# EMPRISE: Tactical Card Duel — Dark fantasy board strategy

> Dark fantasy board strategy (iPhone/iPad app by Alexandre Esnard.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emprise-tactical-card-duel/id6813229855 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alexandre Esnard](https://appshunter.io/developer/6813229857)
- Category: Games, Card, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 48 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2026-10-06
- Data updated: 2026-10-28

## What is EMPRISE?

Two Orders. Eight cards. A board of twenty squares. EMPRISE is a tactical card duel in a dark fantasy world: no card draw, no dice, and the only luck imposed on you is who goes first.

HOW IT PLAYS
• Each card carries four ranks, one per side. Place it next to an enemy card: if your rank is higher than the one it faces, that card switches to your side.
• Resonance: make two exact ties in one move, and the tied enemy cards fall together.
• Ripple: cards taken by a Resonance fight for you at once, and the chain can turn the whole board.
• Reserve: before each duel, set two cards aside. On a perfect tie, Sudden Death brings them back. If the tie still holds, the Last Word decides. A duel never ends in a draw.

TEN ORDERS, TEN ABILITIES
Choose two Orders before every duel, or let chance choose for you. Your eight cards are their four cards each, and the duel is won in their alliance.
• Gilded: reversed combat, they capture stronger neighbors.
• Cinders: pull the nearest card on each side, ally or enemy.
• Pikes: pierce the cards lined up in each direction.
• Archers: capture in a straight line, even at range.
• Abyssals: each Abyssal in play strengthens the others.
• Chimeras: flip the rank of each adjacent enemy.
• Plagued: poison the four neighboring squares.
• Guardians: +1 on the attacked rank, for the length of the fight.
• Scribes: ranks hidden in hand, and for a turn after placing.
• Cursed: grow stronger each time they are captured.

PLAY YOUR WAY
• Against an Echo: four levels, from Novice to Warlord, with Undo and the Augur's advice if you want them.

• Story mode: eight chapters, 56 games and a story told from prologue to ending. Finish a chapter to earn its Herald, the superior ability of its Order, and its banner.

• Daily Riddle: one puzzle a day on the real board, the same for everyone, and a single right move. Find it and earn Keys.

• The Ordeal: each week, spend your Keys against the Wardens and climb the weekly leaderboard. First place wins an exclusive banner and medallion.

• Ranked: climb the leagues from Bronze to Legend, all the way to the Pantheon.

• Classic match: matched online, with your Heralds, no trophies at stake.

• Friends: challenge a friend from your list, chat during the game, ask for a rematch.

• Tournaments: eight Commanders, solo against the Echo or online with a shared code.

• Confluence: eight drafted Orders, the same hand for both sides.

• Two players, one phone: take turns on the same screen.

YOUR COMMANDER

• Commander levels, daily and weekly quests, the Flame of your ranked streak and a rewards calendar.

• The Campaign: a two-month season with a free track for everyone. The Oath opens the second track.

• The Treaties: ten pairs of Orders, ten titles that tell the Commander you are.

• Rush Hour: every evening from 9 to 11 pm, XP and coins are doubled online.

• Emotes spoken by your medallion, and a Shop of boards, card backs, banners, medallions and emote bubbles.

FAIR PLAY

• Free to play, no ads.

• Heralds can also be bought in the app, and are never played in Ranked, tournaments or the Ordeal.

• Save your progress with your Apple or Google account and pick it up on another device.

• In English and French. A full match can be played with VoiceOver.

A problem, an idea? Write to us from the Settings: everything is read.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Héraut des Cendres | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Piques | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Pestiférés | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Abysses | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Maudits | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Scribes | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Gardiens | $2.99 | one-time |
| Héraut des Archers | $2.99 | one-time |
| Les 8 Hérauts | $8.99 | one-time |
| Le Serment | $3.99 | one-time |


## Is EMPRISE safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess EMPRISE.

## Is EMPRISE legit?

EMPRISE: Tactical Card Duel has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for EMPRISE is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-24

New in 1.3:

• The Daily Riddle: one move to find each day, the same for everyone. Solve it to earn Keys.

• The Ordeal: each week, face the Wardens with your Keys and climb the leaderboard. The week's winner earns an exclusive banner and medallion.

• The game now speaks English, following your iPhone's language or the Settings.

• Story mode tells its tale: each chapter has its story and its opponents.

• Emotes: your medallion speaks during the match.

• Pick your favorite pair of Orders in one tap.

• Reminders on your iPhone for the Riddle, Rush Hour and the last day of the Ordeal.

• The Oath also gives unlimited Augur and Undo, more quests and your name in gold in Ranked.

• Heralds play against the Echo, in Classic matches and in friend challenges. The Herald of the day shows what it does before you buy it.

• "Play again" starts a new match in one tap.

• New ranks for the Cinders, Abyssals, Guardians and Cursed.

• New in-game music, clearer animations, and the game plays better with VoiceOver.

• Many fixes.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-13

La 1.2 est là.

- Heure de pointe : chaque soir de 21 h à 23 h, l'XP et les pièces sont doublées en ligne, avec deux quêtes rien que pour ce créneau. Rendez-vous à 21 h.
- Les Hérauts arrivent en boutique : le Héraut du jour à l'unité, ou les 8 d'un coup. Ils se gagnent toujours gratuitement en terminant leur chapitre d'Histoire.
- Calendrier de récompenses : un cadeau par jour de connexion, et au 31e jour la bannière Le Colosse Endormi.
- Mini-tutoriels : sur la fiche de chaque Ordre, touchez « ? » pour voir sa capacité en deux poses. Et la première partie vous y guide.
- Mort Subite : à égalité parfaite, votre Réserve revient en main et vous choisissez la carte à poser.
- Tournoi en ligne : mise de 5 gemmes, 40 pour le vainqueur, et le pseudo de votre adversaire s'affiche en partie.
- Histoire : chaque partie d'un chapitre a désormais son adversaire, de La Braise au Grand Scribe.
- Musique : deux morceaux de Scott Buckley, un pour les menus, un pour les duels. Réglable dans Réglages.
- Défi d'ami : votre ami reçoit une notification, même l'app fermée.
- Votre arène : changez de plateau et de dos de carte depuis votre profil.
- Quêtes entre amis : affrontez vos amis pour de nouvelles récompenses.
- À chaque achat, une cérémonie pour ce que vous venez d'acquérir.
- En Classé, le temps d'attente moyen s'affiche pendant la recherche.
- Résonance et Onde : le minuteur fait une pause et chaque effet est expliqué à l'écran.
- Et aussi : chat filtré, partages qui ouvrent l'app, tutoriel plus clair sur les mains visibles.

### 1.1 — 2026-10-11

Nouveau dans la 1.1 :
- Sauvegarde ta progression avec ton compte Apple ou Google, et retrouve-la sur un autre iPhone (Réglages › Mon compte).
- La boutique propose des gemmes, et la Campagne son Serment.
- En ligne, si ton adversaire laisse passer son tour, un coup est joué pour lui. La deuxième fois d'affilée, il perd par forfait.
- Le « + » des gemmes est de retour, et la capacité des Dorés est mieux expliquée.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-06

No release notes.

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