RuneSpell: Overture is headed to the PC and Mac on Steam Summer 2011, followed by releases on Impulse, Macstore and Direct2Drive. DIY recently covered the debut announcement of this RPG/card collecting/Poker game. The first trailer left some wanting more explanation of the battle gameplay, and developer Mystic box answered. Check out the first trailer released days ago, which focuses on the battle system.

And now the developer has released a great trailer that explains “Mythic Poker”:

The developer recapped and added some gameplay detail:

- Attack hands: max at 1 time can have 7 attack hands in preparation
- The upper area is the player’s area; the below area is the opponent’s
- If there is a single card on the board, you can use it, both from your area, or steal it from the opponent’s to form a combo
- Once a card has been placed on top of another card, it cannot be removed/stolen anymore
- A combo of 5 cards creates an attack combination
- Every round there are three action points available (in a default situation)
- With certain monsters, building stacks and timing are essential as their play style, and Power Cards can be very nasty if you don’t.

When I asked if there were other card games they thought of using, developer Barry Hoffman stated, “Currently Poker/Yahtzee combinations are the choices we made. I am definitely sure we could do some nice stuff with Uno here, as well.”

Runespell: Overture is definitely looking polished and fun to me. What are your thoughts?