A rare game of surprising depth and complexity, that's surprisingly hard to describe. It's a turn-based TRPG semi-roguelike, with deck building elements? It has so many small events, that I'm STILL discovering new dialogue after 250+ hours of play. Regardless of what it is, it consistently brings the best parts of all of the elements it's drawn from. Notably one of the few games where you can win the entire games through either fighting everyone to death, being mean and tricky, or just being nice and talking them down.

I rarely write reviews, as freehand writing is not my specialty (as seen above), but Renowned Explorers (and all of Abbey Games' series honestly) are chronically underrated and almost unknown, and they deserve better. They took a chance on a game with cool mechanics, surprising depth and complexity, and interesting writing, and should have been rewarded for it instead of financially punished. If you have a complexity addiction, like me, or are a fan of both optimizing characters AND good worldbuilding/writing, give it a try.

A rare game of surprising depth and complexity, that's surprisingly hard to describe. It's a turn-based TRPG semi-roguelike, with deck building elements? It has so many small events, that I'm STILL discovering new dialogue after 250+ hours of play. Regardless of what it is, it consistently brings the best parts of all of the elements it's drawn from. Notably one of the few games where you can win the entire games through either fighting everyone to death, being mean and tricky, or just being nice and talking them down. I rarely write reviews, as freehand writing is not my specialty (as seen above), but Renowned Explorers (and all of Abbey Games' series honestly) are chronically underrated and almost unknown, and they deserve better. They took a chance on a game with cool mechanics, surprising depth and complexity, and interesting writing, and should have been rewarded for it instead of financially punished. If you have a complexity addiction, like me, or are a fan of both optimizing characters AND good worldbuilding/writing, give it a try.