Over the next few days we will be airing the last stage of the 2019 KARDS World Championship again for those that weren’t a part of our amazing community in 2019. The World Championship is a multi stage tournament aimed at discovering the best KARDS players in the world. Watch as the top 4 KARDS players in 2019 battle it out for the first ever world championship.



Fenrir (China), Drogear (Sweden), Gearbot (Sweden) and GKZhukov (UK) display their immense skill and deck building prowess in high stakes KARDS action that gives an insight into the deck building and thought processes of the world’s best players. If you are new to KARDS and are looking to improve, make sure you tune in and learn from the best.

Tune in between the 22nd and 24th of May at 17:00 UTC for the Semi Finals and at 20:00 GMT for the Grand finals.

Note, that the game has changed significantly since the 2019 World Championship but the principles the players follow in building their decks still remain.

If you are interested in becoming the next KARDS World Champion, check out the 2020 KARDS World Championship announcement.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day which celebrates the acceptance of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender on Tuesday, 8 May 1945.



To celebrate this event and the formal end of WWII in Europe seventy-five years ago, we invite you to enjoy a weekend with better rewards for the first win of the day and a special offer from May 8 to 10.

Join the celebrations and enjoy much-increased rewards for the first win of the day.

You will get double the usual reward on Friday 8th and Sunday 10th, and one Draft ticket on Saturday 9th as a reward for your first win of the day.

Only wins in PVP matches (either battle or draft match) will count towards the first win of the day. AI matches or friend challenges will not count. As usual, time and date are based on UTC.


You can also take advantage of the Victory in Europe special offer and enjoy its 32% discount.



This offer contains 10 Standard card packs, 10 Allegiance card packs, the special emote “Victory!”, and costs $19.95. It can be purchased only once.


Enjoy the celebrations for Victory Day in Europe and have a great weekend!

This release introduces optimizations of the KARDS client, bug fixes, and improvements to the localization of several cards in various languages. The release was published on May 7th.

• Various memory and loading time optimisations for the KARDS client.
  
• If a draft took a long time (40+ minutes) then players did time out and were thrown out of the client. Now the only timeout happens if a single pick takes such a long time.

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• Guards were in some rare cases guarding wrong cards. Fixed.
  
• DIVE BOMBING was still returning the attack and defense taken after the affected unit had been reset by leaving the board and entering again. Fixed.
  
• 85 PIONEER COMPANY was lowering the cost of the wrong player’s orders when spawned on its enemy’s turn. Fixed.
  
• The translation of various cards were either incorrect or not precise enough. Fixed.

Enjoy the new update with optimizations and bug fixes. If you encounter any bugs, please report them KARDS Discord, thank you!

The KARDS Relief Package and Charity was an initiative by 1939 Games and allowed you to support the fight against the current worldwide crisis while receiving the exclusive “Medic Corp” charity card back. This initiative started on March 20th and ended on May 4th.



During this initiative, we saw passionate engagement and inspiring support from our community. All proceeds from the charity card back will be donated to the UN Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

Thanks to great contributions from the KARDS player community, we are proud and humbled to be able to donate a total of $10.000. Thank you!

A few words on our other initiatives. We are also supporting the NHS Games for Carers campaign with codes for valuable in-game items. If you know similar charity drives that are officially sponsored, please let us know in the comments below.

Thank you for all your charity support and the fantastic responses!

Collect your well-deserved rewards from Season 13!

The season has ended on April 30th, 23-59-59 UTC, and now your rewards are waiting for your in the KARDS client.

Simply log into KARDS and collect your rewards - the rewards have been automatically delivered to your account.

We also celebrate the winner of Season 13.



After a thrilling battle between the top players in the Officer Club - the fight went on until the last hour and saw great competition and sportmanship - we had the winner.

After this super exciting finish we celebrate Darkness as champion of season 13!
This is the third time that Darkness won a season.

Congratulations also to all of top ten players of Season 13 for automatically qualifing for the World Championship 2020 Tournament later this year.

The KARDS Relief Package and Charity allows you to support the fight against the current worldwide crisis and, at the same time, get an exclusive game item! This initiative started on March 20th and will end in a few days on May 4th.



The “Medic Corps” charity card back is an exclusive card back that will not be available ever in the KARDS Store after May 4th. You can purchase this unique card back in the KARDS in-game store for $9.95. To access the card back, edit any deck and then click on the card back of that deck.

By purchasing this card back, you support the fight against the current crisis. All proceeds from the “Medic Corps” card back will be donated to the UN Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

1939 Games also supports the´ Games for Carers campaign. If you work in the NHS in the UK or know someone who does, then let them know about #GamesForCarers and that a KARDS-Thank-You-package is ready!

If you know similar charity drives that are government-sponsored, then please contact us.

Thank you for all your charity support and the fantastic response!

Season 13 in KARDS ends on April 30th (at 23'59'59 UTC). The more ranks you have gained, the bigger and better the reward. Extra rewards for those who have reached the Officer Club!

Use the remaining time to gain as many ranks as you can to get a big payout! You gain ranks by winning PVP matches. This is the perfect opportunity to get a nice boost.

Current leaderboard

Currently, Darkness is leading the Officer Club with a sliver of 3 points ahead of Blue_Blast.

While Darkness has won two seasons already, Blue_Blast is a shooting star who just recently started playing KARDS. Who will make it, the veteran or the newcomer?

There are several challengers not too far behind either, but will they have enough time left to catch up to those two?

Reward details

With the end of the season, you will receive rewards such as card packs and cards. After you have received the rewards and at the start of your next season, your ranks will be lowered by one (except for Field Marshall, that rank will drop to Major 5 stars).

