06-28-2019, 08:39 AM
The Weekender: Absolutely Everything Edition
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<p>The amount of stuff I’ve had to pack into today’s update pretty much sums up our week in general. Between <em>Harry Potter</em>, the exploding <em>Auto Chess</em> craze plus all of the usual suspects, we’ve been kept very busy. Doesn’t look like Niantic’s <em>Pokémon GO</em> successor is taking off quite as much as many thought it would – we’ve got one or two more articles in the pipeline, but I think I’ll take a step back and evaluate after that.</p>
<p><em>Auto Chess</em> now… you guys really seem to be enjoying that, and I’m glad because it fits our sensibilities a bit better. Might be a bit slower to the punch than other websites but expect to see more coverage on that over the next week or two as well. I’ve also switched a bunch of the guys over to review-work for the short term, just to make sure we’re keeping on top of that.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in the world of mobile gaming…</p>
<h2>Out Now</h2>
<h3>Tharsis (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tharsis/id956621095?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iPad</a>) – <em>Full Review Coming Soon!</em></h3>
<p>Clearly, the only thing that could make a game about managing a spaceship on its way to Mars even better is if everything was going wrong from the start and your job was actually just to make the most of an increasingly dire situation. Choice Provisions know this, and now you can know it as well with this space-themed turn-based strategy game.</p>
<p>Using board-game inspired dice-mechanics, you can only do what your dice-rolls allow you to achieve in any given turn. It’s going to be difficult and there will be losses, but as long as you can make it to the Red Planet, I’m sure all those sacrifices won’t have been in vain. And hey, there’s always cannibalism, right?</p>
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<h3>Void Tyrant (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/void-tyrant/id1385870381?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a>) – <em>Full Review Coming Soon!</em></h3>
<p>Oh look, another rogue-like deck-building game! To be fair, we’ve been waiting on this game <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/guides/upcoming-ios-android-mobile-games-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">since last year</a> so it’s not like Armor Games are yet another mobile studio jumping on a popular trend. Unlike other recent releases in this niche, <em>Void Tyrant</em> bases its card mechanics on the principles of Blackjack and uses a ‘stick or twist’ system for its core gameplay.</p>
<p>This is a single-player experience with over 500 cards and three classes. You can play it completely free with ads, or, pay a single $5 IAP to unlock the ad-free version of the game.</p>
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<h3>Graveyard Keeper (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/graveyard-keeper/id1461238719?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinybuild.graveyardkeeper" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>) <em>– Full Review Coming Soon!</em></h3>
<p>The only release this week of note on both platforms, <em>Graveyard Keeper</em> is a medieval management sim in a similar vein as <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/stardew-valley-ios/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stardew Valley</a>, except not really accurate at all and with a wonderfully macabre twist. You’re mainly running your own cemetery but can expand into other ventures as well and will probably need to find shortcuts in order to save money. I mean, those dead bodies aren’t being used anymore, right?</p>
<p>If you thought that <em>Stardew Valley</em> was a bit too serious and were up for something more bonkers/suited to your weirder tastes, this may be the alternative you never knew you needed. It also sports “proper” quests, crafting and a love story, so we’re told. Look out for our review either end of next week or start of the week after.</p>
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<p>Also going to drop a quick note saying that <em>Harry Potter: Wizards Unite</em> has now been rolled out to more territories since its debut last week. TouchArcade has <a href="https://toucharcade.com/2019/06/24/harry-potter-wizards-unite-country-list-availaibility-full/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a really comprehensive list</a> of known countries, in case you need to look yours up.</p>
<h2>News You Can Use</h2>
<p>This might become a regular addition, it might not… there’s just a fair few ‘news-y’ thing I haven’t gotten around to looking at this week, and instead of letting them drift away into oblivion might as well summarise them her:</p>
<h3>New Games of Thrones game Beyond the Wall</h3>
<p>This actually sounds quite neat, in the same way Ubisoft’s <em>Elite Squad</em> announcement from E3 seemed to kind of be touching on the strategy/RPG mobile space (although I’m telling you, auto-battlers is the way to go). <em>Beyond the Wall</em> puts you in charge of the Night’s Watch, manning one of the castles along the wall. You need to recruit (read ‘collect’) characters and form a ‘squad’ that you use in PvE battles beyond the wall, or in an as-yet undefined PvP mode. <a href="https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/71055/game-of-thrones-gets-another-mobile-game-tie-in-with-behaviour-interactives-beyond-the-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pocket Gamer has a full interview</a> if you want to read more about it, although we suspect this will be free-to-play. Pre-registration is open now via <a href="http://www.beyondthewall.bhvr.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the official website</a>.</p>
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<h3>Meteorfall Sequel Krumit’s Tale</h3>
<p>One of our favourite card/roguelike games Is getting a sequel! <a href="http://www.krumits-tale.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale</em></a> will we imagine be more of the same gameplay we know and love, but with new dungeons and new settings. It’s coming to Steam early access first, so we don’t know what the timetable for a mobile release is.</p>
