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 What is Inscryption? Inscryption is an indie deckbuilding roguelike puzzle game. It was developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. It's the third game by Daniel Mullins, creator of Pony Island and The Hex, and it featured an alternate reality game associated with its development and release. The core gameplay involves building a deck of cards, facing off in card battles against a mysterious opponent who also serves as your guide. The battles, cards, and items acquired are all randomized, meaning that no two trials are the same, but that is not all there is to the game. There are also puzzles to solve, allies to befriend, and a mystery to answer as to what the game actually is. What kind of LP is this? This is a subtitled video LP. The game was gifted to me by my good friend Maple Leaf, who also encouraged me to do this Let's Play as before. You, loyal goons and viewers, will eventually participate in making choices on what to do or decks to build later. Please note that, while I have already completed this game fully, I ask that you respect a light spoilers rule. In fact, I'd recommend you even buy and download this game for yourselves if the gameplay loop entices you! If you want to discuss card combinations or mechanics once they've been revealed, you are free to do so, but if you want to discuss something we haven't seen or will see in the near future, put it in spoiler tags.                                    
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I look forward to it!Olive Branch posted:You, loyal goons and viewers, will periodically participatie in making choices on what to do or decks to build later. Also "participatie" should be "participate".
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Jan 12, 2022 06:33
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This was an... Interesting game. There was a bit where I feel... Well, I can't get into that right now. But it's a game that... Well, at least it promotes discussion.
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Jan 12, 2022 06:56
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This is a game that does some things really well and some things not-so-well. I think it got a bit of a bad rap for no reason though. That said I beat it in like two days cause I played it constantly so...
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Jan 12, 2022 07:39
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Between this and Slay The Spire I learned that apparently deck building games are just not for me no matter how popular and well reviewed they are. Interested in seeing what cool stuff the game does I couldn't bear to play it long enough to see.
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Jan 12, 2022 08:24
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Sindai posted:I couldn't bear to play it long enough to see.
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Jan 12, 2022 14:24
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Oh man I'm loving psyched for this! I love this game so much.
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Jan 13, 2022 02:49
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I have been told that this game is quite an experience. I'll be looking forward to this!
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Jan 13, 2022 23:24
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I'm interested in seeing how you handle this game.
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Jan 14, 2022 00:26
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From the blood sacrifices and the-cards-are-alive motif, it's pretty clear this game takes some inspiration from Yu-Gi-Oh!
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Jan 14, 2022 06:20
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Sindai posted:Between this and Slay The Spire I learned that apparently deck building games are just not for me no matter how popular and well reviewed they are. Interested in seeing what cool stuff the game does I couldn't bear to play it long enough to see. Yeah same really, glad to see it LP'd because I can't stand deck builder games. Which is real weird, because I've played a lot of RNG heavy games, but they just feel arbitrary. And now of course every other indie game is one so....
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Jan 14, 2022 07:07
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Flair posted:From the blood sacrifices and the-cards-are-alive motif, it's pretty clear this game takes some inspiration from Yu-Gi-Oh! The game is peppered with both subtle and unsubtle references to a bunch of card games. It's clear that Mullins didn't just choose to make this a deckbuilder for the sake of trying yet another genre - dude legitimately loves him some cards.
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Jan 14, 2022 16:03
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Hungry Flames deals 3 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player.
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Jan 16, 2022 22:26
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Curious, the DM collected the excess damage/teeth/dice into a bowl. I wonder why. And now I'm wondering how you would beat that fight with the stupidly huge bears.
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Jan 16, 2022 23:46
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Another perspective not pointed out in the video is to choose a card just for its sigil so that it can be sacrificed to another card. It would be an argument for choosing the Adder before the fork.Big Mad Drongo posted:The game is peppered with both subtle and unsubtle references to a bunch of card games. It's clear that Mullins didn't just choose to make this a deckbuilder for the sake of trying yet another genre - dude legitimately loves him some cards. Yeah, I will like to point out some of them while the LP progresses.
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Jan 17, 2022 08:14
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Really, a venomous stoat ought to be slaughtering everything solo. Regular non-venomous stoats who don't have glowing eyes can already punch way, way above their weight and most big predators will think twice before loving with one. On a completely unrelated note, can you stack multiple sigils on one creature? Asking for a friend. Who is not a stoat.
