Tavern Cardsharp

Prospectus

Tavern Cardsharp is a pixel card game. Take a seat across from a rival, bet your coins and duel. Win and you take the bet and the rival's whole deck. Lose and you hand over yours. Inside: - 15 classes, from militia and archer to thief and giant; - 15 affixes: thorns, lifesteal, echo, charge, vengeance and more; - innkeeper's packs with rare, legendary and foil cards; - rivals with character and living faces: a smirk gives away a strong card; - a ladder of tables on three floors: beat the champions and climb higher; - a tutorial at the table with the innkeeper.

How it plays

Drag a creature from your hand to an empty slot on your side of the table. Tap your creature, then tap a target to attack: an enemy creature or the rival's portrait when the way is clear. Tap the seal to end your turn. Your bet is your life: every hit on a portrait takes coins from that pile. Empty the rival's pile to win the duel and his deck. Neighbours matter: some cards grow stronger in formation, others fight best alone. Buy packs from the innkeeper, pick a table that matches your deck and climb the ladder to the champions upstairs.

Opening an account with this game takes one press: Open the holding, above, and it loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first decision. It is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and takes its instructions from mouse, keyboard or touch, as the game prefers. The file is drawn wide, for a landscape screen — turn a phone sideways, or let a tablet or desktop give it room to breathe. If a fullscreen control is offered, take it — a growing enterprise deserves the whole desk.

Analyst's notes for strategy holdings

• Write the plan before the first move, even if the plan is one sentence. Strategy games punish improvisation politely and reward a rough intention revised on purpose.
• Spend your first session on reconnaissance. Watch what the game charges you for — time, space, resources, attention — because that price list is the whole game in miniature.
• Keep a reserve uncommitted. The player who deploys everything into the opening has read only the first page of the problem; the answer usually arrives in chapter two.

Tavern Cardsharp — questions from the readership

What does it cost to open Tavern Cardsharp?

Nothing, at any point. The holding is free from the first click to the last upgrade — no account to open, no download to wait for, no paywall filed anywhere in its pages. The advertising around this page is what pays the bookkeeping.

What kind of game is Tavern Cardsharp, exactly?

We file it on the Strategy shelf of the ledger. It is a browser game through and through — the prospectus above is the publisher's own summary of what the game asks of you and what it gives back.

Can I play Tavern Cardsharp on a phone or tablet?

Yes — it runs in the browser on phones and tablets just as it does on a computer. The file is drawn wide, for a landscape screen — turn a phone sideways, or let a tablet or desktop give it room to breathe.

Is there anything to download or install first?

Nothing at all. Tavern Cardsharp is an HTML5 game: press the open button and it loads on this very page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind on your device.

Closing entry

Finished the audit, or still mid-season? The full Strategy shelf is one click away — The deliberate shelf: 102 games where the win is decided several moves before it happens. Plans, counters and patience, filed in roster order with the strongest thinkers first.