The Game

Wish that Poker played more like a board game? That's Western Tropic! The game fuses elements like Deck Building, Grid Movement and Take That, with Poker's existing mechanisms of card drafting and betting (but without the money...the biggest obstacle for many people who want to enjoy the game more frequently).

Western Tropic uses a 5x5 grid that acts as a communal, but ever-changing set of cards that players use to create the best possible poker hand. Much like Texas Hold'em, each player has hole cards that are unique to them. But, the game uses an extra (third) hole card each round that can be traded in, to grant various actions such as moving your character around the grid, or changing the grid, altogether.

As one of the players invited to compete in Western Tropic, your goal is to be the first player to reach 60 points and claim victory, fortune, and fame.