
These NPCs can either have their own story segments to enjoy or can simply be standard JRPG town folk that serve a purpose such as selling you items or weapons. You can also enter towns on the world map and this will take you to their smaller maps which are filled with NPCs to talk to. While adventuring this way, you’ll encounter enemies as well as random events, treasures and NPCs along the way. Players will move their player token across the card-based map, revealing face down cards as they go along.

After a brief conversation, she ends up joining your party and things really kick off as your new trio sets out on an adventure. Melanie attacks Mar thinking he’s a wild monster but is stopped by Ash. Once Ash and Mar leave the Ivory Order’s castle and set forth on their journey they meet Melanie, a witch clad in black clothing. Other characters are depicted as cards too and placing your token on top of them will trigger a card-based scene or interaction where you can select cards as a response.


The game’s entire map is made up of cards and when you move your token onto cards, something may or may not happen. Gameplay in Voice of Cards: The Isle of Dragon Roars involves players moving a player token across a tabletop board game composed entirely of cards. You can choose to rename the main character but we stuck with his default name for our playthrough. After a short stint playing as the powerful trio, you’ll be put into the shoes of the game’s real heroes, Ash and his monster companion Mar. You’ll be able to attack by simply playing a card that belongs to a particular hero. Players will be brought up to speed with the game’s battle system by immediately controlling a “Trio of Heroes” from the Ivory Order. However, as with all JRPG games, things are never as simple as it seems and our party of heroes will encounter numerous challenges as they travel across the world. The Ivory Order wants to destroy a powerful dragon and it’s up to you as the player to go forth and do glorious battle. These adventurers belong to the Ivory Order, a mysterious organisation with a Queen at its helm. Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars puts players in control of a party of adventurers. It does tend to fall safely within the tried and trusted JRPG formula and we’ll get into this shortly. If you are though, this game ticks all the right boxes and will satisfy fans of the genre albeit with some caveats.

What exactly makes Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars a good game though? That’s entirely dependent on whether or not you are a fan of tabletop RPGs or card-based games.
