Bonus Fact #1: Bonus Facts have appeared in every James Recommends except King's Field and Divekick, when Soraya was away. Those will be added later for sharp-eyed ninjas to find.
Bonus Fact #2: When Kickstarter launched in Australia, Hand of Fate (from Australian studio Defiant Development) was one of the first games to take advantage of it. It raised $54,000 AUD.
Bonus Fact #3: Defiant Development was previously best known for its chart-topping mobile app Ski Safari, a goofy endless runner with a cast of penguins, eagles, and yetis.
Bonus Fact #4: Lead Designer Morgan Jaffitt used to be a card magician, so it's no surprise he drew on his experience to make a card game. He also likes to go everywhere barefoot - perhaps a rhythm-based parkour game is next?
Bonus Fact #5: In their previous game, a mobile RPG, the devs poured hours into a random-but-scaling encounter system that worked so well none of their players noticed it. They decided to make it the feature of their next game, and thus Hand of Fate was born.
Bonus Fact #6: Does the Dealer sound familiar? Voice actor Anthony Skordi also headlined as the voice of Leviathan in the Mass Effect 3 DLC of the same name.
Bonus Fact #7: Big name designers like Ian Livingstone (Games Workshop co-founder) and Rob Cunningham (Homeworld) were brought on as guest designers to make the first expansions.
Bonus Fact #8: Though the cards create random encounters, Hand of Fate has a distinct story to tell. Enemies like the King of Dust and Jack of Dread lead the twelve factions that make up the deck's foreboding "court."