The Soulcaster games are essentially "mobile" tower defense games, combined with minor puzzle elements. You control a wizard who can summon a fixed number of fighters, archers and bombardiers to whatever spot you move to, and they will stay in that spot until you summon them back to you or they die. If they die, they will return to you to and you can summon them again, but there's a small delay and monsters will hunt and corner your nearly defenseless wizard if you're on your own. Your wizard can move freely and you have to make your way through small levels, fighting off the attackers and reaching the exit by surviving all monster waves. There are also shops where you can spend money to upgrade your summoned allies. The games are comparatively short (I think the first Soulcaster can be completed in 1-2 hours?), but they are good games with a great soundtrack.

I'm only really interested in the Soulcaster games, because the trailer for Escape Goat, which is by the same developer, looks ridiculously good.

Meh, the only game that interest me is Gemini Rue, but for that it's not worth the current minimum :S

Good bundle if you missed most of these games, but I'm skipping it. I'd hope with these they can avoid re-releases in main bundles as Desura has plenty of indie games to pick from to put in these.

Hopefully no more often than once a year.

This is my most favourite bundle! Clearly it's meant as a means to aid much needed post-Christmas austerity by blatantly throwing together a 'you've already got these games' bundle and for that I salute them.

The Xmas bundle was pure crap.
This one.. i have already

Nuclear Dawn (pretty shit game - tried it and nope nope waste of time - whats the go putting a MP game in these bundles?)
Defense Grid (very much worth it.... but i have it from before)

Gemini Rue - good game?
Soulcaster 1/2 - comments?.

Bonus Album - might be the reason i actually get the bundle. Listening through the tracks i vaguely remember a few demo's from the past with some of those 8 bit tracks.. neat music...

This is a great bundle for me, since I missed the last IndieRoyale back in April that contained DefenseGrid. I picked up DG from Steam a while ago (back when I still bought stuff from them quite regularly :) ) and loved it. But my kids like it, too. And so I've been wanting it DRM-free for a long time. (Steam is such a pain when you want to share games in your own household -- even though Valve sorta, kinda is OK with that sharing of an account -- supposedly. They don't make it easy.)

When I started playing DefenseGrid a while back, I'd never bothered with "tower defense", but I really, really enjoyed it. I think if you enjoy strategy games, you'll get a kick out of DefenseGrid.

-Justin

Gemini Rue is a rather nice hard-boiled scifi adventure story, if you're into that sort of thing :)

Soulcaster I haven't got into much, but seems fun.
Groupees might show up relatively soon, I don't think they wait a long time between Build-A-Bundle and Bemine bundles.

Why are they redoing bundles? Did that many folks miss them? Most of these games have appeared in multiple other bundles since then.

Well, I went ahead and spent the money I'd put aside for this bundle on the Cat Lady promo instead. So maybe they were doing me and some of the indie devs a favor. If they continue like this, I might even get me some Thomas Was Alone next time! ;)

yeah.. looks like they are targeting gamers who missed out on their previous bundles.. hence the replay bundle .. gamers like me.. I have recently come to know about game bundles.. but I still wouldn't buy it.. was only interested in Nuclear Dawn (got that thanks to Ubivis)

This is what they wrote at the time of release.. clearly explains their intentions

"Replay some of the greatest hits from Indie Royale including Nuclear Dawn, Defense Grid, Gemini Rue and Soulcaster 1+2: http://www.indieroyale.com"

Defense Grid is one of the best Tower Defense games ever created, I'd suggest you snag a copy if you can. With the bonus DLC thrown in (especially You Monster) you're getting quite a value.

Thanks, will checkout a few gameplay videos for the game.. might just buy it in the end :) lets see

Is there a price drop in Indie Royal bundles or some Happy Hours.. never bought one before so no idea about this

No happy hours, price varies by how much people pay on that one, usually the earlier you're in the better.