Forgotten Lore

Forgotten Lore is an online trading card game where you build a deck, called a tome, and use its cards to summon spirits in turn-based duels. Each player starts with 64 HP and tries to reduce their opponent’s HP to zero. Souls serve as currency for summoning spirits, and each card has its own abilities.

Build your tome

Before a match, you fill a tome with up to 64 pages, or cards. Each tome has a special ability, and its rules for gathering souls shape how you play. For example, Leech grants 2 souls each turn while draining 1 HP from its user; Mill lets you gather souls only by sacrificing your own pages; and Necromancer uses the player’s HP to gather souls.

Play online

You can use online matchmaking or play with friends, and the game includes text chat with opponents. The different cards and tome abilities create varied combinations and matches. Players can create as many tomes as they like.

Create and trade cards

The built-in workshop lets players design cards, including monsters. Submitted cards are reviewed after they reach a certain number of votes from other players. Accepted cards with unique art may earn revenue from the game.

Cards granted to players, apart from the starting deck, are controlled by their owners and can be traded between friends. The description also says they may be placed on the Steam Marketplace once Valve allows it under its terms. Players control the community’s economy.