Version 2.1.3 is now available. This is a small but important fix for the issue that was causing games to stop advancing.

Version 2.1.2 is here with some fixes for a few bugs. Most of these are fixed thanks to reports sent in by you, our players. This new version is not compatible for network play with previous versions due to the nature of a couple of these fixes.

Bugs fixed in version 2.1.2:

• Gameplay no longer gets stuck when taking an advantage that adds its fate cost as damage/clues to a target when that target is no longer on the board. For example, Marcone's New Deal in Battle Ground no longer causes the game to get stuck when Steal the Eye of Balor has already been solved.
• Corrected the fate calculations on cards with Fate rolls when both Molly Carpenter and River Shoulders use their talents to adjust the cost.
• The "Try Again" button on the defeat screen in multiplayer network games should now work correctly when the game's host uses it before all the other players have disconnected.
• Spectacled Sasquatch no longer occasionally causes the game to stop advancing. This was primarily seen in multiplayer, with the players other than River Shoulders getting stuck.
• Corrected the error in the text of the "Marcone's New Deal" card. The card had an extra "the" in the card text.
• The controller disconnected dialog now dismisses properly after reconnecting controllers if it comes up during a turn change in the tutorial.

Release notes for version 2.1.1

• River Shoulders' "Spectacled Sasquatch" talent no longer causes the game to get stuck when the prompt is declined.
• The "Winter's Banner" card in Battle Ground no longer causes the game to get stuck when the current player / Harry have either 0 or 1 cards in their hand.
• The "German Warlocks" card in Side Jobs no longer causes the game to get stuck if the players have fewer than a combined total of 3 cards in their hands.
• The "Ethniu's Will" card in Battle Ground no longer causes the game to get stuck if it triggers an accidental showdown.

• DualSense controllers now display the correct controller buttons.
• LAN discovery on the Steam Deck works much better and no longer occasionally locks up the app on exiting the screen / game.
• Improved navigation with game controllers, especially in the options screens. The Hidden Achievement account login is now a pop-up dialog instead of integrated into the Network screen so it doesn't steal controller navigation input on the screen.
• The backspace key no longer closes the bug reporting dialog.
• Several text fields that were set to a maximum size of 0 now have a sane maximum. Other platforms treated 0 as unlimited, while the Steam virtual keyboard interprets 0 as 0 and was preventing input in those fields.

The Faithful Friends expansion to the Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game is now available. The most anticipated additions in this new expansion are the book decks for Harry's most recent case files: Peace Talks and Battle Ground. In addition to the usual cases, foes, obstacles, and advantages in the previous decks, these new decks come with new game mechanics in the form of Crisis and Key cards. Crisis cards are both foes to defeat and cases to solve, while Key cards act as both obstacles and advantages. To help with the new challenges Harry will have to face, River Shoulders joins the existing companions in the form of a new character deck, while Waldo Butters gets an upgrade in a new variant deck as Sir Waldo.

The Spectacled Sasquatch

There Is No Try

A small update, but an important one for the Steam Deck. This one is so small that we didn't even change the version number: * Updated text entry boxes to activate the software keyboard on Steam Deck and in Big Picture mode

This small update fixes an issue with checking expansion ownership on macOS. Internally it includes an update to the latest version of the Steam API on all platforms.

Update 2.0.7 contains a few minor fixes and improvements. As always, we appreciate the bug reports you send in that help us track down any issues you run into while playing. The fixes in this update, In no particular order:

• Fix several instances where a player might be prompted to pick a player to discard, pick a card to discard, or pick a player to draw cards during the showdown.
• Remove the WASD, Q, and E keys from keyboard navigation. They were unnecessary and this was causing problems with some text input fields. You can still navigate using arrow keys.
• Change the hotkey for opening the menu to Menu key instead of the backquote key.
• Fixed the handling of 'Shift Left' and 'Shift Right' to also support 'Previous Field' and 'Next Field' controls, so tab/shift-tab can move through fields properly.
• Fixed a crash that was occurring when using game controller bumper buttons on the Showdown screen.
• Made slight adjustments to button sprite offsets for controllers so they are more consistent across different types of controllers..
• The card selection indicator should now be properly hidden in the moments after a card is played.
• Using Winter Lady Molly's "Power of the Lady" talent to modify the die roll on one of Susan Rodriguez's infected card rolls will no longer lock up the game.
• Thickened up the outline on left/right text toggles.
• If "Alphas to the Rescue" defeats a foe when another foe is in the next column, the next foe will now correctly also receive hits.
• Removed the 'onward' button when from the game type selection screen. It was unnecessary and confusing.
• There is now an optional "Utility" button on the character selection dialog, which can be used to preview discards, or other (known) information. Implemented this for Ra's Imbued Fire when selecting a character to draw from discards and other cards that draw from discards.
• Don't let the player resign while showing the setup sequence. This should prevent some issues with getting stuck in pre-game planning that sometimes occurs after a redeal in solitaire games.
• The focus indicator when using controllers or keyboard navigation is now blingy and beautiful, and a lot more visible.
• "Try Again" after a defeat now works correctly when playing with more than two players in a hotseat game.

Version 2.0.6 is here. This update includes a number of bug fixes and some minor UI improvements.

