Stefan Mijucic

After yesterday's 5 hours of intense deckbuilding for MTG Wizard's Tower, today's 3-player game was the most fun I've had with MTG in a while. This is currently my favourite format! #MagicTheGathering

YouTube video by GundamInfo “MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe” Special Teaser Trailer

I was never into Gundam, but this looks amazing
youtu.be/51m0WrmhNWw

YouTube video by CamouflageMusic Camouflage - Love Is A Shield (Official 4K Video)

Peak worldbuilding in music video. Great setting, would play a game set there.
youtu.be/zXzqcDnzDgc?...

Dead Finger Dice: A Billionaire Killing Game Demo on Steam Play a sinister game of poker against blood-thirsty demon billionaires who’ve trapped you on their mega yacht in this rogue-like dice builder. You have been forcefully stranded aboard The Avarice in o...

Last but not least, Dead Finger Dice
store.steampowered.com/app/3715330/...

Very weird Ballatro-like with cool pixel art and weird gonzo setting! The tutorial was a bit simplistic and at times confusing (mainly UI) but shows a lot of potential. If nothing only try it for some great weirdness.

神殺しの蒼銀 on Steam It's an SRPG with a late 90s feel. It's a regional control simulation RPG in which you win battles to expand your army's territory and conquer enemy territory to advance the story.

Silver Blade of Gods' End
store.steampowered.com/app/2988490/_/

Japanese SRPG goodness, everything you want from a Fire Emblem-like SRPG is there. Including some 00's visuals and OST that rocks!

All Living Things on Steam Uncover the secrets of the philosopher’s stone by solving twelve intricately animated puzzles that reveal the mysterious hidden meanings within alchemical images.

All Living Things! store.steampowered.com/app/3681340/...
Wow! One of the most visually stunning game I've seen lately. Simplistic puzzle game with inspiring poetic approach. Seems to be developed by Croatian studio <3

A must try!

Dragimon Dungeons on Steam Prepare to challenge your friends in this mix of Dice, Monsters, and Strategy! Best your opponent by building your own mix of Monsters and Dice. Then, expand your path to fight your Rival's monsters u...

Next one is Dragimon Dungeons store.steampowered.com/app/1330670/...

Interesting monster battler (has PVP), has some dice-based mechanics, elemental archetypes and I bet was inspired by good old Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters. Demo was a bit buggy and tutorial could be better but overall good

Elemental Labyrinth on Steam A strategic Tower Defense game where you build your own maze, summon random elemental Spirits, and fuse them into powerful forms to stop relentless waves of enemies.

Another #SteamNextFest and another batch of good games I tried!

The first one being store.steampowered.com/app/3516960/...

Great TD game with some spell/monster crafting mechanics based on elemental magic. Cool concept although would prefer different pixel art since this one is like Hero's Hour

Fun fact: I currently live in an apartment previously owned by him 🤣

His company in the 90s sold a lot of bootleg pirated copies of games from small central European developers (eurojank), some were even localized.
Here is the whole interview with the guy www.oldgames.sk/disc/rozhovo... (its in Slovak)

The founder was also an owner of a prominent local gaming magazine called Riki.
www.oldgames.sk/companies.ph...
One interesting fact is that the owner was the first person in Slovakia to be pardoned by the president for the conviction of piracy.

CardScrawl store.steampowered.com/app/2724980/...

Amazing combination of card game and auto-battler with very cool pixel art and some very innovative mechanics. A total must have for digital card game fanatics.

YouTube video by Crowbcat Oblivion's sincerity of expression: the meaning of ＳＯＵＬ

to all hyping about new Oblivion Remaster I say - watch this S O U L
youtu.be/5ZtEdlxa6f4

After initial personal mediocre assesment of the game as I approach 6 hours in and Day 13 I am getting Blue Princed all the way

Oh and one more thing, there was a game called Fantasy Masters Arena - that was crowdfunded (thanks Google Translate), but seems like it didn't have a long lifespan.

All in all seems like the go-to point for anything related to Korean Fantasy Masters is this website fmlunatic.com
It even has the card Database! And apparently there are 15350 unique cards (this is reaching Yu-Gi-Oh! level), guess it includes also stuff from FanMade game.

There is also "the same game" or Fantasy Master-like called DestinyMaiden/DestinyMaiden 2 that is available on smartphones in Korea. Another spin on the OG formula.

Back to Fantasy Masters - of course the Korean community is keeping the game alive in some form. There is a so-called FAN-MADE Masters website that is a modern re-implementation of the original, it seems to have a lot of active players. Even the ongoing tournaments!

Similarly, the game CYBER ONE was an online TCG that used a combination of both physical and digital.

Naturally, my research led me to Japan and the arcade game Avalon no Kagi (The Key of Avalon) released by Sega. The game was played using physical cards placed on an arcade cabinet (similar to Data Carddass), and it supported multiple players. Later, it saw the Windows release (2010)

The latest entry into the Fantasy Masters series was Fantasy Masters 2, which was released for smartphones. I can't find any info about the game past 2012 (which I guess was the last year for the whole series and the company behind it)

The game was later licensed to the Japanese and changed the name to "Schmidt Diva"

There is very little information about the game on the modern internet, but the company behind the game (Zeonix) also presented a spin-off called Fantasy Masters Tactics in 2006 using the Culdacept TCG formula.

As my digging for TCG gems of the East continues. The rabbit hole led me to a Korean online digital TCG game, called Fantasy Masters, that ran from 2003-2008/9??? Which had an international release but was very popular in Korea with more than 1 million players and around 6k different cards!

Just another proof of how even the board gaming world is Western-oriented in the gaming news coverage. There are so many gems like this in the East. I always remind myself how DuelMasters is still big in Japan ❤️

Today, a friend told me he is moving to Thailand in a few months, and me being me, I searched for Thailand TCG on the Internet. The first thing that came as a search result is a game called Summoner Master. There is not much info about it, but it seems like it was popular in Thailand since year 2000

My heart is full! Part of the team working on Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era is present today at the shifting moment in Serbian history! STAY STRONG! ❤️ @unfrozenofficial.bsky.social

An Amazing Wizard on Steam An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elemental and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilit...

Last but not the least

An Amazing Wizard
store.steampowered.com/app/1372660/...

Imagine Noita + Risk of Rain + Metroid. Very interesting 2D action-based slasher with elemental based magic that has big potential for theorycrafting. Needs a bit of improvement with GUI and clarity of graphics. Jucy!

House of Necrosis on Steam A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.

One more

House of Necrosis
store.steampowered.com/app/2005870/...

I have a soft spot for these aesthetics (early Resident Evil shaped me). If Resident Evil and Rogue had a child. Feels very snappy and has the very arcadey feel to it (last time I had this in a roguelike it was with Rift Wizard)

ZPF on Steam ZPF is a retro-inspired horizontal shooter for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Blast your way through a cosmic gauntlet of epic boss battles, addictive scoring, and hidden secrets in a thrilling arcade-s...

Next one is

ZPF
store.steampowered.com/app/3095410/...

Okay, I am cheating a bit here. This has been on my wishlist since it was announced on Steam. Initially made for Sega Genesis, ZPF is an amazing Shmup with impressive pixel art and it just feels right.