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Dead Man's Draw
Dead Man's Draw is a simple and strategic card game of risk and reward for 2 to 4 players. Players take turns drawing cards and combining their special abilities to plunder the most loot without busting their entire hands.
What is Dead Man's Draw
Dead Man's Draw is a simple and strategic card game of risk and reward for 2 to 4 players. Players take turns drawing cards and combining their special abilities to plunder the most loot without busting their entire hands.
The core of your turn in Dead Man’s Draw is all in the flip: pulling the top card off the deck and using its special ability. Your turn isn’t over until you say it is, though. You can keep pulling cards as long as you like – until you play a card of a suit already seen, at which point you lose everything. Knowing when to stop and "bank" your cards is the biggest decision you make in Dead Man’s Draw, but being too timid lets braver opponents pass you up with bigger, more profitable turns.
The cards’ special abilities are key to success in Dead Man’s Draw, and they build off of each other. Each suit in DMD has an effect that the player can target when they flip a card of that suit.
Anchor – Keep everything you drew before the Anchor even if you bust.
Game details
- Players
- 2–4
- Age
- +13
- Duration
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- Light
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2014
- Mechanics
- Push Your Luck · Set Collection · Take That
- Categories
- Card Game · Pirates · Video Game Theme
- Designer
- Derek Paxton · Chris Bray · Leo Li
- Publisher
- Asmodee · Mancalamaro · Hemz Universal Games Co. Ltd. · HeidelBÄR Games
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What the community says about Dead Man's Draw
Fun entry into push your luck games. Easy to get into. Fun abilities and can be enhanced by giving everyone a unique power.
Everything about Dead Man's Draw
How many players is Dead Man's Draw for?
Dead Man's Draw plays with 2–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 15 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 13.
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