Solitairica (2016)

After what feels like a few dozen tries, I finally beat Warrior, the first class, on normal difficulty. I was starting to wonder if it was even possible with the item and spell availability. This would have gone way faster if I didn't keep getting screwed over with item selection in the shop. I had good luck in the last run, so of course I got it. Reminding me why I hate rogue-likes.

Here's a tip that really helped me - grab the 1 energy skill that turns all cards into coins, and the attack skill that damages every card of the same type. This gets you more money so you can actually buy shit, but more importantly, clears the board fast. This was helpful until the last couple fights. The last fight, it's way more helpful to bring the soap and the column destroying spells.

Someone mentioned this earlier and it sounded like things I like (solitaire and RPGs) and a thing I don't like (rogue whatevers) but I got it on a whim, and honestly, it's pretty fun. It certainly won't win any awards, but it's easy enough to pick up and play. Buyer beware, this isn't what you'd normally think of as solitaire, but gameplay is more like Tri Peaks from the Microsoft set if you're familiar with that.

I've played four runs across about an hour and actually just beat my last one. I did two as a Warrior, unlocked Paladin, and then did two on that, unlocking an extra item slot for the winning run. It says Paladin is the second of the four difficulty levels, and every class also has an Epic difficulty, so clearly it gets way harder going forward. I lucked out this time, and that gave me enough resources to unlock some more classes and upgrades, so that's nice, but I can imagine this would be frustrating if you have shit luck and can't get through it consistently to get upgrade items.