With the upcoming KARDS winter expansion Breakthrough, fundamentally new tactical and strategic options inspired by real WW2 history become available to your arsenal.



Stay up to date, theorycraft along for a Breakthrough, and subscribe to KARDS Facebook, KARDS YouTube, and Twitter. We invite you to also keep an eye on the #cards_reveal channel on Discord.

Without further ado, here is the batch of all reveals from the previous week!


On the battlefield, chaos can reign, and friendly fire can become as deadly as enemy attacks.

Switching sides during WWII was also not uncommon, even for nations. At the start of WWII Romania, Bulgaria and Italy were allied with the Axis powers, but the war’s developments in later years would influence these countries decisions to switch their allegiance to the Allies.

An example a take control is CONFUSION, where you can take control of an enemy unit, with cost of 3 or less, until end of turn. This effect is the abstraction of a unit becoming confused during battle and therefore not acting as they should.

Another example is MINORITY RECRUITS, where you can take full control of an enemy unit. This effect is the abstraction of turning to the enemy.




Following previous' weeks massive load of card reveals, we have reinforcements for you! And there is still more to come.

Which of the revealed cards did you like best so far and are most excited about? Share the news and let us know in the comments below!

If you want to strike a bargain, the expansion pre-orders are still available saving you up to 30% on the card packs.

The end of Season 20 in KARDS is filled with action! Climb the ranks, join the free KARDS Open #3, and benefit from Black Friday discounts!



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


With the end of the season on November 30th at 23 : 59 : 59 UTC, you will receive rewards such as card packs and cards. After you have received the prizes and your season's rewards, 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.

Additionally, the best twelve players of the Officer Club also qualify for the monthly Officer Club tournament with a $1000 cash prize.

The next season, Season 21, will start on December 1st at 00 : 00 : 01 UTC.


After a very successful Draft Tournament last weekend, you can now test your skills in the KARDS Open #3.

We have added an important and special twist: Only standard and limited cards are allowed this time - the perfect opportunity for new players or those with incomplete collections.

Join the fight with Swiss-style qualification on November 28 and 29. Then, qualifying Top 8 finishers will battle for the prize pool in December.

KARDS Open #3


Strengthen your collection and benefit from the treasures available this Black Friday Weekend!

Available for a limited time between Friday and Monday, November 27th to 30th.

Best of all? There’s something for everyone: If you want to go big, you can! If you just want some top-notch discounts without spending much, go for it!

For direct feedback to the dev team please use KARDS Discord. You are also welcome to use the comment section below.

Beef up your troops and benefit from the treasures available this Black Friday Weekend!



Use this Black Friday offer to ready your troops for a real breakthrough. Shorten the wait for Breakthrough and get a massive haul with excellent discounts. Available only between Friday and Monday, November 27th to 30th.

Best of all? There is something for everyone: If you want to go big, you can! If you just want some top-notch discounts without spending much, go for it!

KARDS has come a long way since its first steps. Together with a fantastic community full of passion, support, and inspiration, we have seen two expansions so far, as well as thrilling tournaments and events.

We are now quickly approaching our third expansion Breakthrough, scheduled for December 9th!

This fantastic journey, which is still young and fresh, wouldn't have been possible without the incredible contribution and overwhelmingly positive passion from you, our players.

Now, with the upcoming Steam Awards, we have a great chance together to spotlight KARDS to an ever wider audience!

We call for your support and nominate KARDS for its outstanding visual style. You are, of course, also welcome to nominate KARDS for any other category.



From all the feedback we have received, we conceive a clear and loud message: Everyone agrees that the unique art style of KARDS is something extraordinary that stands out amongst all other innovative features of KARDS.

Help us spread the excitement and fun with KARDS; let our outstanding visual style be an inspiration to everyone!

Hello Kards community!

Now that the last Friday of the month is rapidly approaching again it’s time to start collecting your questions for the next AMA session on the 27th of November at 16:00 UTC.



Send all your questions for the devs and enjoy the AMA while listening to the answers. We invite you to either post the questions here in the comments below or on the official AMA reddit thread:

Post your AMA questions

A big theme of the upcoming AMA will be, of course, the next winter expansion Breakthrough and the KARDS World Championship. That being said, we appreciate all of your questions and comments for these AMA’s!

Tune in to the Developer AMA live at 16:00 UTC on the 27th of November at www.twitch.tv/kardsccg, www.facebook.com/kardsccg or right here on Steam!

With the upcoming KARDS winter expansion Breakthrough, fundamentally new tactical and strategic options inspired by real WW2 history become available to your arsenal.



We spice up the road to Breakthrough, arriving on December 9th, by revealing thrilling new cards and introducing exciting news about the upcoming game mechanics. Almost every day now, something new is disclosed either by the community or directly by the KARDS dev team.

