Blood Rage has gone digital. This game blends card drafting with area control to create an experience full of decisions and fun. But does the digital edition hold up to the physical one?

Blood Rage Rules Basics:

Blood Rage takes place over three ages. After that the player with the most Glory wins. Each age begins with a card draft. Players start with a hand of eight cards and conduct six pick one and pass drafting rounds.

In the main phase of the game players takes actions paying for them with Rage. Actions include placing warriors or monsters on the board, move units around the board, or add cards to your tableau. You may also choose to pillage an area. But before the battle begins your opponents can choose to move in units from adjacent areas. Combat is resolved based on the number and strength of your units plus each player may secretly play one card from their hand to bolster their strength.

Winning the battle in an area will increase your Rage, Horns (used to determine how many units you can place on the board) or Axes (used to determine the Glory you gain from winning a battle). Increasing these stats will help you during the game and you score Glory at game end based on their value too. You can even gain Glory by losing the battle if you play the right cards.

Between each age an area is destroyed and figures eliminated the previous age are returned to their owners and players may gain Glory for cards in their hand. Then the next age’s cards are passed out and the card drafting begins anew.

After all three ages conclude you gain Glory for your stats and the player with the most Glory wins.

Quick Review of Blood Rage Digital Edition:

The digital implementation of Blood Rage is a good representation of the analog game. That said having some familiarity with the board game will help. The graphics look good and though not perfect the interface works well. There is a lot of information to know in this game, like which upgrades opponents have and how much Rage to they have left. Once you learn where everything is, it is easy to access it. An added bonus is the music sounds great!

There are a few things that could be improved though. I do wish there was an undo command. IT would help fix accidental clicks and miscalculations. The graphics and game in general could go faster. At times it feels like you are waiting for the AI to make decisions longer than needed. The AI could be more difficult too. I am a newer player and have not lost to the AI yet.

That said I really like this game a lot. The digital version is a good implementation of the game and lets you play a fun board game remote which is great.