Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Build a poker-powered hand from the cards of your own soul and bluff, draw, and fight through three gates of a weird-west Purgatory.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Drawing Dead is a solo weird-west card game about an outlaw who wakes in Purgatory after a fatal poker game. A personal deck represents the hero’s soul: cards form poker combinations that power attacks, defenses, movement, and special effects as the player confronts enemies across three escalating gates. New cards and powers reshape the deck during the journey, while limited resources and uncertain draws force careful decisions about when to press a strong hand, hold a useful card, or accept a weaker result to prepare for the next threat.
