Mojang, the developer of indie phenomenon Minecraft has announced the open beta of its next game, Scrolls. On June 3rd, you will be able to buy access to the game on Windows and Mac for $20. Like Minecraft, it will be fully playable at launch, and regularly updated with new features.
Watch the trailer for Scrolls below. It is a fantasy strategy role playing game. It combines trading card gaming (like Magic: the Gathering) with board game ideas, and looks like an interesting attempt to make a strategy card game that’s accessible.
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Scrolls is Mojang’s third game, after Minecraft and the still in development side scrolling action game Cobalt. It almost wasn’t called Scrolls, after the The Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda claimed copyright over the word ‘scrolls’. Thankfully they managed to reach an agreement allowing Mojang to continue using the name in 2012.
Card trading games have a huge following, but haven’t really crossed over to the mainstream. Can Notch’s touch make Scrolls the next Minecraft?
