Ironwood

Product Description Ironwood

Ironwood is a rule-light, highly asymmetric, card-driven tactical game for 1-2 players. Each round, you and your opponent alternate playing a total of three faction-specific cards for their action effects. These effects include positioning your warbands, initiating battles, gaining crystals, granting temporary passives, and much more. When a battle occurs, you use the same cards for their combat values, simultaneously attempting to gain combat bonuses, inflict and mitigate casualties, and increase your warbands' Dominance value to win the battle.

The two factions are completely asymmetrical in their playstyles, decks, victory conditions – even in which parts of the map they can enter.
As the Ironclad commander, your main goal is to lay the foundations of your forges in the outer mountains. Once you've gathered enough crystals, you'll build forges on these foundations. As the Wood Walker chieftain, your mission is to find your people's ancient totems using vision cards, clear the path to them by defeating Ironclad war groups, and finally secure them in the outer woods, beyond the reach of the Ironclads. If you, as the Chieftain, retrieve the third totem or, as the Commander, build the third Forge, you win the game instantly.

Ironwood also includes a solo mode where you don't have to do much against the Ironclad or the Woodwalkers. While both solo opponents operate according to the same principles, each has unique aspects and characteristics.

Ironwood will suit you if you are also enthusiastic about War of the Ring 2nd Edition.