Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Puzzle, fantasy, free-to-play, card games, Polish, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
A stand-alone version of collective card game (CCG) that debuted in the bestselling RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, by CD Project RED, and quickly became acknowledged as one of the best minigames in history. In Gwent: The Witcher Card Game players compete against each other with progressively collected decks of cards from five different factions.
Last Update: July 6, 2017
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Guide
This guide for the open beta of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game describes the most important feature of the game and helps to understand its rules. It contains a glossary of terms used in the game, premade decks and explains the rules of the game.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Description
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game for PC, PS4 and XONE is a classic fantasy card game, which gives us commands over heroes and units from Witcher’s universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski. Gwent has debuted in 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and quickly became known as the best minigame in history, with many players collecting virtual cards and exploring game’s world to find more challenging opponents. Gwent: The Witcher Card Game’s development has been handled by CD Projekt RED studio.
Mechanics
Each player gets a deck of dozens of cards divided into 4 available factions, including Northern Realms, Nifgaardian Empire, Monsters, and Skellige. Gameplay is based on standard turn-based model: we start by drawing 10 cards, each representing a certain type of battle units, heroes, optional bonuses to strength or morale of our followers and abilities that affects weather on the battlefield.
Units’ cards are placed in one of three rows: for melee fighters, ranged soldiers and finally for siege machines, like catapults. Each of them is described by points that reflect their attack strength. The winner is a player who has more powerful army, in other words – the one which has more strength points at the end of the round. Typically for card games, players need to win two rounds to achieve victory.
Game modes
Aside from classic online duels, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game fir PC, PS4 and XONE offers a story campaign, which consists of regularly released episodes.
Last updated on June 22, 2016
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A series of action RPG games inspired by a series of novels and short stories by popular fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. The brand is developed by Warsaw-based development studio CD Projekt RED.
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Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
PlayStation 4 June 9, 2020
Xbox One June 9, 2020
Android OS March 24, 2020
Apple iOS October 29, 2019
Developer: CD Projekt RED
Publisher: CD Projekt RED
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Celeron G1820 2.7 GHz / AMD A4-7300 3.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GT 730 / Radeon R7 240 or better, 6 GB HDD, Windows 8/8.1/10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7 GHz / AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 265 or better, 6 GB HDD, Windows 8/8.1/10 64-bit
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