I have all of these AAA titles that have tons of hours in them, I know--your Final Fantasies, your Resident Evils, your Death Strandings, whatever, you know, Big Title Here--and they're good, they're fine, I have nothing against them, but when it comes to pick up and play...no contest.

I love how far games have come in storytelling and sweeping adventure, the latest set of RE games rate in my top games ever, but LBAB takes me back to when gaming was "if winning = then fun". There is a unique and wonderful flow state to games where the only variation in play is your skill level against The Random, the pure Tetris state of mind.

I hope LBAB gets the popularity it deserves, because it came out of alpha one of my favorite games of all time, and it's just getting better.

tl;dr: I accidentally learned deck building while trying to No Thoughts, Head Empty, and I couldn't be happier with the surprise. Also a great No Thoughts, Head Empty game! Consistently updated with a timer for each patch, and modding is now in alpha! Pick this one up, it just keeps getting better!

Review edit 2023: Congrats on full release! Still playing, still having a blast!