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Steam Next Fest Fall 2023: Olympian Wars

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If you know me well, you know I have a weakness for CCGs. Thus, you can imagine my happiness when I came across Olympian Wars , a solo dev project from AltEvil Studios. The game is still very early in development, with no clear release date, but it doesn't look like the demo is going anywhere so you can still enjoy it.  The decks are based on gods - at the moment you can choose from Ares, Artemis, and Poseidon. Cards within those decks are based on that god's mythology. For Artemis, you get the Calydonian Boar and Orion as creature cards, and moonlight, volley, and spirit of the forest as effects. These are combined with a table pool of cards that you can draw from during the game which seem to be non-aligned myth elements: hydra, medusa, etc. Card art looks to be AI generated (which I would be very happy to be corrected on).   The game board is a simple layout. You each get a row of plates that you can lay cards on, and a pool of points in the lower left that you use to play ...

Steam Next Fest Fall 2023: Labrys

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Labrys , from ETS, is a multiplayer survival horror game set in the labyrinth of Crete. You and your buddies start out in cells deep within the labyrinth, and you have to find a certain number of discs within the maze in order to unlock the door and escape. Unfortunately, there is a large and angry minotaur out for your blood the entire time.  What I really like about this game is the option to play as the minotaur. You get a different set of skills and abilities, and your goal shifts from escaping to killing everything that moves.      The developers have also made good use of online 3D assets, such as the Roman statue seen here. Anachronistic, but nice easter eggs when you're running around. I believe the minotaur can also smash them.   All in all, it's an easy game to jump into. The controls aren't that difficult and in terms of horror, you really only have minotaur jump scares to worry about. I predict this will be the entertainment of choice for Classics So...