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Dead Man's Draw reaches Steam, adds new cards, tournaments
Dead Man's Draw, the risk-and-reward card game, has shuffled a deck for Steam users. Dead Man's Draw gathers "new card abilities and player traits" in its transition from mobile, but most importantly, it swaps microtransactions for a one-and-done entry price of $9.99. [Image: Stardock Entertainment]
iOS card game Dead Man's Draw sets sail for free-to-play waters
Critically acclaimed iOS card game Dead Man's Draw enters the realm of free-to-play this week, abandoning a US$1.99 entry fee in favor of the tried-and-true in-app purchase model. The game features strategic elements, but places a good deal of emphasis on simple rules that should maximize the number of casual iOS gamers that can enjoy it. Now that the game is free, existing users may feel a bit ripped off by their early purchase, but Stardock has a fix for that: Anyone who purchased the game prior to its F2P odyssey will be presented with "a generous sum of in-game currency." So if you're a seasoned Dead Man's Draw veteran, check your digital treasure chest for a surprise. [via Joystiq]
Dead Man's Draw goes free-to-play, physical version available via PDF
Developer Stardock has made its risk-and-reward iOS card game, Dead Man's Draw, free-to-play this week. The involved press release states that those who purchased the game at its previous price of $1.99 have been given a "generous sum of in-game currency" as a sign of Stardock's appreciation for their support. In Dead Man's Draw, players end their turn whenever they want to. Getting too greedy can lead to drawing a suit that has already been seen though, which results in losing everything that was gained during that turn. Stopping a turn to bank cards helps avoid a total loss, but different card types call for a bit more strategy. The Hook allows players to play a card from their bank for example, and drawing the Kraken forces a player to take two additional cards. When the deck is depleted, players add up points from the highest valued card they have in each suit, with the greatest total winning the game. Stardock's recent Kickstarter for a physical counterpart of Dead Man's Draw ended about $3,000 shy of its goal on November 9. Instead of canning the project, Stardock posted a PDF of the full card set several days later as a "thank you for everything." If you've got enough apps on your phone, you can instead partake in the local multiplayer experience the developer was hoping to deliver on a commercial level.
Strategic iOS game Dead Man's Draw getting physical card game version
Stardock Entertainment launched a Kickstarter project for its strategy card game Dead Man's Draw today. While the iOS game is already available for $2.59, the developer took to the crowdfunding platform in order to raise $16,500 by November 9 to produce a physical tabletop card game set, which it said is just enough to break even on the project. Dead Man's Draw is based on a mod for Civilization 4 called Fall from Heaven, which was created in 2007 by the head of Stardock Entertainment, Derek Paxton. Paxton added a strategic mini-game to the mod by the name of Somnium, which tasked players with the simple decision of drawing cards from a deck at the risk of losing their entire hand. Dead Man's Draw takes the Somnium mini-game further by adding special abilities and more depth to the risk-versus-reward card game concept. The game includes a number of pirate-themed cards like anchors, mermaids, chests and maps, each with a unique instruction. The project's $5 reward tier grants donors access to a high-resolution printable PDF file of the game's cards, whereas the Stardock-produced card set starts at the $20 tier and is estimated to ship in March 2014.
