The new independent study Flaming Fowl Studios , founded by former developers Lionhead, today announced the development of Fable Fortunes , card game in Xbox and PC Heartstone style set in the world of Fable and funded in crowdfunding through a Kickstarter campaign that will start tomorrow.

The game is not produced or supported by Microsoft, but the studio was able to secure from the House of Redmond Fable license usage to gain the title, which was actually already secretly in development at Lionhead by 2014.

The developers explained to IGN, who dedicated a long special in the title, which after the close of the study were able to create the new software company with the aim to continue developing, with the help of funding from the public. The Kickstarter campaign will last for four weeks during which the team hopes to raise 250,000 pounds (about 330,000 Euros), after which it will receive a closed beta for the backers of the campaign and at the end of the year will receive an open beta for Xbox 360 and PC (the only two platforms planned) which will be followed by the release of the game in 2017.

As for the title itself, the concept is similar to that of Heartstone: you choose one of the 8 available characters and, with your own deck of cards, facing enemies led by AI or other players online. Developers count however to improve the formula of the genre in new ways, such as a "single player campaign, 2V2 PVP and co-op battles against the" boss ", a 3D graphics more attractive and especially the unmistakable style and personalities from the world of Fable.

Waiting to find out more we leave you with a video that shows the gameplay of the title and a set of images: enjoy!