Armello [Free] from League of Geeks is a game of options, and figuring out how to deal with your opponents. You and three other opponents take turns in a day-night cycle, all the while the King of Armello is dying from corruption by the Rot. Then, this becomes a game of plotting, intrigue, and even potential alliances in the game's online multiplayer mode. The fun comes from being devious, and watching as your glorious plan starts to come together.

Armello offers several ways to win the game that provide different strategies for playing. Let's say you decide to go for the prestige victory, which you earn from killing heroes, killing Banes, by completing quests, or through cards. Now, a prestige victory means nothing if somebody kills the king, so you'll want to make sure nobody goes and does that. Spells and abilities that weaken players, along with making king's rulings that can also do that or can hinder those storming the castle gates will help out. Ultimately, you're trying to be the clubhouse leader when someone goes to kill the king, or you make it so that nobody can even try to kill them. Meanwhile, killing the king comes with its own set of risks. The king is easier to kill when he's at low health, but making your way into the palace is difficult because of the perils that surround the king's tile. These perils require matching four symbols, so you need some luck, or a good selection of cards and a high spirit count, in order to even get in the king's face. And if ...