
RogueSL - Rogue, The Solitaire-Like
On Quisicosas since 28 March 2024
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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.