EMPRISE

EMPRISE is a one-on-one card duel played on a small grid. Every card has four numbers, one on each side. When you place a card, it compares numbers with each enemy card it touches: if your number on the shared edge is higher, that card switches to your side. At the end of the game, whoever holds the most cards wins.

Ten Orders change the rules. Archers capture in a straight line, even from a distance. Guardians get stronger on the side being attacked. Ashes pull the nearest cards towards them, allies included. Scribes hide their numbers from the opponent. You bring two Orders to each duel, and the pair you pick changes how the whole game plays.

Two equal numbers in the same move trigger Resonance, and captured cards can attack in turn, so one placement can chain captures across the board.

Modes: duels against the in-game AI (four difficulty levels), a story mode in eight chapters, eight-player tournaments, a draft mode, online Ranked from Bronze to Legend with a top 100 Pantheon, and friend challenges sent by link.

Free, no ads, no in-app purchases, no account: a nickname is enough. The game is in French only for now. Available on the App Store for iPhone (https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/emprise-jeu-de-cartes/id6813229855) and playable in the browser at empriselejeu.fr.