To qualify for the seasonal rewards, you need to have won at least 5 PVP matches during the season.

Check the rewards you will get currently and what you need to do to reach the next better rewards. Simply log into KARDS and go to PROFILE -> RANKS.

The best player of the season will get a special, physical reward including a KARDS seasonal certificate (delayed due to the current pandemic situation though).

The best ten players of the season will will qualify for the KARDS World Championship 2020 tournament. Read more about the KARDS World Championship 2020.

The next season, Season 14, will start on May 1st at 00'00'01 UTC.

Good luck and have fun!

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Celebrate the phenomenal first week of KARDS Release and enjoy a round of great stats, articles and reviews, offer extensions and charity support.



The first week after the official release of KARDS, The World War II Card Game, saw an amazing reception! Thank you, everyone, for such an incredible launch and enthusiastic support!

Following one year of Early Access and over 1.5 million hours of battle testing in the ditches, we launched KARDS on April 15th.

With strong organic growth during the previous months, KARDS was already in a good position. But gosh! did we surpass all previous records by far and wide. No stone was left unturned.

We saw over 250 thousand players during Early Access and the first days of our PC launch!



We reached a new record of peak concurrent users (PCU) almost every day since launch. The new PCU is at 2740 now - up by over 300% (thanks to SteamDB for making these numbers publicly available).

The number of downloads is, of course, also at a record level. KARDS is still on the front pages of Steam for “trending”, “indie”, and “top-selling”! Amazing.

Maybe the most amazing aspect of the launch was the incredible enthusiasm and passion for KARDS. Streamers and video producers either completely new to KARDS or already established provided reviews, gameplay, giveaways, challenges, how-to videos and advice for the whole community in countless hours.

There is something for everyone and you are all invited and encouraged to follow some or all of our fantastic contributors! Don’t miss out and join the KARDS Discord #streams_and_podcasts!

Thank you so much for supporting the KARDS release! If you want to contribute even more, please recommend KARDS and write a quick Steam review.


To celebrate the great success of the KARDS release and to thank you, we extend our special release offers and continue our great discounts on several card pack bundles throughout this coming weekend until the end of Sunday, April 26th.

Have a look at the KARDS in-game store and take advantage of discounts up to 36%.

Originally the Release offers were supposed to run till the end of April 19, but we decided to keep the discounts in the store for an additional week so that you can celebrate and enjoy one week longer!

You might recall the KARDS Relief Package and charity support which we started on March 20th. This initiative allows everyone to support the fight against the current worldwide crisis. You can still purchase the charity card back: 100% of the proceeds are donated to the UN Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund.



We are extending this initiative (Charity card back) till the end of May 4th as well!


The next larger milestones are the release of historic campaigns and the enthusiastically requested mobile version of KARDS.

With the historic campaigns, you will face challenging PVE content and play through various important events of WW2. This will be our first major PVE content. Keep an eye on the news for more info in the coming weeks.

The mobile version of KARDS allows you to play your favorite WW2 Card Game on Android- or iOS-based mobile devices. It allows full cross-platform gameplay, you will be able to access your KARDS account including your whole collection.

We will continue the updates as we go along.

Don’t forget to write a review if you like KARDS and want to support us!

Following 12 months in Early Access and more than 1.5 million hours of battle-hardened playtesting, 1939 Games is delighted to announce the release of KARDS, The World War II Card Game.



Providing a battlefield away from the typical high-fantasy setting of many CCG’s, KARDS enables its players to command a diverse range of units from seven of the major Second World War Powers.

• Seven nations from WWII participants all with their own units and tactics
  
• Online PvP and ranked matches, including the fast-paced Draft mode
  
• Unique frontline mechanic to constantly drive conflict
  
• Licenced and period art all selected to perfectly evoke the era

Created with historical authenticity in mind, KARDS doesn’t just bring a gun to the CCG sword fight. We use real battlefield tactics to give you fresh inspiration, such as introducing the innovative ‘Frontline’ mechanic that allows you to manage movement and unit range to fight effectively.



Emulating the characteristics of real warring countries from the Second World War, each of KARDS’ seven nations incorporate a range of units to suit every style of play. The British have a strong defensive set to repel invaders, the Germans rely on Blitzkrieg tactics and armor, the US dominates the air and the Japanese project naval power to rule the high seas.

You can mix and match nations to create powerful combination decks as well as draw upon ally support nations such as the French Resistance.

During Early Access 1939 Games released their first expansion that brought two nations and 120 cards to the game alongside the first KARDS World Championship with finals at the 1939 Games’ HQ in Iceland.

KARDS’ ongoing development roadmap includes free expansions and events. Future updates will bring additional card sets, tournaments, and new game modes, guaranteeing fresh and exciting experiences to novice and veteran players alike.

Development of the mobile version for Android and iOS is well-underway and scheduled to be ready in Q3, it will bring full cross-platform experience to the battlefield.

A special thanks go to all Early Access players, all of which have received a 1939 Games Award Kit with an exclusive card back, card packs, draft tickets and free resources:

• Exclusive “Early Access” card back
  
• 3 card packs
  
• 3 Draft tickets
  
• 120 Resources

Share the word, bring your friends, and join the battle today!

This patch introduces several bug fixes and back-end improvements for KARDS in preparation for the release on April 15th. The patch was published on April 13th.

• Radar alert will now trigger after the unit's deployment effect.
  
• 26 Engineer regiment was showing wrong tooltip bubbles when hovered. Fixed.
  
• Type 97 wasn't resetting buffs when sent to hand by the AI. Fixed.

Please report bugs on KARDS Discord, thank you!