Daredevil Dwarves
Welcome to the Dark Mines...
This is a press-your-luck game where you draw one card at a time to collect gold and other valuables.
At any point, you can choose to bring your treasure back home safely -- or dig for more and risk losing it all!
Try to collect as many points as possible over 5 rounds.
How deep will you delve for the promise of untold riches?
Good Cards
| Card Type | # Cards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 8 | 1 to 4 pts (2 of each) |
| Silver | 4 | Each is worth more than the last: 2/4/6/8 pts (All 4 = 20 pts) |
| Iron | 9 | If you collect 5 or more in the same round: 20 pts |
| Gem | 2 | Each gem you bring home over the game is worth 3 pts more than the last. (3/6/9/12...) |
| Chest | 1 | Doubles your current score this round. |
Bad Cards
| Card Type | # Cards | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Tremor | 10 - 2 sets of (1,1,2,3,4) | The Cave-In progress meter will advance by the value of each Tremor Card. If you trigger a Cave-In, you lose everything you gained during that round! |
| Demonic Rune | 1 | If this card comes up and you trigger a Cave-In during the same round, The Demon is unleashed, destroying your entire clan! You lose the game with 0 pts! |
End of Game
How did you fare?
| Score | Result |
|---|---|
| 0 | Disgraced Beggar |
| 1 - 49 | Poor Jester |
| 50 - 99 | Middle Class Merchant |
| 100 - 149 | Wealthy Lord / Lady |
| 150 - 199 | Opulent King / Queen |
| 200+ | Immortal Emperor / Empress |
Comments
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It’s really easy, but I really like the concept and the art!
Really fun concept for this jam! 200 points seems ipretty easy to be honest, but maybe I just got beginner's luck :P Would love to see this implemented as a minigame in an open world MMO or something! Well done!
Edit: Yeah I got lucky, 200 is actually diificult
Whew! I triggered the demon the first playthrough and then got 425 points the second time! Are the gems meant to be +3 points across rounds? In my later rounds they were worth 20+ points each, which seemed a little OP (especially when I'd get 2 or 3, and also a treasure chest). But this is a lot of fun, especially since I'm a tabletop creator myself and push-your-luck stuff is my jam. I was gonna make a dice game for this jam myself!
But seriously, well done, especially in just four hours!!! That's freaking amazing, it's a clever game with a good balance!
- ✨Beth
Wow, that's way higher than I got on any of my playtests =)
Yes, the gems are supposed to be +3 across runs. There should only be 2 in the deck per round, so maybe there was a bug.
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it. =)
Oh, yeah it makes total sense for them to continue to grow points when the odds of them coming up are so slim! I either got ridiculously lucky that time or yeah there was a bug. But the first time I was at like 60 or 70 on the third dig when the demon happened, so that score was far lower lol