It nails the aesthetic of 1990s pixelated gore, fitting right in with the Catacomb Abyss-to-Doom look (with a side of The 7th Guest).

The playing mechanic is fairly simple: each encounter is a new solitaire layout, monsters can lock or alter cards for the worse, and you can use joker cards for various effects like healing, clearing extra cards, reshuffling and so on. It's easy to pick up the house rules, and fun to play through.

The framing story is suitably creepy, building tension as you learn more of the backstory and piece together what's really going on with some of the apparent glitches in the dungeon game. Your sister's texts start out amused (hey, check out this weird thing about the game), but get more and more freaked out as she uncovers more of the lore *and you aren't replying*...until you reach the end of the dungeon game and face the *real* boss battle.

It took about 6 hours to play through over the course of a week.

And I made it out with my eyes intact.

It nails the aesthetic of 1990s pixelated gore, fitting right in with the Catacomb Abyss-to-Doom look (with a side of The 7th Guest). The playing mechanic is fairly simple: each encounter is a new solitaire layout, monsters can lock or alter cards for the worse, and you can use joker cards for various effects like healing, clearing extra cards, reshuffling and so on. It's easy to pick up the house rules, and fun to play through. The framing story is suitably creepy, building tension as you learn more of the backstory and piece together what's really going on with some of the apparent glitches in the dungeon game. Your sister's texts start out amused (hey, check out this weird thing about the game), but get more and more freaked out as she uncovers more of the lore *and you aren't replying*...until you reach the end of the dungeon game and face the *real* boss battle. It took about 6 hours to play through over the course of a week. And I made it out with my eyes intact.