This update substantially expands the Crafted Dice system, allowing dice powers to work together in far more combinations while improving how multi-roll turns, Events and forced movement are resolved. We've also addressed several payment, Portal, regional interaction and Item issues reported during multiplayer games. 🎲 Crafted Dice Overhaul Crafted travel dice have received a major overhaul. ·…
The board has changed. 0.5.0 Alpha is one of the biggest updates to MISFORTUNATE so far, bringing a major overhaul of the gameplay interface, completing the Crafting system, introducing new dynamic regional presentation, improving multiplayer and display performance, refining bots, and clearing out a large collection of gameplay and UI issues. This update is heavily focused on making the game f…
Items & Gameplay · Flower & Clover stacking - Multiple Flowers and Clovers can now be activated at the same time, with each active item contributing its full reward when triggered. · Stacked Flowers and Clovers now resolve independently, so every activated copy pays out correctly. · Companion, Flag and Boulder can no longer be sold. · Companion, Flag and Boulder now remain in play until removed…
The regions of MISFORTUNATE just became a whole lot more important. Update 0.4.2 introduces the complete Region Special Ability system , giving teams powerful new strategic advantages for achieving full Gold-level control of a region. Owning individual Units is no longer the endgame. Controlling an entire region can now fundamentally change how that part of the board behaves - unlocking unique…
This update brings a substantial collection of improvements to crafting, Items, dice mechanics, the Context Panel and general gameplay flow, alongside several important fixes and quality-of-life changes. CRAFTING & ITEMS · Crafting now gives clear confirmation when an Item is successfully crafted. The Craft button briefly changes to a confirmed state before returning to normal. · The Crafting W…
This update improves the ENDOWMENT Event and introduces the new Crafted Item, UPGRADE WISH . ENDOWMENT Improvements · ENDOWMENT now displays all eligible Unit upgrades , even when you cannot currently afford them. · Unaffordable upgrades remain visible but are greyed out until you have enough Tokens. · You can sell or downgrade assets while deciding, allowing you to raise the Tokens needed for…
This update improves the spectator experience, particularly when joining matches that are already underway. Spectator Mode Improvements · Added View Previous Player and View Next Player controls for spectators. · Spectators can now freely move between active players and inspect their current player information. · Changing the viewed player updates their visible resources, Units, Items, Events a…
This update adds some extra audiovisual polish to key gameplay moments. Visual Improvements · Updated the special dice splash artwork for Doubles , Triples , Super , Ultra and Master rolls. Audio Improvements · Added a new token payment received sound effect. · The receiving player will now hear a notification when they receive Tokens from: · Property toll payments · Forced Item payments · Trad…
Trading Fix · Fixed an issue that could cause an error when opening or refreshing the Trade interface. · Improved Trade inventory handling for Event and Item card artwork. · Trade inventories should now load correctly without interrupting an active trade. Stability · Improved reliability of the Trade system when building player inventory information. Steam Build: 25098678 Thanks for playing MIS…
This update brings major improvements to payment handling, crafted items, upgrade recovery, the Context Panel and dice presentation. 💰 Payments & Debt Handling · Mandatory payments are now handled as a single transaction. The game will no longer automatically take partial funds while you are trying to cover a debt. · If you do not have enough Tokens available, you can now raise the required am…
This update expands MISFORTUNATE with two new crafted item reactions, refreshed Crafted card artwork, improved Context Panel interactions, new multiplayer and Discord features, and one of our largest localisation expansions yet. NEW CRAFTED ITEMS RE-ROLL · Re-Roll is now fully implemented as a crafted item. · Costs 3 Honey to craft. · After rolling your dice, but before movement begins, an elig…
This update introduces several new Crafted Items, expands the Context Panel’s USE ITEM system, improves hidden-information gameplay, and continues removing disruptive popups from board interactions. There are also fixes for CHECKPOINT doubles, STRAIGHT-SWAP upgrade inheritance, Discord lobby invites, and a number of multiplayer interaction flows. NEW CRAFTED ITEMS · UNVEIL - Crafted10 Opponent…
A small multiplayer hotfix is now live addressing an issue where creating a new Steam lobby could fail after previously hosting and leaving another Steam session. Fixes · Fixed Steam lobby hosting failing with “Could not create Steam host peer: Can't create” after leaving a previous hosted lobby. · Improved cleanup of Steam multiplayer networking resources when leaving a Steam session. · Improv…
MISFORTUNATE is getting more connected. Version 0.4.0 Alpha introduces our first major Discord integration, allowing your activity in MISFORTUNATE to appear directly on Discord while laying the groundwork for a more connected multiplayer experience. Friends can now see when you're playing, what part of the game you're in, and - when you're waiting in an eligible multiplayer lobby - join through…
This update improves several Special Item interactions, expands when key Items can be used during a turn, and streamlines a number of Context Panel choices. Special Item Improvements BOULDER · BOULDER is now placed immediately on your current space when activated. · Removed the unnecessary placement confirmation prompt. · When another player encounters your BOULDER, the decision is now presente…
Context Panel improvements, expanded item use, and turn-flow stability updates. This update continues the cleanup and unification of Misfortunate's gameplay interface, moving more interactions into the Context Panel , improving how Items can be used during a turn, and addressing several situations that could interrupt or stall gameplay. 🎲 Use Items During Doubles Rolling doubles no longer rest…
This update continues the cleanup and unification of MISFORTUNATE's Item interactions, with a particular focus on FLAG, BOULDER and COMPANION behaviour. Special Items should now feel much more naturally integrated into the board rather than interrupting normal gameplay with unnecessary interfaces. 🚩 FLAG Improvements · FLAG is now integrated into the normal Context Panel flow. · When landing o…
A major gameplay interface overhaul, 18 new language options, Steam achievements, richer match results, and a huge stability pass across Events, Portals, PITFALL, bots, payments and multiplayer. v0.3.9 Alpha is one of the largest refinement updates to MISFORTUNATE so far. Over the past several builds, a major focus has been placed on making the game easier to read, easier to interact with, and…
A big crafting-focused update has arrived! v0.3.7 Alpha introduces an expanded collection of **Crafted Dice**, a redesigned Crafting interface, major improvements to dice presentation and interaction, fixes to crafted-item behaviour, payment and TOLL improvements, gameplay fixes, new music, and another round of multiplayer and UI polish. 🎲 NEW - CRAFTED DICE A complete collection of new Crafte…
MISFORTUNATE Playtest v0.3.6 Alpha - Board, Shops & Multiplayer Update 15 August 2026 Another sizeable Alpha update is now here! v0.3.6 Alpha focuses heavily on improving the moment-to-moment flow of matches, cleaning up board interactions, repairing the player Shop experience, strengthening Steam multiplayer rejoining, and continuing to polish several gameplay systems. Thank you to everyone te…
MISFORTUNATE Playtest v0.3.5 Alpha 15 August 2026 v0.3.5 Alpha brings one of the biggest gameplay expansions to MISFORTUNATE so far, introducing AI opponents, proper Single Player support, multiplayer lobby bots, a new Crystal resource, expanded crafting, and significant new automated gameplay testing behind the scenes. 🤖 Single Player Is Here Single Player functionality has now been enabled,…
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