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The Last Spell released one year ago!Mar 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! Today marks a special day for all of us at Ishtar Games, but also for you! Exactly one year ago, The Last Spell launched in 1.0, almost two years after the start of the Early Access. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/c29962665f38a619745e8d00b668f701ad7ffa69.png We've said it before but we'll say it again: our success has been possible thanks to you, the players. Even now, we see your messages on Discord & Reddit to discuss strategies, ideas and to welcome new players trying to beat this damn Cetusia on Lakeburg. Your support means a lot to us and we are always happy to answer your questions, detail our choices in our blogposts or go even further than what we initially ambitionned for the game. But we know you've got one big question about what's coming after! DLC? You're waiting for it, we are profusely working on it, but we're not ready just yet to tell you more about it. We read your messages every day and we're very much aware of the excitement that you all have for the DLCs, and trust us, we CAN'T WAIT to tell you about the VERY exciting things we've been cooking for you! In the meantime, yay to The Last Spell being one year old and here's to a lot more! We'll see you soon. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/ Thank you for reading and thank you for your support! You can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!The Last Spell is 30% off during the Digital Tabletop Fest 4!Mar 7, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDigital Tabletop Fest 4begins today and The Last Spell is part of it! We are thrilled to announce that The Last Spell will be part of Digital Tabletop Fest–the Steam festival celebrating all-things related todigital tabletop games. From today through the 11thof March, you can save 30% off The Last Spell. In addition to that, you will also be able to experience some of the latest and greatest digital tabletop-inspired titles and see what the future holds for the tabletop genre with coming soon games. The festival will feature deckbuilders, board games, and titles inspired by tabletop IPs. The Last Spell has been nominated for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year!Jan 11, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! We are absolutely thrilled to announce The Last Spell has been nominated for the Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year by the D.I.C.E. Awards! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/9e364d615e1c71c2669bae8c67be8b5da20f5c85.png Thank you so much to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for including us in this shortlist, alongside great and incredible games! Take a look at all nominations here: https://www.interactive.org/awards/27th_dice_awards_finalists.asp https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/ Thank you for reading and thank you for your support! You can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Happy Holidays!Dec 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, The year is ending and the holidays are approaching, we wanted to thank you for your support thoughout the year and with the 1.0 Launch in March. The Last Spell would not have been the same without you and we are truly grateful for your support, comments and feedback that you share in every possible places. Being able to have a look into your gameplay, to know what's working for you and what's not is always immensely motivating. Especially when we are looking to balance stuff out and we need to confirm we are on the right path! Beta players, we see you. For the 1.0 Launch, we were very happy to work on an awesome 2D animated trailer! Not only did this trailer bring out the best in The Last Spell, but it was also so extremely satisfying for us to see our baby project grow into this, thank you CRCR and Wizz for your work on the animation! Recently, we also surpassed the 95% threshold of Recent Positive Reviews on Steam: thank you for that! As promised, in 2024 the first DLC of The Last Spell will release and we cannot wait to share more information with you! Right now, it's all pretty secretive but we are hard at work! Everything will be revealed... soon! We wish you the best for your holidays, may your end of the year be filled with lovely moments with absolutely zero monsters and no stupid mages to ruin your Nights. