Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback.

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!