Queen's Blood
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Queen's Blood is a minigame that appears in the 2024 action role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and is planned to appear in its sequel. A fictional collectible card game played by denizens of the game's world, Queen's Blood was inspired by similar collectible card-based minigames in previous entries in the series, such as Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII and Tetra Master from Final Fantasy IX. During the course of Rebirth, protagonist Cloud Strife collects cards by beating players of the game in turn-based battles on a tabletop game field. The player can then use these cards against subsequent opponents. Queen's Blood received positive reception from critics, who singled it out as one of the best parts of the game and compared it to the popular Gwent minigame from The Witcher 3 and Genius Invokation TCG from Genshin Impact.
The minigame is played on a checkerboard that contains three lanes. Each monster card has a different power value and rank, denoted by a number and the amount of pawns that are depicted in the card's top corners. The rank of the card determines where it can be played on the board, while the power value is added to the score of the lane it is placed in. The player aims to get a higher score than their opponent when all cards have been placed down, resulting in the score of the lane being added to the player's total. Furthermore, some cards have special abilities that can affect the battle.[1]