• A player can only draw cards if their draw pile isn't empty. Discards are no longer reshuffled into the draw pile.
• When drawing cards, only draw as many as are available in the draw pile.
• When prompting to pick a character to draw cards, filter out characters with no cards in their draw pile.
• Defeat screen: fix bug with try again button not triggering.
• The 'bug report' and 'dice test' option descriptions are no longer swapped.
• The control to toggle the "don't show this again" option on the book synopsis now also works to turn the toggle off as well as on.
• Dragging cards when viewing zoomed cards now shows the card being dragged when the table is set to use low-detail cards.
• Bugfix: viewing the next or previous zoomed card when the table is set to use low-detail cards now works correctly.
• Numerous fixes to when the current selection indicator is displayed.
• Fullscreen resolution options can now be selected with mouse clicks.
• Achievement and dice roll stats are included in bug reports.
• Consult with Vaderrung now works correctly with game controllers.
• Mouse's Foo Dog can only be used if at least one player can discard and at least one player can draw cards.
• Mouse's Foo Dog will now only allow selecting players to draw cards that actually have cards in their draw pile.
• Timely Assist only allows selecting characters who have cards remaining in their draw pile.
• Timely Assist can only be played if someone has cards in their draw pile.
• The character selection dialog can no longer be canceled with esc/gamepad in instances where selection is required.
• Moving to the next/previous section in the options with a keyboard now uses Q/E instead of TAB/Shift-TAB as hotkeys, so it doesn't conflict with advancing to the next field.
• Added an indicator on the table for the number cards in each player's draw pile.
• Type-in boxes in Options should now have more robust cross-platform UX.
• Join/Host online games show the correct remote player selections when first starting up.
• In a 2-player networked game, the guest players also see their hand cards during pre-game planning.
• Fixed the layout for the Book Synopsis Dialog on narrow screens.
• In a 2-player network game, the card that was just played/discarded for fate is removed from the table correctly at the time of play instead of waiting to update until that player's next turn.
• When using low-detail cards on the table, cards now zoom in and out using the correct sorting order.
• The selection indicator should no longer show up when viewing defeated foes / solved cases and not using a game controller.
• Updated the character selection dialog so it doesn't look like characters are selected when they aren't.
• Join Private Game and LAN Games screens should now have tab navigation of fields.
• Fixed a typo in the name for selecting French language. It now reads Franais instead of "Franias"
• Improved the responsiveness when entering the direct connect server address.

In version 2.0.3 we've added some frequently requested features from our backlog to go with the regular fixes. Version 2.0.3 is generally compatible for network play with all the version 2.0 updates.

• At the start of games, you can now read the cover synopsis from the book.
• After being defeated during a game, a Try Again button is available to replay the scenario with the same character and book selections. Network multiplayer games don't automatically reconnect players with this feature (yet).
• We added a new alternative RNG option in the settings for solitaire / hotseat games for those who feel like the current RNG is being unfair. This is not yet available in network games.
• During game setup, the book deck selection has a quick summary of the cards in the book similar to character selection.
• When you zoom in to get a closer view of cards in your hand or on the table, the entire hand or row of cards will zoom in, allowing you to quickly browse through them at higher detail.

• The button to view the log on the victory and defeat screens works once again.
• Turned off the selection indicator for game controller in a number of places when a gamepad isn't in use.
• The missing final step in the tutorial was added back in so it no longer feels like it ends abruptly.
• Susan's Infected variant is no longer incorrectly modified by Running on Fumes in Side Jobs.
• The pre-game planning state should be less prone to getting stuck when Harry's player starts the game while the other players are examining the board. Other players now have to explicitly press the start button after Harry does to advance to the game.
• The dialogs when a player disconnects from multiplayer has a new style matching the rest of the UI.
• The table of contents in the Manual works a little better.
• Game controllers work better when trying to find Steam games.
• "The Ways" in Side Jobs now works properly when using a game controller.
• Some options now have extended descriptions to explain what they do - mostly this is for explaining game difficulty options.
• Obstacles that are highlighted because they might affect a card being played are no longer able to be selected as the target of that play if they are out of range.
• Ambient background audio correctly uses the ambient volume setting when a new track starts.
• Added a new confirmation before starting solitaire / hotseat games to help prevent accidentally move to the game stage before finishing character selection.
• Luccio's Pyromantic Precision and Strategy cards can now be discarded correctly when using a game controller.
• Resigning a game after meeting the victory conditions are tracked as a victory instead of as a loss.
• When a game starts, the Showdown card for the book is now displayed to make it more apparent that the Showdown rules are different for each book.
• The tutorial has some new additions to help explain the Showdown.
• It is now possible to select cards that are not part of the current action during the Showdown for side effects like adding a Clue to a Case or a Hit to a Foe.

Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game version 2.0.0 is now available! This update comes with some major improvements to the UI when creating games. You can also now play using a game controller. In addition to those major new features, the update also includes fixes for several gameplay bugs and some smaller new features. New features and bugs fixed:

• The Cases/Foes folders now open up a view to browse the solved Cases / defeated Foes.
• Re-deal now works correctly with Side Jobs, and when the random option for Harry is selected.
• Fixed some cases where defeating a Foe using Kincaid's Cover Fire talent was not correctly triggering the defeated Foe's card effect.
• Ra can no longer pick a card from either row when using Scorched Earth when one row has an obstacle at shorter range than the other.
• "Smells Like A Trap" now correctly removes Hits from Foes in all cases where it should.
• Cards that modify the Fate cost to play a card no longer incorrectly affect other Fate rolls.
• Rapidly zooming in/out on a card will no longer shrink the card until it vanishes.
• Better notifications when network games are disconnected.
• The game no longer gets stuck in the tutorial on very high-performance systems.
• Some Russian language strings now fit in the UI better.
• The game will no longer try to resume a previous a solitaire game when settings are set up for multiplayer.
• New dialog for selecting multiple target characters, as with Beer At Mac's.
• The next player cover screen now prevents clicking through to the cards underneath.

We just made version 2.0.0 available in the beta branch on Steam to get some additional feedback as we're getting ready to make it live. The big changes in this update that we'd like more people to check out:

• Added support for game controllers and keyboard navigation
• Substantially changed the UI for setting up games

We have an update currently in testing to support macOS 10.15 (Catalina). There are no other significant changes in the update, though it did include an update to the latest engine version which might have side effects on Windows and Linux that we haven't noticed yet. Please give it a try in the beta branch and let us know if you find any new problems. We want to give this build a week or so of testing before we make it the new official release.

