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Perfect Draw! A Card Game Anime Roleplaying Game

Created by Double Summon Games

Perfect Draw! is a TTRPG based on Card Game Anime like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duelmasters, and Cardfight! Vanguard. Create any card you can imagine in our open-ended card creation system and use them in action-packed narrative-focused combat!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Perfect Draw! Physical Books are Avaliable to Preorder Now!!
14 days ago – Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 01:19:55 AM

Hi everyone! It's Nora again!

We've been hard at work getting Perfect Draw! ready to ship to backers as well as building up our new projects in the background. We're really excited to get everything into players' hands! With that all said, one of the things we get asked a lot is where people can buy a copy of the physical book now that the crowdfunding campaign is over.

Thankfully for everyone asking that question, our publishing partner - Japanime Games - has opened preorders on their store!!


Please note that the page is still being worked on, but we've been given special permission to share it with you all early for anyone who missed their chance to grab a physical copy! 

Printing Update

The printers are at work getting all of the copies we need printed so we can start shipping things out. 
  • All assets are completely finalized for the softcover and hardcover versions
  • The printers have been paid and are getting to work!
  • Test copies are being confirmed
For the moment it's hard for us to give an exact date due to continued turbulence from global supply chains, but we hope to get it to everyone as soon as possible!

Looking for More Anime Roleplaying?


Our Publishing Partner has recently launched their own anime roleplaying game compatible with Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition and 2024 - An'Imaria. Designed to expand and adapt D&D's core rules to better play with action-anime style stories, they've created an incredible amount of new player options and tools for DMs.

They're only 6 days away from the end of the campaign with only a little bit more until they reach their goal! If you're a fan of 5E's style of play, and want it to be a little bit more anime, then please give them a look!

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Thank you,
Nora Jean Haynes

Announcing our Next Public Playtest: Despair Dilemma
about 2 months ago – Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 03:07:56 PM

Hey everyone!

It's Nora again, and I'm glad to say we have some exciting news! For those who aren't aware, Perfect Draw! started with a public playtest. It's because of this playtest period that we were able to refine the mechanics of the game to what they are today - and in my mind I don't think the game would have been nearly as good without it.

We've been working on a number of projects behind the scenes as work on Perfect Draw! slowed down and moved into the hands of our publishing partner. I'm glad to say that as of today, we're able to open one of these projects to public playtest!

Introducing Despair Dilemma


Despair Dilemma is a TTRPG designed to replicate the Death Game genre you might be familiar with from Danganronpa, Squid Game, and Battle Royale. In these stories, people are forced into life-or-death situations and must fight, scavenge, or argue for the sake of their victory and survival.

This has been a famously difficult genre to represent in a TTRPG, but we've decided to give the game a unique mechanical spin by allowing players to control not only create the characters involved in the Death Game, but also the Narrative Forces that push the game toward its conclusion.

You can learn more about the game and read our first public playtest document by clicking the image above or clicking the link here: https://noorasphere.itch.io/despair-dilemma-playtest

Be sure to  join our Discord server here if you want live updates about Despair Dilemma or want to give some feedback directly to us in a place we frequent. 

Printing Update for Perfect Draw!

The printing process is going fantastically and with any luck we'll have a shipping estimate available for you all by the next update. Since we last time we gave a printing update we've:
  • Gotten the first test prints made.
  • Finalized the cover assets for the final print size.
  • Updated a significant number of graphics for visibility in the final print version.
I'm also glad to say that after talking with the printing team, we were able to organise head/tail bands to be added to each of the hardcover copies of Perfect Draw!. This addition makes the book a little more tough and lasts a lot longer then it may have without it. 

We're really excited to get physical books in your hands as soon as possible - thank you all so much for your patience.

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Thank you all so much and I hope to see your thoughts on Despair Dilemma soon!
Nora Jean Haynes

The Booster Pack is Out & Core Book Updates
3 months ago – Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 06:16:13 PM

Hi Y'all!

If you've been keeping up with the Discord or Itch.io pages for Perfect Draw! then you've already seen some fairly exciting news. But while we'll get to discussing that in a moment - we have something else we need to announce first!

The Booster Pack is Out!!


After months of hard work, we've finally reached the point where we feel The Booster Pack is ready for release! If you're a backer, then you can follow the link here to unlock your copy of the Booster Pack: https://noorasphere.itch.io/the-booster-pack-a-perfect-draw-expansion/backer-access

Remember that your Itch account needs to use the same email address as the email you used for Backerkit (this may include capitalisation). Alternatively, you should receive an email soon with a digital download copy of the Booster Pack.

Because the Booster Pack has no physical version at the time being, there is a chance that we'll update it in the future if any significant issues are found with either formatting or further testing. Keep an eye out by following the Itch page. 

Thank you all so much for your support, and I'm excited to see what stories you make together in your games. 

We've Updated the Core Book PDF!!


Since we had the opportunity to get colour assets thanks to our Publishing Partner, we took this opportunity to update the PDF copies of Perfect Draw! to include the colour cover and some additional minor fixes we made to the book ready for the publishing. 

If you've already read through the book, there isn't anything new that you'll need to worry about - but if you haven't had the chance yet, the new cover looks fantastic!

We've Updated the Quick-Play Demo Kit!!


