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Paperback: The Game

68% positive of 69 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Mark Fassett. Published by Fowers Games.

About the game

You are an author trying to finish kitschy paperback novels in this deckbuilding word game. Play against opponents offline or AI.

Tagged by players

  • Word Game
  • Deckbuilding
  • Tabletop
  • Card Game
  • Board Game
  • Asynchronous Multiplayer
  • Romance
  • Hand-drawn
  • Casual
  • PvP
  • Strategy

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    The worst implementation of a digital game I have ever attempted to play. You get shown the 'board' so you can make your word and once you've done that you get taken out of the game, back into the menu page/lobby while the other player takes their turn. Dreadful implementation and it's such a shame because the physical version of the game is so good. Heavily disappointed. Will never play this again.

    22 min played when written. 28 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    a good word game is hard to find. especially one that's done well, not just a good idea executed horribly, like paperback: the game. it's the digital version of a board game I haven't played, but was intrigued because I love word games (and books). online multiplayer doesn't work anymore, only local or against the ai, but they didn't even bother to remove online stuff from the menu, or at the very least add an…

    1.8 h played when written. 16 found it helpful.

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