A look at Card Tactics (Game Crafter)

About Card Tactics, from BoardGameGeek:

One day, a Dragon from a faraway place made nest in our land. Chaos soon followed. Danger everywhere. A trio of heroes fought their way through unspeakable dangers to face the creature atop its mountain in a selfless effort to free the land from this menace. Card Tactics is a pocket-sized tactical combat solo card game taking place in a gritty fantasy setting inspired by Tabletop RPGs, Fighting Fantasy books and unforgiving video games. Win five increasingly-difficult combats using chosen heroes. Items and events will add options and unexpected challenges. -description from the designer