Design Blog 114: Improving traits – art spotlight

Design Blog 114: Improving traits – art spotlight

Mar 20, 2020

Alongside the new feature work we have underway, our art team is looking at improving the traits used by cards when you deploy them to the battlefield. Rather than me trying to explain what we’re doing here and why, I asked our concept artist, Becky, some questions:...
Design Blog 113: New versus old cards

Design Blog 113: New versus old cards

Mar 13, 2020

Before we get to this week’s topic I wanted to make sure everyone reading these posts understands that this blog never forces the Combat Cards team into commitments. Sounds weird but what I mean is that as the team discusses and agrees on plans I make notes of...
The Well Played Games Warhammer Hobby Blog – March

The Well Played Games Warhammer Hobby Blog – March

Mar 6, 2020

Welcome to the first installment of the Well Played Games Warhammer Hobby Blog! When we’re not busy making Combat Cards many of us enjoy dabbling in various elements of the Warhammer universe, so we figured we’d share what we’ve been up to with you...
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...