At Brandon Sanderson's House born from the mist In the series, some people have the power to metabolize metal to perform magic, burning pewter to physically enhance or brass to calm another person's emotions. But the most powerful characters in the world are the Mistborn, who can use many types of metals and combine their powers to effectively fly and even see the future.
Mistborn: The Deck Building Game takes advantage of Sanderson's clearly defined magic mechanics to allow players to display the power of a Mistborn by building complex combos using their metals as efficiently as possible. The goal is to complete three missions, which provide rewards for reaching milestones along the way, or eliminate the competition by reducing them to zero.
Characters become more powerful as the game progresses, unlocking the ability to burn more of the game's eight metals each turn, which are used to activate cards that allow them to advance mission paths, attack others players or sculpt their deck by purchasing cards in the middle row or removing weak starting cards. Many cards have power-ups that produce more powerful effects if you can burn more of the same type of metal, encouraging specialization. You can take a broader strategy by burning metals, effectively putting them on cooldown until you refresh them with a card of the same type on the future turn, and I feel like I didn't use this strategy enough early in the game to get a boost. my deck
A novel aspect of the game is its approach to damage. In a three or four player game, one person is the target and is the only player who can be attacked. It's not all disadvantages, as the target can deal damage to all of its opponents every time they attack. Whenever the target is damaged, you can choose to pass the token to another player or keep it. It's smart because it prevents players from ganging up on the person ahead on the board, but it can also be held strategically by someone who is playing a more aggressive deck.
I'm looking forward to trying out more strategies and trying out the game's co-op mode, which feels more faithful to the series' plot in that Mistborn teams up to take on the tyrannical Lord Ruler. The game also seems ripe for an expansion, introducing more characters from the series and story elements beyond its first book.