Our former editor Katharine “Thorsbane” Castle has long since quit these turgid shores for the sunny uplands of Eurogamer, where the consoles multiply like rabbits, but her legacy endures. For instance, it’s thanks to her that I know and am excited about Roots of Yggdrasil, a roguelike deck- and city-builder which casts you as a posse of vikings in a flying longship, touching down on floating islands to found a quick settlement and harvest some magic before the apocalypse – here known as the Ginnungagap, a swirling purple void – catches up with them.
Katharine called it “a real grower” before the early access release in January, likening it to both Dorfromantik and The Banished Vault – a chalk and cheese comparison if ever I heard one. Well rejoice, perverted chalk-and-cheese mixers, because Roots of Yggdrasil now has a 1.0 release date – 6th September 2024.
