Gather ’round children, and let me regale you with a story about the olden times. Specifically, January of 2010. This is when developer Gaia first released Sword & Poker to the App Store. Back in those earlier days of mobile gaming you’d frequently get some unassuming game released with zero fanfare that would turn out to be one of the most clever concepts you’ve ever seen, and that was indeed the case with Sword & Poker. It blended the mechanics of Poker with elements of role-playing games, and back then that was still a somewhat new and novel concept. Sword & Poker and its sequel were considered legendary amongst the mobile gaming crowd, alongside other hidden gem favorites like Game Dev Story, Dungeon Raid, and Tiny Wings.

Then in 2014 it all came crashing down. Konami bought the Sword & Poker IP and released a new entry titled Sword & Poker Adventures. In many …