The Killing Stone combines occult contract law with card-battling in an isolated 17th century mansion

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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter I wasn’t sure it would work. When it falls, a Derelict Fortress damages every enemy in front of it, but I’ve only seen that happen when one dies. Right now, my opponent—a devil with a face like a shivering circle of little wings made of gold—has a bunch of weedy enemies in a row I’d love to drop a tower on.The Stunted Spawn card in my hand replaces a creature with a goopy monster that has higher stats, but will playing it on my Derelict Fortress trigger that on-death effect? If a tower falls in a goo swamp, does it cause damage? I have no way of knowing, and someone’s soul is on the line if I get it wrong.The Killing Stone is a card game that casts you as a witch’s apprentice going through the will your mistress left behind, only to discover it’s a devil’s contract with multiple souls tangled up in fiendish legalese. The contract disagreement that ensues as you try to free the trapped souls plays out as hands of a game called Fanghella, named after the Icelandic boulders used to break the backs of ritual sacrifices. There’s a whole narrative layer set in a mansion on an island in the Arctic Circle, which the owner calls Little Denmark. Related articles Inscryption-inspired card battler The Killing Stone gets a rad new trailer showing off voice talent from Critical Role and Baldur’s Gate 3, and it’s out next month Just under two weeks from its release date, devil’s bargain deckbuilder The Killing Stone announces it will be launching into early access instead Death Howl review: A brilliantly abrasive hybrid of deckbuilder and soulslike It’s a lot, but we’ll get back to that later. First I have to tell you that, yes, playing Stunted Spawn on my Derelict Fortress did trigger its on-death effect, letting me get an attack through that blew up my opponent and scattered pieces across the board in a slow-motion blast like I just scored a goal in Rocket League.The Killing Stone’s card game has a structure right out of Slay the Spire’s dungeons, where you pick paths that might let you upgrade cards, add new ones to your deck, or choose between fighting a trivial minion battle or an elite boss battle. Fortunately the actual game doesn’t feel as much like Slay the Spire, which is rare in a deckbuilder. For starters