Cards and Castles Ultimate

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I liked this game at first, and I played through the entire PvE campaign, but the PvP (which is everything else) was not for me. Several mechanics that were not present in PvE are pretty common in PvP. Fine, I can learn to adjust, but the amount of card stealing/swapping is really annoying. I got to a point where I realized it didn't matter what deck I used, I wouldn't be playing it for large parts of the match (often the end, when it matters most). I didn't bother trying, but you might get away with playing a deck with no end-game in order to bait your opponent into having to use your awful cards while you get theirs, but I stopped caring enough to try myself. It's a shame, because I liked how quirky the card effects are. It's a truly unique game that does some original things. You might like it, but I did not.

Automatic win condition decks. Opponent spams cards that give them gold when I draw and force all cards back to hands and spam that over and over until they have enough gold to spend to wipe out your castle in one turn. If you push them or delete cards they just bring them back and rinse and repeat until they win. Literally no counter to these decks especially ninja/pirate. Also spam heal decks where cards that 1 tap castles if you have a certain amount of hp/other conditions with your castle. Can spam low cost allies then give your castle health for each ally and auto win on turn 5. Terribly balanced game. Just play Cards and Castles 2 if you dont want build the same 5 meta auto-win decks that everyone else is currently using

Not Pay to Win, and fun :3

A fun game in many ways. There are definitely some frustrating parts though. The good: Deckbuilding is fun and I like that it doesn't always pay to have the slimmest deck. Most cards are useful or have fun synergies that you can build around and there are some surprisingly deep mechanics. The game doesn't reward the typical "throw as many units on the field as you can" approach you see in many indie card games and has ample ways to turn things around even when it looks like a sure defeat. The bad: Getting your cards stolen feels bad and there are a lot of ways for a seasoned enemy to just go "nuh-uh" and nuke your units in certain colors which you have to learn to play and build around. It can be especially frustrating if you position poorly because some units make you need to play 4d chess in your head to figure out how to defend (which is also a positive in some ways) TL:DR It's a fun game but it has pain points and can be frustrating at times. The dev is very responsive though and follows up on bugs within minutes. I'd recommend this game to both casual and hardcore card game enthusiasts!

games fun for the first day or two, then turns into a who can run the most "you can't have any fun" deck.

Fun, competitive and F2P FRIENDLY!!!

Never played the previous Cards & Castles games but I tried this one the day it came out. I've ended up playing it every single day since then, not even just for dailies because I could save those up but instead I just enjoy playing the game everyday. It's replaced Hearthstone as my go to TCG. I love the way this game handles the board and unit positioning, it feels deeper than Hearthstone and less serious than Hearthstone at the same time. I'm a big fan of the ways in which stuff can get a little crazy here. The Rampage and Cleave mechanics make great use of the way the board works here. It's pretty viable to be Free To Play here too so I'd recommend just giving it a go if you like card games. Leaving a review simply because the only negative is it would be cooler with a bigger playerbase, so maybe this contributes to that :3