Pawnbarian
j4nw Developer
j4nw Publisher
2021 Release
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(416 reviews)
Public Linux Depots:- Pawnbarian Linux [163.15 M]
1.2.4 - Language cornucopiaYo! You know the drill by now.
Danish by Thomas Brcker. Tak!
Hungarian by Roland Kalszi and Richard Nagy. Ksz!
Korean by Kim Pilra. Gamsahaeyo!
Russian by kivy0. Spasibo!
The community translation effort is ongoing. Do you want to help translate into another language, or suggest some changes? Check out this thread.
new: Danish localization
new: Hungarian localization
new: Korean localization
new: Russian localization
change: changed localization font location (see thread)
change: CJK font is now pre-baked, which means a 50MB smaller game size (but: see thread)
change: Spark Imp now has a persistent sparking particle to remind you that it does scary stuff
change: updated minor stuff in some languages
change/fix: game now runs in background again
change/fix: Goblin Tinkerer now shoots a lighting bolt... again? I feel like I've changed this before
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Cheers,
Jan
[ 2022-05-06 08:11:18 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.
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