Catalyst Game Labs To Publish D&D Dragonfire Deckbuilding Game
April 26, 2017 by deltagamegirl22
Catalyst Game Labs is excited to announce that they will be publishing Dragonfire, a D&D deckbuilding Game, for Wizards of the Coast.
Dragonfire combines the vast lore of the D&D universe with the fast play of a deckbuilding game. Players will choose from several classic fantasy races-from dwarf to elf, half-orc to human, and assume one of the quintessential roles of cleric, rogue, fighter, or wizard.
Equipped with weapons, spells, and magic items, players begin their adventure along the famed Sword Coast, then journey to other Forgotten Realms locales, such as Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter, and Waterdeep, in future expansions. Along the way, they can level up their characters, find additional equipment, learn new feats, and much more.
Dragonfire is built on the award-winning, critically acclaimed Shadowrun: Crossfire game engine. Crossfire’s roots are in Shadowrun, one of the most enduring role-playing settings of all time. Adapting that engine to Dungeons & Dragons is an exciting opportunity to build new ways for players to experience both quick adventures and long-term campaigns in this legendary high-fantasy setting.
When players open a copy at the table, regardless of what they enjoy playing, RPGs, deckbuilder games, or both, they’ll find a complete box of fun.
Will you be having a go at this D&D Deckbuilder?
"Dragonfire combines the vast lore of the D&D universe with the fast play of a deckbuilding game..."
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I hope this won’t be as punishing as Shadowrun! I liked the setting and the system was both fun and easy to learn.. but oh boy was it hard!
I was excited until I saw it was from Catalyst. Having been burned by then in the past and given how many other publishers exist, I will pass.
I really like the sound of this. It seems like Pathfinder Adventure which seemed rather cool but I never got into, and I like the Forgotten Realms which is a plus.
Be interesting to see how this plays and I’ve got a few friends who will be pleased that its difficult @siygess
@brennon Why don’t you grab a copy of Pathfinder next time you are in the studio. The first two core sets have been sitting on the shelf there for years lol. Also, did your friends try Shadowrun? I’ve played it 14 times so far – 4 times solo, 8 times with two players and 2 times with three players and I haven’t beaten it once. Even the LotR LCG core set wasn’t THAT punishing!
I was never that into Shadowrun so didn’t quite get into the card game. I’ll have to try Pathfinder for sure though!
@brennon Me neither – back in the day, you had Amiga vs Atari, Betamax vs VHS and Cyberpunk 2020 vs Shadowrun. I was very much a fan of the former and wasn’t into “Cyberpunk but with elves and magic!”. However, the execution of the HBS Shadowrun games was good enough to finally convince me to look at the Shadowrun RPG and from there, the Shadowrun Crossfire game (although if the card game that spawned from CP 2020 had evolved into something other than Netrunner, I’d probably be playing that instead). The Crossfire game wasn’t necessarily a good example of Catalyst’s… Read more »
a D&D card game looks interesting.
and it is by selling the D&D IP to other companies that Hasbro is making profit off it … Heaven forfend that they actually regularly produce a physical RPG product themselves…. (The operative words here is “regularly” and “physically” ……….. I am all out of “gruntled” when it comes to D&D ……and 5 Ed IS a good game….sigh)