Sunderfolk feels rather homely of concept and styling for the first game from Secret Door

I can’t mislead you, light reader. After I first laid eyes on Secret Door’s Sunderfolk, whereas lurking to the rear of a gaggle of journomancers at a preview occasion final week, I let loose an ostentatious sigh. Fortuitously, I nonetheless masks as much as preview occasions, and am thus free to undertake every kind of snotty facial expressions with out being set upon by burly PRs and shoved into the minifridge for later disposal. To sum it up, Sunderfolk is a hex and turn-based 2-4 participant digital boardgame with fantasy animal characters and deckbuilding components, paying homage to Gloomhaven. Conceived through the pandemic lockdowns as a option to “deliver again Recreation evening”, however with out the normal 30-minute unboxing ritual, it is performed on the large display screen however managed utilizing a devoted smartphone app, with gamers stroking and swiping to maneuver characters and play playing cards.