[NEW MOD] Plumbob Duels! - Collectible Cards v1.0.1

Brand New Trading Card Collecting mod - Featuring 350+ cards!

Hellooo!

Ever since I noticed how popular the CineMinis figurines have become, I’ve been thinking about expanding further into the collectible genre. However, it wasn’t really until the introduction of the Tarot cards in the Life & Death EP that I finally felt inspired to make it happen.

So without further ado, let's open the new year with a brand new mod...
Let me present you: PLUMBOB DUELS!

Recent Changelog for V1.0.1 (2025-AUG-20):

• Minor tuning fixes.
  CARD SET FILES ARE THE SAME, THOSE DON'T NEED TO BE RE-DOWNLOADED/UPDATED.

And to kick it off in style, the first card set for it is fittingly featuring...

The Stars of CinErotique

This new set features 350+ individual cards of your favourite CinErotique Stars in varying levels of spiciness (Basic, Lewd, Nude) - and rarity (Common, Special Edition and Full Holo) - so there's plenty to collect.

But to give you a full glimpse, I've made a collage of all the cards that can be found...

BASIC SERIES: 40 cards, each in 3 variants (Basic, Special Edition and Full Holo)

LEWD SERIES: 38 cards, each in 3 variants (Basic, Special Edition and Full Holo)

NUDE SERIES: 40 cards, each in 3 variants (Basic, Special Edition and Full Holo)

All cards feature gorgeous High Quality textures - so at present they take up a fair amount of space - but I also plan to release a more budget PC friendly "SD" version as well in the future, which will feature half size (but still good looking) textures.

To start collecting, you'll need to open Booster packs.
Simply click on your sim, then select Plumbob Duels! > Buy Booster Packs. 

Each series (Basic, Lewd and Nude) has three different types of Booster packs available:

• Common Booster packs are cheap, but the chance to pull any rare cards from them are also low.

• Deluxe Booster packs are a bit more expensive, and are guaranteed to contain at least one card with a strength of 7 or higher.

• Mythic Booster packs are the most expensive ones, but they're also guaranteed to contain at least one special variant card (Special Edition or Full Holo)!

To help you proudly showcase your collection to your nerdy Sim friends - or to your customers if you'd like to run your own shop -, I’ve also created some special objects designed specifically to display your cards.

• Two wall mounted display cases, one with a glass cover and one without.
  (2 colour swatches each)

• A simple black card display stand.

• A small glass display case - to display those really valuable cards. :)
  (4 swatches - featuring different grading scores)

DLC REQUIREMENTS

• Nothing. It is Base Game compatible.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

• Download the mod framework file from the link below.

• Unzip it and copy the Plumbob Duels folder - as is - into your Sims4 Mods folder.
  (Default path for the Mods folder is: Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods)

• Download card set(s) of your choice from the link below.
  (Download at least one, otherwise the mod is useless)

• Copy the downloaded card set package files into the Plumbob Duels > CARD_SETS folder in your Sims4 Mods folder.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PLUMBOB DUELS FRAMEWORK
...and some (or all) CARD SETS as well
"The Stars of CinErotique" BASIC card set - DOWNLOAD HD - DOWNLOAD SD
"The Stars of CinErotique" LEWD card set - DOWNLOAD HD - DOWNLOAD SD
"The Stars of CinErotique" NUDE card set - DOWNLOAD HD - DOWNLOAD SD
Download only the HD or SD versions, NOT BOTH!

PLANNED FUTURE ROADMAP

While the mod is a little bare-bones at the moment - to say the least - but I have some plans for the future...

Phase 1: I'll add some basic Quality-of-Life improvements, like the ability to open 10 packs at once, sell duplicate cards from the inventory, etc. (DONE - added in v1.0)
I'd also like to add a second set of cards (with a similar scope to the current one), featuring the iconic pre-made Sims from the game. I’ve already created a shortlist of about 50 classics simmies, including the Goths, Pancakes, Landgraabs, Vlad, and many more.

Future plans will depend on the mod’s reception. If it proves popular, I’d like to progress further into...
Phase 2: Introduce a Collection Manager and a Sim-to-Sim Card Trading system, similar to what’s available for the CineMinis figurines.
Probably also add some sort of achievement system, and some unlockable rewards to go with it.

Phase 3: This phase would involve creating an actual in-game card game that Sims can play against each other. Don’t worry—it won’t be anything too complicated! I’m thinking a sort of mix between Uno and Top Trumps, with some light deck-building elements. However, this is something planned for much further down the line.

FAQ

"Why is this a separate mod and is not just a new feature for the CinErotique framework?"
From the get go of coming up with the concept, I wanted to make a mod that has the potential to reach a wider possible audience; so by making it its own thing I can more easily strip out NSFW parts and make a more vanilla alternate version.

"What are those Icons/numbers on the cards?"
The 3 scores at the bottom of the cards represent 3 attributes of the sim - Charisma, Ambition and Style - , while the card strength score in the top right marks a sort of general strength the card represents based on the other 3 attribute scores.
They are purely artistic, and have no real function at the moment - apart from making the card look more like paying cards - but if we reach Phase 3, these scores could be the basis of a real card game I was talking about.

As usual, I'm looking forward to any and all feedback, or reports on any bugs you might find.

Take care,
p.

CHANGELOGS

V1.0 UPDATE (2025-JAN-18):

What's new: Apart from cleaning up the code a bit, I've added the following Quality-of-Life features:
Open 10 Booster Packs: Now you can open 10 packs at once, so the opening process can be a bit less of a slog. Just click on a stack of booster packs in your inventory, then select "Open 10 packs" from the pie menu.
Sell Duplicate Cards: Should help weeding out your collection much faster then going through it manually. Just click on a card stack, then select "Sell Duplicates from this Stack" from the pie menu.
There's also a another new option to automate the selling process even further by Auto Selling Duplicate Cards. Just click on the active sim, then go > Plumbob Duels > Settings > and enable "Auto Sell Duplicate Cards" from the menu. After this option is enabled, it will automatically clean up your inventory and sell duplicate cards every time you open a new Booster Pack.
--- Note: the first time clean-up can be a bit resource intensive, depending on the amount of cards in your inventory, so just in case, save your game before trying it out the first time.

I've also added a little indicator text to the hover-over tooltip of the cards, that let's you know how many unique cards there in the given variant set ("The variant set this card belongs to contains X unique collectible cards."), so this way you know how many are you still missing.

V0.8 INITIAL BETA RELEASE (2025-JAN-12):

• No changelog available.