HomeNewsDungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is a warped D&D spin on Blackjack, with an enjoyable demoStick ‘em up
Stick ‘em up
Image credit:Purple Moss Collectors
Image credit:Purple Moss Collectors
There was a time back in my school days when cardgames were all the rage. Everybody had a deck of playing cards in their pocket for cheeky 15 minute rounds of Texas Hold ‘Em between lessons, with Milky Way segments and Niknaks wagered in place of chips. Yes, I’m aware I’m starting to sound like Grandpa Simpson, and no, this wasn’t from some murky era before the invention of videogames. It was the heyday of the Gameboy Advance! I’m not sure what we were thinking. But two things: 1) decks of playing cards are cheaper than game consoles, and 2) part of the fun, possibly, was that nobody really knew how to play the ostensibly well-known cardgames we were playing.
COMING SOON - Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, a blackjack based roguelike deckbuilderWatch on YouTube
COMING SOON - Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, a blackjack based roguelike deckbuilder
It starts much like normal blackjack - you and the other player draw cards, trying to score as high as you can without going over 21. But things escalate rapidly. Aside from standard playing cards, you’ll have to deal with glitched cards, Hall Pass cards, loyalty cards, cards that are worth negative points, Tarot cards, cards that change the victory conditions, swappable business cards and so forth. Based on 15 minutes or so, the fun is digging out every last bizarre addition and seeing how it affects the rules of blackjack, care of a core roguelite loop that breaks play up with trips to the bar and overnight stays at the tavern. I’m interested to discover if there’s a move similar to one of my own killer techniques at school, which consisted of wailing like a banshee and throwing Pogs at the other player’s head.
You canplay the Itch version of D&DG in a browser, or finda slightly bulkier demo on Steamwith some story materials. If this leaves you hungry for weird cardgames, I can only recommendInscryption.
