ANTAGONIST: DEAD MAN'S HAND

Have you ever wanted to experience a typical isekai story from the other side?

Not as another chosen hero with an overpowered ability and a harem, but as the weak starting-area boss the hero is supposed to defeat with almost no effort at the very beginning of his adventure.

Antagonist: Dead Man's Hand is a visual novel and dating sim with RPG elements, card-based battles, and village development.

But this time, we are not playing as another Japanese schoolboy.

Our protagonist was once one of the fastest and most dangerous outlaws in the Wild West.

A gunslinger.
A killer.
A man whose luck eventually ran out.

He died.

And then the Demon Lord summoned him. 👹

Unfortunately, he was a little late.

So our protagonist arrives in this new fantasy world as an almost two-meter-tall undead skeleton, armed with a revolver, a cowboy hat, and a very straightforward approach to solving problems.

The Demon Lord places us under the supervision of a 20-year-old, talented but hopelessly troublesome necromancer , then sends us to manage a half-ruined village on the border between the human, elven, and dwarven kingdoms.

There is just one small problem.

Our village is located almost exactly where the adventure of a beginner isekai hero would normally begin.

And this world has plenty of them.

Japanese students, office workers, and sometimes even entire classes of students regularly appear here thanks to a kind-hearted Goddess. ✨

She gives them blessings, unique abilities, legendary weapons, and one simple mission:

Kill the Demon Lord. ⚔️

From there, the story usually follows the familiar formula.

The hero gains levels.
Finds powerful artifacts.
Becomes stronger.
Surrounds himself with beautiful companions of different races.
And slowly makes his way toward the final battle against evil.

At least, that is how it is supposed to work.

Now you are standing in the way.

Develop your village.
Build an army of undead. 💀
Strengthen your followers.
Form relationships with the characters around you. ❤️
And deal with knights, mages, adventurers, elves, and one chosen hero after another who somehow believes that a weak boss in the starting area is nothing more than free experience.

The main battles will use a card-based combat system, character abilities, and, of course, a good old-fashioned revolver.

Over time, a forgotten little village at the edge of the map can become the place where an isekai hero's plot armor suddenly stops working. ☠️

And the heroes will not always arrive alone.

Elves, mages, knights, priestesses, and other heroines who would normally end up joining the chosen hero's harem will also appear throughout the story. 👀

This time, however, the story has a different protagonist.

And yes.

There will be an 18+ mod. 🔞

For those who want something less restrained, a more "free" version of the 18+ mod is also planned, giving you much more freedom when it comes to relationships, domination, and the heroines.

Naturally, all characters are adults, and everything happens with mutual consent.

*Sinister skeleton laughter.* 💀