Handy Brawl - an epic, solo, print and play, in-hand card management game.
Fully deterministic - shuffle once during setup and the rest is up to you (although I can’t predict more than 5 moves)! Great replayability - lots of possible openings for the same monster-hero pairs. If you’re bored, change your Hero, Monster or both and have a completely different experience! Minimal requirements, great depth - each playthrough features only 9 card, but those 9 cards will give you a headache! No dexterity elements required - all you need to do is keep 9 cards in a stack, so as they don’t fall on the ground, bonus points for being able to fan them! Well-thought saving mechanism - just stop at any time and put the cards as they are in your pocket or wallet! Quick - a single game can take you as little as 5 minutes (if you don’t want to win)! Great graphics design and arts (non-existent yet)! Story-rich - break skulls, set traps and kill powerful foes. Personal experience depends on your (lack) of imagination! Designed with heart - heart of vampire pierced with an aspen stake!
—description from the designer
The game was designed as an entry for 2022 In-Hand Game Design Contest and placed highly in following categories:
1ï¸â£st in Best Overall Solitaire Game 1ï¸â£st in Ease of Holding 2ï¸â£nd in Best Rule Book 3ï¸â£rd in Most Innovative Mechanic 5ï¸â£th in Best Use of Theme 6ï¸â£th in Best Artwork and Graphic Design 6ï¸â£th in Best Low Ink Printing 8ï¸â£th in Best Graphic Design for Visually Impaired Players