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/ As always, thank you for your support, you can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Nominate Us for the Steam Awards!Nov 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! The Steam Awards are finally here, and with it comes the nominations for your favourite video games! The Last Spell released this year and we decided to choose the category "Best Game You Suck At", since well, defending the mages and making sure they don't screw up is quite a difficult task (we wish you the best of luck on Elderlicht). Also, The Last Spell is at 25% off during the Autumn Sale, if you wish to dive into this dreadful world of apocalyptic monsters attacking your town at every Night: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/ As always, thank you for your support, you can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Get Ishtar Games Bundle!Oct 17, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes and welcome to our world! Today, we are excited to announce the launch of a new bundle with three of our games, allowing all players to get them at a lower price thanks to a 15% discount! Ishtar Games Bundle: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33141/Ishtar_Games_Bundle/ Enjoy our games! We wish you the best of luck to make the best couples and avoid the guards as much as you can. Feel free to share your feedback once you've played them, we are always interested to hear from you! Thank you for reading! You can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Spirited Thief is out NOWSep 28, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! This month, we released Spirited Thief, a brand new turn-based tactical stealth game! The Last Spell and Spirited Thief are both turn-based tactical and while in the first one you had to destroy everything coming at you, here the approach is more... Discreet. So please do not try to kill everything, it may be counter-productive. In Spirited Thief, you will experience the same turn-based tactical goodness that we know you absolutely loved in The Last Spell. Think ahead, try things, change your skills, kill the guards or try to sneak in past behind them: you have multiple ways to succeed... or to fail! Scout, loot, and get out in Spirited Thief, a tactical turn-based stealth game with a twist. Search ahead as spirit, Trin, and grab the goods as thief, Elaj. Just make sure you have the loot before the guards come looking! Do not hesitate to leave a review if you enjoyed the game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1709870/Spirited_Thief/ Thank you for reading! You can follow Spirited Thief on Twitter and join the Discord community!Patch 1.0.2.21Aug 3, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, As we mentionned in our last news we had to rollback our changes of the 1.0.2.19 because of a nasty bug. Now that everything is fixed, we are releasing this version that contains the two fixes we did for the 1.0.2.19 + some fixes on localisation, here is the details : Fixed a bug with the Inn that allowed players to recruit an infinite number of Heroes Fixed a loading issue causing some inconstancies with waves information (number and poisitionning of arrows) Changed some perk descriptions in russian to better reflect the original text You can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Rollback to Patch 1.0.2.18Jul 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, We are performing a rollback following an issue introduced by the previous update: Boss would not spawn if you saved your run the day prior Boss Night. You will now play on Patch 1.0.2.18 again while we fix this issue on our side. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your reports about it! You can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Hotfix 1.0.2.19Jul 19, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, In today's update: Fixed a bug with the Inn that allowed players to recruit an infinite number of Heroes Fixed a loading issue causing some inconstancies with waves information (number and poisitionning of arrows) You can join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!The future of The Last SpellJun 28, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! It's been a few months since the Release 1.0 of The Last Spell and we cannot thank you enough for your commitment to the game. Since the launch in Early Access, more than 300 000 players have fought the Night alongside the mages! With your help, we've been able to improve The Last Spell each and every month during the Early Access, listening to your feedback, adapting the game based on both our insights, and yours, We added new maps, new (and horrible) monsters, more tools for your Heroes and also new buildings to diversify your choices. But that's not the end. Far from it, in fact. Starting next year, we are going to release DLCs for The Last Spell! Each DLC will have a specific theme that will be used to develop the additional content brought to the base game. We want to add new and fresh ideas to expand the possibilities of gameplay with your Heroes. And... that's all we are gonna say today! Stay tuned, more information will be shared with you later on. Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to discuss with the team and other players!The Last Spell - The Board GameMay 24, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/60c99d6a389236cb4e80f503a606003786ef33ea.png We are extremely happy to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for The Last Spell - The Board Game created by Tabula Games! The Last Spell - The Board Game is an epic tabletop adaptation. Prepare for an immersive cooperative experience that brings the essence of The Last Spell universe to life like never before. In this thrilling board game, gather your Heroes and embark on a quest to defend the town against relentless hordes of enemies. With 2 to 4 players, strategize, collaborate, and unleash powerful spells to survive the onslaught. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/22864425660733fcf51802f8d5137fdf4b4a68a0.png Join the Kickstarter campaign for exclusive content and incredible rewards! For the first 48 hours, all backers will receive a free 5th Hero miniature, adding a new dimension to your gameplay. Don't miss out on this limited-time opportunity to enhance your collection! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/94a93888e00e39bb67e9427d3e04d75c7e64fb28.png But there's more! Face the "Sinister Shadows", a free add-on available to all backers. This expansion introduces unique monsters with new abilities, expanding the formidable horde of enemies. Prepare for even greater challenges as you delve into the depths of darkness within The Last Spell world. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/9ed6423c1d466925935e7d0fe9b1cc6db171bd81.png Embark on this extraordinary board game adventure, deepen your understanding of the rich lore, and refine your strategies. Join us now on our Kickstarter page to secure your place in this gripping journey! Discover more about The Last Spell - The Board Game, gather your fellow Heroes, and prepare to face the ultimate challenge. The fate of the city rests in your hands! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/a9aab453ce145ace6d6d80bef91217a2958ab03e.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/7a168c63b51096cd131f9e3891d5d648bf46fb26.png Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Patch 1.0.2.18May 22, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, In today's update: Fixed the Defensive Training perk giving way less experience when playing in Apocalypse mode. Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to chat with the team and other players!Changelog 1.0.2.17Apr 20, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, In today's update: Fixed a soflock that could happen during the 9th turn of Lakeburgs' boss fight Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to discuss with the team and other players!Turn-based strategy meets tower defence as you fight to destroy magic forever in this brutal roguelikeApr 18, 2023 - PC GamerYou know a game's hardcore when you've seen a magical nuclear apocalypse before you've even reached the tutorial. In the world of The Last Spell, arcane warfare has gotten so out of hand that the world has been left a wasteland, and its heroes have decided there's only one thing to do: destroy magic forever with, you guessed it, one last spell... Read more.Changelog 1.0.2.16Apr 18, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes, We are sorry about the save file issue some of you may have encountered. In today's update: Fixed a save corruption happening when loading a run with a hero that had the "Back Protection" Perk If you had a save corruption because of the "Back Protection" Perk and you have not played since then, here are the instructions to recover your run: Deactivate your Steam Cloud for The Last Spell: right click on the game, Properties, General {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35576831/3af2c895f891ce29a309d8a34501c77540ee9343.png Go to %Appdata%/../LocalLow/Ishtar Games/The Last Spell/Save/Steam (copy/paste this path on the file explorer) Open folder named with your steam ID (a sequence of numbers) Open "Profile1" Open "Broken": this folder contains your corrupted saves Copy the Save named "GameSave__date" with the most recent date Open folder "Profile1" Paste the file here and rename it "GameSave" Launch your game & Continue your run Save & close The Last Spell Reactivate Steam Cloud If by relaunching The Last Spell, Steam ask you to choose between Local