Quest for the Golden Candelabra
A downloadable game
Quest for the Golden Candelabra is a 2D turn-based tactics game based on the rules of PF2E, the second edition of a powerful tabletop OGL ruleset. You lead a group of four colorful characters through a series of encounters, fighting against monsters, acquiring loot and eventually -- hopefully -- recovering the ancient artifact that's the object of your quest.
For an experienced player of tabletop roleplaying games, the entire game takes about 40 minutes to play through, from beginning to end.
- Five difficult encounters in varied locations against varied monsters
- Four interesting characters to play as (an honorable orc fighter, a silent rogue, a well-spoken sorcerer, and an excitable cleric)
- A complex OGL-based rule system which makes for strong strategic gameplay
Cut straight into the gameplay
This game is a cinematic experience, where you fight one combat encounter after another, and these fights are interspersed only with (voiced!) cinematic cutscenes. The game doesn't waste your time: animations are lightning fast, cutscenes skippable, and you can really focus on the engaging combat experience.
Powerful rule system
Each turn, you get three actions to spend on moving, attacking, casting spells, taking combat maneuvers, drinking potions and defensive or other actions.
You can preview the effects and success probability of all actions before you commit and weigh your options. All combat encounters are balanced but difficult: To win the game reliably and consistently, you will need to make use of almost all of your options.
Story of the Dawnsbury Four
Experience the first steps of an up-and-coming party of young adventurers as they take on their first quest and attempt to recover an artifact that has once protected their beloved home town.
Status | Released |
Release date | May 12, 2023 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Dawnsbury Studios |
Genre | Strategy |
Made with | MonoGame |
Tags | crpg, Fantasy, Female Protagonist, inventory, Tabletop, Tactical, Tactical RPG, Top-Down, Turn-based, Turn-Based Combat |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Subtitles |
Links | Steam |
Comments
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Oooh, it's fun. It's the right choice to keep the characters low level so the P2 rules aren't overwhelming, and it make it easy to learn the basic of the game.
I hope you keep making games like this
I've watched my girlfriend playing this game over her shoulder, and oh my gosh, it looks so cool! Do you have any plans to make a Linux version?
I was brought to this game (and got it via Steam) because of a video by a Pathfinder 2e Youtuber called The Rules Lawyer. It was a fun little introduction to the system and this should be a good guide/template for anyone who wants to make a CRPG to teach crunchy systems like this to newcomers.
In short, Good Job!