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With every new Gwent patch comes excitement, but also a bit of uncertainty. Team Aretuza brings you our Rapid Reaction to Patch 3.2 with insight from lordgort, Lothari, and JMJWilson23 to help navigate the many changes coming to the game.

Patch 3.1 promises changes so big, it feels almost like a mini-expansion! JMJWilson23 and Argeiphontes team with lordgort to do a Rapid Reaction of the card changes and plans previewed.

Not only is CD Projekt Red adding an entirely new faction to Gwent, it is adding a new resource to the game at the same time. Either one would be a major undertaking for any collectable card game, paper or digital. Doing both simultaneously is a staggering challenge.

Like any dream, improving in Gwent and making a name for yourself among the Gwent community comes filled with a host of challenges, whether personal, professional or emotional. Team Aretuza's lordgort provides some interesting food for thought to help pursue that ambition.

Patch 2.2 for Gwent, as announced in the overview video, is simultaneously minor and major. Minor, because most of the changes for established players are small tweaks and quality-of-life improvements; major, because big changes are coming to the new player experience and a change to deckbuilding rules is set to shake up the competitive metagame.

Over nearly an hour, CD Projekt Red laid out a series of immediate and longer-term changes for Gwent, from a rework of the Nilfgaard faction to plans for a mobile version of the game. The Aretuza braintrust, particularly SwanDive, Lothari and JMJWilson, has been hard at work analyzing all the news and I'm here to put it all together in a Rapid Reaction.

Congratulations, and don't panic! lordgort covers the basics of Pro Rank: competing in Pro Rank, staying there, going for Crown Points, and earning qualifications to Gwent Masters events.

As Gwent players explore the game's first official expansion, Crimson Curse, many will try out decks using the new cards and leaders. This article covers how an expansion affects deckbuilding, from minor improvements in top-tier decks to all-new strategies.

Detlaff van der Eretein has corrupted the lands, and the time of the Crimson Curse is here. As this new and exciting expansion for Gwent is confirmed by CD Projekt Red, lordgort shares his thoughts on the initial announcement.

Another month, another Rapid Reaction! Team Aretuza bring you the latest news from Gwent following February's CDPR Gwent developer update.

With five new leaders making their debuts in Gwent, how can players use them? This article covers the new leaders and the roles they might fill in Gwent's competitive metagame.

Changes to Gwent's redraw (or "mulligan") system are set to shake the game up yet again. What is changing, and what are the possible consequences?

In CD Projekt Red's own words, "We believe that these changes will lead to a more diverse meta and lessen the number of 'auto-include' cards for certain decks." How well does the December 2018 Update meet those goals?

On 12 December 2018, CD Projekt Red presented the "Gwent Roadmap," a guide to the game's future as Gwent's management sees it now. What will change? What hopes does the roadmap raise, and what fears remain to be calmed?

Post-Homecoming Gwent has seen its first competitive balance change, a hotfix affecting artifacts and Golden Froth-style effects. But the cards themselves didn't change; their provision costs did. What does that mean for Gwent's present...and future?

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales began as an expansion to Gwent and wound up its own standalone game with Gwent as its combat engine. As CD Projekt Red makes its first big Thronebreaker media push, what can we learn about Gwent Homecoming?

Our second look at Homecoming is here! Let's put the video up front.

For a video under 10 minutes long, the first glimpse of Gwent Homecoming gameplay had lots of revelations! What did we see? What are the implications? What questions remain unanswered?

Hazards have been part of Gwent since the beginning, while boons are newer and far fewer in number. Which boons and hazards see play, which don't, and why?

The leader is the only card a player is guaranteed to see in a game of Gwent. This article presents a three-prong model for understanding what leaders do and how to choose them for best effect.

In competitive Gwent, whenever the cards available change, certain decks will emerge over time as "the best." But what happens when one of those decks threatens to overpower all others?

Gwent's last major update before it leaves beta, set to take place after Open #5 in late May, will divide Pro Ladder Season 5 into two stages. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities created by the mid-season update.

Qualifying for the Pro Ladder is an important milestone for a competitive Gwent player. This article lays out the essential steps between "new to competitive Gwent" and "ready for first Pro Ladder season."