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Areteion 1.0.19 Features Danger warnings now cover playing a card from hand: squares where the card would be open to destruction on the enemy's next turn are marked red among the highlighted placement squares. Hovering a card that is in danger names the warning above its card pre
Areteion 1.0.18 Reasoning 1.0.17 was about taking the swings out: fewer runs ended by something nobody could have played around, less to hold in mind at once. Favor was the last piece still working the old way. Four separate counters were too many stats to track, and cancelling a
Areteion 1.0.17 Reasoning Areteion launched as a game of tight puzzles: every turn a tricky situation to survive, and the rules were constrained on purpose to keep that tension up. Your feedback since launch, in the reviews and on the forum, has been clear about the price of it:
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.16 General (Experimental) Added new function option for Domus: "Unblock all tiles". Only offered while you have blocked tiles. Domus also gained "Cannot be Blocked". Weather: Snow / Heavy Snow: 1 / 2 Power is charged once per card each round, the first t
Comprehensive AI Rework All two-player modes have been reworked. The AI enemy is now always drawn from a set of 120 pre-built decks. Each deck also has a new difficulty scaling on top consisting of a flat Arete advantage and a fixed number of additional blessings the AI receives
Weather Weather has been reworked to have less of an impact on the game. It now primarily targets movement and should still feel impactful, but further tuning might be necessary. As a consequence of the waether changes all games will now start with 3 Power, no light rain 2 Power
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.13 Overdraw So far, drawing with a full hand was always just skipped, which led to lots of frustration and confusion. Now drawing an 8th card will be possible, but immediately afterward a choice will force the player to offer one of the 8 cards in hand t
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.12 Features Added swapping: two cards you control trade places in one simultaneous move, at any distance both can afford. Each pays the Movement cost of the route to the other's tile. Both must be free of summoning sickness and able to stand on the other
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.11 Features The demo now lets you earn cards through normal play, up to a 20-card collection limit; further unlocks (including new Olympians) require the full game. Your demo card collection carries over automatically if you get the full game on the same
Tutorial I'm immensely grateful for the great reception the game has had so far, especially after such a tiny launch. And all of that brings new ideas and new motivation. So I've been hard at work to create at least a basic tutorial. I could complete this faster than I had hoped,
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.9 General Increased card rewards across every mode: Solo Constructed, Random Deck Challenge, and Versus AI level-up wins now grant 3 cards (was 2). Ranked, Quick Match, and Friend Challenge matches now grant 12 cards for a win (was 10) and 4 for a loss o
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.8 General Added global and friends leaderboards for the Random Deck Challenge (levels and highscores), accessible from the Leaderboards screen and from the Leaderboards button on the Random Deck Challenge stats panel. Added per-Olympian Quick Match Ratin
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.7 General Added a board Zoom slider on the game HUD (above Help / Settings / Resign); hide it via Settings → HUD → Show Zoom Slider. Board zoom can now also be controlled with Page Up / Page Down and + / − (in addition to mouse wheel). Board zoom: hiding
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.6 Balance Aristeia, Finest Hour now grants +2 Attack and +2 Health, and this turn only +4 Movement and unlimited attacks (no longer grants invulnerability or temporary +5 Attack). Bug Fixes Fixed Diomedes (and similar damage-cap abilities) not limiting d
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.5 Hero's Journey: any discovered Olympian can start a run. Commons, Uncommons, Rares, and Heroes are always draftable; other Epics and Mythologicals still unlock through your collection. Added a text search in Collection deckbuilding that matches card na
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.4 Flurry now deals 2 damage instead of 3. Fixed Alecto, Fury of Wrath not reacting when an ability is activated. Fixed Agon’s temporary movement boost sometimes lasting past the end of the turn if the card moved. Fixed Versus AI matches sometimes ending
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.3 Domus now starts with 12 Health instead of 10. Fixed cards that return to your hand not having summoning sickness when played again. Hero's Journey olympians now unlock after owning 15 different cards of that olympian (was 30 copies). Split the Setting
Patch Notes Areteion v1.0.2 Widened the cloud border along the bottom edge of the game board. Added an option to keep the music playing when you switch to another app or window (Settings → Audio → Background Audio), with an optional slight volume fade while unfocused. Added WASD
Thanks for playing and giving feedback! Here's a small patch with a few fixes: Fixed a bug where Invulnerable/Elusive effects (e.g. Divine Shield) could get stuck on a unit. AI opponents now correctly integrate the provided Might of enemy cards in their decision making. Fixed Oly
A deep thank you to my wife, without whom this would never have been possible! This is purely a passion project without any budget. So I’m happy it got this far. There is no marketing for it, so this launch will be small, but that’s okay and I am already grateful for all the peop