Hero Lodge

Quality Tactics with a few QoL options that allow to cusomize the experience quite nicely. The game loop is straight forward: Mission>Base>Mission with replayable battles. As you play you unlock different units with their own mechanics and also base enhancements such as a smith (crafting). Combat has a few fresh mechanics and provides all the information required to make tactical choices (no hit rate here). Unit progression (manually pick an attribute increase) and customization (one weapon and one accessory) are both simple but effective. Positionning and damage types are major elements along with managing skill cooldowns and unit synergies. One of the best Indie Tactical turn-based of the year so far imho.

So far I'm loving what feels for me a trip back to the old days where pixel art and turn base were a new and exciting thing. With solid mechanics (love having to learn the enemies animations) and classic gameplay this is a gem of a game. Can't wait to continue my quests at Hero Lodge.

Pretty solid little tactical-rpg(ish). It's definitely challenging and I love how when you summon the wolf it comes off the healers helmet. The dev is very active and already has implemented suggestions and tweaked things here-and-there. A steal for 9 bucks. Save the effin' blacksmith or you'll lose out on an effin' crafting option.

This game didn't get the buzz it deserves - probably due to releasing just after a long sale and the holidays. I'll likely do a real review after suitable time with the game, so this is more like the "2 hour demo and keeping the game review" - for me it's a keeper and I'm looking forward to more. Game feels tight and well done - good production values and presentation. Combat is immediately interesting - good mechanics, characters have useful/good abilities right off. Art is good (I'm iffy on pixel art and just can't take it in some games). Combat controls and flow are very good - clear and intuitive. Global manage elements unlock as you go - so I haven't seen them all yet - what is there is good so far. Level ups are simple and gear isn't that complex but both feel good. Good game loop and flow - there's nothing rocket science here but there's enough depth to make it interesting, the combat is solid and enjoyable, and it all meshes nicely in a well wrapped package. Even in my limited time there are a few nice touches or elements that have caught my attention. - the way the game teaches you monster attacks is cool (and bestiary tracks that stuff for you mercifully) - as in, many enemies have animations or hints about what they're going to do that you need to react to - it spices up the turn/grid based - archer has limited arrows and can often retrieve arrows in combat - but has to move to them OR has an option to craft arrows during combat with mats (which I've yet to get but it's an interesting option) - mage just unlocked (first real unlock gave me a choice of 3 to pick from), has strong abilities with long cooldowns and an ability to reduce those cooldowns to sort of charge up - sounds interesting - as someone else said - the animation for shaman pet deploy is just cool (and starting off with a pet summoning character is nice - you get to hop right into non-vanilla characters - first thing you fight is rats! but these rats will destroy you if you don't take the game seriously

Basically an Isekai fantasy world where you have a shot at redemption if you accomplish every mission from the Hero Lodge. You learn very specific patterns fighting enemies and find new allies along the way. I couldn't get past the 5th mission on normal difficulty, but that doesn't stop me from recommending this play style for those who enjoy a challenge in their turned based games.

I don't recommend it for adequate people. But if you're a masochist with lots of time, you'll love it. The game is very difficult even on the easy difficulty level, what's worse is that you can't save between turns, so the game turns into work, and I don't like to work at the computer again after work)

I can recommend game but it's not my cup of tea. Why? The game is great as a puzzle in my opinion. Each enemy unit feels like a problem that needs to be solved using your party members. The design of enemies in particular is actually really good they each have a unique gimmick and some random enemies feel more engaging to fight than bosses in other games. The reason why I'm personally not too much into the game is because you can't customize your units much. Each character has a pretty specific gameplan and a set class. You can tweak their stats a little bit but you won't turn your warrior into an archer or a mage like in a class based game. All in all, it's a really good game if you are into puzzle-like combats with great monster designs. (Kudos also for the overall pretty great UX, there's a lot of clever keybinds and the flow in combat is really good in terms of controls, the game feels a lot faster paced thanks to that)

This is an excellent turn based tactics game. Encounter design is great. Enemies have interesting abilities and use them frequently. The hero roster is large and truly diverse. Everything in this game was clearly created with care and attention by someone with a great brain. It's an amazing feat for a solo dev -and really fun.