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<h3>Battle Chasers: Nightwar Pre Order</h3>
<p>Looks like we’re getting another decent turn-based RPG soon as well. <em>Battle Chasers: Nightwar</em> may not have the most inspiring name, but it’s earned a decent reputation for itself on consoles. Now it’s coming to mobile as a premium offering. It’s available for pre-order now on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/in/app/battle-chasers-nightwar/id1455088996" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a>, and pre-registration on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hg.bcnw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Play</a>.</p>
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<h2>Updates</h2>
<h3>Titan Quest (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/titan-quest-hd/id1424977227?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotemu.titanquest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>) (<a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/review-titan-quest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Review</a>)</h3>
<p>Action-RPG Titan Quest has received an update this week. Additional localisation has been rolled out for Japanese, Chinese, Korean and then Ukrainian and Czech. For iOS users, full screen support for iPhone X or similar is now a thing, and some bugs with iOS 12 and up have also been fixed.</p>
<h3>Star Traders: Frontiers (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/star-traders-frontiers/id1442583232?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.startraders2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>) (<a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/star-traders-frontiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Review</a>)</h3>
<p><em>Star Traders’</em> latest update hasn’t quite rolled out to both platforms yet, but it’s out on Android at least. As well as some additional AI updates to prepare it to use carriers, the team have also included some neat quality of life UI changes to help legal traders do their job more efficiently. There’s also some new outfits.</p>
<h3>Auto Chess: Origin (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/auto-chess-origin/id1464482102?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dragonest.autochess.google" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>)</h3>
<p>There’s been a big update rolled out to <em>Auto Chess</em>’ official mobile version. A new race called ‘God’ has been introduced, with two pieces – Mars and Zeus. There’s four new items and two new modes (at least one of which is only available Friday till Sunday). You can also create Custom Games which can help you train against bots (although there is a crash bug with that still). There’s also been a massive pass at optimising certain mechanics to make them less fiddly, especially around synergies and levelling up pieces.</p>
<p>There’s also been a minor update for <em>Auto Chess</em>’ chief rival, <em>Dota Underlords</em> which looks at bug fixing and the UI. Don’t forget to check out <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/guides/dota-underlords-tips/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the tips guide</a> we released at the start of the week!</p>
<h2>Sales</h2>
<p>And if the above wasn’t enough, there’s quite a few summers sales happening this week as well, especially in the world of board games. We’ll try and recap some of the more interesting ones:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <em>Holy Potatoes!</em> games are currently enjoying a discount, so make sure you check them out if you haven’t already.</li>
<li>2K have discounted both <em>XCOM: Enemy Within</em> and <em>Civilization Revolution 2</em> to $1.99 on both <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/2k/id324563547#see-all/i-phonei-pad-apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6681606924556273560" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>. Absolute steal!</li>
<li>Acram digital have discounted a bunch of their digital board games on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/acram-digital/id1016459119" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=9052427338891655444" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>, including the DLC!</li>
<li>Same is true for Asmodee Digital on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/asmodee-digital/id1135862620#see-all/i-phonei-pad-apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7959316599581723037" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>. A great day if you’re a digital board gamer.</li>
<li>The latest <em>Kingdom Rush</em> game, <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/kingdom-rush-vengeance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Kingdom Rush: Vengeance</em></a> is currently discounted, as are all of Ironhide’s past games on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/ironhide-s-a/id558612918" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6098018911218203911" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>.</li>
<li>Handelabra have discounted their titles on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/handelabra-studio-llc/id371135968" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7392390343537623321" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>, including <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/one-deck-dungeon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>One Deck Dungeon</em></a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/stardew-valley-ios/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Stardew Valley</em></a> is on sale for only the second time since its release, on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1406710800/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chucklefish.stardewvalley" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>.</li>
<li>Last but certainly not least, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1158746699/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Warlock of Firetop Mountain</em></a> is on sale for the first time since December.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above/ Let us know in the comments.</em></p>
