Lord of the Cards: ‘Card Hunter’   2013 has seen a literally
absurd number of card based games, most of them free-to-play,
but all of them incorporating some form of collectible card
system.   Lord of the Cards is a new Stick Skills feature
outlining the new card games this year has seen, letting you
know what each one is about and whether you should partake. Most
of these are good, but which one is the best?   Our first entry
is the recently released Card Hunter, a browser-based title with
a curious twist on the TCG format.   Card Hunter  Card Hunter is
yet another in the incredibly long line of card-based video
games this year (Scrolls, SolForge, Hearthstone, and more), but
it goes the extra mile by not only featuring cards, but
integrating a massive board-based game with deep rulesets and
complex tactics. Developed by Blue Manchu, which is headed by
Irrational Games co-founder Jon Chey and boasts Magic: The
Gathering designers as consultants, the game has a strong leg-
up.  The game is styled after those cl