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Hand of Fate 2 (2017)

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Hand of Fate is a unique hybrid of deck-building card adventure and action role-playing game that came out of nowhere to become one of my favorite games of 2015. Hand of Fate 2 improves upon the original in every way.

One minute you’re moving a game piece across a table covered with Tarot-like adventure cards, the next you’re embroiled in Arkham-style real-time melee. An enigmatic figure known as The Dealer guides the player through a tabletop adventure, flipping cards to determine the obstacles and events they encounter along the way. An overturned card may reveal something harmless, like a friendly merchant selling food and supplies. Or perhaps it’s something more dangerous, sending the player spiraling from the safety of the board into a combat encounter with hordes of fearsome foes. As the game progresses, new cards are added to the player’s deck, allowing them to further influence the encounters and equipment they’ll stumble upon during quests.

The first Hand of Fate presented this flavorful mixture in a very basic fashion. Missions were a series of 13 dungeons, randomly generated using cards in the Dealer and player’s hands. The goal was always the same: make it to the end of the dungeon and beat the dungeon boss without being killed by random encounters or starving to death. As compelling as the gameplay was, the “here we go again” feeling was strong.

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