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<p>The amount of stuff I’ve had to pack into today’s update pretty much sums up our week in general. Between <em>Harry Potter</em>, the exploding <em>Auto Chess</em> craze plus all of the usual suspects, we’ve been kept very busy. Doesn’t look like Niantic’s <em>Pokémon GO</em> successor is taking off quite as much as many thought it would – we’ve got one or two more articles in the pipeline, but I think I’ll take a step back and evaluate after that.</p>
<p><em>Auto Chess</em> now… you guys really seem to be enjoying that, and I’m glad because it fits our sensibilities a bit better. Might be a bit slower to the punch than other websites but expect to see more coverage on that over the next week or two as well. I’ve also switched a bunch of the guys over to review-work for the short term, just to make sure we’re keeping on top of that.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in the world of mobile gaming…</p>
<h2>Out Now</h2>
<h3>Tharsis (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tharsis/id956621095?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iPad</a>) – <em>Full Review Coming Soon!</em></h3>
<p>Clearly, the only thing that could make a game about managing a spaceship on its way to Mars even better is if everything was going wrong from the start and your job was actually just to make the most of an increasingly dire situation. Choice Provisions know this, and now you can know it as well with this space-themed turn-based strategy game.</p>
<p>Using board-game inspired dice-mechanics, you can only do what your dice-rolls allow you to achieve in any given turn. It’s going to be difficult and there will be losses, but as long as you can make it to the Red Planet, I’m sure all those sacrifices won’t have been in vain. And hey, there’s always cannibalism, right?</p>
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<h3>Void Tyrant (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/void-tyrant/id1385870381?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a>) – <em>Full Review Coming Soon!</em></h3>
<p>Oh look, another rogue-like deck-building game! To be fair, we’ve been waiting on this game <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/guides/upcoming-ios-android-mobile-games-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">since last year</a> so it’s not like Armor Games are yet another mobile studio jumping on a popular trend. Unlike other recent releases in this niche, <em>Void Tyrant</em> bases its card mechanics on the principles of Blackjack and uses a ‘stick or twist’ system for its core gameplay.</p>
<p>This is a single-player experience with over 500 cards and three classes. You can play it completely free with ads, or, pay a single $5 IAP to unlock the ad-free version of the game.</p>
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<h3>Graveyard Keeper (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/graveyard-keeper/id1461238719?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinybuild.graveyardkeeper" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>) <em>– Full Review Coming Soon!</em></h3>
<p>The only release this week of note on both platforms, <em>Graveyard Keeper</em> is a medieval management sim in a similar vein as <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/stardew-valley-ios/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stardew Valley</a>, except not really accurate at all and with a wonderfully macabre twist. You’re mainly running your own cemetery but can expand into other ventures as well and will probably need to find shortcuts in order to save money. I mean, those dead bodies aren’t being used anymore, right?</p>
<p>If you thought that <em>Stardew Valley</em> was a bit too serious and were up for something more bonkers/suited to your weirder tastes, this may be the alternative you never knew you needed. It also sports “proper” quests, crafting and a love story, so we’re told. Look out for our review either end of next week or start of the week after.</p>
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<p>Also going to drop a quick note saying that <em>Harry Potter: Wizards Unite</em> has now been rolled out to more territories since its debut last week. TouchArcade has <a href="https://toucharcade.com/2019/06/24/harry-potter-wizards-unite-country-list-availaibility-full/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a really comprehensive list</a> of known countries, in case you need to look yours up.</p>
<h2>News You Can Use</h2>
<p>This might become a regular addition, it might not… there’s just a fair few ‘news-y’ thing I haven’t gotten around to looking at this week, and instead of letting them drift away into oblivion might as well summarise them her:</p>
<h3>New Games of Thrones game Beyond the Wall</h3>
<p>This actually sounds quite neat, in the same way Ubisoft’s <em>Elite Squad</em> announcement from E3 seemed to kind of be touching on the strategy/RPG mobile space (although I’m telling you, auto-battlers is the way to go). <em>Beyond the Wall</em> puts you in charge of the Night’s Watch, manning one of the castles along the wall. You need to recruit (read ‘collect’) characters and form a ‘squad’ that you use in PvE battles beyond the wall, or in an as-yet undefined PvP mode. <a href="https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/71055/game-of-thrones-gets-another-mobile-game-tie-in-with-behaviour-interactives-beyond-the-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pocket Gamer has a full interview</a> if you want to read more about it, although we suspect this will be free-to-play. Pre-registration is open now via <a href="http://www.beyondthewall.bhvr.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the official website</a>.</p>
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<h3>Meteorfall Sequel Krumit’s Tale</h3>
<p>One of our favourite card/roguelike games Is getting a sequel! <a href="http://www.krumits-tale.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale</em></a> will we imagine be more of the same gameplay we know and love, but with new dungeons and new settings. It’s coming to Steam early access first, so we don’t know what the timetable for a mobile release is.</p>
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<h3>Battle Chasers: Nightwar Pre Order</h3>
