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There's no shortage of clever combinations that can lead to a battlefield full of seemingly insurmountable foes - and no shortage of clever ways to counter these strategies. The cards available are well-thought, providing plenty of opportunity for them to alter and enhance each other in varied ways. There's a truly satisfying thrill that comes from finding a powerful combination of cards and playing it against an opponent. A regular Hearthstone player will pick up the mechanics immediately because there is almost nothing new to learn.īut the fact remains that Hearthstone is a very good game, and because FF chose to copy so many elements of Hearthstone, the result still is a very enjoyable CCG experience. It's one thing for two titles in the same genre to have similar mechanics, but everything from Fable Fortune's battlefield layout to the design of its card packs feels like it was designed while the artists snuck glances at Hearthstone playing on their phones. These descriptions may sound reductive, but I feel like I'm actually downplaying the number of similarities between the two games. When units attack both the attacker and the defender take damage at the same time.

The amount of gold that the players have increases by one each turn, allowing them to play progressively stronger cards as the game progresses. Each player starts the match with a small amount of gold, which he can use to play weak cards from his hand. When minions attack, both the attacker and the defender take damage at the same time.įable Fortune, on the other hand, is a streamlined CCG that allows players to choose one of six Fable heroes to battle opponents using Fable-themed cards. The amount of mana that the players have increases by one each turn, allowing them to play progressively stronger cards as the game progresses. Each player starts the match with a small amount of mana, which he can use to play weak cards from his hand. Basically, this game is Hearthstone.įor those not familiar with Blizzard's 2014 game, Hearthstone is a streamlined CCG that allows players to choose one of nine Warcraft heroes to battle opponents using Warcraft-themed cards.

There's an infinite range of possibilities when it comes to making a CCG, and many developers have used the genre as a platform for increasingly creative designs.įable: Fortune copied one of them. The real judge of a CCG's quality comes from its interpretation of those mechanics, and the often-unpredictable ways that the cards can interact with each other and create powerful strategies that can make your opponent embarrassed that they even considered creating a deck.
