Business Wars - The Card Game

A cute minimalist deck building tower defense game set in the world of business. Pretty fun and original although there are a few bits of rough translation that leave me a little confused about some card effects.

FInally, something new and unique. From time to time, I get the urge to browse through the indie collection on Steam to find something special or just different, most of the times with no luck. So last time I didn't browse, just clicked on random games to see if I can find one that grabs my attention. That's when I've stumbled upon the game collection of [i]Black Phoenix Studios[/i]. I was really considering to buy the whole bundle as it was on sale but I bought only the [i]Counter Terrorism - Minesweeper[/i] game and this one just to see if they meet my standards. I was really lucky that I bought them at the same time because the other game has really severe issues which would have made me reconsider to buy something else from [i]Black Phoenix Studios[/i]. And then, I would have missed out a card game with the most potential I've seen in the last decade (or since [i]Ants![/i], which is one of my favorite in this genre). This game may not appeal to everyone and it's still unpolished....

While this game has lots of business attributes and good deck building mechanics that make for a potentially fun game, I cannot recommend this game. Firstly, the poor grammar. While I was able to work it out slowly, poor grammar still made for confusing rule structures. Secondly, the tutorial at the beginning did explain what things were but I felt like they left out a few key steps on how these cards function together or even how they generally work. I do not mind working things out through trial and error, that is sometimes part of business, but there seemed to be a lack of transparency. I was unable to see where money came from, how it was lost, where these influences came from, why I didn't seem to get any, what these phases do, what makes them so different, what the colored cards even mean and so on. In the end, I do not recommend this game in it's current state.