ROGUEBOOK

Another chapter in the story of deck-building roguelikes

Jody Macgregor

THE CREATOR OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING, RICHARD GARFIELD, IS CO-DESIGNER Last year there was Monster Train, before that Slay the Spire, before that Dream Quest. The digital deckbuilder is in the ‘Doom-clone’ stage. All these games  about constructing the perfect set of cards to survive randomised battles, victory based on some huge combo, differentiated by their looks. Aesthetically,Roguebook is a winner. It’s designed by Abrakam, responsible for the under-rated CCGFaeria, and Roguebook shares its setting as well as visuals that are part Miyazaki forest, part children’s fairytale book. Glowing orbs waft through trees, sinister beasts with antlers emerge from the undergrowth. A Disney witch crooks her finger and a louche ogre king lounges like a Skyrimjarl. There are a lot of fluffy yak creatures. I’ve been defeated more than once…

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PC Gamer United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2021

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