Its not a card game, and not really like Pox Nora -- its more a 'board game' style hex-based strategy game. Its ship to ship combat. Take a look at the trailer videos to get an idea of the game.
Beta is not out yet, it launches in Mid-March. The internal beta (closed beta) access starting this wednesday the 15th is only for those who are interested in testing the game and working through the updates/bug fixes, it will not be the full complete game yet. ** Also a reminder that the Kickstarter unlocks as well as PAX unlocks are for the Early Access Beta in March, not the internal beta. **
Just a heads-up, I've been playtesting the latest build, but still waiting on a few new bugs that have surfaced before releasing steam keys to about 30 people here on the forum. Some bugs that MUST be fixed before I release the codes (I will be private messaging you guys) -missing Genari avatars -your game freezes in combat mode if you are blown up by an enemy AI in a nebula (have to quit and restart) -and a few other things
UPDATE: Codes will be handed out to about 30 forum players today at 5:30pm Pacific (California time). - I will be online to guide new players as well as play with/against them, and players 0b10 as well as jbcrash will be online to meet/guide newbies. - If you dont get a code from me at that time and are interested, just private message me and I will send you one.
Steam keys sent out via private message. If you didn't get a PM from me, you can post here to request access as well. Reminder: ** Since its an internal beta, it won't show up on steam -- you go to the '+ add a game' button at the bottom of your steam account, and you'd be putting in a special code I'll be sending you. That will install the game and let you start a Spacewars account as sol/genari.