Background

The heroes are coming again, as the resident necromancer, it is your job to stop them. Run through a gauntlet of battles and summon your monsters to defeat the heroes. The more you win, the harder it will become.

How to play

Battles take place in turns.

  • First, you will play any cards you can afford from your hand, and then click "End Turn" (you hand will be discarded, so  use them or lose them).
  • Then, the enemies will strike back. They will, generally, attack summoned monsters first, and then the player, if no monsters are left.
  • Finally, you will regenerate some mana and get a new hand.
  • Additionally, you can press the escape key to open a menu where you can see a list of your cards in your library, and quit the game.


 Card types 

There are 2 types of cards, summons, and utility.

Summon cards

These are your minions that will do your fighting. The have an attack, defense and cost to play. The higher the cost the stronger they may be.


Utility cards

These cards do something to you such as increase your available mana or health. They do not have a cost to use.


Enemies

There are various enemies you will fight, each has different attack power, and some have unique attack styles such as the archer only attacking the player.

Winning

After each battle, there is a chance for a choice of card(s) to appear that will be added to your deck, for upcoming battles.

After every 5th level you get a choice of a stat (health, mana, attack strength) upgrade, and every 10th level you get a choice of spending 5 mana to increase your hand size.

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