The devs behind the Jackbox Party Packs are an odd influence for a fantasy RPG.
Each Jackbox game has the player use their phone as a controller.
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Everything I needed to do was easy to accomplish on an iPhone screen.
Those cards, handily, included all the information I needed to know.
On the grid-based battlefield, I could touch the screen to draw my archer’s movement path.
The game brings the ease of the touch screen in for smaller flourishes, too.
Mine could spit fire, so I cheekily named it Tabasco.
The feeling that you’re playing at the tabletop is further heightened by virtual DM, Anjali Bhimani.
The prolific actress brings a different characterization to each voiced character in the game, including the narrator.
Odd pairings like this can be creatively inspiring in a way that little else can.
An unmarked quest is so much more immersive than chasing down objective markers.
