Dungeons & Cardboards

Dungeon crawling roguelike where you lead your warrior, cleric, thief and wizard through a tile based map, finding equipment, taps and enemies along the way. Combat takes place on a grid with figures represented as gaming miniatures and additional columns, crates or other obstacles to add some tactics. Your inventory is small (two weapons, one "item" and one consumable) and better weapons have cool downs so you need to make some tough choices. Unfortunately, the game is plagued primarily by a lack of information, You have no idea what the hit points, armor or weapons of your enemies are and don't even really know what many of your own spells or abilities do. Burn seems to add a damage over time effect but you have no idea how much and "Froze" doesn't seem to do much at all. The first boss self-heals but you have no idea how much. A few other quirks also mar the experience such as your heals being able to miss their target and the lack of diagonal movement or attacks makes many turns feel wasted. It's a simple but fun idea with the concept, tiles and maps but the execution left me feeling like every game ended cheaply and in confusion about how I could have done better.

well the one issue i have with the game is the fact that effects like burn don't have a description on what it does, i can guess it does damage over time, but i don't actually see that happening. but it isn't a bad game and has some charm to it.

Dungeons & Cardboards, developed and published by Ornithocornicorp, is the kind of indie project that immediately signals its intentions through its title alone. It aims to capture the feeling of a tabletop dungeon crawl, but instead of striving for realism or epic scale, it leans into a handcrafted, almost toy-like presentation that frames the entire adventure as something assembled out of imagination and simple materials. This approach gives the game a distinctive personality right from the beginning, as it feels less like stepping into a traditional fantasy world and more like participating in a creative session of make-believe where cardboard props and playful design choices take center stage. At its core, Dungeons & Cardboards is a turn-based tactical RPG with roguelike influences, built around guiding a party of adventurers through dungeon layouts filled with enemies, hazards, and rewards. The structure follows familiar genre conventions, with a balanced team composition typically including frontline fighters, support characters, and magic users, each fulfilling a clear role in combat. Encounters unfold on grid-based maps where positioning, ability usage, and turn order dict…

Good game, really good.

Good.