Skytear Horde: Campaigns

Skytear Horde

The solo castle defense card battler

It feels a bit like playing Magic: the Gathering or Hearthstone BUT solo or co-⁠op! Lightweight and slightly crunchy 20-⁠minute game

  • 1–2 players
  • 15–30 minutes
  • 14+ age

Skytear Horde is rated 8.3 on BoardGameGeek. This is what they say…

  • It is a solo banger. Captures the MtG and Hearthstone feeling without having to take out a second mortgage.
    — zabbot
  • My favorite solo board game so far. Playing it feels almost like playing a video game [...] the AI runs very smoothly, allowing you to focus entirely on planning your strategy and adapting to the battlefield.
    — wildanfjr
  • They have absolutely crushed the solo/cooperative play experience [...] Gameplay is so fun, daresay addictive, you'll find yourself not being able to put this game down and coming back for another round.
    — ivbenoit
  • Having previously played Magic, Hearthstone [...] this fills that tense one-on-one dueler almost perfectly (without a potentially toxic opponent sitting across from you!)
    — sneakyturtle_
  • Very easy to get to the table, like 1 min easy [...] Accessibility ratio to the weight and depth of experience this game provides is second to none.
    — Kira0403
  • One of the most underrated games out there. While this box is already strong on its own, it truly shines when combined with previous boxes, adding a huge amount of depth through the deck-building component and offering tremendous replayability.
    — mmunda
  • I'm sure I'll be playing this for years to come. This is already getting close to being my top solo board game [...] didn't expect to like it this much.
    — loktar
  • I like that the game puts pressure on you to end the game before you lose. There is a ticking clock of your deck running out [...] having that constraint really forces you to make decisions and even be risky at times.
    — Reckowning
  • I used to play A LOT of MtG back in the day and this really does have strong MtG vibes, basically letting me play MtG solo [...] It really scratches the itch for anyone like me who enjoys deck construction and some brain burning puzzle.
    — edanielsen
  • Excellent for relaxing in the evening after putting the children to bed. But also excellent at playing two-player in co-op with my son [...] No game of Skytear will be the same as the last!
    — Bebert25
  • Quick set up, play and tear down, all within 30 min. Lots of meaty choices and tactical decisions. Either play with a prebuilt deck, or sink your teeth into some deckbuilding.
    — FrackThis
  • I'm enjoying the tactical card play and figuring out the strategies. Cool solo experience with minimal setup. For me it has that 'just one more try' aspect.
    — Uphillspin

Skytear Horde Products

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Skytear Horde

€4000

Skytear Horde

Skytear Horde

€4000

Skytear Horde

In brief

Skytear Horde is the asymmetric castle-defense card battler for 1 to 3 players. 1-minute set-up for 30-minute games.

Command your alliance of heroes, defend your castle, and fight back waves of monsters lane by lane until you defeat the Outsider and repel the horde.

“It feels a bit like playing Magic: the Gathering … BUT solo or co-op!”

Contents
  • 3 Horde Decks
  • 3 Alliance Decks
  • 30+ Extra Cards
  • 50+ Tokens
  • Rulebook
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 20 × 30 × 5 cm (7.9 × 11.8 × 2 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm (same size as Magic: the Gathering)
Skytear Horde: Monoliths

€4000

Skytear Horde Monoliths

Skytear Horde: Monoliths

€4000

Skytear Horde Monoliths

In brief

The retail edition of Skytear Horde: Monoliths, the second big box in the series of solo and 2-player cooperative castle-defense card battlers.

Contents
  • 3 horde decks each with their own outsider-boss
  • 3 alliance decks with different play styles
  • Rulebook and tokens as needed
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 20 × 30 × 5 cm (7.9 × 11.8 × 2 in)

  • 250 sleeves (88x63mm) sleeve all cards
  • 3 player aid cards, 6 portals, and 6 castle cards are double-sided
Skytear Horde: Campaigns

€4000

Skytear Horde Campaigns

Skytear Horde: Campaigns

€4000

Skytear Horde Campaigns

In brief

Skytear Horde: Campaigns is the stand-alone core set with everything you need to play, including 3 horde and 3 alliance decks. It is a great starting point for new players and for returning players alike.

Play one-off games or take on the new mini-campaigns of connected games for a rogue-like experience, in the series of solo and 2-player cooperative castle-defense card battlers.

Contents
  • 3 Horde Decks
  • 3 Alliance Decks
  • Rulebook
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 20 × 30 × 5 cm (7.9 × 11.8 × 2 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm
  • The box holds all its cards sleeved (each deck will not have its own slot)
Skytear Horde: Monoliths Deluxe

€20000

Skytear Horde Monoliths Deluxe

Skytear Horde: Monoliths Deluxe

€20000

Skytear Horde Monoliths Deluxe

In brief

Limited leftover copies from the Monoliths crowdfunding (subject to regional availability). All the cards and deluxe tokens from both campaigns, together with the playmat.