Stay up to date, theorycraft along for a Breakthrough, and subscribe to KARDS Facebook, KARDS YouTube, and Twitter. We invite you to also keep an eye on the #cards_reveal channel on Discord.

Enough of the words - here are the latest reveals!


First, we look at the tantalizing new Pincer gameplay (revealed during the Officer Club Championship broadcast).

In military terms, a pincer movement is a coordinated and simultaneous attack of separate forces to encircle the enemy and then simultaneously attack them on both flanks or from opposing directions. The maneuver relies on both groups encircling the enemy to succeed in deploying their devastating blow. The pincer movement was an integral part of the German Blitzkrieg and was often used to shocking effect during World War II.

The KARDS Pincer ability is inspired by this real-world tactic and recreates this attack in an abstract yet realistic way on the battlefield.

When a Pincer unit enters the battlefield, you can choose another friendly unit as a counterpart of the Pincer. This effect is the abstraction of two units working together to pincer the opponent. Only while both units are on the battlefield will they both get the Pincer benefit.



For example: A Pincer: +2 Attack would give the Pincer unit +2 attack and the other selected unit +2 attack - as long as they both are on the battlefield. If either unit is removed from the battlefield, the other remaining unit automatically loses the +2 Pincer attack bonus.

There are many different Pincer improvements available, not just attack boni.


Are you ready for the massive amount of card reveals since the expansion announcement the previous week? This is just a fraction of what's to come!



You can still pre-order the expansion already and save up to 30% on the card packs.

Which of the revealed cards did you like best so far and are most excited about? Share the news and let us know in the comments below!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/544810/KARDS__The_WWII_Card_Game/

Hello KARDS community!

It has been one crazy weekend and we are blown away by your passion and dedication to KARDS and this community. Thank you for your participation and effort, we hope you enjoyed the experience!

Before we get to the winners let's share a few impressive numbers on your performance over the weekend:

Total draft games played: 31500

Total unique players that played draft: 4350

Most popular main nation: USA

Most popular ally: USA

It’s now time to announce the winners, drumroll please!


The top 5 players will receive the complete Breakthrough expansion Pre-order


The next 5 players will receive 3x Breakthrough Officer Packs and 5 Standard Packs


The next 10 players will receive 2x Breakthrough Officer Packs and 3 Standard Packs


The next 10 players will receive 1x Breakthrough Officer Pack and 2 Standard Packs.


And finally, the 10 players drawn from the pool of participants will receive 1x Breakthrough Officer Pack and 1 Standard Pack.


We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone for their participation! See you on the battlefield!

Hello KARDS community!

It's time for a community competition of epic proportions! To warm-up for the Breakthrough expansion release, we will feature a community-wide draft competition this upcoming weekend.



But that is not all: We will shuffle some of the Breakthrough cards into the set of Draft cards - this is your chance to experience Breakthrough for the first time!

To top the weekend even further, you can enjoy a special Draft bundle offer never seen before in the KARDS store!

For the weekend of the 20th - 22nd of November (starting at 00'00'01 UTC on the 20th and ending at 02'00'00 UTC on the 23rd), we will keep track of all draft games played across all KARDS players. Specifically, we are looking at the number of wins you are racking up. Each day, we will announce the top-30 leaderboard of players (count of draft wins) currently positioned to claim the prizes that lay ahead.

On Monday the 23rd of November, we will announce the 30 players with the most amount of wins during the competition period that will walk away with additional prizes and the honor of knowing they are among the world's best draft players!

We will also draw 10 extra players from the total pool of players who played any draft matches during the weekend to receive additional prizes.

It's as simple: Just play at least one round of draft matches, and you are in with a chance! No further signup or registration is required!

The prizes for this competition aren't something to scoff at!

• The top 5 players will receive the complete Breakthrough expansion Pre-order
  
• The next 5 players will receive 3x Breakthrough Officer Packs and 5 Standard Packs
  
• The next 10 players will receive 2x Breakthrough Officer Packs and 3 Standard Packs
  
• The next 10 players will receive 1x Breakthrough Officer Pack and 2 Standard Packs.
  
• And finally, the 10 players drawn from the pool of participants will receive 1x Breakthrough Officer Pack and 1 Standard Pack.

So get those draft tier lists updated, and get building those decks! Draft weekend awaits!





Hello KARDS community!

You have been busy crushing the draft queue and we can proudly say that never before have there been so many draft games in 24 hours! Congratulations on your new record!

Now let’s get down to the standings. The current top players in terms of wins are:


There is still plenty of time to play, so it’s not too late to make a run at the top!

We’ll see you back here tomorrow morning for the next update in the standings!

