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Greetings Steam players!

In our Next Fest debut of Summoners Fate, we're bringing the tabletop fantasy world to life with an epic fusion of turn-based tactics and strategic deckbuilding.


Are you ready to hurl squirrels at the Liche King? I mean, how else does one defeat a life stealing undead overlord?

[h2]Summoners Fate Demo[/h2]
We're kicking things off with a killer demo, new and improved for the Next Fest. Here's what to expect:

• Claim the staff of squirrel hurling, rain firey death upon menacing goblins, and rescue a cosmic tortoise (and that's just the tutorial).
  
• Play the first chapter of adventure mode with the Druid where you must dungeon crawl into the chambers of the dreaded Liche King and face his heinous undead horde.
  
• Unlock the Battle Mage and return to the dungeons in advanced and hardcore modes with all new tactics and cards to try.
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Demo our progression system and check out all of the 300+ cards and 84 achievements you can unlock in the full game. You'll be able to unlock cards associated with the two playable characters in the demo and your progress will carry over into the full game (available June 20th, right after Next Fest ends).
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Customize your Summoner's starting deck with cards you've unlocked from previous runs.
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Demo Battle mode. Choose from either the Squirrel Hurlers or Hard Knocks All-star teams (once you've unlocked them) and even customize your own deck from the cards and characters you've unlocked through adventures and battle against the AI's teams in gratifying 5-7 minute battles.
  

[h2]Developer Live Stream Let's Play + Q&A[/h2]
Throughout the Next Fest, we'll also be broadcasting footage of the Early Access build so you can get a peak at the exciting content in store for you at the end of the week when our game launches on June 20th.

We'll also be hosting 2 Live Q&A sessions during our scheduled broadcast times via the chat channel, which you can access here.

The first will start Tuesday 6AM PT / 2PM BST and run 4 hours until 10AM PT / 6PM BST.
Tip: Click the "Set a reminder" option at the top of this page.

Our second Q&A will be announced later during the Next Fest. Wishlist Summoners Fate to receive notifications as soon as these are announced.

We'll also do our best to answer any questions in our broadcast loops throughout the event.



Here's what to expect:

[h2]Ever-Changing Adventure[/h2]

Explore an ever-changing open world inspired by classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, D&D and Magic the Gathering. Collect and roll D20 to put fate in your favor and recruit new party members.

[h2]Accessible Strategic Depth[/h2]

Battle on the grid with deep yet intuitive combat mechanics. Your position, facing and environment matter in ways never before seen in a tactical RPG.

[h2]Turn-Based Combat Fused with Card Mechanics[/h2]

Play cards to summon skeletal legions, rain meteor showers upon your enemies, gravity blast foes across the map, mind control your opponents and even travel through time!

[h2]Creative Deck Building[/h2]

Customize your team and your deck to create powerful synergies. Discover new strategies and win in the most satisfying ways possible!

[h2]Community Driven Design[/h2]

Become a part of a warm and welcoming community of players. Here are D20Studios, we are community-driven developers and our greatest designs (like our super-slap treant) were the result of direct collaboration with our players. Help us shape Summoners Fate into the premier tabletop roguelike.

[h2]Helpful Links:[/h2]
- Steam discussion board: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1681840/discussions/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/d20studio
- Email: [email protected]

See you on the battlefield!

~Ross (Discord: RossD20Studios#2359)

[h2]Summoners Fate Demo[/h2]
Next Fest is here and we're proud to share our latest demo build with you! Here's what to expect:

• Claim the staff of squirrel hurling, rain firey death upon menacing goblins, and rescue a cosmic tortoise (and that's just the tutorial).
  
• Play the first chapter of adventure mode with the Druid where you must dungeon crawl into the chambers of the dreaded Liche King and face his heinous undead horde.
  
• Unlock the Battle Mage and return to the dungeons in advanced and hardcore modes with all new tactics and cards to try.
  
• NEW for Next Fest: Demo our progression system and check out all of the 300+ cards and 84 achievements you can unlock in the full game. You'll be able to unlock cards associated with the two playable characters in the demo. Note: If you played our previous demo, your stats/progress will be reset for this version that now connects to Steam stats.
  
• NEW for Next Fest: Customize your Summoner's starting deck with cards you've unlocked from previous runs.
  
• NEW for Next Fest : Demo Battle mode. Choose from either the Squirrel Hurlers or Hard Knocks All-star teams (once you've unlocked them) and even customize your own deck from the cards and characters you've unlocked through adventures and battle against the AI's teams in gratifying 4-6 minute battles.
  

And that's not all! Any progress you make in the Next Fest demo towards unlocking Summoners and cards as well as achievements will carry over into the full game that releases on Monday June 20th at 10AM PT (right after Next Fest ends). So you can join the action now and not skip a beat when pick up Summoners Fate on launch day!

From the PAX Rising Online website (https://www.paxsite.com/global/en-us/risingonline.html):

PAX Rising Showcase is a Discord-based community event celebrating indie games. Over the two days in July, a curated list of indie gems will offer a totally free demo for you to try out paired with a full schedule of content ranging from in-depth roundtables talking about various aspects of the game industry all the way to the PAX community playing silly Discord games to win free games.

All participants will be able to demo Summoners Fate and other great indie games throughout the event!

Summoners Fate Participation Includes:

• Summoners Fate Let's Play Stream on July 9th at 12:30PM PT
  
• D20Studios joins the Game Design Panel on July 9th 2:00-3:00PM PT
  
• Summoners Fate Post-Mortem on July 9th at 3:00PM PT
  

We hope to see you there!

