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RogueSL - Rogue, The Solitaire-Like

Solo roleplaying game · by wildweasel · in English
Game Pay what you want No AI Card Game PDF
On Quisicosas since 28 March 2024
Featured in the newsletter of 28 March 2024 (on Substack)

What it is about

Rogue: The Solitaire-Like (RogueSL for short) is an experimental attempt to design a dungeon-crawling Rogue-like using only one deck of cards and no custom cards or pieces. It can be set up and played on a modestly-sized tabletop, using only a deck of 52 cards and 2 Jokers, with no other equipment necessary, and a set of rules that (I hope) is reasonable enough to remember as easily as any other solitaire game, over a few play sessions. The game puts you in an appropriately sized card dungeon (6 by 4 cards suggested, but of course you are free to resize it as desired), and combat works via a suit-based advantage triangle and enemy-capturing. This, I hope, captures the essence of a traditional Rogue-like, in the medium of a tabletop card game.
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