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turn-based strategy video game
Guardians of Graxia
By Petroglyph Games, released 1 Jan 2010
- Microsoft Windows
- personal computer
What it is
Guardians of Graxia is a turn-based strategy game from Petroglyph Games, released for Windows in 2010. It blends card play with a tiled battlefield set among floating islands. Players deploy unit and spell cards to place and move forces, while Guardians command armies and enable travel between the drifting continents. The game includes single-player skirmishes and a campaign whose initial objective involves defeating Draknal Trueblood. Its card pool contains more than 240 unit and spell cards, with creatures drawn from a range of fantasy peoples and beings, including dragons, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans, orcs, skeletons, wisps, and wraiths. Steam lists single-player, achievements, and Family Sharing. The turn-based format and map-based card placement make tactical choices central to its play, whether completing individual skirmishes or progressing through the campaign.
What players like, and what they don't
- More than 240 unit and spell cards
- Includes skirmish and campaign modes
- Card play combines with tiled maps
- Single-player achievements are listed
- Only single-player is listed
- Windows is the only listed platform
Who it suits
This suits solo players interested in turn-based tactics built around cards, map tiles, and fantasy armies. Skirmishes and a campaign provide two single-player ways to play.
Guardians of Graxia puts card selection and army positioning at the center of its turn-based strategy. Its skirmishes and campaign are aimed at solo play.