~Ross

Greetings Steam players!

In our Next Fest debut of Summoners Fate, we're bringing the tabletop fantasy world to life with an epic fusion of turn-based tactics and strategic deckbuilding.


Are you ready to hurl squirrels at the Liche King? I mean, how else does one defeat a life stealing undead overlord?

[h2]Summoners Fate Demo[/h2]
We're kicking things off with a killer demo, new and improved for the Next Fest. Here's what to expect:

• Claim the staff of squirrel hurling, rain firey death upon menacing goblins, and rescue a cosmic tortoise (and that's just the tutorial).
  
• Play the first chapter of adventure mode with the Druid where you must dungeon crawl into the chambers of the dreaded Liche King and face his heinous undead horde.
  
• Unlock the Battle Mage and return to the dungeons in advanced and hardcore modes with all new tactics and cards to try.
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Demo our progression system and check out all of the 300+ cards and 84 achievements you can unlock in the full game. You'll be able to unlock cards associated with the two playable characters in the demo and your progress will carry over into the full game (available June 20th, right after Next Fest ends).
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Customize your Summoner's starting deck with cards you've unlocked from previous runs.
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Demo Battle mode. Choose from either the Squirrel Hurlers or Hard Knocks All-star teams (once you've unlocked them) and even customize your own deck from the cards and characters you've unlocked through adventures and battle against the AI's teams in gratifying 5-7 minute battles.
  

[h2]Developer Live Stream Let's Play + Q&A[/h2]
Throughout the Next Fest, we'll also be broadcasting footage of the Early Access build so you can get a peak at the exciting content in store for you at the end of the week when our game launches on June 20th.

We'll also be hosting 2 Live Q&A sessions during our scheduled broadcast times via the chat channel, which you can access here.

The first will start Tuesday 6AM PT / 2PM BST and run 4 hours until 10AM PT / 6PM BST.
Tip: Click the "Set a reminder" option at the top of this page.

Our second Q&A will be announced later during the Next Fest. Wishlist Summoners Fate to receive notifications as soon as these are announced.

We'll also do our best to answer any questions in our broadcast loops throughout the event.



Here's what to expect:

[h2]Ever-Changing Adventure[/h2]

Explore an ever-changing open world inspired by classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, D&D and Magic the Gathering. Collect and roll D20 to put fate in your favor and recruit new party members.

[h2]Accessible Strategic Depth[/h2]

Battle on the grid with deep yet intuitive combat mechanics. Your position, facing and environment matter in ways never before seen in a tactical RPG.

[h2]Turn-Based Combat Fused with Card Mechanics[/h2]

Play cards to summon skeletal legions, rain meteor showers upon your enemies, gravity blast foes across the map, mind control your opponents and even travel through time!

[h2]Creative Deck Building[/h2]

Customize your team and your deck to create powerful synergies. Discover new strategies and win in the most satisfying ways possible!

[h2]Community Driven Design[/h2]

Become a part of a warm and welcoming community of players. Here are D20Studios, we are community-driven developers and our greatest designs (like our super-slap treant) were the result of direct collaboration with our players. Help us shape Summoners Fate into the premier tabletop roguelike.

[h2]Helpful Links:[/h2]
- Steam discussion board: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1681840/discussions/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/d20studio
- Email: [email protected]

See you on the battlefield!

~Ross (Discord: RossD20Studios#2359)

We're thrilled to announce Summoners Fate will be releasing into Early Access on June 20th 10AM PT!

Summoners Fate has been in development for the past 6 years. Turn-based tactics games are my lifelong passion, and developing this game has been the culmination of over 15 years work since I started my journey developing turn-based games professionally in 2006.

My team and I are so excited to finally bring Summoners Fate to the Steam community, and we hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we've enjoyed making it!



One of the core pillars of our design studio is "community driven development". Player feedback is at the heart of what drives us each day. It's our goal to create the best possible turn-based tactics roguelike deckbuilder experience, and we want you to be a part of it!

Consider our Early Access as your chance to be a game designer on our team and shape the future of what Summoners Fate will become. We sincerely want you to share your feedback about the design, suggest new ideas for cards and characters, and engage in discussions with us about mechanics that work or don't work and why.



Yes, absolutely!

Prior to our Steam debut, we’ve been actively engaging the player community since 2016. In fact, our game concept was first pitched and brought to life during a live chat discussion on Google Hangouts with players of our first turn-based tactics game, Hero Mages.

Since that time, we've involved players in the process across Kickstarter, social media, and in person at events like PAX and Dreamhack. We’ve even live-streamed our development and created viewer directed content.

Players have directly impacted the game in notable ways including:

1. The ridiculously funny Treant “super slap”
   
2. A Druid who hurls squirrels at her enemies and breeds them into an army of mutant hulk squirrels
   
3. Creative character names like “D’Orc Slayer” (the orc chief)
   
4. The dreaded horse demon who offers incredible powers but demands a sacrifice.
   
5. A mischievous red imp who steals characters from the opposing team to join you, but then defects to the enemy team.
   

We fully intend to continue this trend throughout the development, and we're so serious about it that our game even comes equipped with an in-game feedback tool that automatically adds your ideas to our development backlog.

We hope you join us for the Early Access launch of Summoners Fate and become an integral part of helping to create an exceptional community and game experience.

Still have questions? Feel welcome to reach me at any of the following:

- Steam discussion board: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1681840/discussions/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios (RossD20Studios#2359)
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/d20studio
- Email: [email protected]”

See you on the battlefield!

~Ross