<p>Looks like we’re getting another decent turn-based RPG soon as well. <em>Battle Chasers: Nightwar</em> may not have the most inspiring name, but it’s earned a decent reputation for itself on consoles. Now it’s coming to mobile as a premium offering. It’s available for pre-order now on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/in/app/battle-chasers-nightwar/id1455088996" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a>, and pre-registration on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hg.bcnw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Play</a>.</p>
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<h2>Updates</h2>
<h3>Titan Quest (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/titan-quest-hd/id1424977227?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotemu.titanquest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>) (<a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/review-titan-quest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Review</a>)</h3>
<p>Action-RPG Titan Quest has received an update this week. Additional localisation has been rolled out for Japanese, Chinese, Korean and then Ukrainian and Czech. For iOS users, full screen support for iPhone X or similar is now a thing, and some bugs with iOS 12 and up have also been fixed.</p>
<h3>Star Traders: Frontiers (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/star-traders-frontiers/id1442583232?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.startraders2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>) (<a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/star-traders-frontiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Review</a>)</h3>
<p><em>Star Traders’</em> latest update hasn’t quite rolled out to both platforms yet, but it’s out on Android at least. As well as some additional AI updates to prepare it to use carriers, the team have also included some neat quality of life UI changes to help legal traders do their job more efficiently. There’s also some new outfits.</p>
<h3>Auto Chess: Origin (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/auto-chess-origin/id1464482102?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS Universal</a> & <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dragonest.autochess.google" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>)</h3>
<p>There’s been a big update rolled out to <em>Auto Chess</em>’ official mobile version. A new race called ‘God’ has been introduced, with two pieces – Mars and Zeus. There’s four new items and two new modes (at least one of which is only available Friday till Sunday). You can also create Custom Games which can help you train against bots (although there is a crash bug with that still). There’s also been a massive pass at optimising certain mechanics to make them less fiddly, especially around synergies and levelling up pieces.</p>
<p>There’s also been a minor update for <em>Auto Chess</em>’ chief rival, <em>Dota Underlords</em> which looks at bug fixing and the UI. Don’t forget to check out <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/guides/dota-underlords-tips/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the tips guide</a> we released at the start of the week!</p>
<h2>Sales</h2>
<p>And if the above wasn’t enough, there’s quite a few summers sales happening this week as well, especially in the world of board games. We’ll try and recap some of the more interesting ones:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <em>Holy Potatoes!</em> games are currently enjoying a discount, so make sure you check them out if you haven’t already.</li>
<li>2K have discounted both <em>XCOM: Enemy Within</em> and <em>Civilization Revolution 2</em> to $1.99 on both <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/2k/id324563547#see-all/i-phonei-pad-apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6681606924556273560" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>. Absolute steal!</li>
<li>Acram digital have discounted a bunch of their digital board games on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/acram-digital/id1016459119" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=9052427338891655444" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>, including the DLC!</li>
<li>Same is true for Asmodee Digital on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/asmodee-digital/id1135862620#see-all/i-phonei-pad-apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7959316599581723037" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>. A great day if you’re a digital board gamer.</li>
<li>The latest <em>Kingdom Rush</em> game, <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/kingdom-rush-vengeance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Kingdom Rush: Vengeance</em></a> is currently discounted, as are all of Ironhide’s past games on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/ironhide-s-a/id558612918" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6098018911218203911" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>.</li>
<li>Handelabra have discounted their titles on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/handelabra-studio-llc/id371135968" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7392390343537623321" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>, including <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/one-deck-dungeon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>One Deck Dungeon</em></a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/stardew-valley-ios/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Stardew Valley</em></a> is on sale for only the second time since its release, on <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1406710800/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chucklefish.stardewvalley" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>.</li>
<li>Last but certainly not least, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1158746699/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Warlock of Firetop Mountain</em></a> is on sale for the first time since December.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above/ Let us know in the comments.</em></p>
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