T3K #1 - Triangle Strategy (1): Overview & Combat Deep Dive

Triangle Strategy, a tactics game developed by Artdink and Square Enix, is the rare game where I immediately wanted to replay to see what content I had missed. It was such a smooth tactics RPG and I was so excited in talking with others about what different story choices we made. 

Combat scenarios are presented like puzzles more than a level curve to beat. Through use of a curated experience curve the maps keep a constant forward pace where you're never stuck on a map too long but can't trivialize a map.

Triangle Strategy is, honestly, the main inspiration for this blog. It's a game I feel synergizes the spirit of high momentum fail-forward tabletop games, tactics game design loop, and branching storytelling experiments of the recent years.

So I'm gonna do a series of posts on the game! Today we're gonna cover an overview and lengthy dive into combat.

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