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Review of Summoner Wars - A love letter to the ex
07/01/21 0 comments
Summon units to defeat your opponent in a card game that combines somewhat tight tactical combat, innovative hand management, a handful of strategy and a dash of luck.

revised by Tabata Marques
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How to play Summoner Wars
2 player
game in which each player controls an army. This army is led by a summoner (the Summoner that gives the game its name) and both your and your opponent's objective is to eliminate the other summoner. The game takes place on a 6-column by 8-row board format, with players alternating their turns.Steps of each turn
Draw
: Take cards from your deck into your hand until you complete the five-card limit. It may sound silly, but card flow management is a significant factor in Summoner Wars. Then, you will dictate the flow of your deck according to how many cards you use; •Summon up
: Summon units adjacent to your walls on the board by paying their spell cost. One of the main aspects of the game is that each player starts with some units on the board, but as the game progresses, there will be many units being eliminated and, consequently, you'll need to draw new ones; •Play Event Cards
: Use event cards or summon walls on your side of the board. Event cards are basically alternatives to break the rules of the game in different ways, knowing how to use them and at what time is crucial for your victory and, of course, the walls, in addition to protecting your units and preventing enemy advances, are yours summoning points, without them on the board you can't buy new units; •Move around
: Move up to three units and each one by walking up to two spaces orthogonally. This tactical aspect of movement and positioning in Summoner Wars is one of the most interesting elements of the game, as this is what sets it apart from most conventionalCard Games
. Knowing how to retreat, advance, protect your units, deny certain moves to the opponent are skills necessary to avoid taking an ass kicked;
Attack
: Attack with up to three units, if its melee hit only adjacent units, but if it's from a distance it can hit up to three spaces in a straight line. In the attack time you roll a number of dice according to the unit and results 3 or more result in damage. Some people hate it, but without it the game would be just another boring number optimization game, like 99% of theCard Games
; •Accumulate magic
: Put cards from your hand directly into your magic pile. I haven't told you yet, but magic is the game's feature, just like Mana inMagic: The Gathering
. The difference is that in Summoner Wars you gain magic for each unit destroyed (whom the last point of life) and also in this last phase discard cards from your hand. As I told you, managing your deck and your cards is very important, especially because of Magic. Knowing which cards to turn into magic, knowing how much to make your deck flow or not are useful skills for any summoner.Ad
Why you should play Summoner Wars
Card Game
; • Great for introducing newbies and gamers who don't like to blindly buyCard Games
collectibles or even the exaggerated expandability ofLiving Card Games
. Deck building possibilities exist, but they are quite limited. These restrictions prevent excessive depreciation and metagames (creating one deck to beat exactly another deck), which is common in these games. The "closed" factions are excellent and very well-balanced, allowing any newbies or inexperienced person to enjoy the game; • Yes, the balancing is worth emphasizing. It's excellent, especially considering the many possibilities. Obviously, there are pairs of factions that are out of balance with each other, but still, with the right strategy, it is possible to achieve victory. A surprising thing is the absence ofpower creep
(when newer factions are more powerful than older ones). Standing ovation.Flaws in this game

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