A hex on both your houses

Card-basedstrategy gamesseem to have really found their feet over the last 12 months.

It’s a lot to take in, but the latter in particular are vital to your success.

There is some continuity between missions, I should note.

A ninja in green garb battles with two ogres in Mahokenshi

All those mountains and cherry blossom forests aren’t just for show, however.

I do have a couple of concerns over the way the preview build was balanced, though.

However, there are also times when its mission design butts heads with this philosophy.

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Thankfully, defeat doesn’t just plonk you back at the start with nothing to show for it.

Got a particularly good card or upgrade during that last attempt?

And yet, there’s something about Mahokenshi that continues to intrigue me.

An island made up of floating hexagonal tiles from Mahokenshi

I’m a sucker forJapanese mythology stories, and the allure of its floating archipelago has me piqued.

A winged samurai warrior fights a monster in Mahokenshi

A samurai warrior attacks a sorcerer on a floating island of hexagonal tiles in Mahokenshi

A scroll depicting a Japanese castle and some text from Mahokenshi