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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:

HOTFIX: Broken PDF File
6 months ago – Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 04:53:19 PM

Hi Everyone,

Compressing the PDF file for the core book in the new update has caused some fairly significant visual errors and missing content. I'm working on exporting all files again, which should resolve all errors. 

Please keep an eye out in your inboxes for a new download file with the fixed PDF.

Thank you,
Nora Jean Haynes

Available Now: Prototype PDF Version 1.6 Released & Booster Pack Playtest!!
6 months ago – Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 04:23:26 PM


Hey y'all!

It's that time again for us to show you the updates to the Prototype PDF! We've done a lot of exciting work, but before we go any further, I want to make a few important announcements.

Pledge Manager & Preorder Store to Close in Three Weeks

We're rapidly approaching the final release of Perfect Draw!, and we wanted to make sure you had plenty of time to finalise your Pledge Manager before we close it off. After this three week period, you'll no longer have the chance to edit the name in the credits, modify your pledge, or change your address. Additionally, 13% of people haven't completed their backer survey - if this includes you, then failing to complete the survey in time could result in either your name not being included in the final book or possibly your book not being delivered at all if you made a physical pledge. 

Two weeks from now, when we release the next Prototype PDF, we'll give you another warning - but please be sure to complete your details as soon as possible and update your shipping information if it's likely to change before then. 

With that all said, let's get into the changes you can find in the new version of the Prototype PDF.

Changes in 1.6 of the Prototype PDF

In each update where we release a new version of the Prototype PDF, we'll be including a changelog so you know what you need to check if you've already read through the whole book: 

  • Various typos, formatting, and inconsistencies fixed. 
  • 2 new Guest Encounters have been added. (Millennium Blades and Riley L. Hopkins)
  • 1 new Champion Tier Encounter has been added.
  • Champion Tier and Guest Encounters have had their formatting modified to look more stylish and be more clearly differentiated from the content developed exclusively by Double Summon Games.
  • The "People of Shuffle City" encounter list has been given explainers for each of the categories. 
  • The "Percival Blanchett" NPC Encounter has been removed from the core book and replaced by "Crew of the Black Lotus" to better represent each of the bosses. (Percival will now be a part of the Booster Pack expansion.) 
  • Some effects with {Piercer} have been modified to more appropriately cost them if they're likely to win clashes.  
  • The amount of Advantage and Response Moves you gain in team fights has been updated to better balance encounters.
  • The kinds of effects you can Counter using Response Moves and Counter My Opponent's Play has been further clarified.
  • NPC Playmats and Printable Tokens have been included in the "Printables & Form Fillables" file.
  • A playtest version of the Booster Pack expansion for Perfect Draw! has been added to your download file. (Please note that this will be updated less frequently then the Prototype PDF.)
    • This playtest document includes a test version of:
      • New Keywords
      • 27 New Premade Cards
      • 3 New Playbooks:
        • The Mentor
        • The Other Me
        • The Lovestruck
      • 6 New NPC Encounters (Including three Boss Encounters)

Progress on Perfect Draw!

We're working hard to get Perfect Draw! done and ready for printing in May. Right now we're on track to getting everything done on time and included in the book!

Core Book:
  • Writing, Playtesting, Layout, Art (100% DONE)
  • Guest Encounters:
    • Derek Ehlmann (100% DONE)
    • Riley Hopkins (100% DONE)
    •  Zak Borough (100% DONE)
    • Joseph Rothschild (25%)
    • Millenium Blades (100% DONE)
  • Champion Tier Encounters (90%)

Booster Pack PDF:
  • New Playbooks:
    • The Mentor (80% PLAYTESTING)
    • The Lovestruck (80% PLAYTESTING)
    • The Other Me (80% PLAYTESTING)
    • The Facade (15%)
    • The Crew (10%)
  • Additional Premade Cards (90% PLAYTESTING)
  • Additional New Encounters (70% PLAYTESTING)
  • Three New Card Game Combat Formats (50%)
  • Art for Each Unlocked Playbook (40%)
  • Layout for Booster Pack PDF (0%)

Other:
  • Custom Card Creation App (100% DONE)
  • Print & Play + VTT Assets (90%)

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We hope Perfect Draw! has been as fun for y'all to play as it was for us to make. And I hope that you're as excited as we are for physical books to start being sent out!!

