Medvedovski likened single-player board games of this style to deck-building games like Slay the Spire, a mechanically rich title with otherwise minimalistic moment-to-moment card-playing gameplay.

Q: You describe the game as a “roguelike board game experience.” Can you expand on that? A: I'm a big board game player — I play a lot of three-hour board games for fun. I also have The Garden of ...