The idea is to combo the student abilities with the houses and teachers specific perks to reinforce them further. When receiving applicants you can see a student ‘DnDesque’ disposition, their flaws and their strengths. Despite this, after a couple of maps I started picking the teacher with best pedagogy and did not notice a significant change in how the game played out.

These will be permanently assigned to that room and you will only be able to improve them through rare cards you can pick up from the respective magic deck. When you first build a room you get to pick between two teachers with their pros and cons. Unfortunately, at least on the standard difficulty settings, most of the management side of the game feels inconsequential. The headmaster office contains university wide options Ultimately the focus is not on tower building, but I still feel it could have worked even better. This limit alongside the randomness of the card draw could prove too frustrating if tougher building restrictions were also applied.

This is possibly due to the fact that rooms can’t be moved or removed once placed down. Only a couple of times I drew a card I was no able to place straightaway. Building on a beach or inside a volcano is basically the same. The different maps add sufficient variety in setting though not in gameplay. If you draw a card you already have built you get the choice of building a brand new room, or upgrading the existing one with a boost in performance or other bonuses. For instance you cannot build anything directly above the greenhouse, given the glass ceiling. You can place rooms in any buildable area provided the door layout is consistent with the existing building. A refectory upgraded twice, with the Healthy perk selectedĮach card you draw can either be a room, or a bonus in the form of room decorations, student equipment or teacher training.

Spellcaster university guide