Check Out Meshchera, An Atmospheric Match-Three Game For Playdate Set In A Haunted Marsh

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Spiders? Skeletons? Bad omens? My kind of party.

I almost don't want to call Meshchera a match-three game because I fear that kind of undersells how captivating it is. But, it is a game you play within a six by six grid, in which you have to group matching tiles in clusters of three or more so they may merge and become other, higher value tiles, so that's the description we're working with. The atmosphere is off the charts, though, which isn't something I'm used to finding in these types of games. It has gorgeously detailed artwork and background music that you can get completely lost in.

In Meshchera, you can choose to go for the high score or pick from several challenges that will dictate how you approach the round, like "kill five monsters" or "keep 10 monsters for 10 turns." The gameboard is a dark marsh that...

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