Malleus isn't complicated. It's ultimately about a 'not-so-friendly' competition between factions to gather as many glowing green rocks as they can- all while begrudgingly working together to survive a nightmarish onslaught of cultists and monsters. It offers a hardcore experience that endeavors to make sure all of its participants collaborate in having fun. It offers rules light mechanics and brutal, harsh combat set in a fantasy world that just barely resembles earth in the 16th Century.