<s>
Faeria	B-Application
is	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
collectible	I-Application
card	I-Application
and	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
a	O
dynamic	O
playing	O
board	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
independent	O
Belgian	O
game	O
studio	O
Abrakam	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
desktop	O
platforms	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
August	O
2020	O
and	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
November	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faeria	B-Application
is	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
collectible	I-Application
card	I-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
a	O
"	O
living	O
"	O
game	O
board	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
in	O
Faeria	B-Application
battle	O
one-on-one	O
against	O
other	O
players	O
or	O
computer-controlled	O
opponents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battles	O
take	O
place	O
on	O
an	O
empty	O
hex	O
board	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
vying	O
avatars	O
placed	O
on	O
opposite	O
sites	O
of	O
this	O
map	O
;	O
the	O
maps	O
also	O
include	O
four	O
Faeria	B-Application
(	O
mana	O
)	O
wells	O
at	O
other	O
corners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
turn	O
,	O
they	O
draw	O
a	O
card	O
from	O
their	O
deck	O
and	O
gain	O
three	O
Faeria	B-Application
(	O
mana	O
points	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
they	O
have	O
control	O
of	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
mana	O
wells	O
,	O
by	O
having	O
a	O
creature	O
next	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
they	O
gain	O
an	O
extra	O
Faeria	B-Application
point	O
per	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
may	O
then	O
perform	O
one	O
action	O
from	O
their	O
Power	O
Wheel	O
,	O
play	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
cards	O
limited	O
by	O
their	O
Faeria	B-Application
,	O
and/or	O
move	O
any	O
creatures	O
they	O
have	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
,	O
in	O
any	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Power	O
Wheel	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
either	O
gain	O
one	O
Faeria	B-Application
,	O
draw	O
one	O
card	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
place	O
land	O
tiles	O
onto	O
the	O
game	O
board	O
;	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
two	O
Neutral	O
(	O
Prairie	O
)	O
land	O
tiles	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
tile	O
representing	O
Mountain	O
,	O
Forest	O
,	O
Desert	O
,	O
or	O
Lake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cards	O
are	O
played	O
by	O
expending	O
Faeria	B-Application
;	O
additionally	O
,	O
some	O
cards	O
require	O
a	O
minimum	O
number	O
of	O
non-Neutral	O
lands	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faeria	B-Application
features	O
an	O
in-game	O
integrated	O
tournament	O
mode	O
and	O
holds	O
monthly	O
official	O
e-sport	O
competitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
concepts	O
for	O
Faeria	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
constant	O
development	O
since	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faeria	B-Application
entered	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
its	O
official	O
release	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Faeria	B-Application
would	O
transition	O
from	O
a	O
"	O
pay	O
once	O
and	O
play	O
forever	O
"	O
model	O
into	O
free-to-play	O
and	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
Faeria	B-Application
officially	O
went	O
free-to-play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Abrakam	O
announced	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
mobile	O
versions	O
of	O
Faeria	B-Application
and	O
a	O
transition	O
from	O
free-to-play	O
back	O
to	O
a	O
buy-to-play	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
full	O
cross-play	O
with	O
existing	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
