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RookGameDev · 2025-11-05

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A free chess-like strategy game about building creature teams and capturing opponents, though a brief, weird experience that left one reviewer unimpressed.

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Release: 2025-11-05
Publisher: RookGameDev
Studio: RookGameDev

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