or Cloud Save: choose Local Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to discuss with the team and other players!Patch 1.0.2.15Apr 14, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! We are changing a few things with today's update to better fit our vision for The Last Spell: allow and encourage players to try different things while using their Heroes. The Last Spell is a Hero-centric game and defenses (ballistae, traps, catapults) are tools that can help you ease your Nights, they are not supposed to be the main line of defense against monsters. We are detailing our thoughts below, to give you a little more context about the balancing of the game. BALANCING PATCHES The previous patch (1.0.2.14) was not intended to make the game more difficult, but rather to address a lack of diversity in winning strategies. The Last Spell released in 1.0 last month and we are extremely happy with the state of the game. Going forward, balancing patches will be fewer but focused more on improving weaker or lacking options rather than adjusting what we think is too powerful. This is something which was already greatly improved during the Early Access and also with the 1.0 update. We are aware that The Last Spell is a single-player game that doesn't need to be perfectly balanced to be fun, so we hope that this update reflects our actual intentions more clearly. Regarding this patch, we have decided to smooth the impact of some of our previous changes. DEFENSES Heroes were always what defined the Last Spell at its core when it came to base defense and tactical gameplay, and so we believe that focusing on ballistae was a too reliable, efficient and optimal method. The main purpose of defense buildings has always been to support Heroes, not to be the focus of the game. Relying too much on ballistae also created a fundamental issue: not letting players learn how to play the game properly. However, the cumulation of changes we brought to the game last week had more impact than expected, so we are providing some adjustments. Ballista Cost: 65 materials -> 55 materiaks (40 before patch 1.0.2.14, so a +37,5% cost increase instead of +62,5%) Mounted Ballista cost upgrade: unchanged compared to patch 1.0.2.14 (35 materials) Mounted Ballista Cost: 100 materials -> 90 materials (80 before patch 1.0.2.14, so a +12,5% cost increase instead of +25%) Compared to before patch 1.0.2.14, we want the base ballista to be more expensive by default. Upgrading a Ballista to a Mounted Ballista is in contrast cheaper than building a new ballista, making it less punishing to build stone walls (line of sight blockers), which are more affordable since patch 1.0.2.14. Walls Walls will generate 25% less panic than before, so 0.75 points instead of 1 upon complete destruction (it was unchanged in patch 1.0.2.14, so this is a straight buff) In patch 1.0.2.14, we significantly reduced the cost of walls to compensate for the increased cost of ballistae, especially during the early-game. However, panic gained by wall damage remains a point of friction to their effective usage, so we decided to mitigate this issue: walls will generate less panic overall. OMENS Our goa...Patch 1.0.2.14Apr 7, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! In this update, we are balancing multiple weapons, items and Omens, as well as changing a bit the Boss Nights. A list of Bug Fixes can be found at the end of the patch note. BALANCING Weapons Axe Shred (Skill 1): Added back Inaccurate (x1.5) Opportunism Multiplier: x1.25 -> x1.35 Two-handed Sword Base DMG at level 0: 95-129 -> 101-138 Sledgehammer Mega Stomp (Skill 3): Debuff: -33% DMG (2 Turns) -> -20% DMG (2 Turns) Spear Base DMG at level 0: 90-120 -> 99-126 Magic Wand Magic Missiles (Skill 3): DMG x1 (72-101) -> DMG x0.85 (61-86) One-handed Crossbow Slow Death (Skill 2): Poison Damage: 40 (3 Turns) -> 60 (3 Turns) Blaze (Skill 3): DMG x2 (98-116) -> DMG x1.75 (86-102) Propagation bounces: 4 -> 3 Items Warp Crystal: Teleportation : Added a limit per turn of 3. Power Ring: Will now appear less often PERKS Poisonous Base Poison: 35 (3 turns) -> 40 (3 turns) Lone Wolf Damage bonus (range 5): +8% -> +12% Damage bonus (range 10): +12% -> +18% Blood Magic Resistance conversion rate: 30% -> 25% Vivified (Energized replacement when using Blood Magic) Health to spend: 28 -> 42 Blood Shield (Mana Shield replacement when using Blood Magic) Health to spend: 8 -> 12 Critical Master Base Critical Power bonus: +25% -> +20% Additional Critical Power bonus: +5% -> +4% Human Ballista Base Damage: 110-140 -> 90-125 Specialist Damage bonus: +30% -> +50% Berserk Damage bonus: +3% -> +4% Potent Toxins Poison Damage bonus: +75% -> +100% Fortress Master Range: 10 -> 6 Don’t