How Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch team inspired Hearthstone's fatigue mechanic

It turns out Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch team inspired Hearthstone's fatigue mechanic.

In a fun video interview with Ars Technica, Hearthstone game director Ben Brode reveals how Blizzard came up with the fatigue mechanic, which deals an increasing amount of damage with each turn a player has no cards left to draw from.

"We were doing a play test, and we asked Jeff Kaplan, who's the game director on the Overwatch team, to come over and try the game," Brode begins.

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