Challengers!, recently nominated for the 2023 Kennerspiel des Jahres award, is now in open Beta!
It is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays quickly regardless of player count. With a tournament gameplay style, players meet a new opponent every round. Each round has a Deck Phase and Match Phase.
In the Deck Phase, you choose new cards and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. 75 distinct characters with more than 40 exciting effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from six different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game.
In the Match Phase, stay in flag possession to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win Challengers!
(If you think that all sounds a lot like a board game adaption of a digital Autobattler, we are proud to tell you that this is the first of its kind!)
BGG page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359970/challengers
Rules summary: https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Gamehelpchallengers
As always, you can report any bugs here (be sure to include the move #): https://boardgamearena.com/bugs?game=1681
Be aware the publisher wants new players to always take turns revealing cards. However once you learn the game, you may want to set turn-based games to autoplay = on when creating the table.
It is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays quickly regardless of player count. With a tournament gameplay style, players meet a new opponent every round. Each round has a Deck Phase and Match Phase.
In the Deck Phase, you choose new cards and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. 75 distinct characters with more than 40 exciting effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from six different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game.
In the Match Phase, stay in flag possession to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win Challengers!
(If you think that all sounds a lot like a board game adaption of a digital Autobattler, we are proud to tell you that this is the first of its kind!)
BGG page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359970/challengers
Rules summary: https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Gamehelpchallengers
As always, you can report any bugs here (be sure to include the move #): https://boardgamearena.com/bugs?game=1681
Be aware the publisher wants new players to always take turns revealing cards. However once you learn the game, you may want to set turn-based games to autoplay = on when creating the table.