The Seven

The path you take is chosen from a random selection on a map, a bit like in a roguelite. Along the way there are a few intersections where you can pick between two routes, but otherwise the journey is fairly straightforward. Most of the nodes you’ll encounter lead to battles against normal or elite enemies, followed by shops and random events. Once a battle begins, you draw several random cards from your deck. These cards represent different classes of soldiers such as paladins, longbowmen, knights, and others. However, the cards act more like skins that you place on basic, unarmed units. Those basic units are the only ones you can summon at first, and each summon costs one gem. When you place a card, or skin, onto a unit, you spend additional gems depending on the class and its stats. The empty slot in your hand is immediately filled with a new card if there are still cards left in your deck. Even so, you cannot spend gems recklessly. Gems carry over throughout the run, so using them all in the first battle can easily cause problems later. When you’re satisfied with your squad, you start the fight and watch as your units and the enemy clash until the timer runs out. Victory dep…