
There's a party system that opens up new deck possibilities, but for the Steam Games Festival demo, only one companion is available.
ROGUEBOOK CHARACTER UNLOCK UPGRADE
Success will revolve around skilled use of cards, but also on how well players can upgrade their decks in-between encounters. The actual combat is standard fare for anybody who's played games like Magic: The Gathering, Hearthstone, or the aforementioned Slay the Spire. Unconvering more of the map can offer up rewards, rare encounters, shops, story instances, and more. They can unlock more brushes as they defeat enemies and progress in the world, which in turn will allow for greater exploration opportunities.

Revealing more of the map involves using an inkwell and a brush, of which players get limited strokes. Players step into an enchanted world, where much of the tile-based map is covered up, not unlike a fog of war in an RTS game.

What looks to set Roguebook apart from its contemporaries is a fairy tale setting. Enemies have their own actions available to them and taking them down requires offensive and defensive strategy. Players will take part in encounters and a deck of cards containing various actions and magic spells will have to carry them through. Roguebook's concept will sound familiar to those who have played games like Slay the Spire. Shacknews recently gave it a look just ahead of its Steam Games Festival debut. Publisher Nacon is looking to throw its hat in the ring and who better to help them than the mind behind Magic: The Gathering? Nacon has banded together with developer Abrakam Entertainment, which includes original MtG creator Richard Garfield, to introduce Roguebook, a PvE card battler with a bit of a twist. Roguelike deck-builders have grown in number over the past couple of years.
