{"id":1056965,"date":"2026-01-19T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=491425"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:19:50","slug":"finally-the-witcher-3s-gwent-will-be-playable-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/finally-the-witcher-3s-gwent-will-be-playable-in-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, The Witcher 3\u2019s Gwent will be playable in real life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/finally-the-witcher-3s-gwent-will-be-playable-in-real-life.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2016\/7\/28\/12289532\/gwent-is-a-game-born-of-one-wild-weekend-busy-volunteers-and-hundreds-of-emails\">Gwent<\/a><\/em>, the popular digital trading card game that came to life as an in-game activity in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2015\/5\/13\/8533059\/the-witcher-3-review-wild-hunt-PC-PS4-Xbox-one\">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/a><\/em>, has proven popular with fans over the years. While CD Projekt Red no longer supports the standalone spinoff, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2019\/9\/12\/20862549\/gwent-the-witcher-card-game-ios-release-date\">Gwent: The Witcher Card Game<\/a><\/em> (players have done that themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23496337\/gwent-shutting-down-support-sunset-witcher-card-game-project-gwentfinity\">since 2023<\/a>), Hachette Boardgames will attempt to bring it to life as a physical card game. The tabletop publisher announced Friday that a physical version of <em>Gwent<\/em> will be released in 2025, where it will compete in a marketplace already crowded with games like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/mtg-magic-the-gathering\">Magic: The Gathering<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/disney-lorcana\">Disney Lorcana<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/24086008\/star-wars-unlimited-tcg-review\">Star Wars: Unlimited<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Hachette Boardgames is teaming up with publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noloadinggames.com\/\">No Loading Games<\/a> to adapt \u201chigh-profile licenses,\u201d according to a news release, and the <em>Gwent<\/em> tabletop game is part of that. Hachette Boardgames said <em>Gwent<\/em> will ship with 400 cards and a playmat that helps replicate \u201cthe full experience of <em>Gwent<\/em>\u2019s iteration within <em>The Witcher 3<\/em>.\u201d Players will be able to play several different variants of the game, both casual and with tournament rules.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/finally-the-witcher-3s-gwent-will-be-playable-in-real-life.png\" alt=\"A card showing Triss from The Witcher\" title=\"A card showing Triss from The Witcher\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: CD Projekt Red\/Hachette Boardgames\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201c<em>Gwent <\/em>is the biggest \u2018game within a game\u2019 in media history,\u201d Hachette Boardgames marketing manager Rob Trounce said in a news release. \u201cAfter a 10 year wait, we are proud to be working alongside No Loading Games to bring this beloved game to tabletops in a stunning package \u2014 whether it\u2019s a souvenir for fans of Geralt and his adventures, or a game for competitive card game enthusiasts, <em>Gwent<\/em> will be one of the hottest games of 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Gwent<\/em> will be available in both the United Kingdom and the United States, available in the third quarter of 2025. Hachette Boardgames said in the news release <em>Gwent<\/em> will cost \u00a344 at U.K. retailers and $39.99 in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/491425\/the-witcher-3-gwent-physical-version-announcement-release-date-price\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwent, the popular digital trading card game that came to life as an in-game activity in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has proven popular with fans over the years. While CD Projekt Red no longer supports the standalone spinoff, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (players have done that themselves since 2023), Hachette Boardgames will attempt to bring it to life as a physical card game. The tabletop publisher announced Friday that a physical version of Gwent will be released in 2025, where it will compete in a marketplace already crowded with games like Magic: The Gathering, Disney Lorcana, and Star Wars: Unlimited. Hachette Boardgames is teaming up with publisher No Loading Games to adapt \u201chigh-profile licenses,\u201d according to a news release, and the Gwent tabletop&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/finally-the-witcher-3s-gwent-will-be-playable-in-real-life\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1056966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finally, The Witcher 3\u2019s Gwent will be playable in real life | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gwent, the popular digital 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