This update fixes a few bugs that have been reported to us since our last updated. Thanks again to those who sent in the reports that helped us track these down! Clicking to dismiss the turn change notification no longer selects a card underneath The Mothers now prompts correctly to move obstacles when the only obstacle is in the lower row Ra can no longer pick an obstacle from either row for his overcome card that should only work on the obstacle at shortest range Side effects of foes defeated by Kincaid's "Cover Fire" talent are now applied correctly Unswayed by Temptation and other 'target and adjacent-that-is-not-the-same-type-as-the-action-target' cards now log their secondary targets Effects that adding 1 hit to each foe or 1 clue to each case now properly affect all foes/cases when it defeats the previous foe/case in a row Re-deal now works correctly when set to random character selection

Update 1.2.3 is primarily a bugfix release. Most of these fixes are the result of bugs reported through the in-game bug reporting tool. We really appreciate everyone who has submitted bug reports - it helps tremendously in tracking them down and fixing them. Fixed an issue with reporting bugs while in the tutorial. Cascade effects that remove cards that are targets of the current action no longer cause the game to get stuck. A version of the debug dice roller is available in the options under "Other" Fixed the animation speed slider to never go all the way to 0, so cards still animate. This prevents them from occasionally getting stuck. Pre-turn effects are no longer run when restarting a player's turn after they cancel stunt use. Prevents Soul Train from advancing if Winter Knight Harry cancels his stunt. Mouse's shop page is fixed to show Harry/Susan's extra cards instead of saying Molly/Harry. The game no longer gets stuck when prompting a player to move cards while there are no available cards to move. Damage from a couple of cards that affect adjacent targets is now correctly applied as if the additional targets are primary targets and not side effects. Targets that cannot be affected by the current action are no longer included in prompts to remove cards.

We've just released version 1.2.2. This version includes an assortment of bug fixes:

• Kincaid's Isolate & Eliminate can now be played when the only Foe with Hits is the first Foe in the order Foes are searched
• Lash's Gift should no longer get stuck when prompting to discard a card.
• Card effects that require more than one discard no longer get stuck when there aren't enough cards in that player's hand.
• Obstacle and Advantage cards are no longer treated as cards with no Hits/Clues when determining if Winter Knight Harry can use his Mantle of Winter talent.
• Remote players in a network game no longer get stuck when Harry declines to discard a card when prompted to do so after playing Lash's Gift
• The "Running on Fumes" obstacle in Side Jobs no longer modifies the die roll for additional clues on Susan's "Pen Is Mightier"
• Kincaid's Tripwire can no longer be used on Foes at range >1 in the secondary row when "Lost In Undertown" is active.
• Winter Knight Harry will no longer appear in the tutorial after being used in a solitaire game.
• A few cases where Winter Lady Molly using Power of the Lady to modify a die roll was adding the modified roll to the original are now replacing the roll correctly .
• A number of instances where resuming a game could cause the game to break are now fixed. One of those was if the game was paused/resumed during the selection of a draw or draw from discard.
• The game log is now saved and restored when a game is resumed.
• Added some protection against double-clicking the discard button triggering a double discard of the same card.
• The bug reporter now provides feedback after a bug report is finished submitting or fails to submit. It also now clears out the description area on success to help prevent duplicate reports.
• In a multiplayer game, only the active player is prompted for the card swap as part of Isolate & Eliminate.
• Ra is no longer prompted for Imbued Fire when no other player has non-infinite range attack cards in their discard pile.
• Added some game logs for cards that add Fate Points.
• On the shop page, Helping Hands now correctly shows that it includes "Small Favor" rather than incorrectly showing "Proven Guilty"
• The wrong card will no longer be discarded in some cases when in a 2-player game.
• Delayed the early victory announcement until after the rest of the turn's actions have run.

We've just released Expansion 5, Winter Schemes! This expansion adds new full-deck replacement characters for the Winter Court versions of Harry and Molly, and the decks for the Cold Days and Skin Games books.

We just released version 1.2.1 build to address a few issues that came up since we released 1.2.0. We wanted to get this out quickly, since a couple of the bugs affected multiplayer game setup. Details:

• Setting up games with 3+ players using Steam networking should now work correctly. It was trying to access the double character slot for one of the players.
• We fixed the bug that caused the game to not recognize any DLC because we hadn't set the Winter Schemes expansion as "Coming Soon" yet, so it won't happen for any possible future expansions. (And no, there aren't more any currently under development for the digital version of the game at the moment beyond Winter Schemes)
• Using Molly or Mouse's stunt in multiplayer over Steam networking should now work correctly. The game wasn't decoding that message correctly.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the client that started a game in online play mode to sometimes disconnect when the game was started.
• Kincaid's Isolate & Eliminate card can no longer be used when there aren't both a valid target and a valid Foe to swap with on the table
• Solitaire game setup now remembers that you selected a random book instead of getting set to the book that was randomly selected.

