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A short, quirky card-based tactics game set during elementary school recess, blending playground whimsy with existential themes.

Fortune-499
A short, bleak indie RPG with turn-based rock-paper-scissors combat and fortune-card enemy intel, playable in about two and a half hours.
2018-05-10
- Strategy
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric

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Games like Recesses

A short, quirky card-based tactics game set during elementary school recess, blending playground whimsy with existential themes.

Fortune-499
A short, bleak indie RPG with turn-based rock-paper-scissors combat and fortune-card enemy intel, playable in about two and a half hours.
2018-05-10
- Strategy
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric

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My Card Is Better Than Your Card!

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