print & playBlade Chronicles

A sword-dueling card game with a touch of magic. Print it, cut it, play it.

Blade Chronicles is a print-and-play dueling card game by Maciej Cielecki: each player picks a hero, builds nothing, shuffles the hero's own deck and fights. This page is the one place its files are published. Everything below is generated from the project repository, so what you see is what exists.

The files currently offered are the December 2024 edition, republished here as they were shipped (one playtester note was removed from the rulebook) while the game and its tooling are being rebuilt. New editions will appear on this page as they are released.

Rulebook

How to set up, take turns and win. Read this first.

ComponentSizeFile
Rulebook (English)legacyDecember 2024 edition. The playtester contact note on page 1 has been removed; everything else is as shipped.12.7 MBDownload PDF

Hero decks

One PDF per hero: the complete deck plus that hero's extra components, laid out on A4 sheets.

ComponentSizeFile
Guardianlegacy55.1 MBDownload PDF
Reaverlegacy55.9 MBDownload PDF
Winter Heraldlegacy56.8 MBDownload PDF

NPC and boss decks

Opponents run by the game itself, for solo and cooperative fights.

ComponentSizeFile
Eternal Championlegacy44.7 MBDownload PDF

Heroes in development

Playable, but their balance and wording were still moving when they were last built. Feedback welcome through the repository's issues.

ComponentSizeFile
Bladedancerbeta54.4 MBDownload PDF
Bloodknightbeta49.8 MBDownload PDF
Monkbeta51.0 MBDownload PDF
Pathfinderbeta60.0 MBDownload PDF
Sagebeta57.2 MBDownload PDF
BerserkerplannedBuilt on 2024-12-16 but never shared; awaiting review before it is published.not yet available
NightbladeplannedBuilt on 2024-12-16 but never shared; awaiting review before it is published.not yet available