

UI: Hearthstone is designed to be very accessible-helpful arrows show which enemy you're attacking. In addition, there are Golden cards which affect a card's appearance but not its power.
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The decks are pre-selected from a series of randomized card choices. In the Forge, players can play against other participants to win their deck.Practice matches can award basic cards.Players can win other cards by defeating other players.Achievements may grant cards in the future.Packs of five cards can be purchased online through or other payment methods.Deck-building: Players can enhance their decks in several ways:Ĭards can be disenchanted and their Arcane Dusts can be used to craft new cards.Games are designed to be fast-paced and lighthearted, with creatures and heroes having custom emotes and sound effects. Most creatures can attack the turn after they're placed on the board, and can attack enemy creatures or the opposing player directly. Combat: Each hero starts off with 30 health.Additional cards can have a variety of effects, such as Taunt, which prevents creatures from attacking your hero directly. For example, Mages can polymorph enemy creatures, reducing them to 1/1, while Warlocks can Hellfire, damaging everything on the board for 3. Cards: Each starter deck comes with class-specific cards.You start off with three cards and gain one each turn. Players can manage their decks with the in-game Collection Manager. Decks: 30 cards can be in play for each game.For example, Warlocks can draw a card at the cost of life, while Rogues can summon a dagger that deals damage. Each class has a unique low-cost ability that's meant to be an option if you get unlucky with card draws. All WoW classes are represented except for Death Knights and Monks. Classes: There are nine classes total.Hearthstone is designed to be an accessible and fast-paced online strategy card game using popular figures from World of Warcraft: Also check out Blizzard's Roundup for more fansite interviews and resources. We've also covered the artwork, videos, and the Official Press Release and Gameplay FAQ from Blizzard in Friday's post. Over the weekend, I interviewed Hamilton Chu, Executive Producer, and Ben Brode, Game Designer, about Blizzard's newest game, Hearthstone, which was just revealed at PAX East! I also got to try out a few rounds of this fast-paced lighthearted demo as my favorite classes-Rogue and Warlock.
