Battle for Dawnstone is set in an original fantasy world with a rich back story. It is entirely comprised of playing cards. You draw units and spell cards from a deck of cards and play them to a map where you try to destroy your opponents castles, or all of their units. There are several types of units that all have a different play style. The map is customizable by setting up with the (larger) terrain cards the way you want at the start of the game. There are different terrain cards that do different things to enhance your army, or hinder movement and so forth. —description from the designer