Version 1.2.0 is now available. The major change in this update is the addition of Expansion 4: Dead Ends. Full release notes:

• Expansion 4: Dead Ends, including decks for Jared Kincaid, Mortimer Lindquist, Changes, and Ghost Story.
• An entirely updated Online network mode, which uses a common server instead of requiring a direct connection between guests and the host device. This mode is intended to eliminate a number of problems with playing multiplayer over a network.
• The character selection interface is improved, and now works like the book selection interface.
• Multiplayer game setup screens are cleaner, and now show the book and game settings.
• A new "news" system now displays news on the start menu screen.
• An icon will now show up on the start screen when your Hidden Achievement account login times out.
• Game log now includes additional actions, including logging when a player passes their turn.
• Zooming the table talent card will show the correct side of the card when one of the Carpenters has activated their talent.
• Restoring the game now works properly in some cases where it wasn't before.
• When Molly Carpenter is prompted to modify a roll, the interface now shows the card with the roll being modified.
• Molly Carpenter can now modify Susan's "Infected" variant card rolls when they're teamed up in a 2-player game.
• The Tutorial no longer gets stuck after taking the "Beer at Mac's" advantage when the "Extra Card" option has been enabled for solitaire play.
• A number of cases where the game would get stuck when causing another player to discard have been fixed.
• The fate cost of a card that is discarded due to a failed range roll now includes any obstacles that modify the cost.
• Some more splash messages can be dismissed with a tap/click.
• Audio should loop properly now when a track ends.
• Molly can now borrow Harry's "Blasting Rod" stunt to attack targets that Harry was prevented from attacking himself.
• Resizing the window when playing in windowed mode on desktop now works much better.

Version 1.1.0 is now out. This update brings Hank Walker, Alias: Ra from the Sentinels of the Multiverse as a new expansion to the game. The Hank Walker, Alias: Ra deck was one of the expansions that was originally opened up as part of the Kickstarter campaign for the tabletop version of the game. In addition to the new expansion, this version also includes a number of fixes and improvements:

• Added a few missing inbound and outbound markers.
• Susan's 'The Beast Within' no longer fails if it is the last card in Susan's hand when she rolls a - during play.
• Corrected a typo in Thomas' Misdirect Card
• The Back button on the Join Direct Game screen now works again.
• Scrollbars now have a consistent appearance in the Manual.
• The port field for direct network games now displays correctly.
• Action card dice rolls are now more obviously announced.
• It is now possible to cancel out of the login process when being prompted for a 2FA code.
• Add UI to request 2FA code via email.
• Fixed a number of cases where the game would think a card was zoomed and block further progression.
• Fixed the default animation speed. Tutorial now always uses default.
• Stats now format correctly when they have more than 2 digits.
• When viewing targets for an action card, more of the possible modifier cards on the board now are highlighted.
• It is no longer possible to play cards when an obstacle causes insufficient fate. This fixes bugs with Morgan Is Watching (Storm Front) and Charity's Distrust (Proven Guilty) allowing actions when exactly the correct amount of fate is available before the obstacle effect.
• The showdown triggers correctly when caused by Harry's "Insulting Costume" variant.
• Enchanted duster now adds the correct damage to a target.
• Added a link to Shannon Applecline's Strategy Guide on the Evil Hat site from the GUIDE section of the main menu.
• Table Talk Mode options are now available when setting up Hotseat games.
• Added a new solitaire difficulty option to give each character an extra card, making it the equivalent of a 3-player pass-and-play game.
• The expansion shop screen is now paged instead of scrollable.

Version 1.1.0 is now out. This update brings Hank Walker, Alias: Ra from the Sentinels of the Multiverse as a new expansion to the game. The Hank Walker, Alias: Ra deck was one of the expansions that was originally opened up as part of the Kickstarter campaign for the tabletop version of the game. In addition to the new expansion, this version also includes a number of fixes and improvements:

• Added a few missing inbound and outbound markers.
• Susan's 'The Beast Within' no longer fails if it is the last card in Susan's hand when she rolls a - during play.
• Corrected a typo in Thomas' Misdirect Card
• The Back button on the Join Direct Game screen now works again.
• Scrollbars now have a consistent appearance in the Manual.
• The port field for direct network games now displays correctly.
• Action card dice rolls are now more obviously announced.
• It is now possible to cancel out of the login process when being prompted for a 2FA code.
• Add UI to request 2FA code via email.
• Fixed a number of cases where the game would think a card was zoomed and block further progression.
• Fixed the default animation speed. Tutorial now always uses default.
• Stats now format correctly when they have more than 2 digits.
• When viewing targets for an action card, more of the possible modifier cards on the board now are highlighted.
• It is no longer possible to play cards when an obstacle causes insufficient fate. This fixes bugs with Morgan Is Watching (Storm Front) and Charity's Distrust (Proven Guilty) allowing actions when exactly the correct amount of fate is available before the obstacle effect.
• The showdown triggers correctly when caused by Harry's "Insulting Costume" variant.
• Enchanted duster now adds the correct damage to a target.
• Added a link to Shannon Applecline's Strategy Guide on the Evil Hat site from the GUIDE section of the main menu.
• Table Talk Mode options are now available when setting up Hotseat games.
• Added a new solitaire difficulty option to give each character an extra card, making it the equivalent of a 3-player pass-and-play game.
• The expansion shop screen is now paged instead of scrollable.

We've just released build 1.0.3, which is a small update with some minor fixes:

• Solving Cases or Defeating Foes that cause a discard no longer select the wrong card when there is only one possible option.
• The "Move Kalshazzak" prompt now has buttons in the same order as other dialogs.
• Bug reports now include operating system version information.
• Selecting a random book when all expansions are unlocked no longer locks up the game.

We've just released build 1.0.3, which is a small update with some minor fixes:

• Solving Cases or Defeating Foes that cause a discard no longer select the wrong card when there is only one possible option.
• The "Move Kalshazzak" prompt now has buttons in the same order as other dialogs.
• Bug reports now include operating system version information.
• Selecting a random book when all expansions are unlocked no longer locks up the game.

