What The Hen!

This is by some distance the most systems-heavy game in this section. It is a duelling tower defence built on collectible cards: over a hundred heroes and heroines to gather, each upgradeable and evolvable, played against an opponent who is doing exactly the same thing on the other side of the lane.

The campaign gives you somewhere to learn the cards and a run of bosses to test them against. The player-versus-player arena is where the deck-building actually matters, and event battles add ranked rewards on top.

Charged Monkey play the whole thing for laughs, but the underlying design is serious — card synergies, upgrade paths and timing all reward attention. Expect to spend a session learning before you win much.

1. Build a deck from the hero cards you have collected.
2. Play cards to summon units and defend your side of the lane.
3. Upgrade and evolve cards between battles.
4. Take the campaign for practice and the arena for real opposition.

Upgrade a small core of cards rather than spreading resources across the collection. A deck of six well-levelled heroes beats a deck of twelve mediocre ones in almost every duel this game will put you in.