HerculesAchilles
52%ties 3%45%
Hercules wins 52%. Achilles wins 45%. 3% end in a tie.
The strongest man in Greek myth against the best fighter at Troy. The engine barely has a favorite.
Once Upon a Snap
A Pettigrew Lab game
Napoleon at quarterback. Dracula at corner. A $15 salary cap to fix the rest.
A free football game where legends, monsters and people from history play for your team. You get seven random walk-ons and a $15 salary cap. The league doesn’t care who your quarterback used to be.
Free, with ads. $1.99 turns them off. On Android now, iPhone after.
Some of the roster
Tap a card to flip it.
How a season works
- You get dealt sevenOne random walk-on at every position. Could be Abraham Lincoln at quarterback. Could be a pirate.
- Spend your $15 capEvery position has one player at each price, $5 down to $1. Spend it where it counts.
- Sixteen gamesYou watch the games play out like a broadcast, with one trade at the deadline after week 8.
- Make the playoffsSix teams get in. Miami, New York, LA and Seattle are stacked. Titles are rare.
Build your team on $15
Every card at its real price. Pick one player per row and stay under $15. Harder than it looks.
Who would win on the field?
Not a fight. A football game. We didn’t guess, we let the game play it out.
Each star joins an average team, every other player rated 70, and the two teams play 10,000 games in the real game engine.
Count DraculaFrankenstein's Monster
49%ties 4%47%
Count Dracula wins 49%. Frankenstein's Monster wins 47%. 4% end in a tie.
The two monsters, not the movie. Too close to call, even for the engine.
Sherlock HolmesProfessor Moriarty
67%ties 2%31%
Sherlock Holmes wins 67%. Professor Moriarty wins 31%. 2% end in a tie.
The detective and the man he called the Napoleon of crime. This one isn’t close.
Frequently asked questions
Is Once Upon a Snap free?
Yes. It’s free to play, with ads. If the ads bug you, a one-time $1.99 purchase turns off the ad between seasons.
Does Remove ads turn off every ad?
It turns off the ad between seasons. The optional ones you choose to watch for a redraw stay, because those are your call.
Is it on iPhone?
Android comes first. iPhone follows shortly after. Tap Tell me when it’s out and we’ll email you once.
Do I need an account or the internet?
No account. Your seasons stay on your phone. The game plays offline; ads just won’t load until you’re back online.
Who are the players?
Legends, monsters and people from history. Every character comes from public domain stories or history, so nobody here belongs to a movie studio.
What’s the Daily?
Once a day, everybody gets the same deal: the same walk-ons and the same prices. One shot each. Then you compare records.
Who would win on the field, Hercules or Achilles?
Hercules, barely. In 10,000 games on the same average team, Hercules won 52% and Achilles won 45%.
Who would win on the field, Dracula or Frankenstein’s Monster?
Nobody, really. Across 10,000 games, Dracula won 49% and the Monster won 47%. The rest were ties.
Privacy, briefly
No account and no analytics, and your seasons stay on your phone. The ads come from Google AdMob, which collects some device information to show them. Where the law gives you a choice, the game asks first.
Read the privacy policyNeed a hand?
Email pettigrewlabllc@gmail.com and a real person answers.
Help and supportRather see a fight?
Fictional FaceOff is our other game: public domain heroes against animals, and a story for who wins.
See Fictional FaceOff