What happens when you combine tactical combat, roguelike progression, and the chaos of a free-for-all arena?
We’re about to find out.
Today we’re opening the first public playtest for Scramble Pit, a new experimental game mode for Radiant Tactics.
Scramble Pit is a fast-paced arena competition for 2–4 players. Each match is a series of short tactical battles where contestants fight to become the first player to win three events. But victory isn’t just about winning the current battle—it’s about building a stronger character than everyone else before the series ends.
A Tactical Roguelike You Play at the Table
Every event begins with a choice.
Before battle, you secretly commit to a Battle Goal. Maybe you’re trying to score a knockout. Maybe you’re focusing on survival. Maybe you’re betting everything on mobility, control, or a strange “break the rules” strategy.
Complete your goal and you earn a level-up reward.
The twist? You don’t pick from a fixed character tree.
Instead, you roll multiple upgrade options and choose one. A crowd-control specialist might discover Entangle. A mobility build might find Blink Strike. A bruiser could suddenly gain access to devastating new weapons. Every match becomes a puzzle of adaptation and opportunity.
No two runs build exactly the same way.
If you’ve played games like Slay the Spire, Monster Train, or other roguelike deckbuilders, the experience should feel familiar: make a plan, adapt when the game offers something unexpected, and try to discover combinations powerful enough to carry you to victory.
Win Battles. Build Characters. Tell Stories.
One of the things we’re most excited about is the tension between short-term and long-term decisions.
Do you chase the objective and try to win the current event?
Or do you pursue a Battle Goal that might make your character dramatically stronger for future rounds?
The strongest player in Event One isn’t always the strongest player in Event Three.
In our internal tests, players have won battles while falling behind in progression. Others have sacrificed early victories to assemble terrifying combinations that dominated the late game. The result is a competition where every match matters and every choice leaves a mark on your character.
Help Shape the Future of the System
This is Scramble Pit’s first public prototype.
Many parts of Scramble Pit are intentionally experimental. We’re testing progression systems, event design, reward tables, pacing, and how players approach adaptation under pressure.
That means playtesters have a real opportunity to influence where the game goes next.
Questions we’re actively exploring include:
- Are Battle Goals creating interesting strategic decisions?
- Which upgrade paths are most fun to pursue?
- Do players feel encouraged to adapt, or pushed into a single strategy?
- How long should a full Scramble Pit series last?
- What new events, rewards, or character options would create the most exciting stories?
Your feedback will directly influence future iterations.
Why We’re Building It
Scramble Pit is also an experiment in something larger.
Radiant Tactics isn’t just a single game. It’s a growing collection of ways to play in the World of Phoibos. We’re interested in systems that let players build memorable characters and then carry those stories into new experiences.
Scramble Pit explores one possible answer: a fast, highly replayable progression format where every session feels different.
Sometimes the best ideas don’t emerge from design documents.
They emerge from play.
Join the Playtest
If the idea of adapting on the fly, discovering powerful combinations, and battling your friends in a chaotic tactical arena sounds fun, we’d love to have you at the table.
Download the prototype. Play some matches. Break the system. Tell us what happened.
The first version of Scramble Pit starts now.
Let’s see what players build.
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