Strange Alliances - an expansion for Epic Wars Confrontation

⚔️ WHAT IS EPIC WARS CONFRONTATION?

Epic Wars Confrontation is a living card game system built around powerful heroes, tactical abilities, and direct player conflict.

Strange Alliances is fully playable on its own and is designed to shine at 2 players, while also scaling smoothly up to 6 players for more chaotic, alliance-driven battles.

 ⚔️ WHAT IS STRANGE ALLIANCES?

Strange Alliances reshapes the battlefield by introducing heroes with radically different playstyles and mechanics that reward timing, choices, and reading your opponents.

The core experience remains fast, confrontational, and deeply strategic.

⚔️ REAL TABLETOP GAMEPLAY

This is a physical card game, designed for the table.

No apps, No digital dependencies and No gimmicks! Just cards, strategy, and decisive moments — whether you’re playing one-on-one or with a full table.

🎲  HERO MATCHUPS & PLAYSTYLES

 SENTINEL vs PIRATE :  Defend heroically as Orim Ironskin using your opponent’s speed against them or play as Captain Longtooth utilizing his luck-based skills to defeat his adversaries.

SEER vs Warlock : Use the power of the tarot with Madame Fortuna to manipulate the playing field or debuff your enemies with the shadowy curses of Kage no Oni Kyo.

MONK vs BERSERKER : Defeat your adversaries with the kenku Dou Ji of the East, using combos to make small attacks or enhance one attack to incredible levels. Bolthar Redfists, the ogre berserker, gets stronger the more he is damaged. 

MEET THE HEROES

AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE - Orim punishes his enemies for missing their attacks. His cards increase his defense based on the difference in speed (SPD) values.

 LUCK-BASED ODDS - Longtooth relies on the luck of the die to perform amazing actions. Some of his cards require to call odds or evens on your roll results.

FATE CONTROL - Use your knowledge and the power of the Tarot to manipulate dice rolls and change the results of battle.

DEBILITATING CURSES  - Weaken your opponents using curses, a new card type that attaches to heroes and gives them a continuous penalty to their stats.

COMBO ATTACKS - Use your cards to make several small attacks or combo them into one huge attack with added results. Combo cards work as both actions or reactions.

ENRAGED STRENGTH  - As your Hero takes damage, his base strength will increase making his hits even more devastating

QUICK RULES (AT A GLANCE)

Epic Wars Confrontation: Strange Alliances
2–6 players · Standalone

🎴 SETUP

Each player takes 1 Hero deck, 1 hero die, and 1 life dial

Place your Hero card and 2 starting cards (0 cost) in play 

Shuffle your deck and draw your starting hand (2 cards)

Roll to determine the first player

🔄 YOUR TURN

On your turn, you:

Draw 1 card

Play cards by spending Training Points (TP)

Activate cards to generate TP

Declare attacks

Important:
Activated cards you use to generate TP cannot be used for their printed action  that turn.

🎴 TRAINING POINTS (TP)

TP are  used to play cards

Cards generate TP when activated

Your Hero provides 1 TP for free

Unused TP does not carry over

🎲 COMBAT

Declare an attack with a Hero or card

Roll your hero die

Defender rolls to block

If attack > defense → deal damage equal to the difference

Ties deal 0 damage

❤️ DAMAGE & ELIMINATION

Damage reduces life on the life dial

When a hero reaches 0 life, they are eliminated

Eliminated players are out of the game

🏆 WINNING

Last hero standing wins

🎯 QUICK TAKEAWAY

Simple rules

Deep hero interactions

Tactical decisions every turn

WHY KICKSTARTER?

Backing this campaign helps us:

• Produce the game at premium quality
• Expand the Epic Wars universe
• Unlock stretch goals that enhance art, variety, and replayability

By backing now, you’re helping shape the future of Epic Wars Confrontation.