How one of gaming's most intimidating genres spawned a legion of hits - The Verge

Games like Inscryption, Slay the Spire, and Monster Train are helping to keep alive one of the medium’s most complex and challenging genres: the roguelike deckbuilder.

For the uninitiated, the roguelike deckbuilder can be an intimidating prospect. Its the love child of two famously hardcore archetypes: the deckbuilder, in which you gradually compile a deck of cards… [+13754 chars]

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