Hand of Fate 2

In a dark-fantasy campaign, you play a new hero facing the Dealer, who lays out and narrates adventures through cards. The campaign is divided into challenges with distinct objectives and rules.

Choose encounter and equipment cards to shape each mission, then travel from card to card while managing resources and responding to events. Encounters can lead to choices, story scenes, hazards, rewards, or tests of chance.

Resolve tests through card picks, dice, a wheel, or a pendulum, and fight enemies in third-person real-time combat using attacks, blocks, dodges, and weapon abilities. Companions can help in encounters and battles; completing challenges unlocks more cards, gear, and upgrades.

Players who enjoy the game often point to its unusual blend of deckbuilding, tabletop-style adventures, and real-time combat. The Dealer’s narration, atmosphere, story scenes, and varied mission scenarios are recurring highlights, as are companions and the steady addition of cards. Others find the random outcomes and challenge requirements frustrating, and some criticize the combat as clunky or repetitive.