"The Arena of Exarch is a place where fame and fortune are decided. Every year heroes from all over the country gather in Exarch for the grand tournament. In fierce battles, they decide which of them are the true Masters of Exarch."

Masters of Exarch is a tactical card game for 2-4 players. The main mechanic of the game is its energy system, where each turn the players need to decide which cards to discard to play the other cards. The second important mechanic is the action system where some cards have strong effects but have an additional cost of action points. The card mechanics in Masters of Exarch are heavily themed around deck and card manipulation, so that each turn every card and decision matters. The game contains 10 heroes and 100 playing cards consisting of 66 different single cards. You can play the same set of cards as deck builder, constructed or draft. Take the cards with you and play wherever you want.

Inspired by many card games and especialy deck builder I played over last years summer, I decided to create my own. My goal was a system that was flexible enough that the same set of cards could be played as any of the common card game formats. Deck builder, constructed, draft or cube. I wanted a small set of cards you could take with you and play anywhere you want anyway you want it. The second goal was that I wanted the players to feel that their decisions mattered, since often while playing I had the feeling that I didn't had much agency and things too often were purely decided by luck of the draw. While Masters of Exarch still has the common elements of luck of a tcg / deck builder, the energy system makes every card a decision in every turn.

To celebrate the release of Masters of Exarch you can get the game 50% off for the month of july.