Grimrock

Attacks also seem to consume some food (since they count as actions), therefore mages seem to need less food in general since they never perform actual attacks and energy regeneration is for free, or am i mistaken? Trouble with protection is, that it only WOULD work against attacks which are guarant...

But putting an archer in front row means that you have to fill the empty spot in the back row with yet another rouge. Having two mages is not much of an option, the spells are to time consuming and proper mage equipment is rare, also you cant risk to have your two main damage dealers running out of ...

I don't think the engine suites any kind of turn based system. Problem is, that a turn based system needs to offer you far more informations about your enviroment and possible moves in order to create a decent challenge. This includes (but is not limited to) 360° view, free targeting for ranged atta...

I don't think explizit communication between levels would be required. Not as long you can simply use hidden rooms with teleporters, presure plates and preplaced rocks. Besides that, puzzles requiring to think across multiple levels aren't such a good idea in terms of level design since you force th...