When I first downloaded Reignman($2.99) by Winturn Games I wasn’t really sure if I liked it. I only played for ten minutes before closing the app and moving on to another game. Later, I started thinking about it again, wondering why I had put it down so quickly. After all, it is exactly the genre of game I usually love and review. So I decided to give it another go, opened the app up and started playing again.
Boy I am glad I did. On my second look I realised this game is awesome. It has all the same qualities of your card based dungeon games, yet Reignman offers a different way to play your cards in battles. Your cards are placed randomly on a four by five grid and you slide them horizontally and vertically to attack.
It’s surprising how much difference one small change like sliding the heroes can make to the roguelike or battle card genre. While the game play is not hard to pick up and understand there is loads of depth to explore. As you slide, both yourself (the blue team) and your AI opponent (the red team) attack. If you slide to the right the second card attacks the first and if there is a third it attacks the second. You want to score as many attacks on the red cards while receiving as little damage in return. This is how the need for strategy comes into the game. Sometimes you have no choice and need to make a move letting red team attack to get your self in position to attack back. To win a battle you need to destroy all of your opponents cards while a...