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<p>I know a few people around here probably did a spit take at that headline, as it seems like the combination of strategic card gameplay and hex grids is is a siren song for iOS gamers. Well, not a whole heck of a lot of details have been made public just yet about the upcoming <em>Valhalla: Road to Ragnarok</em>, but the things that have been teased in their beta trailer is pushing all my buttons. Take a look:</p>
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<p>Aside from lane-based card battles and conquering a hex grid to expand your Viking kingdom, you&#8217;ll also form alliances and raid other players to challenge their decks with your own. It also sounds like there&#8217;s a bit of a rock paper scissors system between the three tribes in the game, which include the Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic vikings.</p>
<p>If this at all sounds like something you&#8217;re interested in, <a href="http://ift.tt/2iW7EPm">head into our forums</a> to help beta test. If you&#8217;ve never joined a TouchArcade beta test before, it&#8217;s a great way to get a super early look at a game and have a very real impact on making a game better, or something you think is more fun. I honestly wish I had more time to do things like this, but, the fire hose of new iOS game releases never stops.</p>
<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2iWICj5">TouchArcade</a></em></div>
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