Haven’t played this one in years, thought it was cancelled but it’s still running! “Blue Manchu sold Card Hunters to new developers The Knights of Unity!”? This is according to fictional in-game GM “Gary”. There’s a tiny bit of voice acting. Card Hunter just turned 10 years old. It is a meta-“tabletop RPG” on your computer, and actually combines strategy, deck-building, and dice-rolling.

Now it looks like it’s Steam only, was there a web version before? The important thing is, my old account name and password still worked! Free to download and start. The “pay to win” currency is “Pizza Slices”, regular currency is gold.

You have a 3-man/elf/dwarf party, each can equip weapons, armor, and skills of various rarity. Weapons provide 6 cards each, others 3 cards. Looks like about 36 cards per character. You can also save and reload your character / equipment loadout.

You explore “dungeons” to unlock more of the map, gain experience and gold. These look like square-grid tabletop miniature boards. By playing the available cards from your 3 characters, you move around the board or attack. Each side (you vs. monsters) alternates play, one card at a time. When you have no more cards to play, you can end the round and new cards are drawn. Dice are rolled for attacks and defense, affected by the attack and defense cards; some attacks cannot be blocked, depending on the direction the miniature is facing. There are also different types of damage and resistance.

Some premium dungeons locked with “Pizza Slices”. There are also “campaigns” with a few battles in series, and specific rewards at the end. Most dungeons can be replayed, but might not be rewarding beyond the fun of playing.

There is multiplayer! Usually you’d battle 1v1 for more treasure chests, but there is also co-op for the dungeons. Looks like a small player count, these are gonna be the hardcore veterans!

This is a very good free game.