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History:
Altered by Equinox was brought to life by 14,997 backers on Kickstarter and ran until 2023-2026. After having a successful campaign (if you don’t count the backers who never received their items) Altered would be played by a dedicated fanbase with players flocking to their local game stores and official tournaments to play.
They also successfully crowdfunded their Seeds of Unity set on Gamefound and gained €902,109 from 2996 backers.
Unfortunately, the company ran into financial difficulties, leading to them claim bankruptcy and cancel their upcoming physical print run of their newest setsRoots of Corruption and Neverending Journey. They did release those sets in a digital format for players to print before the closure of the game. -Altered.gg
How to Play:
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Altered operates off of a day and night cycle as players progress towards their expedition. The goal is for players to have their hero and companion progress through Tumult and meet before their opponent does.
Formats
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STANDARD
Standard is the easiest and most popular way to experience Altered. Choose a Hero, build a deck in your favorite faction and start playing! As a constructed format, Standard asks two players to each bring a deck made up of at least 39 cards and 1 Hero from a single faction.
MULTIPLAYER
Multiplayer pits a team of two players against another team of two. As a constructed format, players from each team bring their own decks, choosing from any hero and any faction the ones they think complement each other best. The first player to meet their Hero and Companion markers will secure victory for their team. Multiplayer rules are not yet finalized We’re still finalizing the rules for Multiplayer, so check back on launch date (September 13th) for full rules and information on this format! In the meantime, you can check out the Kickstarter update regarding this format.
BOOSTER DRAFT
Booster Draft is a format in which each player receives four sealed Altered booster packs. Players open packs, select cards from the packs opened, pass the pack and repeat until all cards are drafted. Then players build a deck of at least 30 cards from the pool of cards they selected. Cards in your deck can be from up to three different factions.