Roguebook ’s visual style is appealing, too, though it isn’t anything to write home about. Once you get the hang of it, it is a lot of fun. Combat usually involves a mix of both blocking and attacking, and you also need to pay attention to which of your two characters is in front, which adds to the challenge.
Combat, meanwhile, plays like a deck building game, as you draw the cards you’ve added to your deck and use them for various battle actions. The first time I played, I got stumped on the first page and had to start over. Some aspects of the gameplay loop are better explained than others within the game, and it doesn’t exactly drop you into a practice stage either. It’s not as confusing as it might sound, but it’s not easy, either. Along the way, they collect items, get new cards for their decks (which I’ll get to a little later), and fight enemies to win resources. It may not be a revolution, exactly, but I like what Roguebook is doing, and I hope to see more games like it in the future.Įach “stage” of Roguebook is a page in the titular book, and characters have limited resources to uncover spaces on a grid and make their way to the page’s exit. We get opportunities to review roguelikes all the time, but it’s rare that one appears on our list that really tries something different with the genre. That was one of the reasons I was drawn to Roguebook, but the game has more going for it than the co-creator’s name. And I’m always interested to see what he’s worked on.
I even interviewed him for a piece on this very site, some time ago. I’m no stranger to Magic: the Gathering creator Richard Garfield.
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