Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a card game set in the Witcher universe. The player controls Meve, the queen of Lyria and Rivia, during the second war between the Northern Realms and Nilfgaard. Those events happened in parallel to the book saga and therefore before the video game series.

While traveling through the current location, the player directly controls Meve on the overhead map. The way to the next plot point is fairly linear, but there are often side paths to take which leads to optional combat encounters or resources (recruits, wood or money) to pick up. These are used to craft additional cards or purchase upgrades. The representation of plot and dialogue depends on the importance of the encounter: decisions which only affect resources in the short run are directly displayed over the overhead map, more important ones are narrated text with illustrations and the most important ones feature animated side-view drawings of the characters. Those decisions often have significant impact on the later plot, including which characters join or leave Meve.