Version 1.0.2 is now live! This version comes with a lot of smaller fixes and a couple new large features. As always let us know if you run into any bugs. The reports we've received so far helped us track down a number of issues for this update. First, the new major features:

• The game is now translates to German, French, and Russian.
• We added a new interface for setting up network games with your friends on Steam. You can now use the Steam networking system to invite friends or join games your friends have set up.
• SteamOS and Linux are now supported platforms

• Fixed a bug that was allowing clicks through to cards and the table when they shouldn't have been clickable.
• The Evil Hat is somewhat less evil and no longer causes the game to get stuck.
• The options screen no longer displays the graphics options behind the selected options tab the second time it is opened.
• Game no longer gets stuck when Molly uses Apprentice Wizard talent on a card roll that resulted from borrowing Inner Demon from Thomas with Talented Holomancer.
• Added more windowed game sizes and fixed some bugs with toggling between fullscreen and windowed.
• Susan's Infected cards correctly detect that the player who should discard has zero or 1 card and makes the discard automatic.
• Judas Noose now includes its outbound A marker.
• Damage modifier are applied before checking for actions that cannot defeat the target - this allows the Alphas to use Savage against cards with 5 damage when a damage modifier obstacle reduces the damage.
• Now checking that the player has cards to discard when playing Lash's gift. Also prompt the correct player in a 2-player.
• Mouse can no longer swap the row of cards in the same column when Winter's Wrath is in effect.
• Fate is correctly adjusted after using Molly's talent to change a Fate roll.
• Updated the bug reporter to send more data about screen resolution and any errors detected by the game. Plus it now includes an (optional) contact email address field in case we have questions.
• Escape key opens/closes the tutorial options panel when in the tutorial instead of the main options panel. The resign button in the main options is disabled when in the tutorial (in case we missed a method for opening that panel).
• Don't prompt to move cards when there is nowhere for a card to go.
• Action cards that move damage between targets now allow deselecting of the initial target.
• When playing a card on target + adjacent, also apply effects of the secondary target being hit.
• Added a tab to view discards in the character details. Look for discards in the tab with the trash can.
• Fixed the dialog for selecting multiple characters so the number text wasn't giant and preventing clicking the characters to the left.
• Don't show individual characters when selecting multiple characters during a 2-player game.
• Updated some fonts to use a new title font.
• Fix the ambient audio cycle button so it works after being disabled and re-enabled.
• Add separate options for ambience volume, enable music, and enable effects.
• Don't flip feature cards when they're zoomed.
• Enable flipping of Talent/Stunt cards in the card browser.
• Fly Michael's Doubt and Apprentice Screws Up when they block talent play.
• The scroll wheel can now unzoom as well as zoom.
• Changed action notification dialogs to 'Close' instead of 'OK', since they were acknowledging the result instead of confirming the action.
• Fly Arrest Warrant and Secrets of the Fae cards when they reduce damage/clues.
• Fly the Vampire Masquerade card and other obstacles that modify discarding for Fate when they affect discarding.
• Stop music when entering the play screen until we have a music loop that works for a longer play session.
• Add new options: show the planning prompt, show action notifications, and dismiss action notifications
• Add info to setup screen about difficulty and game type.
• Added a random book option on game setup
• Clear variant options during tutorial setup. Harry can no longer wear his Insulting Costume or bring Lash's Gift to the tutorial.
• Disabled scroll-zoom during the tutorial, since that was breaking the tutorial.
• Fixed checks for Butters and Ramirez talents.
• Luccio's cards that distribute hits/clues among targets now use number spinners.
• Only allow Stunt use during the 'Select Action' phase of the turn, since that's the only time it's valid to use a Stunt.
• Toot Toot And Friends now gives the next player in turn order (active player's left) a choice rather than the previous player (active player's right)
• Added an interface to view stats. The stats are in the Achievements section of the options. Also, the Steam achievements overlay now opens properly.
• Don't try to swap cards if the whole row has obstacles and advantages. This was blocking game setup in Blood Rites, where this case was possible.
• Stunt and Talent cards are now displayed on the table, and can be used to activate Stunts, and in Molly's case, her Talent.
• Added the music from the trailer to the menu screen.
• Fixed a bug when deselecting initial target of Move Damage action (Carlos' and Butters' talents)
• Planning Mode now displays "PLANNING MODE", when a hand card is selected. If the player attempts to select a target, a sound is played, and the "PLANNING MODE" text is bounced, to draw attention to it.
• Can now zoom cards when in the showdown.
• Clicking away from a selected hand card should now correctly and completely deselect the card.
• Card hover no longer gets stuck on after using Molly's Talent.
• Stats are now also updated on defeat, to help with tracking defeats as well as victories.
• Cleaned up the UI in the join and setup screens some.
• New methods for joining network games: Steam lobby (can now invite friends/join friends games), and an online private match with a simpler code than having to enter IP/port number.
• New book selection UI in the game setup screen, with additional information about the book makeup.
• Fixed a few bugs with Stunt use during network play.
• Add confirmations on discard and stunt use for table stunt cards that would automatically play with no option to cancel.
• Fixed some Tutorial race condition weirdness that occurred when an enabled element had the same key as the previous enabled element.
• Added keep-alive messages to network games to better detect when a host has disconnected and to help keep sessions open.
• Fix the "Harry Required" dialog when trying to start a game without Harry selected during Hotseat setup.
• The ESC key now cancels out of a lot of dialogs and exits a number of screens.
• Enabled the ability to host a game without being an active player.
• Tidied up the Exit confirmation dialog on the Start Menu.
• The default hold times for the flip-card overlay are slightly longer, and the overlay can now be dismissed with a tap.
• Corrected colors in the options menu.
• Don't try to remove focus from the hand card when not the active player in a network game.
• Network games can now accept spectators.
• Two players can no longer select the same character in a network game. That resulted in a broken state.
• Added new character portraits for Harry when he's wearing the Insulting Costume and Susan when she's Infected
• Mouse can now choose himself to discard when playing Foo Dog.
• The Ways will no longer cause remote players to get stuck in a network game.
• Only prompt the active player when multiplying damage on a target. Fixes Enchanted Duster in network play.
• When "Hit on the Carpenters" is solved, the game should now highlight the remaining cards correctly. Also, the "No Thanks" button should now use the middle slot, during the Showdown. Also, hitting "No Thanks" should no longer break the Showdown.
• Other players no longer get stuck at setup if Harry is too fast about starting a game of Side Jobs.
• Alpha Pack Attack can now hit otherwise-protected foes when borrowed by another player.
• Defeating the Evil Hat should no longer crash the Showdown when it tries to draw cards.
• Prevent Alphas from using Savage when target card would receive bonus damage from Harry (i.e. Grendlekin) in a 2-player game.
• When playing Alpha Pack Attack, damage all the cards first, then remove them for side effects. Fixes issues where side effects were preventing subsequent cards from receiving damage.
• When modifying rolls with Molly, hitting OK without adjusting the roll no longer uses her Talent and changes dice in bad ways.
• When discarding the card from Inner Demon, discard the card from the correct deck, and not the same card ID from the primary character's deck.
• Better handle the case where a table card tries to reduce fate. Previously this would crash the game if Fate went below 0. Now it just clamps to 0 instead of trying to trigger the showdown.
• Game Log includes a bunch of additional information.
• Return/Enter key now submits the Login and Two-factor authentication forms on the Network Options screen.
• Don't show 'No targets after range roll' when playing a card with Inner Demon if there was no range roll.
• Lash's Gift should now un-highlight hand cards after discard.
• When you click on a target, but still need to roll the dice, the dice button should now bounce, and play the "Invalid" sound.
• Added a bounce to the active Hero button when waiting for the other player.
• When an action affects more than 4 targets, show those target cards in the notification dialog.
• Kickstarter backers don't have to log in as frequently for their bonus content.

