Knights of Pen and Paper 2 is a simple, humorous and straight forward game that perfectly captures the feeling of a nerdy Pen & Paper session.
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| Character creation screen |
As any RPG you will start building your character, your choice of player, race and class. That combination will determine the basic attributes and skills available to that one character. Gameplay itself is very straight forward, every challenge is a turn based battle. You can attack, block or use an item. Each character has four different skills that can synergize well with specific classes or builds.
Progression through the game is simple, as you move through the story line you will level up your characters, strengthen your skills, find new item recipes and special gear. What makes the progression enjoyable though has nothing to do with the power leveling (unless you are into that), but the lines crafted to resemble that table top kind of session. Filled with game references and popular culture, you are sure to get more than a couple. And, did we mention the piles of gold that fund your next expedition?
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| Item store |
Gold is the most important resource you need. With it you can buy new and better equipment, consumable items to aid your exploring, furniture to your Game Room (that gives you party wide bonuses) and even reset your already playing characters. Annoyingly though you also need gold to travel around the map, so don't spend it all at once! We recommend keeping at least 50 coins for those travel heavy quests.
Even though the combat is simple and each characters only have four skills, there are many combinations to be made, specially when you take the character creation, equipment and the game room furbishing into consideration. Despite all that complexity, it still is an easy game that you don't have to worry too much and can just enjoy. As any table top game, there is no right or wrong here, just having fun. Added bonus for ease of saving the game and coming back right where you left it, even inside dungeons!