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About Hardback

Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback. As an aspiring 19th-century novelist, you work to pen your next masterpiece, earning prestige along the way. Specialize your deck in certain genres to exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together!

Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win.

Features:
1-5 player hotseat and online async
3 levels of computer opponents to challenge you.

Gameplay
No wilds in your deck - any card can be wild.
Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system.
Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards.
Fight over the coveted award cards.
Timeless Classic cards stay in play, until someone uses them.
New hardcore mode - can't repeat a word!

What’s new

Version 1.9911 · Updated April 8, 2026

Fixed a Security Flaw.

User reviews

Benjamin Hernacki
Benjamin Hernacki
Fun game to play with family and frienda
Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
This game is AMAZING!!! Scrabble meets Dominion. I am constantly learning, adapting, and experimenting. AI is great. You can adjust the difficulty to you liking. Pass and play is fantastic! We've been playing it every day for months!
Lars Bensen
Lars Bensen
Very nice.
Michael Wood
Michael Wood
Heads up it looks like the servers might have crashed last night. Lost my friend list and active games
Greg W
Greg W
Excellent word game, highly recommended
David
David
Excellent implementation of this great deckbuilder!

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