• "Apprentice Screws Up" explicitly only blocks Harry's "Wizard, P.I." Talent and not the other character's talent in a 2-player game.

Version 1.0.2 is now live! This version comes with a lot of smaller fixes and a couple new large features. As always let us know if you run into any bugs. The reports we've received so far helped us track down a number of issues for this update. First, the new major features:

• The game is now translates to German, French, and Russian.
• We added a new interface for setting up network games with your friends on Steam. You can now use the Steam networking system to invite friends or join games your friends have set up.
• SteamOS and Linux are now supported platforms

• Fixed a bug that was allowing clicks through to cards and the table when they shouldn't have been clickable.
• The Evil Hat is somewhat less evil and no longer causes the game to get stuck.
• The options screen no longer displays the graphics options behind the selected options tab the second time it is opened.
• Game no longer gets stuck when Molly uses Apprentice Wizard talent on a card roll that resulted from borrowing Inner Demon from Thomas with Talented Holomancer.
• Added more windowed game sizes and fixed some bugs with toggling between fullscreen and windowed.
• Susan's Infected cards correctly detect that the player who should discard has zero or 1 card and makes the discard automatic.
• Judas Noose now includes its outbound A marker.
• Damage modifier are applied before checking for actions that cannot defeat the target - this allows the Alphas to use Savage against cards with 5 damage when a damage modifier obstacle reduces the damage.
• Now checking that the player has cards to discard when playing Lash's gift. Also prompt the correct player in a 2-player.
• Mouse can no longer swap the row of cards in the same column when Winter's Wrath is in effect.
• Fate is correctly adjusted after using Molly's talent to change a Fate roll.
• Updated the bug reporter to send more data about screen resolution and any errors detected by the game. Plus it now includes an (optional) contact email address field in case we have questions.
• Escape key opens/closes the tutorial options panel when in the tutorial instead of the main options panel. The resign button in the main options is disabled when in the tutorial (in case we missed a method for opening that panel).
• Don't prompt to move cards when there is nowhere for a card to go.
• Action cards that move damage between targets now allow deselecting of the initial target.
• When playing a card on target + adjacent, also apply effects of the secondary target being hit.
• Added a tab to view discards in the character details. Look for discards in the tab with the trash can.
• Fixed the dialog for selecting multiple characters so the number text wasn't giant and preventing clicking the characters to the left.
• Don't show individual characters when selecting multiple characters during a 2-player game.
• Updated some fonts to use a new title font.
• Fix the ambient audio cycle button so it works after being disabled and re-enabled.
• Add separate options for ambience volume, enable music, and enable effects.
• Don't flip feature cards when they're zoomed.
• Enable flipping of Talent/Stunt cards in the card browser.
• Fly Michael's Doubt and Apprentice Screws Up when they block talent play.
• The scroll wheel can now unzoom as well as zoom.
• Changed action notification dialogs to 'Close' instead of 'OK', since they were acknowledging the result instead of confirming the action.
• Fly Arrest Warrant and Secrets of the Fae cards when they reduce damage/clues.
• Fly the Vampire Masquerade card and other obstacles that modify discarding for Fate when they affect discarding.
• Stop music when entering the play screen until we have a music loop that works for a longer play session.
• Add new options: show the planning prompt, show action notifications, and dismiss action notifications
• Add info to setup screen about difficulty and game type.
• Added a random book option on game setup
• Clear variant options during tutorial setup. Harry can no longer wear his Insulting Costume or bring Lash's Gift to the tutorial.
• Disabled scroll-zoom during the tutorial, since that was breaking the tutorial.
• Fixed checks for Butters and Ramirez talents.
• Luccio's cards that distribute hits/clues among targets now use number spinners.
• Only allow Stunt use during the 'Select Action' phase of the turn, since that's the only time it's valid to use a Stunt.
• Toot Toot And Friends now gives the next player in turn order (active player's left) a choice rather than the previous player (active player's right)
• Added an interface to view stats. The stats are in the Achievements section of the options. Also, the Steam achievements overlay now opens properly.
• Don't try to swap cards if the whole row has obstacles and advantages. This was blocking game setup in Blood Rites, where this case was possible.
• Stunt and Talent cards are now displayed on the table, and can be used to activate Stunts, and in Molly's case, her Talent.
• Added the music from the trailer to the menu screen.
• Fixed a bug when deselecting initial target of Move Damage action (Carlos' and Butters' talents)
• Planning Mode now displays "PLANNING MODE", when a hand card is selected. If the player attempts to select a target, a sound is played, and the "PLANNING MODE" text is bounced, to draw attention to it.
• Can now zoom cards when in the showdown.
• Clicking away from a selected hand card should now correctly and completely deselect the card.
• Card hover no longer gets stuck on after using Molly's Talent.
• Stats are now also updated on defeat, to help with tracking defeats as well as victories.
• Cleaned up the UI in the join and setup screens some.
• New methods for joining network games: Steam lobby (can now invite friends/join friends games), and an online private match with a simpler code than having to enter IP/port number.
• New book selection UI in the game setup screen, with additional information about the book makeup.
• Fixed a few bugs with Stunt use during network play.
• Add confirmations on discard and stunt use for table stunt cards that would automatically play with no option to cancel.
