Tabletop-inspired RPG sequel For the King 2 getting a closed beta next week

For the King 2 – the sequel to IronOak Games’ wonderful tabletop-RPG-meets-digital-board-game adventure – is getting a closed beta next week, and registration is now open.

IronOak’s follow-up – which pits players against the kingdom of Fahrul’s tyrannical queen 20 years after the end of the first game – is, from what’s been shown so far, less a bold new direction for the series and more a deepening of the original’s already hugely entertaining core.

That means another light-hearted, optionally co-operative rogue-like adventure blending familiar RPG staples – dungeon crawling, questing, turn-based exploration and combat, loot acquisition, and so on – with some neat story generation through randomised narrative events.