Until next time - thank you all again,
Nora Jean Haynes

Perfect Draw! Prototype PDF - Version 1.5 Released!!
7 months ago – Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 02:45:56 AM

Hey y'all!

I hope you're all having fun with Perfect Draw!. We've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes and while we can't share most of it, a lot of it we can!

PLEASE REMEMBER: If you haven't finished your pledge manager survey yet, please do! You'll only get access to the Prototype PDF once you've completed that survey, and while there's still at least a month or two before we actually start shipping - every backer that does it now makes it easier for us to get production going as smoothly as possible. 

Changes in 1.5 of the Prototype PDF

In each update where we release a new version of the Prototype PDF, we'll be including a changelog so you know what you need to check if you've already read through the whole book:

  • Various typos, formatting, and inconsistencies fixed.
  • Certain NPC encounters have been turned into "boss encounters" and are now two-page spreads.
  • 5 New Champion Tier Encounters added.
  • Some premade cards have had their costing text reworked to be clearer.
  • Some NPC encounters have had their effects renamed or slightly altered for thematic reasons.
  • Player Playmats added to the "Printables" folder

Progress on Perfect Draw!

We're working hard to get Perfect Draw! done and ready for printing in May. Right now we're on track to getting everything done on time and included in the book!

Core Book:
  • Writing, Playtesting, Layout, Art (100% DONE)
  • Guest Encounters:
    • Derek Ehlmann (100% DONE)
    • Riley Hopkins (35%)
    • Zak Borough (100% DONE)
    • Joseph Rothschild (20%)
    • Millenium Blades (60%)
  • Champion Tier Encounters (75%)

Booster Pack PDF:
  • New Playbooks:
    • The Mentor (80%)
    • The Lovestruck (80%)
    • The Other Me (80%)
    • The Facade (15%)
    • The Crew (10%)
  • Additional Premade Cards (90%)
  • Additional New Encounters (70%)
  • Three New Card Game Combat Formats (80%)
  • Art for Each Unlocked Playbook (40%)
  • Layout for Booster Pack PDF (0%)

Other:
  • Custom Card Creation App (100% DONE)
  • Print & Play + VTT Assets (40%)

What Else is Happening in the World of Perfect Draw!

If you compare this update's progress chart with last update, you'll notice that we've made substantial progress on the Champion Tier encounters and Booster Pack content. We're hoping to give you all a preview of the Booster Pack in the next Prototype PDF update, but for now, we can't make any promises. With that said, one thing we can share is the stunning new art by Thunderderder for some of the new playbooks we've been working on. Check out the art for The Mentor and The Other Me here:

I'll also note that we shared the Playmat on the Discord earlier and in response, many fans have been hard at work making some incredibly high quality tools for playing Perfect Draw! in Tabletop Simulator. If you have TTS, this is a great way to play! Check them out here!

Finally, I'd like to remind everyone again that our friends at Level 99 Games have an ongoing Kickstarter for Millennium Blades where you can pick up absolutely anything you could want!



We're a good way through the Millennium Blades crossover encounter, so with any luck we'll be able to share that with you soon before the reprint campaign finishes! In the meantime, I'd like to remind everyone that the team behind Millennium Blades actually made a print and play expansion featuring Elena Guerrero, The Resolved from Perfect Draw! If you have a copy of Millennium Blades you should absolutely print her out, she's a ton of fun and plays in a really unique way.

We'll see you all again in about 2 week's time with another update to the Prototype PDF! Stay safe out there, and I hope your next session of Perfect Draw! is as exciting as it can be,
Nora Jean Haynes

Millenium Blades -Again- Is Live!!!
7 months ago – Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 09:16:52 PM

Hey y'all!

Our friends at Level 99 Games have launched their new Kickstarter for Millennium Blades -Again-! If you're a fan of TCGs, I highly recommend taking this chance to nab the game while it's having a full-scale reprint!



