Most of us have been there: sword in hand, shield in the other, and a trusty book of spells in your back pocket for emergencies.  Whether you’re playing an action game, an RPG, or an adventure game, this scene will probably be second nature to you by now.  Enter “RPG Merchant Tycoon!!”, a game that reverses your role and puts you behind a counter.  Rather than selling off all the junk you looted from the corpses of your dead enemies to some random NPC, you’ll be running a shop and providing customers with the loot they’ll need to succeed.  It’s a bit like “Recettear” minus the dungeon crawling.  When I first learned about this game, I initially suspected that it was developed by a disgruntled NPC merchant who was tired of having to buy useless junk…”oh, the irony!” he’d/she’d gleam happily.  In all seriousness though, I’d like to thank game designer Ryan Cowler from FiercePunch!! Games for reaching out and providing me with a press copy.

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