Become the ultimate (snowball) fighting champion in Wintermoor Tactics Club

Surviving high school is tough, especially for misfits and nerds?even without a high-stakes competition of cliques.

Set in an elite boarding school during the early 1980s, the Wintermoor Tactics Club is a narrative-driven game of strategy that follows three nerdy members of Wintermoor Academy’s tabletop gaming club. The premise is simple: Principal Enfield has announced a mandatory schoolwide snowball fight that will pit all of the school’s extracurricular groups against one another, with the winner being dubbed the “Ultimate Club.” The reasons behind this unusual competition are unclear, but one thing is certain: Alicia, Colin, and Jacob must transform from nerdy misfits into epic heroes as they take on the likes of the Psychic Detectives, and The Young Monarchs or face certain social doom.

Players guide these three students and their respective fantasy alter egos (Anjaya, Eodwald, and Roguespierre “Roguey” Trotsky Guevara) through different encounters, ranging from snowball fights against other school clubs to more traditional combat with the denizens of Curses & Catacombs, their tabletop gaming world. While their alter egos represent common fantasy archetypes expected in a dungeon crawler (Anjaya as an elemental mage, Eodwald the protective Paladin, and Roguey the rogue), Wintermoor takes it one step further by introducing humor and portraying a theme “about inclusion and the way we often narrowly define ourselves and others based on the groups we belong to.”

The game features seven playable characters, offers dozens of abilities to unlock, and promises more than 40 different battles to conquer in tactical, turn-based combat. Battles are summarized with a score, which is determined based on the technical prowess of the player. “The story will unravel the sinister truth behind the War of the Clubs, as players look to break down the walls of high school cliques, make new friends and unlock their true potential.” Players are also able to write tabletop campaigns that not only help students grow their club, but solve their personal problems.

Wintermoor Tactics Club represents the first game from EVC Games, “a team of ex-AAA game devs and longtime indies, working together to make good games and to make games good.” In collaboration with Versus Evil (who handled publishing for The Banner Saga and Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity, both fantastic games), EVC will bring this to PC via Steam on May 5; Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch owners can expect a release later this year. 

Will Wintermoor Tactics Club be a hidden gem that sets the bar for indie tactics? We’ll find out soon.

By: jbennett@gamingnexus.com
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