A fresh take on card games

Tuggowar is a 1v1 deck-building game; not a constructed card game where you **must** play the one viable deck in the meta. The set of cards to choose from is randomized – and your opponent has a different card shop than you – so every match is a unique puzzle to solve. It turned out to be a lot of fun to build your deck each time from scratch.

We also wanted to make a more interesting life total system, where if you deal damage you gain health, so even the defender can't neglect buying units. The result is a ‘tug of war’ map which opens up a design space for terrain tactics like bases, fog of war and mines.

You can react to and anticipate what your opponent is doing much more than in classic card games. Almost like an RTS, with the options to rush or go for the late game. This leads to strategic gameplay with scouting, counter play and surprise. 

Add to that some good ol’ emote wars and you’ve got the ingredients for a great PvP deck-building game 😊