Since we were already updating the main book, we decided to update the Demo Kit so that the wording and text of everything reflects the final product. This means that there are no longer any inconsistencies between the rulings in the Core Book and the Demo Kit! This does mean some of the encounters have gotten a little stronger in line with our testing, but we believe in your players to overcome whatever challenge lies before them. 

You can Now Publish Your Own Perfect Draw! Expansions

As a final exciting announcement, we've created a Creative Commons License for Perfect Draw!. In the new version of the free resources download, you can find a PDF with all the rules you'll need to make content for our game! This document isn't intended as a way to learn how to play, but includes the core rules and examples of custom gameplay elements - all open for commercial use so long as you credit us as the creators of the game. We're incredibly excited to see what people make, and we'd love to hear about your projects on our Discord. 

Additionally, we've opened the Demo Kit to non-commercial use, so you can share with friends and make resources using the content in the book however you like!

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Thank you all so much,
Nora Jean Haynes

Booster Pack Version 0.6 & Printing Update
3 months ago – Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 10:05:40 PM

Hi All! Nora again!

While you may have heard from previous updates that we were having some difficulty due to illness and communications issues with our printers, I'm glad to say that we're Ready to Start Printing! That doesn't mean you'll be getting your books immediately, as there's still time we need to spend ensuring the physical books meet the standards we expect - but it does mean things are finally happening and we should be able to get everything on track soon enough. Thank you all so much for your patience - this project went above and beyond what we imagined and it's been an incredible journey to have with you all.

PLEASE NOTE: To ensure shipping goes smoothly, we do need backers who failed to charge their cards for shipping to work with us to get things completed and let us lock addresses. We're aware that some banks in the USA (and likely other locations) have locked card charging for locations in Australia due to some recent scams, and this has caused some difficulties. There are currently 62 backers whose cards failed to charge for shipping, if that looks like it was you, please get in touch with me at the following email: [email protected]. I'll work with you to resolve this problem as soon as we can.

Changes in v0.6 of the Booster Pack

With any luck, this very well may be the last update before releasing the booster pack completely to the public on Itch.io.



This version of the PDF is almost completely finished in its formatting - all we have left to do is check for errors, create some additional appendixes, and tertiary files like form fill-able playbooks. 
  • Various typos, formatting, and inconsistencies fixed.  
  • Booster Pack content has been formatted in the style of the core book.
  • Logo and cover designs have been made for the Booster Pack.
  • Some content has been shortened to better fit the page size of the Booster Pack. 
  • Some additional bridging text has been created to better link segments of the Booster Pack.

What's Next for Double Summon Games?

While we want to focus on getting the physical copies of Perfect Draw! shipped and the Booster Pack completed, myself and Iris have been working on a number of exciting future projects that we'll hopefully be announcing soon. I won't go into more for now, but we'll be opening a public testing period for our next project some time soon when design work related to the Booster Pack is 100% complete!

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Thank you for your time,
Nora Haynes

Booster Pack Version 0.5 & Physical Book Update
4 months ago – Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 09:17:54 PM

Hi All!

While we said previously that we'd be taking a month between each Booster Pack update, due to some great work from playtesters and some faster then expected problem resolutions - we've been able to get everything ready a week earlier!

Before we get into that however, we wanted to give you all a short update on the situation regarding physical copies of Perfect Draw!.

Physical Copies Update

When we first started this crowdfunding campaign, we didn't expect to see nearly as much support as we did - so printing the physical books has been significantly more of an adventure then we expected. Our publishing partner is working hard to get everything going as soon as possible, but we're still facing delays from the printers due to material shortages. This makes it hard for us to give an exact estimate when you'll all get your books.

With that said, we do have a rather exciting update regarding the physical books that was impossible until we started working with Japanime Games. With the time we gained from the delays, we decided to spend some resources and get some of the incredible art Thunderderder made for the game coloured. This means that all physical copies of Perfect Draw! are going to be upgraded with a colour cover!!



We'll be updating the PDF version some time in the future with these assets, but that will likely happen some time further in the future after the physical books have shipped.

Charging Cards

With this all said, printing for Perfect Draw! is on its way, and that means we'll soon have to Charge Cards for Shipping Expenses. We'll be beginning this process starting in a few days so backers have time to update their cards if there are any issues. If you expect any issues or want to make any final changes to your shipping addresses, please get them resolved as soon as you can to make sure your book gets to you smoothly. 

Changes in v0.5 of the Booster Pack

I'm excited to say that this is version of the Booster Pack is not only Content Complete, but is also The Last Version Before We Start Formatting. That means that next update you see should be at least partially formatted in a way similar to the the Core Book. With that all said, the changes present in the newest version of the Booster Pack are: 

  • Various typos, formatting, and inconsistencies fixed.  
  • New "bridging copy" added at the start of the PDF and certain sections.
  • "Roleplaying the" and "Running the" sections added for all 5 of the new playbooks.
  • Momentum Rules have been updated to be more exciting and have more back-and-forth.

How About a Review?

If you've been enjoying Perfect Draw! we would love if you spent some time to give it a review on Itch. Every review we receive helps the game get seen by more people and makes it easier for us to plan future content for the game. We've already received a number of heartwarming reviews and comments - but if we can keep that up, Perfect Draw! could mark its place in the TTRPG landscape.

If you have a review or comment you'd like to make, you can do so at the Itch.io page here!

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Thank you all for your time,
Nora Haynes