Hawken: Real-Time Card Game – Scout vs. Grenadier (2014)

About this game

From the publisher: Grab a Mech and get to fighting... fast! Based on the free-to-play FPS, HAWKEN, you will pilot a Mech with the goal of knocking out your opponent's Mech. In Hawken: Real-Time Card Game, your deck of cards contains primary and secondary weapons systems, thrusters, special abilities, and various other high-tech instruments of war. Draw cards and place them onto the table as fast as you can, but be careful or you might overheat! The action is in real-time, but a game round ends when a player snags the FIRE! button from the center of the table. Quick reflexes are helpful, but a quick mind will win every time!

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 2 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 1.0/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 14 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.