Gwent is a chunky, strategy-packed card game that might seem simple enough on the outside – highest points wins – but is actually a rather complex back-and-forth of buffing, bluffing, and debuffing.

Even Geralt wouldn’t cease his monster-slaying campaign to play “just one more game”. Gwent’s depth and simplicity were the main reasons it was referred to as the best Xbox minigame, and it was so ...