Contents
  • Deluxe box
  • Contents of the Monoliths retail box
  • Colossal Expansion
  • Diviners Expansion
  • Broods Expansion
  • Challenge Expansion
  • New deluxe tokens
  • 25 card dividers
  • Contents of the Skytear Horde retail box
  • Illusionists Expansion
  • Utsesh Expansion
  • Deluxe tokens from the previous campaign
  • Playmat
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 33 × 33 × 8 cm (13 × 13 × 3.1 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm
  • The deluxe box stores everything sleeved
Skytear Horde: Campaigns Deluxe

€12000

Skytear Horde Campaigns Deluxe

Skytear Horde: Campaigns Deluxe

€12000

Skytear Horde Campaigns Deluxe

In brief

The deluxe upgrade of Skytear Horde: Campaigns for returning players: all the new gameplay cards plus the deluxe extras from the campaign.

Contents
  • All Skytear Horde: Campaigns gameplay cards
  • Campaign booklet
  • 11 new dividers
  • 17 deluxe tokens (+3 armor, +3 attack, gold)
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 22 × 32.5 × 4.5 cm (8.7 × 12.8 × 1.8 in)

  • Everything fits sleeved into the deluxe box from Monoliths
Skytear Horde: Challenge Expansion

€1500

Skytear Horde Challenge Expansion

Skytear Horde: Challenge Expansion

€1500

Skytear Horde Challenge Expansion

In brief

Play the 4 hordes from the original campaign using the new difficulty system.

Contents
  • 80 Horde cards
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 6 × 9 × 3 cm (2.4 × 3.5 × 1.2 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm (80 sleeves to sleeve everything)
Skytear Horde: Nupten & Utsesh Expansion

€2500

Skytear Horde Nupten & Utsesh Expansion

Skytear Horde: Nupten & Utsesh Expansion

€2500

Skytear Horde Nupten & Utsesh Expansion

In brief

These 2 expansions are a leftover from the Kickstarter: a pre-made Nupten alliance deck built around mentalist combos, and the Nightmares horde deck of mythical monsters that paralyze entire armies before the Utsesh outsider arrives.

Contents
  • 40 Alliance cards (pre-made Nupten deck)
  • 4 Horde cards for the common set (Secret Passage, Raise the Dead, Utseshi Swarm, Onikai Legion)
  • 21 Horde cards (the Nightmares deck)
  • 6 Outsider cards (The Dreaming Mathriarc, the Ancient Outsider, the Silent Ambassador)
  • 4 Hero cards, one per faction (Akimo, Shaidrus, Vorhild, Ixatosk)
  • 2 Castle cards (the Cloud Gate and the Executioner's Den)
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 6.5 × 9 × 3.5 cm (2.6 × 3.5 × 1.4 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm (77 sleeves to sleeve everything)
Skytear Horde: Diviners, Broods, and Colossals Expansions

€2500

Skytear Horde Diviners, Broods, and Colossals Expansions

Skytear Horde: Diviners, Broods, and Colossals Expansions

€2500

Skytear Horde Diviners, Broods, and Colossals Expansions

In brief

These 3 expansions are a leftover from the Gamefound campaign: 105 cards in total to expand your deck-building options and face new colossal threats.

Contents
  • 1 new Alliance deck with its 2 Castles
  • 1 new Horde deck with its Outsider-boss
  • 7 Outsiders with aura, belonging to 8 different hordes
  • 7 multi-card Colossal Outsiders
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 6 × 9 × 6 cm (2.4 × 3.5 × 2.4 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm (105 sleeves to sleeve everything)
Skytear Horde: Travelers and Faefolk Expansions

€2500

Skytear Horde Travelers and Faefolk Expansions

Skytear Horde: Travelers and Faefolk Expansions

€2500

Skytear Horde Travelers and Faefolk Expansions

In brief

Travelers and Faefolk are the two crowdfunding-exclusive expansions from the Skytear Horde: Campaigns campaign. Add them to any Skytear Horde collection for more deck-building options and new hordes to face.

Contents
  • 3 Castles
  • 1 new Horde deck
  • 1 new Alliance deck
  • New Outsiders
Storage & sleeving

Box size: 6.5 × 9 × 3.5 cm (2.6 × 3.5 × 1.4 in)

  • All cards are 63x88mm

About Skytear Horde

Skytear Horde is the lane-⁠based card battler in which one or two players fight against the horde of monsters controlled by the game.

Players say Skytear Horde gives them the feeling of playing a solo or cooperative version of competitive card battlers such as Keyforge, Hearthstone, or Magic: the Gathering.

In the six lanes of the battlefield monsters attack your castle while beyond the enemy line smaller minions pillage your resources, forcing you to discard cards from your deck each turn.

You lose the battle if your castle is destroyed or your deck runs out of cards.
You win if you destroy the portal spawning the monsters and the epic monster leading the horde.

There are many interesting choices on the tactical and strategic level: strike a balance between defending and counter-⁠attacking but also fighting the minions pillaging your deck and the monsters destroying your castle.

While you juggle all these decisions you also have to be careful not to run out of cards, as the principal way to draw new cards is to destroy monsters!

Skytear Horde is really quick to setup, play, and store away. In just a few seconds you can restart a new game giving it a strong “just one more try” aspect.
Designer
Giacomo Neri, Riccardo Neri
Artists
Gong Studios
Complexity
2.9 / 5
BoardGameGeek
8.3/10 (103 ratings)

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