Pawnbarian (tuxdb.com)

Pawnbarian

j4nw Developer

j4nw Publisher

2021 Release

Indie Strategy RPG SingleplayerTags

Game News Posts: 39

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (419 reviews)

https://j4nw.com/pawnbarian

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Pawnbarian Linux [163.15 M]

1.2.1 - Small balance tweaks + French, Spanish, Swedish

Yo! The new characters have been very well received overall, and exactly 0 bugs popped up. That being said, the Mystic turned out to be slightly overtuned. With 1.2.1, her starting deck no longer has Diagonal Splash on one of the Ghost pieces. She remains very strong at all levels of play, but early floors should no longer be such a heavy snowball. The Gauntlet now heals 1 damage after each floor, so you're able to keep going for much longer if you feel like it. Martin Alonso returned to update his Spanish localization for the new content, Alain & Nicolas Cordier stepped up to both fill out and clean up the French localization, and Bruno Krynicki Storskog provided a whole new Swedish localization. Thank you so much! The community translation effort is ongoing. Do you want to help translate into another language, or perhaps just suggest some changes? Check out this thread. new: Swedish localization change: Mystic lost the starting Diagonal Splash change: Gauntlet now restores 1 health after each floor change: Spanish localization updated change: French localization updated Cheers, Jan

[ 2022-04-05 09:59:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pawnbarian is a minimalist puzzle roguelike. It's built around the core mechanic of using chess moves to control your adventurer on a tiny dungeon board.

Use a deck of chess pieces to hack and slash through hordes of monsters.
Pick up the basics instantly if you're familiar with chess, or learn in minutes if you aren't.
Carefully plan your moves to navigate tricky, emergent tactical situations.
Spend treasure to upgrade your cards with additional powers.
Blitz through quick 15-30 minute runs - or die trying.
Take on the infinite post-run Gauntlet to see how long you can survive.
Pick from 3 characters with unique rules to conquer 3 dungeons full of varied monsters.
Progress through Chains, a series of extra difficulty settings.

What Pawnbarian is not

Pawnbarian is not a full-fledged roguelike with deep and varied builds to explore. There is a bit of progression over the course of a run, but the core of the game is dealing with a variety of enemies, and figuring out what to do each turn.

Think of it as a highly replayable puzzle game with a roguelike card battler feel.