{"id":9509,"date":"2022-11-03T18:14:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/pc-gamer-readers-can-get-special-access-to-this-pvp-strategy-game-from-ex-blizzard-veterans\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T18:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:14:34","slug":"pc-gamer-readers-can-get-special-access-to-this-pvp-strategy-game-from-ex-blizzard-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/pc-gamer-readers-can-get-special-access-to-this-pvp-strategy-game-from-ex-blizzard-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Gamer readers can get special access to this PvP strategy game from ex-Blizzard veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spellcraft<\/a>, the tabletop minis-inspired PvP strategy game from Blizzard veterans, One More Game, is entering a closed gameplay alpha on Friday, November 4. While most players will have to go through your standard closed gameplay selection process, PC Gamer readers have the opportunity for a guaranteed spot in the preview build.<\/p>\n

Follow our link to the Spellcraft alpha sign up<\/a> to start playing on November 4, 11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern.<\/p>\n

We previously covered when Spellcraft entered its first round of closed testing<\/a>, and while One More Game has been tight-lipped on gameplay details, we do have some sense of what it will entail. Spellcraft is focused on 1v1 PvP where players build a team of heroes represented by wargaming figurines, casting spells “in real time” to achieve victory.<\/p>\n

Spellcraft is slated to be free-to-play, though One More Game has stressed that it is avoiding “exploitative” monetization and crypto integration. Spellcraft’s reveal trailer<\/a>, as well as One More Game’s marketing through YouTube shorts<\/a> do show an early glimpse of hero abilities, and I particularly enjoy how the play field seems to be set in a normal house. It reminds me of de_rats<\/a> or Grounded<\/a> in that way, and I’m always a sucker for mundane-made-strange, size-change shenanigans.<\/p>\n

Spellcraft has an Overwatch\/League of Legends thing going on where it’s the big crossover hero team-up that also has the challenge of introducing the setting all those heroes are in, and I like the vibe of it so far. You’ve got greater California esports expanded universe standbys like Cage, a Garen-y square cut warrior guy with a hammer, or Ines, a Sylvanas Windrunner-style stabby dark elf lady, but the star of the show for me is the as-of-yet unnamed sentient jalopy. That guy looks like a fan favorite Borderlands character from an alternate timeline, and I hope One More Game leans into more wacky designs like that.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to see more of Spellcraft, again, our link provides a guaranteed signup for its latest alpha test\u2060\u2014none of the anticipation and dashed hopes of an empty email inbox. Spellcraft’s alpha begins November 4, 11 am Pacific\/2 pm Eastern, and will run for at least one week until November 11.<\/p>\n

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[#item_image]PC Gamer readers can get special access to this PvP strategy game from ex-Blizzard veterans<\/p>\n

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Spellcraft<\/a>, the tabletop minis-inspired PvP strategy game from Blizzard veterans, One More Game, is entering a closed gameplay alpha on Friday, November 4. While most players will have to go through your standard closed gameplay selection process, PC Gamer readers have the opportunity for a guaranteed spot in the preview build.<\/p>\n

Follow our link to the Spellcraft alpha sign up<\/a> to start playing on November 4, 11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern.<\/p>\n

We previously covered when Spellcraft entered its first round of closed testing<\/a>, and while One More Game has been tight-lipped on gameplay details, we do have some sense of what it will entail. Spellcraft is focused on 1v1 PvP where players build a team of heroes represented by wargaming figurines, casting spells “in real time” to achieve victory.<\/p>\n

Spellcraft is slated to be free-to-play, though One More Game has stressed that it is avoiding “exploitative” monetization and crypto integration. Spellcraft’s reveal trailer<\/a>, as well as One More Game’s marketing through YouTube shorts<\/a> do show an early glimpse of hero abilities, and I particularly enjoy how the play field seems to be set in a normal house. It reminds me of de_rats<\/a> or Grounded<\/a> in that way, and I’m always a sucker for mundane-made-strange, size-change shenanigans.<\/p>\n

Spellcraft has an Overwatch\/League of Legends thing going on where it’s the big crossover hero team-up that also has the challenge of introducing the setting all those heroes are in, and I like the vibe of it so far. You’ve got greater California esports expanded universe standbys like Cage, a Garen-y square cut warrior guy with a hammer, or Ines, a Sylvanas Windrunner-style stabby dark elf lady, but the star of the show for me is the as-of-yet unnamed sentient jalopy. That guy looks like a fan favorite Borderlands character from an alternate timeline, and I hope One More Game leans into more wacky designs like that.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to see more of Spellcraft, again, our link provides a guaranteed signup for its latest alpha test\u2060\u2014none of the anticipation and dashed hopes of an empty email inbox. Spellcraft’s alpha begins November 4, 11 am Pacific\/2 pm Eastern, and will run for at least one week until November 11.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: One More Game)<\/span><\/p>\n

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