An extended line of RPS writers (generations of em!) have been sharing their ideas on Shadowhand, together with an in-depth preview over the previous couple years. It’s been fascinating watching Grey Alien’s recreation of card-based swashbucklery develop and evolve, and now the distinct and apparently themed CCG has a launch date.
December seventh appears to have a little bit of a ‘powerful, dangerous women and the cards they deal’ theme, after that Reigns announcement. Hardly one to grouse about, I need to admit. Plus, in the event you worth neither your cash and your life, you would possibly wish to learn slightly additional; We’ve obtained a snazzy near-launch trailer displaying off a few of Shadowhand’s lovely artwork, and no scarcity of card-based battle.
Highwaymen, pirates and different such cutthroat types abound right here. Just from wanting on the trailer above, Shadowhand appears considerably extra complicated than your common fashionable CCG, full of stats and modifiers in basic RPG trend, and a world away from the simplistic quickfire design of Hearthstone.
More than something, I’m reminded of Card Hunter, which takes an identical method to card-based fight and looting, having your deck decisions mirrored within the construct of your characters and vice versa. Shadowhand – being from the creator of RPS favorite Regency Solitaire – additionally adjustments the very nature of the playfield from CCG customary, giving it a distinctly solitaire-y really feel even once you’re buying and selling flintlock rounds with some scurrilous scofflaw. Always good to see a contemporary mechanical twist in a style so incessantly threatening to show stale.
It’s an thrilling wanting mix, and the pseudo-historical story revolving round a plucky younger noblewoman who moonlights as an notorious masked legal is a refreshing change from the standard plethora of excessive fantasy CCGs. Sometimes, a flintlock pistol and a snazzy aesthetic are all you want. Since Shadowhand began growth, we’ve seen an explosion of curiosity within the CCG style, so maybe the time is correct for Grey Alien Games, too.
Shadowhand shall be obtainable for each Windows & Mac PCs on December seventh on Steam, GOG or (ideally) direct from the publisher, and can price $15, minus a 10% launch low cost.
