Set a Watch Launches on Android, iOS

• Set A Watch is an upcoming dice-rolling, campfire-defense strategy puzzle game.
• Launching on iOS and Android, it challenges you to protect your campfire from relentless monster waves.
• Originally a board game, it brings fully realized mechanics and enhanced features to mobile.

Adventuring is often seen as solely about battling horrific creatures, but few focus on the quiet moments between these life-or-death fights.

Every tabletop RPG player knows the scenario: you've just completed a dangerous quest and are settling in for a long rest, only for the Game Master to describe something emerging from the shadows, ready to attack your exhausted, wounded party.

That's the core experience of Set A Watch. Originally a board game, it's now coming to Steam, iOS, and Android in digital form. Your task is to defend your campfire against successive waves of enemies, using the brief pauses between assaults to prepare for the next onslaught.

Choose from six unique heroes, assemble your party, and roll dice to resolve challenges, overcome obstacles, and fend off monsters.

Set A Watch brilliantly expands the simple concept of adventurers resting into a hybrid tower defense, strategy, and puzzle RPG. It effectively captures the tension of surviving an extended battle against the dangerous creatures hiding in the woods.

The only downside is that while a Steam page is available, iOS and Android listings and a release date are still pending. Rest assured, we're keeping a close watch on Set A Watch to see what it delivers at launch.

In the meantime, if you're looking for something to play before other exciting releases, explore our picks for the top five new mobile games to try this week.