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Relic Smiths

A dark-fantasy 1v1 card game. Coming soon.

The old gods are dead, and their bones were smelted into Relics. Smiths who forge them are feared and hunted, and every Relic slowly corrupts whoever wields it.

How it plays

  • Two players, one Champion each, 20 health.
  • Gather ore, gems and runes, then forge Relics into three slots: weapon, armour and talisman.
  • Clash with your Champion and one-shot Tactic cards.
  • Watch your Corruption: push too far and your Champion turns on you.
  • Fixed 40-card decks, with no blind booster packs.

Four factions

  • The Cinder Oath: aggressive. Pays in blood to forge.
  • The Hollow Crown: control. Broken Relics leave an echo behind.
  • Gravewardens: value. Digs Relics back up from the discard pile.
  • The Unforged: disruption. Breaks enemy Relics, plain steel, no god-bone.

Printed cards, plus an Android app.

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