I love the standalone Gwent game (which I played first), but hated the more primitive version they used in The Witcher 3. Never touched it beyond what they required.

I enjoyed it on my first playthrough, but it got really old on my second.
It’s pretty simple, and your ability to play other decks is locked behind progression, leaving you largely to play Northern Realms and Nilfgard spy decks for a large portion of the game.

I felt the same way - never been a fan of card collecting games in general. Then I went for the Gwent achievements and I started understanding the strategies more… it got to the point where I would boot up Witcher 3 just to play Gwent lol I tried the standalone version but it doesn’t hit the same.

But don’t even get me started on the visceral hatred I have for Caravan in F:NV

You’re not alone. I just really don’t care for CCGs.

I just got that mod that lets you insta-win as soon as you play, for the plot point games.