If we FITS then we SITS down to listen to this week’s episode on Fights in Tight Spaces! Drop into a room with a bunch of very patient and polite criminals for this highly stylized deckbuilding roguelike. Keep your momentum up, sharpen up those high heels, and watch those replays of the spinning roundhouse kicks yeet those biker gangs right out the door!

• 1:24 - game stats
• 2:22 - one sentence summary
• 4:06 - “Into the Breach meets Slay the Spire” comparison and single character focus
• 8:54 - Deck selection systems: preset decks vs drafting mode preferences
• 11:18 - Tutorial appreciation and symbology learning curve discussion
• 13:35 - Combat mechanics: pushing enemies into void spaces for instant kills
• 18:23 - Replay mode functionality and cinematic camera options
• 25:02 - Boss progression through different acts: bikers, prison, ninjas, mafia
• 28:22 - Deck building sameness problem and lack of variety
• 35:41 - Steven Seagal look-alike enemies in ninja act discussion
• 41:27 - Combat resource systems: momentum and combo mechanics
• 46:04 - Shop system comparison to Slay the Spire’s merchant features
• 54:18 - Event system criticism and missed narrative opportunities
• 1:05:32 - rankings and final thoughts

Next episode: Warsim - The Realm of Aslona

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Intro music: Freddie Hubbard - First Light

Outro music: Kinetic Move - nervous_testpilot