Yeah, I’ve been playing this too much for the last few days. The thing is, though: I WOULD PREFER A TABLETOP VERSION SO MUCH MORE.
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Despite a bad tutorial and some iffy tuning, it’s quite an addicting game. Would be fun to see a tabletop version!
I just want someone with production-nouse to approach them, because the art and mechanics are 90% there, we would just need the probability numbers and a couple of replace-computer rules.
Chests increasing in value per turn on the board is easy, you just stack another card on top each time.
Facing, alert values etc would take a bit more figuring out.
Light is easy to calculate.
Imagine a ‘variable room size’ where the GM could make the grid smaller or larger based on challenge level. Also, additional card types such as pit traps, adventuring gear and mysteries would be amazing. I’m all for a tabletop version!
Personally, I prefer to let the computer handle the rules on this sort of thing. Doing it all manually on the tabletop would get tedious and erroneous.
Nathan Roberts freeing yourself of the 3×3 grid would change the game a lot, but also open up interesting possibilities! Would be fun to do a game jam just using the existing mechanics and cards to create something new.