It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s been over ten years since the original release of Hearthstone<\/em>, a Blizzard side project that turned into a money-printing juggernaut that single-handedly launched a new generation of digital collectible card games.<\/p>
To this day, it remains on top of an admittedly much-diminished genre of games, but the constant power creep of the past few years and the ever-increasing tech debt makes it somewhat hard to recommend as a long-term commitment. Still, it\u2019s heartening and fun to watch someone discover the game for the first time, even to this day, and there is simply so much to do that you simply won\u2019t find anywhere else.<\/p>
I have been playing the game since its open beta, hopping back and forth across the various game modes as my interest and enjoyment ebbed and flowed over the years. The landscape is very different today than it was back then, and the game\u2019s identity is much different than it once used to be. Whether you\u2019re an oldtimer or a prospective newcomer, some pointers can\u2019t hurt\u2014so here are all the game modes of Hearthstone <\/em>available at the time of writing, organized by the level of priority they\u2019ve been receiving by the developers in terms of polish and updates across the last few years.<\/p>
