Expeditions Are Here: A New Single-Player Mode

One of the Seals is cracking, Tactician. An Old God is reaching through, and you’ll have to fight your way to it.

Hi everyone! I’ve added a new mode: Expeditions! It’s a single-player roguelike where you start with a small deck, build it up over a series of battles, and hopefully make it far enough to take down an Old God. There’s also a weekly challenge with a leaderboard and some new rewards to compete for.

How an Expedition works

You begin by choosing one of three Heroes, each from a different faction. Your starting deck contains that Hero and 15 cards from its faction, and your Hero starts every fight in your opening hand, costing 6 less the first time you play it. From there, you have ten fights ahead of you on the Blitz board. Three champions stand along the route, with an Old God waiting at the end. You’ll see all four bosses as soon as you choose your Hero, so you can keep them in mind while building your deck.

After ordinary fights, you can choose a bundle of cards to add to your deck, or skip the reward if you’d rather keep things focused. Champions offer stronger cards and a choice of perks that stay with you for the rest of the run. The catch is that your health carries over between fights. You get a little back after each win, and champions give you a choice between a larger heal and more maximum health, but losing any fight ends the Expedition. Before most battles, you can also accept optional Challenges for bonus rewards if you win. How many you take on is up to you!

You don’t have to finish everything in one sitting. You can leave whenever you need to, even during a fight, and come back to exactly where you left off!

Gold and harder levels

Expeditions are free to play as often as you like. The first one you start each day pays 50 Gold for each champion you defeat and 150 Gold for beating the Old God. That’s up to 300 Gold from the bosses for a full clear per day, and you keep whatever you’ve earned if the run ends early!

Winning also unlocks the next difficulty level, up to a maximum level of 10. Each level adds another rule on top of the ones before it, so there’s more to work through once you’ve beaten your first Old God.

The Weekly Challenge

Each week, there’s a challenge where everyone plays the same Expedition. This has its own leaderboard, with titles and profile frames to compete for. You can have a regular Expedition and a weekly challenge attempt going at the same time, so you don’t need to finish one before starting the other!

Let me know how it goes!

I’d love to hear how your first runs go! Let me know which Heroes you enjoy, how the bosses feel, and whether the card and perk choices are giving you interesting decks to play. This is just a fun extra mode to play when you aren't queuing, and a way to earn a bit of extra Gold, so I'm not expecting perfect balance. However, if things feel way too hard or way too easy, do not hesitate to let me know!

As always, you can share feedback in Discord or through the Support page. If something breaks, please tell me about that too!

Thanks,

Cav