You've been challenged to a game of WAR to DEATH by the terrifying and infamously sore looser warlock Hieronymous Bonechill!

You accepted the challenge. Bad news: Bonechill stacked the decks and you simply can't win!

Hieronymous is a cheater! It's time to turn the table and survive this terrifying encounter.

Notes: this version has been updated after the game jam. You may get access to the original jam version at https://github.com/team-plover/warlocks-gambit/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Other versions can be accessed at https://github.com/team-plover/warlocks-gambit/releases

Controls:

• Cheat: drag the card toward the wrist, cards stored in your sleeve gets drawn next time cards are drawn
• Use seed: Space bar
• Play a card: Drag the card away from the hand

Rules:

• It's like War (or Battle/Bataille for the non-us folk) highest value card wins  except zero beats nine
  • Each turn, the players play one card.
  • The first to play the card is swapped each turn.
  • Each 3 turns, everybody draws 3 card
• The game ends when either one of the player has a score lead greater than can be caught up or there are no more cards to play.
• Some cards have special effects (words)

Word effects:

• Green: Gain a seed
• Cyan: Zero earns 12 points (stacks)
• Gold: Double points earned this turn (stacks)
• Pink: Swap winner (stacks)

FAQ:

• Q: Show me the code... please?
• A: https://github.com/team-plover/warlocks-gambit
• Q: The game is too slow/There is no sounds
• A: Download the game and play it locally