Goons of Balatroon, a gaming brand focused on skill-based earning, has launched the first phase of the Risk Mode for their trading card game, Goon Wars. As such, they’ve also provided an overview to help players get to grips with the highly-anticipated game mode.

What Is Risk Mode?

Risk Mode lets you play matches against other matches by wagering off-chain in-game credits representing the equivalent value of USD. In terms of gameplay, everything remains the same as it is in other game modes, with the main difference being that you have a chance of earning through betting. If you for example bet $1.50 and win the match, you have a chance of getting back your bet and receiving $1.00 profit for a total of $2.50. Basically, winning a match is rewarded with a loot bag containing a random amount of in-game credits, with a minimum and maximum number in place “depending on the rarity of loot bag won.”

Phase 1 Details

In this first phase, there are 4 tiers that determine the amount you’re betting: $0.3, $1.5, $3.0, and $15.0, which is equal to Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary respectively. To get in-game credits, you need to deposit on-chain tokens such as $GOB or $BEAM on Merit Circle’s Beam network. You can later withdraw by converting in-game credits into one of the two on-chain tokens. A certain platform fee is included when withdrawing as a way for the studio to generate revenue to use for marketing, development and community growth. Due to the anti-money laundering system in place, you will need to withdraw to the same token that you used to deposit. So if you desposit $GOB, you will later have to withdraw to the same token.

Details on the upcoming phase 2 can be found in the official announcement.