⚽ Dugouts & Dragons 🐲

Putting the "fantasy" back into fantasy football.

Dugouts & Dragons is a turn-based, D20-powered strategy card game for the nerdy sports fan. Assemble a team of mythical creatures and football legends, outwit your opponent, roll the dice, and lead your club to glory!

Discord available at:  https://discord.gg/XUEWsBkwB

Twitter: https://x.com/DugoutsDragons

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🃏 Build your dream team

Discover a curated collection of over 900 unique player cards inspired by football history and mythology. From the classic football "Fanzine" style of the English leagues to the ancient "Pompeii Fresco" style of Serie Novanta.

Players have distinct roles (Sweeper, Poacher, Wizard), nationalities, and races. Lead your club on a single-player World Tour, facing off against 40 teams across 4 leagues of increasing difficulty—including brand new National Boss Teams like a squad of literal lions ("66 Lions") and the glowing Roman Gods of "Il Pantheon".

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🧠 Manage Your Way: Play, Watch, or Skip

You decide how much control you want. Play every ball yourself in a deep tactical showdown, or take a step back and focus on the strategy.

• 🎮 Manual Control: Choose every Action (Run, Pass, Shoot) and roll the dice yourself.
• 🧠 Smart Hand Sorting: The UI now automatically highlights your best cards for passing, shooting, or tackling depending on the match context, eliminating the mental math.
• 👔 Assistant Manager (Auto-Play): Delegate the match to the AI! Watch your team execute your tactics in real-time while you shout from the touchline. Take back control whenever you want.
• ⏩ Instant Result: Short on time? Skip straight to the final whistle. Perfect for blitzing through a season to open more packs and upgrade your squad.

The formula is simple: (D20 Roll + Player Level + Traits). The depth comes from building a team that can win on its own.

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📱 Play anywhere, cross-platform

Optimized for mobile browsers. Your gameplay is saved across sessions, allowing for casual pick-up-and-play. Sign in to secure your club and manage your squad across multiple devices.

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🚀 The "Legends" Update is LIVE! (v0.10)

I Need Your Feedback! This game is built by a solo developer, and I am actively listening to the community. Based on player feedback, I've completely overhauled the onboarding and strategy layers of the game.

New in the latest update:

• 🎓 Guided Tutorial: A brand new, interactive first match that teaches you the ropes step-by-step.
• 👑 Legendary Bosses: Face off against massive end-of-league boss teams.
• ✨ Quality of Life: Open all packs instantly, automatically level up duplicate players, save multiple lineups, and see dynamic in-match stat modifiers.

Jump in and let me know what you think via the in-game feedback tool or the comments below!

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🎨 A Note on the Artwork

My goal is to create a thematic and unique world for you to explore.

To create the player cards, I use a hybrid toolkit. This involves using modern AI tools to help generate a consistent base, which I then manually edit and touch up in Gimp. This process is the only way I can deliver this much content as a solo dev, and I'm still learning and refining it.

Thanks for being part of the journey and bearing with me as it evolves! 🙌