Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
Complexity
2.5/5
Collection
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Description
Dark deck-building game with solo co-op and competitive play across branching story campaigns
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun
- Tactical
- Deck building aspect is enjoyable
- Map cards change things up
- Good art
- Good playtime for a solo game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- solo battle
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action points — Players have a set number of actions per turn to spend on various abilities.
- Card draw — Players draw cards from their deck to perform actions and play cards.
- Combat — The core of the solo battle involves engaging enemies in combat, with actions taken to attack and defend.
- Deck building — Mentioned as an aspect that comes in when players buy things at the merchant with gold earned during play.
- Health tracking — Both the player and enemies have health points that are tracked throughout the battle.
- Map Cards — These cards are used to determine enemy placement and affect gameplay, changing each game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This will be probably a 15 to 30 minute video.
- Um, it's very fun. It's tactical.
- I love the art as I said in the overview video.
- I also love the aspect of the deck building here along with these map cards. These map cards definitely change things up every game.
- If you're not already subscribed, please hit that subscribe button. That would be so uh appreciated.
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique deck-building experience
- Well-designed gameplay
- Amazing artwork
- Mysterious atmosphere
- High replayability due to variable map setup
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players have three actions per turn, which are spent to play cards or perform other actions.
- Combat — Combat involves minions attacking based on their position and the row they are in. Enemies have attack and health values, and players must deal a certain amount of damage to defeat them.
- Deck building — The game is described as a solo-friendly deck-building game where players start with six cards, including minions and items, and draw three cards as their starting hand.
- Fleeing Battle — Players have the option to flee a battle, incurring a gold penalty.
- map exploration — Players can travel to different map locations, starting at a campfire, and choose directions to go. New map cards are added as players explore.
- Merchant/Blacksmith Visits — Players can visit a merchant to buy cards using gold earned from defeating minions, or a blacksmith to acquire items.
- Minion Spawning — Enemies and players spawn minions on a battle board split into two sides. Minions typically cannot attack the turn they spawn.
- randomization — Enemy decks are built by randomizing cards, and map cards are shuffled and drawn to determine placement.
- Resource management — Players use gold to purchase cards from the merchant or blacksmith. Gold is also lost if a player chooses to flee a battle.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a solo friendly uh deck building game.
- I think this is one of the more unique deck builders I've ever come across.
- I think it's very welldesigned.
- The artist is amazing.
- I really like the grayscale and the uh the mysteriousness of of this one.
- it's really got a lot of um replayability cuz every run will be different, basically.
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