Gwent
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is an upcoming free-to-play collectible card game developed by CD Projekt RED. The game is derived from the card game of the same name featured in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher novels and playable in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video game. The Closed Beta was released in October 2016, and Open Beta in May 2017.
Gwent is a turn-based card game between two players, each player must play one card each turn from a deck of twenty-five to forty cards with a faction that offers different play styles and unique abilities. The goal is to win two out of three rounds by playing cards and spells to gain strength on the board. Winning a round rewards the player with either ores, scraps or cards. Players can gain additional cards by buying kegs with ores or through microtransactions, each keg contains five cards. Cards can also be crafted with scraps.
In 2017 GWENT MASTERS were announced - the official esports series of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game organized by CD Projekt RED. It contains numerous tournaments with overall prize pool of $850,000 with it's climax at GWENT World Masters.
Largest Prize Pools
| Tournament Name | Prize Money | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | » GWENT World Masters S1 | $250,000.00 |
| 2. | » GWENT Challenger #1 | $100,000.00 |
| 3. | » GWENT Challenger #2 | $100,000.00 |
| 4. | » GWENT Challenger #3 | $100,000.00 |
| 5. | » GWENT Challenger #4 | $100,000.00 |
| 6. | » GWENT Challenger #5 | $100,000.00 |
| 7. | » GWENT World Masters S4 | $90,000.00 |
| 8. | » GWENT World Masters S2 | $88,720.00 |
| 9. | » GWENT World Masters S3 | $71,000.00 |
| 10. | » GWENT World Masters S5 | $39,500.00 |
| 11. | » GWENT Open S2 #1 | $29,200.00 |
| 12. | » GWENT Open S2 #4 | $25,800.00 |
| 13. | » GWENT Open #1 | $25,000.00 |
| 14. | » GWENT Open #2 | $25,000.00 |
| 15. | » GWENT Open #3 | $25,000.00 |
| 16. | » GWENT Open #4 | $25,000.00 |
| 17. | » GWENT Open #5 | $25,000.00 |
| 18. | » GWENT Open #6 | $25,000.00 |
| 19. | » GWENT Open #7 | $25,000.00 |
| 20. | » GWENT Open #8 | $25,000.00 |
| 21. | » GWENT Open S4 #3 | $24,000.00 |
| 22. | » GWENT Open S4 #2 | $23,000.00 |
| 23. | » GWENT Open S2 #2 | $22,000.00 |
| 24. | » GWENT Open S2 #3 | $21,000.00 |
| 25. | » GWENT Open S3 #1 | $20,705.00 |
Top Players
| Player ID | Player Name | Total (Game) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Kolemoen | Benjamin Pfannstiel | $199,340.00 |
| 2. |  Freddybabes | Fred Bird | $167,936.82 |
| 3. |  TailBot | Damian Kaźmierczak | $126,538.52 |
| 4. |  magpie131 | Serghei Sorochin | $94,565.00 |
| 5. | Damorquis | Daniel Morkisch | $85,500.00 |
| 6. | Lifecoach | Adrian Koy | $81,325.52 |
| 7. | Pajabol | Aleksander Owczarek | $68,740.00 |
| 8. | Adzikov | Andrzej Bal | $54,450.00 |
| 9. |  Spellingbee | Prabhgun Suri | $49,415.00 |
| 10. | Cyberz | Alexander Schmidt | $36,140.00 |
| 11. | AndyWand | Ilias Karamanis | $34,250.00 |
| 12. |  Hanachann | Zhao, Ze Hua | $31,912.76 |
| 13. | wangid1 | Lipao, Ni | $31,488.32 |
| 14. |  GameKing | Raffael Iciren | $26,313.67 |
| 15. | kams134 | Paweł Skoroda | $25,373.00 |
| 16. | Shaggy | Elias Sagemeister | $24,260.00 |
| 17. |  Kerpeten96 | Ayhan Kocacoglu | $20,050.00 |
| 18. | Noxious | Kacem Alexandre Khilaji | $20,000.00 |
| 19. |  Mya-Mon369EX | - - | $18,200.00 |
| 20. |  BigKukuruzina35 | Ilya Lapin | $16,865.00 |
| 21. | SuperJJ | Jan Janßen | $16,301.05 |
| 22. | Danirai | Daniel Sadowski | $15,070.00 |
| 23. |  Poisound | Manuel Diaz | $15,055.00 |
| 24. | Lord Triss | Yusheng, Zhang | $14,935.00 |
| 25. | Demarcation | Guo, Sidong | $14,905.00 |
Online/LAN Breakdown
| Location | Prize Money | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Online Only | $789,106.00 | 51.08% |
| Offline/LAN | $755,591.17 | 48.92% |
Comparisons
| » Hearthstone | -$29,685,987.33 |
Top Countries
| Country Name | Prize Money | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Germany | $474,121.87 |
| 2. |  Poland | $338,126.13 |
| 3. |  United Kingdom | $173,183.11 |
| 4. |  China | $106,957.52 |
| 5. |  Moldova, Republic of | $94,565.00 |
| 6. |  Canada | $69,467.62 |
| 7. |  Russian Federation | $63,023.71 |
| 8. |  Austria | $50,638.70 |
| 9. |  Ukraine | $43,175.45 |
| 10. |  United States | $20,227.69 |
Other Notable Players
The following players may not have necessarily competed in this game, but have contributed to the competitive scene in other ways.
| Lifecoach | Adrian Koy | Content Creator, Tournament Organizer |
 swim | Sean Huguenard | Commentator, Content Creator |