each first win of the day. Simply log into KARDS between December 22nd and 28th, play some PVP matches, and win at least one match.

These Holiday gifts include card packs (standard and Officer Packs), gold, draft tickets, and more. Of course, we also have festive visuals ready to make the Holiday season visually even more pleasing.

Enjoy!

[h2]Special Offers[/h2]

There are more goodies waiting for you! This is the season to be festive, to enjoy great discounts and new bundles. Here is what we have ready for you!

[h3]Japanese “Imperial Army Star” Special[/h3]

We kick off the season of special discounts with the brand new Japanese Special Offer. This completes, for now, the cycle of Nation-themed offers and contains:

• Imperial Army Star card back
  
• 5 Japan National Packs
  
• 1 Random Japan Elite Card
  

Available only until December 22nd.

[h3]Festive Bundle[/h3]

The Festive Bundle continues the discount season. This is the perfect time to enjoy and be merry with Officer Packs and the very special emote. Enjoy a little from everything in stock!

• 1 Base Officer Pack
  
• 1 Allegiance Officer Pack
  
• 1 Breakthrough Officer Pack
  
• Emote: Ho! Ho! Ho!
  

The Festive Bundle is available from December 21st to January 1st.

[h3]Holiday Special[/h3]

The highlight of the discount season is the Holiday Special. Enjoy a little gift to yourself each day or gobble it all immediately; it is up to you – it is, after all, the Holidays.

• 3 Base Officer Packs
  
• 3 Allegiance Officer Packs
  
• 3 Breakthrough Officer Packs
  
• 2 Base Packs
  
• 2 Allegiance Packs
  
• 2 Breakthrough Packs
  
• 3 Draft Tickets
  
• Emote bundle
  

The Holiday Special is available from December 21st to January 1st.

Enjoy this year’s Holiday Season and our gifts to you for the fantastic year 2020 in KARDS.

[h2]Happy Holidays![/h2]

Hello Kards community!

After an amazing World Championship finals where CCMS-031 emerged victorious, we continue with spectacular KARDS tournament action to finish off the official 2020 competitive calendar.

This weekend we will see the final 8 competitors play to victory in the December Officer Club Championship and in the KARDS Open #3 run with 983 Media.

For the first time, you will be able to see the new Breakthrough cards in action during an official KARDS tournament. What have the best KARDS players up their sleeves? What decks will they bring?

All of the action will be live on the Kards CCG Twitch channel, so for everyone starting their Christmas vacation, don’t worry you will have plenty of Kards to keep you occupied over the weekend!

These are the times for the broadcasts this weekend:

[h3]December Officer Club Championship[/h3]
Saturday, December 19th - 15:00 - 22:00 UTC

[h3]KARDS Open #3 Top 8[/h3]
Sunday, December 20th - 15:00 - 22:00 UTC

What breakthroughs will the players bring to the OCC top 8 and what Pauper deck will reign supreme? Find out live on www.twitch.tv/kardsccg

Despite its outward appearance as a Hearthstone-clone and the painfully bland name, over the past year KARDS - the free-to-play WWII-themed digital card game - has asserted itself as perhaps the most interesting new take on the 'digital CCG' model. With its addictive tug-of-war-style play, historically inspired mechanics, and excellent period-propaganda and original art, KARDS fills an interesting and previously unfulfilled market niche for players who are both wargamers and CCG fans.

With the release of its newest expansion, Breakthrough, the team at 1939 Games continues to build on the excellent foundation they've created since the game's official release earlier this year.

Breakthrough marks the game's third content expansion. The first, Allegiance, was released last winter while the game was still in Early Access and added France and Italy as ally nations alongside a bunch of new cards. The second, Theaters of War, added fewer new cards but delivered a set of well-constructed single-player campaigns for each of the five major factions.

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Congratulations to the winner of the KARDS World Championship 2020:





In a dramatic and nerve-wracking World Championship finals on December 6, CCMS-031 won the best-of-five series against Fenrir with 3-1.

[h2]World Championship[/h2]

Over the past six months, more than 1,000 players from around the globe have battled to reach the finals for a chance to compete for the title of the KARDS World Champion and for part of the $10,000 prize pool.

The four best players were ready to battle it out in a virtual final orchestrated from at the KARDS Headquarters in Reykjavik, Iceland.

[h2]The Four Champions[/h2]

Before we go into the details, let's have a look at our four champions qualified for the semi-finals!









[h2]First: Honorable Mentions[/h2]

This final weekend of the World Championship kicked off with the semi-finals and the battle for 3rd place.

CCMS-031 and Fenrir won the semi-final matches relatively clearly against Darkness and CU元素收集大师 with 2-0 and 3-1.

Reaching the semi-finals of the KARDS World Championship against almost 1000 contestants is a major achievement. Congratulations to Darkness and CU元素收集大师!

[h2]The Final Battle: World Champion[/h2]

The final battle between CCMS-031 and Fenrir couldn't have been more dramatic. The pressure on both players was immense.

CCMS-031 showed brilliant gameplay and superior tactics throughout the finals leading to a convincing victory from start to finish. However, Fenrir was able to withstand the pressure and created several opportunities to turn the tide but couldn’t score the winning moves.

The following matches were testimonies for the great skills of both players. With excellent tactical maneuvers, great strategic planning and cunning mind-games, it was an exciting display of what the best KARDS players are capable of and a joy to watch! KARDS is indeed quite easy to learn, but you can also go extremely deep. The battle waged forth and back until the score was 2-1.

This final match was a mini-drama in itself, it was unclear till the end who was going to win. After 14 minutes in that final match and 26 turns, CCMS-031 won the final match and the title of KARDS World Champion 2020.

Fair sportsmanship all around as Fenrir immediately shook virtual hands and congratulated CCMS-031 for winning the finals and for becoming the second KARDS World Champion.

[h2]The Results[/h2]

1st place and KARDS World Champion 2020: CCMS-031

2nd place: Fenrir

3rd place: Darkness

4th place: CU元素收集大师

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