Black Book

Morteshka’s deal with the devil has paid off, as Black Book delivers a captivating story and engaging gameplay full of strategy and variety that should keep you busy for over 40 hours. Being in league with Satan usually comes with a great price, but players should be able to overcome any curses handed down to them. With strong character development and narrative, this wicked book is a page-turner that’s worth a read.

Black Book is a great mix of Slavic folklore, engaging card game, and an interesting story.

It's hard for me to put a precise score on that kind of thing. I'd be happy to recommend it to anyone with a card-game addiction, it's got a few things going for it as far as being an RPG, and if you're interested in learning about Russian mythology, Black Book is practically an educational tool. However, it's also janky, inconsistent, and not great about explaining its systems. I wouldn't say that it's exactly unpolished — I get the feeling that Black Book is exactly what it was intended to be — but it feels like the sort of game that, back in the day, would've shipped with an inch-thick manual, which you don't have.

Smart indie RPG with a great setting, fun card battles and interesting characters.

This game is low budget, sure, but that doesn’t hold it back in the slightest. It’s a very good card game, especially attractive for Eastern European players due to the captivating way in which it deals with Slavic mythology.

Black Book holds a lot of promise… not as a game, but rather an interactive guide to local myths and legends. In all other aspects it’s an exercise in mediocrity.

It's hard to rate something like Black Book. It's a mix and match of things that are generally fun and refreshingly new, but the whole thing carries with it a lack of polish and balance, which could make this dark tale of witchcraft and demonology shine much brighter. This is basically a high 6, or a low 7. A mediocre, repetitive CCG/RPG, with some neat moments that'll - barely - manage to keep you interested. If looking to experience something outside of generic medieval fantasy, though, do give it a try. Morteshka's creation is basically Slavic Pagan Mythology: The Game.

This is definitely not my favourite tipe of games, but this is perfect. Story, setting, gameplay- everything 10/10.

it's got a cool deckbuilding system and awesome aesthetics, but the interface is often unwieldy and a lot of the dialogue takes far too long to say very little. everything outside of the combat needs to be streamlined in some way, because it's kind of a chore to do anything else. it's very easy to misclick and spend points or money without being able to undo. there are also some pretty serious issues with the click based movement in 3d environments.

It's an average card-game style rpg, but the voice acting is good. There are some bugs and translation issues here and there, but nothing major. The pace of the game is a little bit slow if you decide to follow the story/lore.

The intro is very poorly written, barely made sense. You should invest in a better script. The concept and graphics are quite ok, but the plot and motivation is dumb.

After about 2 hours in this game the card battling mechanics were good and decent enough to understands. after complete a few side "quests"(the visitors to ask for help) and main quests but never really understood the story and the font in this game for me was really tripping me up. I am sure its a good game based on other reviews just not really for me and couldn't fully grasp what the game where the games was trying to take me and the VA's in the game were not the best quality sounded a bit off.