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Jan 17, 2022 15:36
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berryjon posted:Curious, the DM collected the excess damage/teeth/dice into a bowl. I wonder why. And now I'm wondering how you would beat that fight with the stupidly huge bears. Flair posted:Another perspective not pointed out in the video is to choose a card just for its sigil so that it can be sacrificed to another card. It would be an argument for choosing the Adder before the fork. Black Robe posted:On a completely unrelated note, can you stack multiple sigils on one creature? Asking for a friend. Who is not a stoat. Olive Branch fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Jan 17, 2022 |
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Jan 17, 2022 16:14
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I've seen the first bit of this game on Twitch and the stuff you can do walking around the cabin looked quite intriguing. There's probably a lot I haven't seen yet.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:39
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Black Robe posted:Really, a venomous stoat ought to be slaughtering everything solo. Regular non-venomous stoats who don't have glowing eyes can already punch way, way above their weight and most big predators will think twice before loving with one. to be fair, this stoat in particular seems like he has wimpy noodle arms and reeks of failure
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Jan 18, 2022 02:48
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I like this Stoat guy and I'm sure things will go super with them all the way throughout the game.
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Jan 18, 2022 03:14
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I wondered why the OP's name was familliar! What happened to https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3902207&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=13 ?
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Jan 18, 2022 14:56
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Regallion posted:I wondered why the OP's name was familliar!
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Jan 18, 2022 16:21
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Olive Branch posted:I'll get back to that... eventually! I burned out a bit on writing that LP. Maple Leaf also kept asking me to update it. Understandable, wish you just said as much, always sad to see a thread just go into limbo.
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Jan 18, 2022 18:08
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Will the Stoat become the hero of our times?
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Jan 19, 2022 11:08
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By the way, do consider instituting a spoiler policy. While plot and setting details would be quite obvious spoilers, mentioning cards/mechanics we have not seen yet and might not even see, is less obvious of a problem.
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Jan 19, 2022 18:12
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I already put a no spoilers rule in the OP! Especially for all you blind or little play time readers! If you want to spoil some mechanics or sigils, wait until video four or five. You'll know why if you played.
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Jan 19, 2022 18:19
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{2}{R}: Miner's Bane gets +1/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. (If it would assign enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker.)
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Jan 21, 2022 00:51
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I never picked Urayuli. 7/7 is fantastic but 4 cost is just too much. That's your entire loving board for just one card.
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Jan 21, 2022 01:10
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Urayuli alone, bad. Urayuli that's had a Corpse Maggots sacrificed to it so it summons itself whenever one of your creatures die? Better.
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Jan 21, 2022 01:14
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Seraphic Neoman posted:I never picked Urayuli. 7/7 is fantastic but 4 cost is just too much. That's your entire loving board for just one card. A monster of a card, mind. Play it against an empty space and unless you're badly losing, you win.
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Oh boy, this game. I went in completely blind, not even knowing about the developers previous work and I'm going to have.... opinions later The atmosphere and just the whole feel of this board game against the shadow dude is so much my poo poo it's like it was made for me
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Jan 24, 2022 09:25
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DrKirre posted:Urayuli alone, bad. Urayuli that's had a Corpse Maggots sacrificed to it so it summons itself whenever one of your creatures die? Better. Yowza, what a combination.
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Jan 24, 2022 10:46
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Convenient, I just finished this game tonight. Now I can watch how someone else does it before I do another playthrough.
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Jan 24, 2022 11:07
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OST for this game is absolutely awesome, especially for third and fourth boss of act 1. I really liked this game and I am waiting for possibility to discuss it, I do not understand why it has a bad rep.
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Jan 24, 2022 11:47
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My understanding is that it has a pretty good reputation overall, but 'bad rep' comes from expectations not meeting reality. The game lifts concepts directly from other games but doesn't do them quite as deeply: In this section, I'm wired to think "Slay the Spire", but the choices aren't as deep and the card portion not as complex and the potions aren't as interesting. (right now) So it leaves the card game thinker in me completely underwhelmed: That's ok, the rest of the game more than makes up for it, but it subverts expectations on that front.
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Jan 25, 2022 14:16
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Since the deck is mentioned in the video, the kind of deck that would summon Urayuli efficiently is what speedrunners use.
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Jan 25, 2022 19:57
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Whenever another creature you control enters the battlefield or dies, if that creature's power is greater than Pelt Collector's, put a +1/+1 counter on Pelt Collector. As long as Pelt Collector has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, it has trample.
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Jan 26, 2022 07:29
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Harpie's Birdleg Fan is another reference to Yu-Gi-Oh!
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Jan 26, 2022 08:20
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I never take kingfishers seriously. One damage is easily mitigated by most cards.
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I'm pretty impressed by the atmosphere; I'm not used to card games getting this tense.
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