Manacaster ( Free Demo )
Manacaster is a tabletop card-battler game for two players.  It was designed with an emphasis on balanced gameplay and rewarding skillful play, for players who appreciate old-school tabletop violence!
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Mar 31, 2025
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What is Manacaster?

Manacaster is a tabletop card-battle game for two players.  It was designed with an emphasis on balanced gameplay and rewarding skillful play.  Here are three things you should know about our game:

Balanced Gameplay = Brilliant Victories:  The Power and Mana Cost of every single card and ability in Manacaster is carefully calibrated according to a strict mathematical algorithm, leading to intense, evenly-matched battles that keep you on the edge of your seat until the final moment of victory...or defeat.

 

Digital + Tabletop = Play Your Way:  We have built a digital clone of the tabletop edition of Manacaster which plays identically.  Ensuring a consistent experience between digital and physical was a top priority as we designed and streamlined our game's rules. 

 

Streamlined Gameplay = Rewarding Skillful Players:  In Manacaster, your ability as a player is the most important factor.  For example, players are given a large set of choices when selecting their starting hand, both players deploy a Mana resource of their choice every single turn, but only one player can attack the other.

 

DEMO VERSION INFO

DURING PRE-LAUNCH, THE DEMO WILL BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL!

AFTER LAUNCH, THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY:

This demo version of Manacaster is provided to players at no cost.  You can play as much as you want, but since this is a free version of a large game, there are a few limits in place:

1) You can only play against the AI, not other players.  PVP & competitions are reserved for owners of the full game.

2) In Constructed, you'll only be able to use a handful of premade decks.  Deck editing, building, and saving are disabled in the demo.

3) In Draft, you won't be able to save your deck or play with it.  The demo Draft mode is limited to the card-selection portion only.

4) No access to the players-only Discord channels.  That's right, we don't let you into the cool kids club until you pay your membership dues :)

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We use AI to make the wonderful illustrations you see on our cards. We're engineers, not artists, and without these illustration tools we'd never be able to make the game of our dreams.

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