• Fixed some Tutorial race condition weirdness that occurred when an enabled element had the same key as the previous enabled element.
• Added keep-alive messages to network games to better detect when a host has disconnected and to help keep sessions open.
• Fix the "Harry Required" dialog when trying to start a game without Harry selected during Hotseat setup.
• The ESC key now cancels out of a lot of dialogs and exits a number of screens.
• Enabled the ability to host a game without being an active player.
• Tidied up the Exit confirmation dialog on the Start Menu.
• The default hold times for the flip-card overlay are slightly longer, and the overlay can now be dismissed with a tap.
• Corrected colors in the options menu.
• Don't try to remove focus from the hand card when not the active player in a network game.
• Network games can now accept spectators.
• Two players can no longer select the same character in a network game. That resulted in a broken state.
• Added new character portraits for Harry when he's wearing the Insulting Costume and Susan when she's Infected
• Mouse can now choose himself to discard when playing Foo Dog.
• The Ways will no longer cause remote players to get stuck in a network game.
• Only prompt the active player when multiplying damage on a target. Fixes Enchanted Duster in network play.
• When "Hit on the Carpenters" is solved, the game should now highlight the remaining cards correctly. Also, the "No Thanks" button should now use the middle slot, during the Showdown. Also, hitting "No Thanks" should no longer break the Showdown.
• Other players no longer get stuck at setup if Harry is too fast about starting a game of Side Jobs.
• Alpha Pack Attack can now hit otherwise-protected foes when borrowed by another player.
• Defeating the Evil Hat should no longer crash the Showdown when it tries to draw cards.
• Prevent Alphas from using Savage when target card would receive bonus damage from Harry (i.e. Grendlekin) in a 2-player game.
• When playing Alpha Pack Attack, damage all the cards first, then remove them for side effects. Fixes issues where side effects were preventing subsequent cards from receiving damage.
• When modifying rolls with Molly, hitting OK without adjusting the roll no longer uses her Talent and changes dice in bad ways.
• When discarding the card from Inner Demon, discard the card from the correct deck, and not the same card ID from the primary character's deck.
• Better handle the case where a table card tries to reduce fate. Previously this would crash the game if Fate went below 0. Now it just clamps to 0 instead of trying to trigger the showdown.
• Game Log includes a bunch of additional information.
• Return/Enter key now submits the Login and Two-factor authentication forms on the Network Options screen.
• Don't show 'No targets after range roll' when playing a card with Inner Demon if there was no range roll.
• Lash's Gift should now un-highlight hand cards after discard.
• When you click on a target, but still need to roll the dice, the dice button should now bounce, and play the "Invalid" sound.
• Added a bounce to the active Hero button when waiting for the other player.
• When an action affects more than 4 targets, show those target cards in the notification dialog.
• Kickstarter backers don't have to log in as frequently for their bonus content.

• "Apprentice Screws Up" explicitly only blocks Harry's "Wizard, P.I." Talent and not the other character's talent in a 2-player game.

We've pushed the 1.0.2 update to the beta branch, so if you want a preview of the upcoming changes, you can check it out there. Some of the updates included in this update are:

• German, French, and Russian translations
• Steam lobby/networking support
• SteamOS is now a supported platform
• Talent and Stunt cards now show up on the table

We've pushed the 1.0.2 update to the beta branch, so if you want a preview of the upcoming changes, you can check it out there. Some of the updates included in this update are:

• German, French, and Russian translations
• Steam lobby/networking support
• SteamOS is now a supported platform
• Talent and Stunt cards now show up on the table

Version 1.0.1 is now available for everyone! The major new feature in this update is the addition of a tutorial showing you how to play the game. We've also made improvements to the interfaces for starting and joining network games, along with a handful of game fixes. The full set of updates includes:

• Added a tutorial
• Improved the network game setup UI
• Bug reports are now submitted directly over the web and include a field to describe the problem.
• Made some general UI improvements.
• The remote turn indicator now stays active through the entire turn.
• The game Log is now accessible on the Victory and Defeat screens.
• Final game score displays on the Victory and Defeat screens.
• You can click Stunt cards to view the back and Talent cards that have important text on the back.
• Improved the prompt when a player is asked to discard as part of Mouse's Foo Dog Talent.
• Unplayable stunts are no longer offered when using Molly's Talented Holomancer Stunt.
• Sanya can no longer take Alphas To The Rescue using Esperacchius or Play a Hunch when no cases have been solved.
• The option to enter the showdown is now only available during the select action phase of a turn.
• It is now possible to cancel selection of the primary target of Sanya's Esperacchius or Play a Hunch.
• Corrected a couple of places where the local character name was used when displaying information about a remote network player's action.
• Made the card zoom when a Talent card is used slightly longer and apply the animation speed scaling option to that animation.
• Added some additional information to "table talk" descriptions of the cards in other players' hand.
• Added more feedback when logging in to a Hidden Achievement account.
• Improved the text styling in the manual for some places where the text wasn't very readable.
• Fixed the layout of talent icons so they aren't cut off when playing both Molly and Michael Carpenter in a 2-player game.
• Improved the card moving and fixed some bugs when taking advantage of The Ways in the Side Jobs deck

