The latest version of Gwent is genuinely a pretty good game well on the way to greatness. It came out of beta about 2.5 months ago in October 2018. Like a lot of the reviews in here around that time my initial reactions were generally quite negative, but in the intervening months CDPR have managed to address a number of balance issues and have recently tinkered with some some of the game mechanics based on feedback from the community. These have made the game so much more enjoyable and diverse than it was on initial release. The card game is essentially about trying to out-wit and out-play your opponent over three rounds. Between rounds you draw a few cards and can mulligan some back into your deck in the hope of drawing more favourable cards. It is a lot of fun. If you are starting out it can be a little overwhelming because the starter decks are not very powerful and you will be generally unfamiliar with the oppenents cards and how to counter or play around them for a while. Do not fear however because if you play in the ranked mode you be matched with other new starters and low ranked players and you will quickly start to expect certain cards with certain leaders or patterns of play. Part of the fun of this game is building your card collection over time via earning kegs, or earning ore to buy kegs, and by crafting cards with scraps. Typically you can earn enough ore for 2-3 kegs over the course of several hours buy playing games, meeting some daily reward targets and earning reward points by leveling up. The game is free and you can happily build up your collection over time and eventually build more powerful decks and hopefully get more wins. I would recommend purchasing the starter pack which is a discounted pack of 10 kegs. You will typically encounter a Legendary or Epic gold card about once every 5-8 kegs in my experience so probably you will get 2 in the starter pack, although it is random chance so maybe not. So download Gwent and have a go. It's great.
