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Guest author Quetzylus takes us back through Gwent's first year in Beta to review the road we've taken, and shed some light on the things yet to come.

Gwent was once just a minigame in The Witcher 3, a side-quest in the overall storyline of the RPG. But with the upcoming release of Thronebreaker, the tables will soon be turned, and role-playing will be Gwent’s minigame.

Turning a simple board game from a singleplayer RPG into a massive multiplayer CCG is by no means an easy task, but one that CDPR has undertaken with success so far. The game we see in its current state is staggeringly different from where it was a year ago at the beginning of the Closed Beta, or even at the beginning of the Open Beta in May. So how exactly did we get here, and what does Gwent’s future hold for us?

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Swim

Swim brings us an exciting new card reveal - Peasant Leader! The full text of the card reads: “Peasant Leader: Deploy: Spawn 2 Cows (1 strength) to the right and 2 Cows to the left.” Swim takes us through some cursory analysis of the implications of this powerful new Neutral silver card in the video above.

See Swim stream everyday from 5pm-11pm CEST at twitch.tv/swimstrim and check out his Youtube channel here.

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Dale

Hello everyone!  Dale here, with a quick update about my experience at TwitchCon this year. First and foremost it was an absolutely amazing time and exceeded every expectation that I had. I got to meet up with both IAmMithranor and McBeard (who are as awesome in person as they are on stream) and the lovely OutstarWalker from GoG.  There were even a couple members of CDPR at the show floor giving away a streaming kit containing the starter pack and a faction pin (managed to snag Monsters and Skellige!). I wholeheartedly recommend going if you were on the fence and I hope to meet even more people next year!

You can watch me stream every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6pm to 9pm US Central time over at twitch.tv/thewhitewolph and check out my Youtube channel here.

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Talkshow Archive

In this week’s Gwentlemen Talkshow we have special guests Insangpha and Merchant. Insangpha is a new Gwentlemen affiliate and Twitch streamer known for promoting Gwent in Korea, and his rise to prominence as a free to play player. Merchant is an established youtuber, streamer, and shoutcaster known for his manly voice and the number 1 beard in the Gwent community. In this week’s episode, we chat with Insangpha about Gwent in Asia compared to the west, and his experiences with streaming. We talk to Merchant about growing as a content creator and his experiences in game development. We discuss Gwent’s development and game design decisions, what we like and what we would change, and talk about what future content we expect. We round out by talking about the upcoming GwentSlam #2, who we hope will win, and what decks we’d like to see.

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Talkshow Archive

In this week’s Gwentlemen Talkshow we have special guest JoeSn0w. Joe is a Twitch streamer, and competitive player known for a chill chat and plenty of Dagon. We chat with Joe about his history in CCGs, what brought him to Gwent, and his name’s origin story. We discuss our thoughts and feeling on the Mahakam Ale Festival as it comes to a close. We look forward to a potential Halloween event, and the 21 new cards teased by CDPR. We also discuss the current meta, the polarising nature of Dagon Swarm and Restore Bran at the top of the meta, and how the remaining 3 factions fit in - rounding off with some predictions for Thronebreaker, and a new faction, as well as discussing the upcoming GwentSlam #2.