Perfect Draw!

Perfect Draw! is a tabletop role-playing game based on the Powered By The Apocalypse  framework that combines Trading Card Games with collaborative storytelling - allowing you to tell stories similar to card game anime like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Masters, and CardFight! Vanguard

In Perfect Draw! you can make any deck you imagine using our open-ended card creation system - then, clash ideals with villains and allies alike in tense card game combat. Your deck is an extension of your beliefs and the blade that allows you to change the world. Use your passion, skill, and friendship to get the upper hand on foes and save the people you care about most!

If you're on the fence, we have a free Quick-Play Demo Kit available here, featuring three pre-made characters and a ready-made campaign.

Inside this PDF you'll find 240+ pages covering everything you need to start telling card game anime stories with your friends. Including:

• Narrative-focused rules designed to create action-packed, character-driven, anime-style stories.
• A guide to our versatile card game combat system that lets players take on risk to pull through on even the toughest fights.
• Three types of custom card creation that make it easy to balance your wildest designs while creating cards quickly in the heat of battle.
• Ten playbooks featuring character archetypes from across card game anime such as The Prodigy, The Destined, The Spirit, and The Idealist.
• An introduction to Shuffle City, our basic setting including campaign inspiration and over 50 premade NPC Encounters.
  (including guest writing by RPG designers and TCG influencers).
• And the detailed Judge's Handbook, featuring tips and advanced rules for anyone running the game.

But you don't have to trust us alone that Perfect Draw! is doing something exciting! A number of players have offered their reviews and testimonials of the game. Then you can check out some Streams and Actual Plays to discover if Perfect Draw! is something that might interest you.

Me and my friends just played our first session of the demo game and we had an absolute blast!! It really surprised us just how well this game manages to emulate the vibe and hype of an actual pre-written Yu-Gi-Oh battle!!!
Earthcivet

Having playtested Perfect Draw!! I can say the game is not only incredibly fun but highly creative and inspiring. Being able to create our own story and decks lets me feel like I'm actually in an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! with my own unique cards! The creativity in this project is staggering and I can hardly wait to play more every chance I get.
Nel_Celestine

As a GM, I really like making NPCs using Perfect Draw! The flexible card creation rules give me enough structure when making cool cards, to ensure they are not too strong, but also enough freedom to make some very fun decks.
Blaze409

Being a longtime TCG fan, Perfect Draw genuinely captured the feeling of a card game anime battle like nothing else I've ever played! Between the wild ups-and-downs, the clutch moments, the grand flourishes and epic defeats, I don't think I've ever played a system that manages to crystallize a vibe so well. It's the sort of thing that could only be made by people with serious passion for its inspirations, and I haven't had more fun in an RPG system in ages.
Strychnine

Not only is Perfect Draw a game I’ve had a ton of fun with, it also fulfills my need for a game I can tinker with between sessions without being an overcomplicated mess. And everyone I’ve shown it to has felt the same.
Abbypringles