Panic Total Damage bonus: +30% -> +40% Accuracy bonus: +10% -> +15% BUILDINGS Ballista Maximum amount of Ballista (Normal and Mounted) : 40 -> 32 Ballista cost: 40 Materials -> 65 Materials Cost of upgrading from Ballista to Mounted Ballista: 40 Materials -> 35 Materials Mounted Ballista cost: 80 Materials -> 100 Materials Watchtower Cost: 60 Materials -> 40 Materials Barricade Cost: 8 Materials -> 7 Materials Wooden Wall Cost: 15 Materials -> 12 Materials Wooden Gate Cost: 15 Materials -> 12 Materials Reinforced Wooden Wall Cost: 25 Materials -> 20 Materials Stone Wall Cost: 40 Materials -> 30 Materials Stone Gate Cost: 40 Materials -> 30 Materials Reinforced Stone Wall Cost: 50 Materials -> 40 Materials Ruins 1-tile ruin scavenge yields Gold focus : 12 Gold/13 Materials -> 14 Gold/13 Materials Materials focus: 4 Gold/38 Materials -> 4 Gold/40 Materials 2-tile ruin scavenge yields: Gold focus: 28 Gold/28 Materials -> 32 Gold/28 Materials Materials focus: 9 Gold/84 Materials -> 9 Gold/90 Materials 3-tile ruin scavenge yields: Gold focus: 48 Gold/46 Materials -> 54 Gold/46 Materials Materials focus: 16 Gold/138 Materials -> 16 Gold/160 Materials 4-tile ruin scavenge yields: Gold focus: 72 Gold/67 Materials -> 80 Gold/67 Materials Materials focus: 24 Gold/200 Materials -> 24 Gold/240 Materials Corpses Corpses are now slightly less effective when it comes to rewards, but playing around them is more consistent. Corpse generation Corpse generation has been rebalanced %-wise to serve its or...Changelog 1.0.2.12Mar 28, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! Here is the new changelog for today: BUG FIXES Fixed the skill "Leapfrog" not taken into account for lifetime stats ("Walls jumped") and meta progression Fixed bosses having a debug key name in the "Nemesis" lifetime stat Fixed total essence decrease before increase when getting the collection "No time to waste" Fixed the building actions UI breaking when using the UI scale option Fixed Heroes not being able to be generated with Medium or Heavy armors (body armors & pants) Fixed ballistae playing during victory sequence and breaking the camera in the victory cinematic Fixed the meta condition "Have a Hero reach X in Y attribute" that was not refreshed when having an attribute increase due by a perk Fixed "Blood Magic" perk not refreshing the replaced perks Fixed unit portrait hover/click not working as intended Fixed the poison damage attribute of the "Poison Daggers Scroll" not matching the Dagger's Poison Daggers skill Fixed the contagion alteration behaviour: should not propagate several times during the same cast (or rather multi-hit iteration) Fixed some save corruptions happening when the computer crashed (blue screens, power cuts...) Units spawned by enemies' skill don't destroy traps and warp gates anymore Shifting buildings on the final map are now destroyed by the fog at the beginning of the night Shifting buildings and Mist censer can't spawn on warp gates anymore Fixed a controller bug where the player could to buy an unselected item in the reward menu Fixed a controller bug where after leaving the reward panel without choosing a reward the cursor remain displayed Fixed the meta condition "Stun X enemies." which now counts every types of stun on enemies (including traps) Fixed Hero attribute tooltips not updating when switching hero using hotkeys Fixed a bug where players can open the Night Reward panel with the character sheet open QoL Placing a building now moves the heroes underneath if needed Improved sound mixing for skills, enemies and Corpses Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to discuss with the team and other players!Changelog 1.0.2.10Mar 16, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Heroes! Here is the new changelog for today: Fixed all Achievements with a progress bar in Steam Fixed Achievements "Taste the pain" and "Embrace the pain" that could be unlocked with the Boundless mode activated Fixed Head-on and Inertia perks incrementing their counter when reloading a run during the night Fixed the Specialist perk not working when reloading a run during the night Fixed the Kindled enemy not being affected by apocalypse bonuses Fixed the skill hotkey in the Heroes how to play being displayed as "unassigned" Fixed the level up button disappering after using the Hero customization tab Fixed hero customization tab sometimes saving some attributes when leaving with the Esc key Fixed Corpses sounds volume Fixed some texts that were not updated after changing the name of a Hero Fixed a text in the commander journal that was not displayed correctly in all non-Latin languages Join us on Discord, Twitter & Instagram to discuss with the team and other players!