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Roguelike deckbuilding meets board-based battles in Spellsword Cards: DungeonTopDefinitely moreish
Definitely moreish
Long ago,Duelystpioneered the magical game combination of deck and board. You’d build up an arsenal of tricksy monsters, then move them around while thinking about abilities and adjacency bonuses and the safety of your ‘you’ character. That was against online opponents, butSpellsword Cards: DungeonToptakes the same idea and runs with it throughSlay The Spire-like dungeons. The roguelike deckbuilder came out on early access last week, and I have found it moreish.
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Watch on YouTube
You pick fights as you wander through a dungeon, finding cards and battling bads. The fights themselves are quite restrained.
These decks ‘n tactics combos please me. The way that overlayer of decision-making feeds into combat strategy, and how you work towards unlocking more powerful cards for your next run. I don’t imagine I’ll be sucked as far down into this as I have the Spire, but the thought is there and it’s concerning.
Developers One Up Plus Entertainment estimate they’ll spend the next three to six months in early access. The full version will have more options for your starting hero, spells and units. I do like how it lets you mix and match between those, running different classes with different starting minions. They also plan to add Steam Cloud Saves and do “a lot of balancing”.
Spellsword Cards: DungeonTopis availableon Steamfor £10/$13/€11.