• Using Molly's Apprentice Wizard to change a die roll on a card drawn by Thomas' Inner Demon stunt (either directly or through use of Molly's Talented Holomancer) causes the game to get stuck
• Expansion entitlements for Kickstarter backers are not caching correctly, requiring you to be logged in to keep them active.
• The 'Graphics' section of the Options screen shows up behind other tabs the second time the options screen is opened.
• The 'Table Talk' icon on the character detail popup wasn't clear and looks like it uses Cyrillic text.
• Can't zoom cards when in the showdown
• Can't view the back of Talent/Stunt cards in the card browser.
• Unable to cancel case card selection when using Carlos Ramirez' Talent "It Hurts To Be This Good"

Version 1.0.1 is now available for everyone! The major new feature in this update is the addition of a tutorial showing you how to play the game. We've also made improvements to the interfaces for starting and joining network games, along with a handful of game fixes. The full set of updates includes:

• Added a tutorial
• Improved the network game setup UI
• Bug reports are now submitted directly over the web and include a field to describe the problem.
• Made some general UI improvements.
• The remote turn indicator now stays active through the entire turn.
• The game Log is now accessible on the Victory and Defeat screens.
• Final game score displays on the Victory and Defeat screens.
• You can click Stunt cards to view the back and Talent cards that have important text on the back.
• Improved the prompt when a player is asked to discard as part of Mouse's Foo Dog Talent.
• Unplayable stunts are no longer offered when using Molly's Talented Holomancer Stunt.
• Sanya can no longer take Alphas To The Rescue using Esperacchius or Play a Hunch when no cases have been solved.
• The option to enter the showdown is now only available during the select action phase of a turn.
• It is now possible to cancel selection of the primary target of Sanya's Esperacchius or Play a Hunch.
• Corrected a couple of places where the local character name was used when displaying information about a remote network player's action.
• Made the card zoom when a Talent card is used slightly longer and apply the animation speed scaling option to that animation.
• Added some additional information to "table talk" descriptions of the cards in other players' hand.
• Added more feedback when logging in to a Hidden Achievement account.
• Improved the text styling in the manual for some places where the text wasn't very readable.
• Fixed the layout of talent icons so they aren't cut off when playing both Molly and Michael Carpenter in a 2-player game.
• Improved the card moving and fixed some bugs when taking advantage of The Ways in the Side Jobs deck

• Using Molly's Apprentice Wizard to change a die roll on a card drawn by Thomas' Inner Demon stunt (either directly or through use of Molly's Talented Holomancer) causes the game to get stuck
• Expansion entitlements for Kickstarter backers are not caching correctly, requiring you to be logged in to keep them active.
• The 'Graphics' section of the Options screen shows up behind other tabs the second time the options screen is opened.
• The 'Table Talk' icon on the character detail popup wasn't clear and looks like it uses Cyrillic text.
• Can't zoom cards when in the showdown
• Can't view the back of Talent/Stunt cards in the card browser.
• Unable to cancel case card selection when using Carlos Ramirez' Talent "It Hurts To Be This Good"

Version 1.0.1 is currently in beta testing. If you want to preview this before release, you can access it right away by enabling the beta branch (in your library, right-click the game and open 'Properties' and then in the 'Betas' tab enable the beta branch). One note on the beta: due to networking updates, it is not compatible with previous versions for network games. Update notes for this build:

• Added a tutorial
• Improved the network game setup UI
• Bug reports are now submitted directly and include a field to describe the problem.
• Made some general UI improvements.
• Remote turn indicator now stays active through the entire turn.
• Game Log is now accessible on the Victory and Defeat screens.
• Final game score displays on the Victory and Defeat screens.
• Can click Stunt cards to view the back and Talent cards that have important text on the back.
• Improved the prompt when a player is asked to discard as part of Mouse's Foo Dog Talent.
• Unplayable stunts are no longer offered for Molly's Talented Holomancer.
• Sanya can no longer take Alphas To The Rescue using Esperacchius or Play a Hunch when no cases have been solved.
• The option to enter the showdown is now only available during the select action phase of a turn.
• Fixed deselecting the primary target of Esperacchius or Play a Hunch.
• Corrected a couple of places where the local character name was used when displaying information about a remote network player's action.
• Made the card zoom when a Talent card is used slightly longer and apply the animation speed scaling option to that animation.
• Added some additional information to "table talk" descriptions of the cards in other players' hand.
• Added more feedback when logging in to a Hidden Achievement account.
• Improved the text styling in the manual for some places where the text wasn't very readable.
• Fixed layout of talent icons so they aren't cut off when playing both Molly and Michael Carpenter in a 2-player game.

Some of you may have noticed we released the game a few hours earlier than originally scheduled. We decided that was a better option than delaying the release of the expansions by half a day and not having them available right at release. And don't miss out on the DLC bundle discount if you're picking up all the expansions - you can find it if you click through to any of the the expansion DLC pages. All of us at Hidden Achievement hope you enjoy the game!

We've officially announced the release date and pricing! Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game will be available for purchase on October 31, 2017! Standard price will be $19.99 for the base game, $4.99 for the Fan Favorites, Helping Hands, and Wardens Attack expansions, and $3.99 for the Mouse and Variants expansion. We're also planning a bundle of the expansions so you can buy them all in one pack at a discount. If you have any questions, we're more than happy to answer!