Breakthrough, our third massive expansion for KARDS, introduces a wealth of fundamentally new strategic possibilities and tactical options to KARDS, all inspired by real-world WW2 history.

Explore never-seen-before research mechanics motivated by actual WW2 research projects to turn the tide of battle in your favor.



Additional new features, like the Pincer attack ability or the ability to steal enemy units, significantly expand the array of tactical options available and bring the game experience to a new level.

Breakthrough arrives with a total of 81 new cards, many of them with new effects introduced for the first time in this expansion, reinforcing players with thrilling new tools to challenge their opponents and dominate the battlefield with tactical skills and strategic thinking.

Breakthrough was published on December 9th and is an automatic update for all KARDS players.


With the arrival of Breakthrough on December 9, KARDS entered a completely new era.

These are the highlights of Breakthrough:

• 81 new unique cards in total
  
• Research cards now available to unleash devastation
  
• Pincer as a new core ability
  
• New mechanics to control enemy units
  
• New mechanics to select cards in hand for special improvements
  
• Numerous bug fixes and smaller improvements

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Further Breakthrough info:

• Breakthrough card reveals - First info
  
• Breakthrough card reveals - Second strike
  
• Breakthrough cards: Full collection

To further spotlight these massive changes, together with the best KARDS players we have prepared a special Breakthrough walkthrough video for you:




Breakthrough introduces Research as a new feature and gameplay option.

Inspired by historical projects of strategic impact, you can now use Research to either support your current strategy or to create a strong complement, depending on which route you take.

Each Research phase leaves you with the choice: reap the benefit you have gained so far, or further invest in the hope of reaching a true research breakthrough later on and before it is too late.

Will you stay the course for the ultimate rewards like the Manhattan Project or try to capitalize on early returns? Can you survive long enough?


In military terms, a pincer movement is a coordinated and simultaneous attack of separate forces to encircle the enemy and then simultaneously attack them on both flanks or from opposing directions. The maneuver relies on both groups encircling the enemy to succeed in deploying their devastating blow. The pincer movement was an integral part of the German Blitzkrieg and was often used to shocking effect during World War II.

The KARDS Pincer ability is inspired by this real-world tactic and recreates this attack in an abstract yet realistic way on the battlefield.

When a Pincer unit enters the battlefield, you can choose another friendly unit as a counterpart of the Pincer. This effect is the abstraction of two units working together to pincer the opponent. Only while both units are on the battlefield will they both get the Pincer benefit.



For example: A Pincer: +2 Attack would give the Pincer unit +2 attack and the other selected unit +2 attack - as long as they both are on the battlefield. If either unit is removed from the battlefield, the other remaining unit automatically loses the +2 Pincer attack bonus.


On the battlefield, chaos can reign, and friendly fire can become as deadly as enemy attacks. Switching sides during WWII was also not uncommon, even for nations. At the start of WWII Romania, Bulgaria and Italy were allied with the Axis powers, but the war’s developments in later years would influence these countries decisions to switch their allegiance to the Allies.



An example of take control is CONFUSION, where you can take control of an enemy unit, with cost of 3 or less, until end of turn. This effect is the abstraction of a unit becoming confused during battle and therefore not acting as they should.

Another example is MINORITY RECRUITS, where you can take full control of an enemy unit. This effect is the abstraction of turning to the enemy.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/544810/KARDS__The_WWII_Card_Game/

Hey Kards community!

Even though we have a tournament happening EVERY WEEKEND of November with the World Championship and KARDS Open #3, we will also stick to our guns and play the Officer Club Championship like any other month!

This time though, we will be playing during the week to avoid clashing with the KARDS Open #3. The OCC Top 8 broadcast will be live on Wednesday the 18th of November at 17:00 - 24:00 UTC.

The top 12 competing players this month are:

• Jking7
  
• Blue_Blast
  
• Darkness
  
• RafcKen7
  
• AriBigBehn
  
• Xyloser
  
• 老虎不发猫
  
• Dietrih
  
• 塞雷娅
  
• Petriachor
  
• 列夫·托洛茨基
  
• doge34

Play in matches have been ongoing since the end of the season and so far we have seen:

• AriBigBehn beat Doge34 2:0
  
• Xyloser beat 列夫·托洛茨基 2:0
  
• 塞雷娅 beat Dietrih 2:1
  
• Petriachor beat 老虎不发猫 2:0

The $1000 prize pool will be split in the following way:

• 1st place - $500
  
• 2nd place - $300
  
• 3rd place - $200

The Officers Club Championship (OCC) will take place on the 18th of November at 17:00 - 24:00 UTC. Join us for all the action covered by community casters and experience a unique insight into the highest level of play in KARDS.


Catch all the action live on www.twitch.tv/kardsccg , www.facebook.com/kardsccg, our Youtube channel, or the Steam store page.