Design Blog 112: The lore behind ranked mode

Design Blog 112: The lore behind ranked mode

Feb 28, 2020

This week I thought I’d talk about lore, which for the purposes of this post is all the text in Combat Cards that doesn’t strictly pass on ‘game information’. Or to put it another way, lore, as the saying goes, is like pornography – you know it when you see it....
Design Blog 111: Faction catch-up: T’au versus Servants

Design Blog 111: Faction catch-up: T’au versus Servants

Feb 21, 2020

To wrap up this series looking at each of the factions I thought I’d cover both the most and least popular factions at once to see if the numbers give an indication of why they are / aren’t liked. So without further ado let’s check out how the T’au and Servants of the...
Design Blog 110: Why clans have taken so long

Design Blog 110: Why clans have taken so long

Feb 14, 2020

Let’s talk about clans, that near-mythical feature which has been promised to be ‘coming soon’ for quite a while. Why talk about clans now? Because work is underway on the feature, so it really is ‘coming soon’, and because one of Well Played’s guiding principles is...
Design Blog 109: Faction catch-up: Orks

Design Blog 109: Faction catch-up: Orks

Feb 7, 2020

Welcome to the sixth of our faction catch-ups, this time looking at those lovable, murderous scamps, the Orks. Let’s dive straight in: Attacks As befits tabletop Warhammer 40,000, the Orks have a high attack ratio and choose to attack over Readying 80% of the time....