{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7389960d550f09554c17a9e3","clusterId":"c_fbaf0ae5d57f01f1865b7b89","slug":"9-kings-leaves-early-access-on-november-12-with-joker-mode-and-130-cards","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"9 Kings Leaves Early Access on November 12 With Joker Mode and 130+ Cards","summary":"Hooded Horse and Sidekick Publishing will end early access for Sad Socket's 9 Kings on November 12, 2026, about a year and a half after it entered early access in May 2025. Version 1.0 adds a fourth mode, Joker Mode, where players set their own rules, and expands the pool to 130+ cards, up from the originally planned 81, plus 140+ edicts, 110+ perks, 80+ quests, and 140+ cosmetics.","whyItMatters":"The 1.0 content list is the measure of whether a year and a half of early access converted a small deck-builder into a game with four distinct modes and a card pool well past its original plan.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eJoker Mode is the new arrival in the 1.0 build, framed as the custom ruleset players had been waiting on: build your own nine-card deck, adjust the game\u0026#39;s rules, and play outside the standard structure. The other three modes are single-player against dozens of difficulty levels, online multiplayer with ranks, and Quest Mode across nine lands.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerks now split between competitive and single-player progression. More than 30 new edicts join the pool, giving each king nine unique edicts and aligning common and rainbow edicts to multiples of nine.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Joker Mode hands the rulebook to players, and Hooded Horse lets 9 Kings ship it alongside 130+ cards rather than holding the tool for post-launch. Custom rules change the balancing job after 1.0, not before.","twitterPost":"9 Kings ships Joker Mode at 1.0, not after. Custom rules shift the balancing work past launch.","threadsPost":"Joker Mode lets 9 Kings players write their own rules at 1.0. Shipping that tool on launch day moves the balancing problem from Sad Socket's desk to the players', and a 130+ card pool makes the space of house rules wider than any pre-launch test could cover.","newsletterBlurb":"Hooded Horse and Sidekick Publishing have set November 12, 2026 for the 1.0 launch of Sad Socket's 9 Kings, ending a run in early access that began in May 2025. The full version adds Joker Mode, a custom mode where players set their own rules and build a nine-card deck, and brings the card pool to 130+ from the 81 originally planned. Edicts, perks, quests, and cosmetic items all expand as well.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/17/172387.html\",\"title\":\"\\\"Very Positive\\\" Kingdom-Building Deck-Building Strategy '9 Kings' Set for Official Launch on November 12 Alongside New Content\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4687,"outputTokens":659,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789599567,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T22:54:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T22:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T22:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fbaf0ae5d57f01f1865b7b89","canonicalTitle":"「非常に好評」王国建設デッキ構築ストラテジー『9 Kings（9 キングス）』新コンテンツ追加と共に11月12日正式化決定","representativeArticleId":"a_10fea5596537c7332eb5aa02","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"9 Kings\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T22:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T22:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T22:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/17/172387.html","title":"「非常に好評」王国建設デッキ構築ストラテジー『9 Kings（9 キングス）』新コンテンツ追加と共に11月12日正式化決定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["9 Kings"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}