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What is King of Bridges
What's King of Bridges? King of Bridges is a fun card game that mixes strategy, skill, and a bit of luck. It's great for social gatherings and can be played by yourself or with your friends. Game Goal King of Bridges Playing Mat The main goal in King of Bridges is to build out your lanes in order, starting from Aces and finishing the lane placing a King. The game is won finishing all the lanes while accumulating the lowest score possible. This goes for both Single Player and
Justin Thomas
Jan 272 min read


Understanding how to play King of Bridges
The three options of play So one of the primary questions is how do I play King of Bridges? Firstly, in order to play the game, you need to firstly understand what you need to play the game. You'll need the following: A deck of cards for each player. A King of Bridges playing mat. The next part of the game is in understanding what the card suits and what they're called: Hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs Typically suits start at the Ace, then suits are finished when the king is
Justin Thomas
Aug 9, 20252 min read


Understanding the Wind Class
One of the Classes available to choose from is the Wind Class. This class typically is centred around adding Spades to your Main Deck or removing Spades your opponents Main Deck. The Status Effects of Wind for your Good Deck is as follows: Adding 3 Spades example Adding 6 Spades Example Adding 9 Spades Example Adding Entire Spade Suite Example The Status Effects of Wind for your Evil Deck is as follows: Discarding 2 Spades from your opponents Main Deck. Discarding 4 Spades fr
Justin Thomas
2 days ago1 min read


Understanding the Water Class
One of the Classes available to choose from is the Water Class. This class is centred around adding Diamonds to your Main Deck or removing Diamonds your opponents Main Deck. The Status Effects of Water for your Good Deck is as follows: Adding 3 Clubs example The Status Effects of Water for your Evil Deck is as follows: To learn more about the other Classes, click here:
Justin Thomas
2 days ago1 min read


Understanding the Earth Class
One of the Classes available to choose from is the Earth Class. This class typically is centred around adding Clubs to your Main Deck or removing Clubs your opponents Main Deck. The Status Effects of Earth for your Good Deck is as follows: Adding 3 Clubs example Adding 6 Clubs Example Adding 9 Clubs Example Adding the entire Club Suite Example. The Status Effects of Earth for your Evil Deck is as follows: To learn more about the other Classes, click here:
Justin Thomas
3 days ago1 min read


Introducing Diggory
Introducing Diggory - nicknamed "the Brute". Diggory is an interesting design challenge. The original design was given to me a little chunkier than I anticipated. So I asked my designer to make him a bit skinnier. I decided that I like the chunkier version more. Something about the original version adds character depth that I think would be worth exploring. With Diggory being a little bit chunky, I decided to think less about his weight in turns of him being "fat" and more th
Justin Thomas
4 days ago1 min read


Introducing Patreon Crown Icons
Introducing the Patreon Crown Icons. For each Patreon Tier, you get the following crowns with your Patreon subscription. They are as follows: First Tier Subscription: The Silver Crown Second Tier Subscription: The Ruby Crown Third Tier Subscription: The Gold Crown Fourth Tier Subscription: The Platinum Crown Fifth Tier Subscription: The Sapphire Crown Sixth Tier Subscription: The Platinum Crown
Justin Thomas
Feb 141 min read


General update 08/01/2026
Not much to discuss at the moment. Spent most of my time recently working on Premiere Pro creating a How to Play 4 Lanes video: Hopefully I'll have more updates soon.
Justin Thomas
Jan 81 min read


How to print and laminate Good and Evil Cards
To be able to play the Good and Evil Cards, you will need to print and laminate them in order to use them. Why do I need to do this? One of the core gameplay ideas of King of Bridges is being able to balance the Good and Evil Cards Status Effects when necessary. It also means that costs or are the cards are lower and there isn't any shipping or logistics, meaning distribution of cards is almost instantaneous. Just a note: For best results, the paper we recommend is 160 gsm an
Justin Thomas
Dec 21, 20251 min read


What is Aim & Engage Arts?
Some people might be wondering what is Aim & Engage Arts and how is it related to King of Bridges? Aim & Engage Arts is simply an idea defined in the title. The idea is about creating and engaging Arts. So how is this related to King of Bridges? One of the things I'm tinkering with is not just having people engage in the game, but also giving artists the opportunity to create images for King of Bridges. I haven't worked out the specifics but if a Patron has saved up enough Br
Justin Thomas
Dec 17, 20251 min read


Introducing Alice
Introducing one of the new main characters: Alice. Her characteristics is that of a trickster. When she's not playing around, she's always pulling pranks on unsuspecting Trolls. She is Diggory's sister. More characters updates are coming soon.
Justin Thomas
Dec 16, 20251 min read


New Playing Mat
The process of creating the Playing Mat
Justin Thomas
Dec 15, 20252 min read


New Crown and Magic Icons
Introducing new Crown and Magic Points. Crowns are the icons that sit alongside the final score when you complete a single player game. Magic Points are the icons you typically see when you're playing on single player. The objective of the single player is to win the game with as little Magic Points as possible. When you draw cards, depending on the state of your card lane, you also draw Magic Points to your score. More design work is on the way.
Justin Thomas
Oct 15, 20251 min read


General Update 22/09/2025
Not much to report today. For the last week I have been just working on the Good & Evil Guide. Getting very close to finishing it....
Justin Thomas
Sep 22, 20251 min read


Game Update 21/09/2025
Here's the new Game Update image. Will probably use this image frequently until some of the others are designed. Not much to present...
Justin Thomas
Sep 21, 20251 min read


Understanding How Good & Evil Cards Icons Work
Example of a typical Good Card. Good and Evil Cards are different from Lane Power-ups. To find out how Lane Power-ups work, click here:...
Justin Thomas
Sep 2, 20252 min read


Class Power-Up Tables
For simplified explanations with visual guides, click the buttons below:
Justin Thomas
Sep 1, 20251 min read


Understanding the 12 classes in Versus Mode
If players decide on playing King of Bridges mode with Versus Mode, players will need to understand the Good and Evil Cards and how the 12 classes work. Example of a Good Card For more information about how Good and Evil Cards work, click here: Different classes have different effects on the board, they are as follows: Water: With a Good Deck with four or more Water types, players can add additional Diamonds to their Main Deck before play. With an Evil Deck with four or more
Justin Thomas
Sep 1, 20254 min read


General Update #1
Not much to report today. Mainly using my new screen setup. Super useful in organising my tasks and completing them in certain sections....
Justin Thomas
Aug 31, 20251 min read


Research & Development #2
Not much to discuss today. Mainly spent my day just reorganizing my excel spreadsheet. This is my Good & Evil List where I catalogue all...
Justin Thomas
Aug 30, 20251 min read
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