Carpalware
Deckbuilder CCG · 2014 · Code, effects & story

War of Omens

A collectible card game with a deckbuilder at its core: each turn you buy cards into your deck and spend them in the same fight.

Built at Fifth Column Games, the studio I co-founded. Launched on Kongregate in February 2014 and later released on mobile and Steam.

More than ten years later, the game still has an active player base. I continue supporting players with account transfers from Kongregate to Steam and help in Discord.

Play free on Steam →

War of Omens: a bone-armored warrior, a purple-clad swordswoman, a seated queen with golden skeletons, and a masked knight in a vaulted hall
Heroes of War of Omens · Official artwork

The original game

War of Omens: a battle in progress, fire streaking across the board toward an enemy hero
Combat effects
War of Omens: a full board of cards mid-turn, attacks arcing toward the opposing hero
Attacks across a full board
War of Omens: the deck editor, cards sorted by power, prosperity, faith and coins
Deck editor
War of Omens: the main menu, with the masked hero Sofocatro
Main menu · Sofocatro
War of Omens: an illustrated campaign scene of a captain rallying her crew on a ship's deck
Campaign storytelling
War of Omens: full card art for the Mercenary, with flavour text
Hand-drawn card art
War of Omens: a draft tournament result, five wins and two losses
Draft tournament