Let’s start with what the question most Hearthstone (Free) players have after Blizzard’s Battlegrounds announcement; is Battlegrounds, Hearthstone‘s upcoming new mode, fun to play" Based on my time with the game yesterday at BlizzCon, I would say yes, Battlegrounds will give you a fun new way to play the game that for many, including myself, might even become the preferred way to play the game, as long as new cards are added frequently so the meta doesn’t go stale fast.
For those who haven’t read our earlier article on Blizzard’s BlizzCon announcements, Hearthstone Battlegrounds is Blizzard’s take on the auto battler (or auto chess) genre where players pick their units and figure out their strategies before the battle begins, and then sit back and watch the battle play out. Battlegrounds borrows quite a bit from the genre: in the first round you purchase minions and set them on your board, and in the following round your minions get to fight the minions of one of the other seven players. If you win the round, you damage your opponent’s hero; if they win, you receive the damage. Once the combat round wraps up, you go back to buying and selling minions, and then on to fight another player until you are either knocked out or you are the last one standing.
Battlegrounds is relatively easy to quickly grasp, and Hearthstone players will have no problem quickly getting the hang of the new mode, even if some actions will ...