WitchHand

Do you remember Stacklands? Well, this is basically Stacklands. There is a bit of a story and there's a final boss, but the thing is that the end is 1000% unsatisfying. Not a whole lot of explanation on what happens. 12 hours with this game and I got to the end. It was pretty entertaining. It's not like...amazing. If you like putting cards on cards and making those cards make cards then this is for you. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I'm not mad at the game entirely, but the ending kind of felt like a slap in the face.

This game is quite promising. The automation side is something I would say is a step up from others like the famous Cultist Simulator, and honestly gives slight tastes of Technic back when that was the most popular thing for Minecraft. The only downsides are a few minor QoL adjustments with the biggest personal offender being that I keep checking the options to see if a snap-to-grid function has been added to fight my need of constantly wanting to re-arrange the board so cities, ingredients, chests, and my spell cards are alphabetical and neatly in lines! 10/10 - take the game in bursts if you are like me and unable to look at a messy game board without taking psychic damage.

Fun and relaxing game! Very cozy minimalist experience. If you ever thought cultist simulator was interesting but too esoteric for you, this game brings the complexity/understandability of that idea down to a more manageable & casual level.

Bewitching. This is basically [i]Stacklands[/i], but fixing [i]some[/i] of the stacking-cards-are-flying-each-and-every-way jank, and with a more focused gameplay consisting of you trying to establish an economy and crush the final boss faster than the enemies can crush you. There are four different witches (civilizations) to play as, with some differences in mechanics between them, like how they fight, or boost production. Racing to build up your card coven in the most optimal way can get [i]addictive[/i], and I am using that word very much on purpose – I wanted to quickly try the game out after buying it, but I somehow ended up getting myself glued to the screen, starving without supper deep into the night, until I finally barely managed to tear myself away. So the game is good, but you may want to be careful if you have an addictive personality.

This game is just so charming y'all.

Boring, I'm just sitting around watching meters slowly fill up. Plus, no controller support? I'm out.