NEED TO KNOWWhat is it? An immersive RPG with an emphasis on personal note-taking.Release date: Mar 5, 2026Expect to pay: $20/£17Developer: Hannah and Joseph GamesPublisher: Hannah and Joseph GamesReviewed on: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5090 (laptop), 64GB RAMSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Official siteBanquet for Fools’ opening drops me straight in at the deep end, a blood-soaked fight for survival against festival-goers gone mad while I’m surrounded by piles of corpses, given a gentle kiss by… I’m not even sure what that kindly oversized bird-person was, actually, and then shoved three centuries into the future without apology or explanation. After creating my own questing party filled with people and skills that largely reject familiar RPG stereotypes, I’m plunged into a memorably unique land filled with its own imaginative little phrases (“Topa-din!” is a common greeting), and a surprisingly detailed social structure that I haven’t got a hope of grasping yet.It’s about now I realise that “trying to uncover why everyone in the nearby Din Varens settlement have gone missing” and something about “reaching a lighthouse” isn’t as specific as I normally like my RPGs to be. Still, I suppose it would be unreasonable for a quest-giver to supply me and my party of random pub-going guards with details about an unexplained mystery. No problem, I’ll check my quest log.There isn’t one.There isn’t a conversation history tab either. Or a “Go here” marker on the map. There is a notes section, but it’s completely empty. Because I haven’t typed any notes…
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