[Card Game]: Hero: Immortal King, reviewed by ShannonA (4/4)

[RPGnet Reviews]

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14077.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

A quick dungeon explanation game that can be played two-player or solitaire; includes elegant mechanics, deck construction, and a solo system that's quite interesting.

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[Lazarus]

It's an interesting game, and the artwork's quite good, but ultimately ... it feels like an unsolvable puzzle. I'm not sure if it's because I don't have the rules internalized, but it's frequent in my limited experience that you end up with three monsters, all of which with a score higher than your attack + die max. Which ends up being frustrating, due to unwinnableness.

Laz

[ShannonA]

I think I played through four games before I was able to win. But, that was partially due to inexperience. I suspect the ratio would come down with additional play. But, even if it stayed 4:1, that wouldn't be too far from some versions of true Solitaire. I think you just have to change your perspective as to what type of game it is. In Solitaire, you do sometimes get stuck.

As for not getting stuck: you need to figure out how to manage your mana so that you have it available when those tough monsters come up.

[Lazarus]

yeah. I'm not saying it's a bad game, just that it's a solitaire puzzle type game with lots of avenues for stuckness rather than a true dungeoncrawler (like, say, Dungeoneer can be).

I also got hit in the head with expectation difference with that game. I wasn't expecting it (despite reading reviews) to be quite so ... whatever it is.

That said, it's still good, and at the price, I'd say it's worth getting a deck, as it's a fun way to use up some time, or divert yourself from other things.

Laz