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Kyratzes' games are known for breaking with convention and being heavily story-driven. Several of his games are thematically interconnected, often by the recurring figure of
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383:Στη σκιά του Αόρατου Βασιλιά (In the Shadow of the Invisible King), (2013) is currently only available in Greek. It takes place in the Lands of Dream.
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282:(2012), a Lands of Dream installment expanding on the feline character it is named for, whom was first introduced in The Book of Living Magic.
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