StrongGames has announced the release of Gloom Beacon, a hybrid role-playing and turn-based card strategy title now available for download, a demo is available as well.
PPG wrote "Games that cross genres either are mediocre or fail miserably, very few succeed in making a new genre out of the previous two. Puzzle Quest took Bejeweled puzzles and used them as the combat and mixed in a healthy dose of RPG elements and has succeeded rather well. Puyo Puyo took the falling block genre and mixed in competitive two player matches that could become quite heated and stressful against a skilled opponent. What about Mahjong though? No one has attempted to mix the gameplay model of removing tiles with battles and other RPG elements, at least till now."
