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The Space War is a fast-paced, strategic 2-player card game designed by two competitive MTG tournament players.
Refined through 5 years of playtesting, it provides a pure tactical experience akin to chess. No booster packs, no resource cards and no dead cards. All cards are included from the start.
Play seamlessly in your browser across all devices, or print and play offline.
Jump in with 3 carefully constructed preset decks, or build your own to explore deep strategic possibilities.
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5 minute intro video
Video Transcript
What is The Space War card game and why do I think it is an amazing game?
Hi I am Jim and I am the creator of this new card game - The Space War.
I have been playing card games on and off the last 25 years - for example Magic, Hearthstone, Dominion, Doomtrooper and many others. I also play a lot of modern board games.
In the summer of 2018 I started working on my own card game which in my opinion is much better than other similar games.
- Strategic 2 player card game, around 20-40 minutes to play
- All cards included for free
- More like chess in the way that both players has access to the same cards - it is not a pay-to-win game.
- The game is played the same offline or online
- Free to play online in your web browser at thespacewar.com
- Print and play offline for free.
- Focus on how your play your cards instead of which cards you have
- Choose between 3 preset decks or mix the cards to make your own unique deck
- Each card can be played in several ways but the game is still simple and smooth to play
- Skill based with focus on competitive play, leaderboard on the site.
- Player interaction with counters and reactions
- Tension and excitement without any runaway leader problem
- No booster packs
- No grinding
- No RNG cards
- No dead cards
- No resource cards
- New interesting game mechanic, I will show you
[ Showing and explaining the new game mechanic that makes this game different than other similar games ]
[ Quick demo of online play ]
[ Quick demo of offline play ]
AI Usage Statement
The Space War card game is a father-and-son passion project and has been in development since 2018 with more than 5 years of playtesting. It features entirely human-created artwork — no AI art has been used at any stage. The art for the game was arranged between 2018 and 2020 through a combination of unique commissioned illustrations and commercially licensed human-created artwork. No AI-generated images are used anywhere in the game or on the website.
Modern tools, including AI, are used only to support clarity and polish in the rules, website text, lore, and coding of the online game and website. These tools assist the human process, but all creative decisions, gameplay design, card mechanics and coding direction come from the designers.
Said About the Game
The way the stations work, allowing you to customize and manipulate your actions, is very, very clever. I also like how it functions as your life meter, meaning there is no need for health counters.
- Anonymous Cardboard Edison Award Judge
Very elegant design with solid core and interesting core mechanics.
- Suzanne Zinsli, Cardboard Edison Award Judge
Card games is a big part of my life and I have played many different games the last 25 years including Magic the Gathering, Hearthstone, Dominion, RftG, Star Realms, Doomtrooper, different classic card games and other CCGs but The Space War is what I enjoy most to play in a 2 player game ... by far.
We have more than 60 modern board games and I just asked my 10 year old son what is his favorite game of all time and he answered The Space War without any hesitation. I think the same. We have played the game on a regular basis for 2 years now.
- Jim Westergren
External Links
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Article by Jim Westergren:
Creating The Space War - The Card Game of My Dreams