If you haven't heard of Millennium Blades before, I think it's best described as a celebration of Trading Card Games as a whole! During the first stage of the game you'll work to buy packs, trade with other players, and complete collections so you can get your deck ready for the upcoming tournament! Winning means being skilled at creating a good deck, leveraging the meta-game, and having the tactical prowess to know what the best move is at any moment! Overall the game is a joy for anyone with a love for TCGs, and if that's you, I'd be a crime to miss out on this chance - so grab it while you can!



If you've been following along with news about Perfect Draw! you'd also know that the core book is going to include a guest encounter from the Millennium Blades universe! We don't have enough details to share anything for the time being - but keep an eye out during the next couple updates! We'll be sure to share more as soon as we can. 

Thank you all for your time, and stay tuned, because we'll have the next update ready sometime in the next week!
Nora Jean Haynes

Perfect Draw! Prototype PDF - Version 1.4 Released
7 months ago – Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 06:54:37 PM

Hi All! Nora again,

Thank you so much for your patience as we've been working on updating the Prototype PDF. After releasing the first version we've gotten a number of extremely helpful responses! These have included everything from people crawling through the book for typos, to letting us know when something wasn't quite as clear as we'd have liked it to be.

At the same time, me and Iris have been hard at work adding more content to the book and working with guests and champion tier backers to create some of their encounters for the book!

How to get the Prototype PDF

Unlike last time, this version of the prototype PDF will be releasing through the Pledge Manager. So long as you've filled in all of your information, you should get an email with a link to the new Prototype PDF. This has been done mainly to make sure people who pre-order the campaign through our pre-order store can still gain access to the Prototype as were making it.

If you haven't completed your Pledge Manager yet, you should get access to this downloadable file as soon as you complete it.

If you haven't received a link to the Pledge Manager, try the link here. 

Changes in 1.4 of the Prototype PDF

In each update where we release a new version of the Prototype PDF, we'll be including a changelog so you know what you need to check if you've already read through the whole book:

  • Various typos, formatting, and inconsistencies fixed.
  • 4 New Champion Tier Encounters added.
  • 1 New Guest Encounter added.
  • New Sidebar added to "Custom Card Creation" section called "Ribbons & Half-EP"
  • {Activate} special keyword updated so that costing it is easier.
  • Costing text of cards in the Premade Cards section and example cards have been changed to look nicer and be less distracting.
  • Bracketed text in card effect descriptions across the book have been updated to look nicer and be less distracting.
  • Keyword Cheatsheet in the Premade Cards section has been updated to be clearer.
  • {Overwork} keyword has been rewritten to be somewhat clearer.
  • An additional premade card using {Fuse} has been added to the special keywords section.
  • The Turncoat's example deck has been updated to be simpler. Shun Cao's NPC Encounter has been changed to match.
  • The Ally's example deck has been slightly changed to include an invocation and be easier to run.
  • Some playbook abilities have been renamed.
  • Some NPC encounters have had their effects renamed or slightly altered for thematic reasons.

Progress on Perfect Draw!

We're working hard to get Perfect Draw! done and ready for printing in May. Right now we're on track to getting everything done on time and included in the book!

Core Book:
  • Writing, Playtesting, Layout, Art (100% DONE)
  • Guest Encounters:
    • Derek Ehlmann (100% DONE)
    • Riley Hopkins (30%)
    • Zak Borough (100% DONE)
    • Joseph Rothschild (15%)
    • Millenium Blades (5%)
  • Champion Tier Encounters (40%)

Booster Pack PDF:
  • New Playbooks:
    • The Mentor (65%)
    • The Lovestruck (30%)
    • The Other Me (10%)
    • The Facade (10%)
    • The Crew (5%)
  • Additional Premade Cards (70%)
  • Additional New Encounters (70%)
  • Three New Card Game Combat Formats (20%)
  • Art for Each Unlocked Playbook (20%)
  • Layout for Booster Pack PDF (0%)

Other:
  • Custom Card Creation App (100% DONE)
  • Print & Play + VTT Assets (20%)

You can expect to hear from us again in about 2 weeks when we release the next update to the Prototype PDF. 

For now, happy card games and I hope you all have a great week,
Nora Jean Haynes