February 25, 2024 - Day 421 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 457
Game: Black Book
Platform: Steam
Released: Aug 11, 2021
Installed: Feb 2, 2024
Unplayed: 23d
Playtime: 43m
Black Book is a rogue-lite deckbuilder RPG.
Black Book is set in 19th century Russia, and is a card-battler/RPG built around Slavic folklore.
You play a woman who lives with her uncle, whose betrothed husband-to-be seemingly unalived himself.
Not willing to accept this, she seeks out and makes a deal with the devil to become a witch, and seeks to break the seven seals on a tome given to her by her uncle, which may contain the power of something which can save him from Hell.
The "cards" in this case are spells within a spellbook; it feels much like a very dark Slay the Spire, with an RPG layered over the top.
However, the devs have layered an incredible amount of Slavic folklore into the RPG side, which (due to my upbringing) left me feeling a little bit uncomfortable.