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HardBack Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About HardBack

Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback. As an aspiring 19th-century novelist, you work to pen your next masterpiece, earning prestige along the way. Specialize your deck in certain genres to exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together!

Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win.

Features:
1-5 player hotseat and online async
3 levels of computer opponents to challenge you.

Gameplay
No wilds in your deck - any card can be wild.
Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system.
Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards.
Fight over the coveted award cards.
Timeless Classic cards stay in play, until someone uses them.
New hardcore mode - can't repeat a word!

What's New in the Latest Version 1.22

Last updated on Aug 4, 2022

Old Versions

-Updates to online play
-Online play moved to a new server

Version History

1.22

Aug 4, 2022

-Updates to online play
-Online play moved to a new server

1.01e

Oct 23, 2018

Minor bug fixes.

1.01d

Aug 15, 2018

More bug fixes.

1.01c

Jul 30, 2018

Added a word lookup button to the review page.
Added a Add Friend button to the end game screen.
Fixed a bug where when an AI's turn was before a players turn. It would result in the player being unable to take there turn.
Fixed more minor bugs.

1.01b

Jul 11, 2018

Fixed a bug where when opening the Timeless Classic view than closing it, than opening the score view to view another players deck, it would stop you from using your Timeless Classic cards ability's.

1.01a

Jul 9, 2018

Fixed an overlay problems.
Enlarged some buttons.

1.01

Jul 4, 2018

Stopped the AI from using Inappropriate words.

1.0

Jun 28, 2018

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