Is there any tutorial videos? The free demo is kinda confusing. Ex. "Both players draw a hand of 5 cards (unless this is the first round)"... So what can you do?? Plus, half of the spellbooks aren't there because you need to.. spend money on the actual thing you want, plus extra crap you might not want. Other than that, this seems like an interesting game. Would be 10/10 if not for the problems above, so currently it's 8/10.
Hi SusBa, you do not seem rude. Apologies for the delayed response. In the first round, players draw 7 cards, which is described in the first round section. The reason more cards are drawn on the first round is because on subsequent rounds players are likely to already have one or more cards remaining in their hands from previous rounds. On the first round, you go through the typical peace phase-planning phase-war phase cycle of play.
The free demo only includes two of the playable "spellbooks" which are each associated with a card suit. The game itself does cost money, but the digital version is available for a fairly low price!