Dead Man's Draw

Name: Dead Man's Draw
Brand: Games7Days
Price: 20 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 6.44155 (6375 reviews)

A fifteen-minute card duel where greed and a ticking deck decide who walks away with the loot.

👥 2–4 players⏱ approx. 15 min🪄 Rules in 5 min8+

★ 6.4 · BGG #1,482

Who it's for

Players who like their card games short, spiteful, and decided by nerve rather than deep strategy — great for groups that enjoy a bit of table talk and gloating.

Not for you if…

You dislike direct player interaction or high swinginess — a single bad flip (or a well-timed Cannon from an opponent) can undo several turns of good decisions.

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Vibe's take

Quick, tense, and mean in the best way — every flip is a held breath, and watching an opponent's perfect turn get wrecked by your Cannon never gets old.

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About this game

Dead Man's Draw is a fast, wicked press-your-luck card game about looting a shipwreck one flipped card at a time. Every card belongs to a suit with its own special power — steal, double, destroy, or peek — and those powers snowball the longer you dare to keep drawing. Stop too early and you leave loot on the table; stop too late and a repeated suit wipes your whole hand clean.

Press-your-luck card flippingNine chainable suit powersSabotage via steal/destroy effects

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Mechanics

Set Collection Take That Variable Player Powers Push Your Luck

By the numbers

Players

Best at 4 playersWorks with 2–4

Duration

15 min

Ages 8+

Complexity

1.3 / 5 — Very Light

BGG Rating

6.4/10

Rank #1,482

6.4k ratings

Published

2014

Chris Bray, Leo Li, Derek Paxton

Published by

Games7Days, HeidelBÄR Games, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Hemz Universal Games Co. Ltd., Mayday Games, MINDOK, Reflexshop, Stardock Entertainment, Korea Boardgames, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Hobby World, BoardM Factory, Bombyx, Conclave Editora, CSE Games, Mancalamaro, Elznir Games, asmodee