Kortstrid Arena
Kortstrid: sixteen squares, four edges, zero mercy.
A dark-fantasy 4×4 card battle where every warrior is a compass of violence—directional strength, elemental spite, modifier sockets, and weaknesses that love to betray you. Break foes, rake Echo Materials, then feed the Forge something nastier for the rematch.
The crucible
Sixteen squares. One nerve.
Every match is a tiny war on black iron and carved stone: nine cards in your warband, five ready in hand, four breathing in reserve. After each placement you draw—so tempo, bluffs, and panic all live in the same sixteen cells.
Edge law
Your card is a compass that bites.
North, east, south, and west are not decoration—they are the arguments your card makes against whatever touches that side. When edges collide, the bigger number wins the clash. Integrity is the hairline truth under the paint: break it, and the card’s story ends in shards.
Contested steel
Win the line. Own the echo.
Slide a stronger edge into a shared border and you capture the rival card, hammer its integrity, and keep the pressure chain alive. If you drive integrity to zero, the card shatters—but you keep a remnant you control, a ghost piece that still votes on the board.
Loot with lore
Shatter with fury—harvest with discipline.
When a card breaks, it does not vanish into the void: it coughs up Echo Materials tied to what it was made of—glass, thread, bone, ember, ink. Battle never deletes your collection; it only rewrites what is on the table in front of you.
Tempo ritual
Place. Clash. Draw. Grin or swallow it.
You deploy from hand or reserve, resolve edge duels, watch captures ripple, then refill your hand—tight loops where one greedy placement can win a lane or gift your opponent a comeback story they tell for a week.
First age playtest
Step into the forge-lit proving grounds.
Help stress the 4×4 grid, deck builder, modifiers, Echo economy, and Forge progression while the rules still have a little smoke on them. Bring reads, bring bugs, bring balance nightmares—we want all three.
Balance passes · modifier tuning · echoes from the shattered