Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
2018 · CD Projekt Red
Source book
- The Witcher saga — Andrzej Sapkowski
Queen Meve's campaign during the books, including the day she knights Geralt.
Platforms
Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android
Fidelity
A 2018 spin-off, and the single-player half of Gwent. Wikipedia places the campaign during the Witcher books, before the video games, with the player as Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia. The story includes her knighting Geralt, the origin of his 'of Rivia' name.
Read first?
01
When to read first
Read the books first if that name should stay Sapkowski's reveal. The game dramatizes a piece of backstory the novels treat as already true.
02
When playing first is fine
If you already know the saga, Meve's war is her own story and playing it will not walk you through the novels chapter by chapter.
03
Why
It is a side tale, which usually means play first. This side tale happens inside the books and stages a detail readers are meant to learn there.
Source
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thronebreaker:_The_Witcher_Tales
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