I enjoyed this! I liked the mechanics and it had depth and interesting decisionmaking while being very quick to pick up. I found myself wishing there were rewards for defeating enemies, it was satisfying to clear a board but I wanted the game to give me something for it. Against the giant enemy crab I just stormed straight thru and left the rest of the crab being (messed up!!). Also I think I found two bugs, there was one in the first round that left me unable to move up into the final gold square, and then also I think the player character's power may persist between runs.
Fun idea to explore more, nice work!