Black Rose Wars is a tactical fighting game for two to four players set in the alternative Italian Renaissance world of Nova Aetas. Players take the role of mages seeking to become the New Grand Master. The game is designed by Marco Montanaro and developed by Ludus Magnus Studio, with its English edition published and distributed by Ares Games. It’s due to release in September 2020, …
Welcome back to Discovering Alone. It’s time for the last preview article about Alone. In our previous entries, we introduced the game, we described the gameplay mechanics for both the Hero and the Evil players, gave you a taste of the game’s background story, and the Designers’ Diary. We close this series with a chat with Steve Hamilton, the illustrator of Alone, about his work on …
Welcome back to Discovering Alone. Following the article about how the Hero plays in Alone, it’s now time to have a look at the gameplay for the one to three players who control the forces of Evil. At the beginning of the game, the Evil players follow a mostly randomized procedure to generate a new map layout. This is so you will always have a different …
Hard City’s characters: a whole array of 80’s pop culture archetypes. Following the overview article about Hard City’s setting and gameplay, it’s time to introduce the characters in the game, who represent pop culture archetypes seen in geek movies and 80’s TV series. Doctor Zero, the new identity of Peter Zerovich after Zero Corp. went bankrupt, is a vengeful and cynical mad scientist. His only aim …
Welcome back to Discovering Alone. It’s time to learn more about how to play Alone depending on the side you are – the Hero or the Evil. The Hero can only see the nearby Sectors, playing a game of exploration, deduction, and survival. On the Evil side of the screen, things are completely different. This article will focus on the Hero gameplay. As said in the …
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