In December of 2016, developer Behold Studios announced Galaxy of Pen & Paper ($3.99), a space-themed take on their quirky cult hit RPG Knights of Pen & Paper. For a brief history lesson, Behold released Knights of Pen & Paper in the fall of 2012 and it offered up a charming take on RPGs that was filled with all sorts of in-jokes and references to RPGs and the world of video games in general. This revolved around the game’s unique premise of having you control a party of people who are playing a tabletop RPG; it was literally a game-within-a-game and it was a delight. The following summer Behold teamed up with developer Paradox to flesh out the game with a ton of new content, which they called the “+1 Edition" update. The original Knights of Pen & Paper continued to amass quite a fan base, but when it came time to develop a sequel Behold was busy on other projects and with Paradox now in control of the Knights of Pen & Paper IP they tapped Kyy Games to create Knights of Pen & Paper 2. While the sequel did a lot of things right, it also lacked the heart of the original and didn’t include quite enough new ideas to evolve the concept. It was not as well-received as the first game. That brings us to Galaxy of Pen & Paper which Behold was once again behind the helm of and fans hoped would be a return to form for the series.

Galaxy of Pen & Paper launched on mobile and desktop in July of last year, and wh...