The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Gwent Card Game (Introduction)
25Ripper jumps into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and runs into a fun mini card game called Gwent. Gwent is a collectable card game that simulates two armies meeting on the battlefield.
Gwent includes 150 cards from the following factions:
Nilfgaard
Northern Realms
Monsters
Scoia’tael
Each player must have a full deck for at least one faction to participate in a game of Gwent. This includes a minimum of 22 unit cardsand a maximum of 10 special cards. These unit cards can be made up of faction-specific units or neutral cards, and if a player has more than 22 cards, they may choose to omit them from their deck in favor of drawing a better hand.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of Gwent is fairly simple: ensure that the total strength of your cards on the board is greater than that of your opponent's.
At the onset of the game players draw 10 cards from their deck, and may re-draw up to two of those cards (usually those of the weakest power or least strategic value). A coin is flipped to determine who shall go first.
Players place various unit cards in one of three corresponding tiers: Close Combat, Ranged Combat and Siege Combat. Certain cards have bonus abilities, such as adding additional strength to cards in their row or re-drawing a discarded unit.