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Ardor

A hex-grid puzzle-tactics card game. Outwit and outlive your enemies, while upgrading your deck. A lightweight game of bite-sized encounters.

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Developer
Thaddeus Psarris
Publisher
Thaddeus Psarris
Release
May 6, 2022
4 years and 88 days ago
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About the Game

Slice and dodge your way through a hex grid in this puzzle tactics card game. Avoid danger while dealing damage with the cards on hand, while powering up your deck.

  • Turn Based Combat: Consider enemy attack patterns and decide how to navigate them while lashing out along the way.
  • Upgrade any number on any card: Augment your deck's potential, while leaning into your own playstyle.
  • Combine any card with any other card: Trim and craft your deck. Circumvent limitations of cards by creating your own synergies.
  • Handmade Levels: A roguelike mode of varied scenarios that pose specific strategic questions, but also...
  • Endless Levels: An Endless Mode of randomly generated arenas that scale in difficulty to keep up with your deck.

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