Reversed

Have you ever played a tower defense game? It's always the same boring gameplay—you just have to fend off the attack. In “Reversed”, you have to stop your opponent—and then switch sides and attack your own base. Build your defenceAttackers bounce off your blocks, and every bounce wears them down. The longer you hold out, the more XP you collect. A block that forces an attacker into a long detour is worth more than one that simply stands in its way.

Pinball beats walls. You start with twelve blocks and get two more with every wave. There are fourteen different blocks to choose from, among them squat Anchors that soak up damage, long Beams that deflect the attack at sharp angles, Portals that throw balls back up the field, and Gravity Cores that catch them and sling them out again. Blocks take damage and break, and the ground they stood on stays taken for the rest of the run. You can't build there again, so your arena shrinks with every wave.

Elements and countersThere are four elements: fire, poison, frost and shock. Attackers carry one of them, some carry two, some none. Some blocks are immune to one element and wear its colour, so you can read the strengths of a layout from the other side of the arena. Every fifth wave is led by a miniboss. After every wave you pick one of three cards.…