Players choose a captain and up to 10 crew, with gameplay described as Hearthstone meets XCOM. One can compete against other players online or engage in offline challenges. Those keen on single-player can engage in Cargo Runs which offer procedurally generated encounters, upgraded abilities, and more.

Crew and captains are unlocked by playing the game, and there will be over 50 units, captains and assists available at launch. Even more will be added with each new Season. On top of this, players can also paint their miniatures with digital painting tools. You can have decals, auras, deploy effects, and much more.

Stay tuned for more details on Moonbreaker in the coming weeks.

Sanderson recently published a year-end blog update, and while looking ahead at the stuff he’s got cooking up for 2022, he briefly touched on video games as well. Sanderson says he’s been working on a game for “a few years”- the project is apparently not based on one of his properties, but is instead something new entirely.

As for which developer he’s working with, it might not necessarily be who you’d expect. Sanderson writes, “It’s a game company many of you will have heard of, but probably not the one you’re thinking about right now.  Not that other one either.”

Interestingly, as per Sanderson, this new game is apparently going to be announced in 2022, so we should find out more about it in the not-too-distant future.

Sanderson has previously also written two novellas set in Epic Games’ iOS action RPG series Infinity Blade.