diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/controllers/CDev.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/controllers/CDev.java
index 9582dd6d610..8d65f9db1d0 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/controllers/CDev.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/controllers/CDev.java
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ public enum CDev implements ICDoc {
     public void setupGameState() {
         MatchUtil.getHumanController().cheat().setupGameState();
     }
+    
+    private final MouseListener madDump = new MouseAdapter() {
+        @Override
+        public void mousePressed(final MouseEvent e) {
+            dumpGameState();
+        }
+    };
+    public void dumpGameState() {
+        MatchUtil.getHumanController().cheat().dumpGameState();
+    }
 
     private final MouseListener madTutor = new MouseAdapter() {
         @Override
@@ -181,6 +191,7 @@ public enum CDev implements ICDoc {
         VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblViewAll().addMouseListener(madViewAll);
         VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblGenerateMana().addMouseListener(madMana);
         VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblSetupGame().addMouseListener(madSetup);
+        VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblDumpGame().addMouseListener(madDump);
         VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblTutor().addMouseListener(madTutor);
         VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblCardToHand().addMouseListener(madCardToHand);
         VDev.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLblCounterPermanent().addMouseListener(madCounter);
diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/views/VDev.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/views/VDev.java
index 0667d349dda..51a9890ca11 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/views/VDev.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/match/views/VDev.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public enum VDev implements IVDoc<CDev> {
     private final DevLabel lblViewAll = new DevLabel("View All Cards");
     private final DevLabel lblGenerateMana = new DevLabel("Generate Mana");
     private final DevLabel lblSetupGame = new DevLabel("Setup Game State");
+    private final DevLabel lblDumpGame = new DevLabel("Dump Game State");
     private final DevLabel lblTutor = new DevLabel("Tutor for Card");
     private final DevLabel lblCounterPermanent = new DevLabel("Add Counters to Permanent");
     private final DevLabel lblTapPermanent = new DevLabel("Tap Permanents");
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ public enum VDev implements IVDoc<CDev> {
         viewport.add(this.lblSetLife, halfConstraintsLeft);
         viewport.add(this.lblWinGame, halfConstraints);
         viewport.add(this.lblSetupGame, constraints);
+        viewport.add(this.lblDumpGame, constraints);
         viewport.add(this.lblUnlimitedLands, constraints);
         viewport.add(this.lblCounterPermanent, constraints);
         viewport.add(this.lblTapPermanent, halfConstraintsLeft);
@@ -157,6 +159,11 @@ public enum VDev implements IVDoc<CDev> {
         return this.lblSetupGame;
     }
 
+    /** @return {@link forge.screens.match.views.VDev.DevLabel} */
+    public DevLabel getLblDumpGame() {
+        return this.lblDumpGame;
+    }
+    
     /** @return {@link forge.screens.match.views.VDev.DevLabel} */
     public DevLabel getLblTutor() {
         return this.lblTutor;
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/GameState.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/GameState.java
index bd6d0a93cfa..d6a4d56fe7b 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/GameState.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/GameState.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
@@ -18,8 +19,18 @@ import forge.game.player.Player;
 import forge.game.trigger.TriggerType;
 import forge.game.zone.ZoneType;
 import forge.model.FModel;
+import forge.util.FCollectionView;
 
 public class GameState {
+    private static final Map<ZoneType, String> ZONES = new HashMap<ZoneType, String>();
+    static {
+        ZONES.put(ZoneType.Battlefield, "play");
+        ZONES.put(ZoneType.Hand, "hand");
+        ZONES.put(ZoneType.Graveyard, "graveyard");
+        ZONES.put(ZoneType.Library, "library");
+        ZONES.put(ZoneType.Exile, "exile");
+    }
+
     private int humanLife = -1;
     private int computerLife = -1;
     private final Map<ZoneType, String> humanCardTexts = new EnumMap<ZoneType, String>(ZoneType.class);
@@ -30,6 +41,85 @@ public class GameState {
     public GameState() {
     }
  
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append(String.format("humanlife=%d\n", humanLife));
+        sb.append(String.format("ailife=%d\n", computerLife));
+        sb.append(String.format("activeplayer=%s\n", tChangePlayer));
+        sb.append(String.format("activephase=%s\n", tChangePhase));
+        appendCards(humanCardTexts, "human", sb);
+        appendCards(aiCardTexts, "ai", sb);
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    private void appendCards(Map<ZoneType, String> cardTexts, String categoryPrefix, StringBuilder sb) {
+        for (Entry<ZoneType, String> kv : cardTexts.entrySet()) {
+            sb.append(String.format("%scardsin%s=%s\n", categoryPrefix, ZONES.get(kv.getKey()), kv.getValue()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void initFromGame(Game game) throws Exception {
+        FCollectionView<Player> players = game.getPlayers();
+        // Can only serialized a two player game with one AI and one human.
+        if (players.size() != 2) {
+            throw new Exception("Game not supported");
+        }
+        final Player human = game.getPlayers().get(0);
+        final Player ai = game.getPlayers().get(1);
+        if (!human.getController().isGuiPlayer() || !ai.getController().isAI()) {
+            throw new Exception("Game not supported");
+        }
+        humanLife = human.getLife();
+        computerLife = ai.getLife();
+        tChangePlayer = game.getPhaseHandler().getPlayerTurn() == ai ? "ai" : "human";
+        tChangePhase = game.getPhaseHandler().getPhase().toString();
+        aiCardTexts.clear();
+        humanCardTexts.clear();
+        for (ZoneType zone : ZONES.keySet()) {
+            for (Card card : game.getCardsIn(zone)) {
+                addCard(zone, card.getOwner() == ai ? aiCardTexts : humanCardTexts, card);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void addCard(ZoneType zoneType, Map<ZoneType, String> cardTexts, Card c) {
+        String value = cardTexts.get(zoneType);
+        String newText = c.getName();
+        if (zoneType == ZoneType.Battlefield) {
+            if (c.isTapped()) {
+                newText += "|Tapped:True";
+            }
+            if (c.isSick()) {
+                newText += "|SummonSick:True";
+            }
+            if (c.isFaceDown()) {
+                newText += "|FaceDown:True";
+            }
+            Map<CounterType, Integer> counters = c.getCounters();
+            if (!counters.isEmpty()) {
+                newText += "|Counters:";
+                boolean start = true;
+                for(Entry<CounterType, Integer> kv : counters.entrySet()) {
+                    String str = kv.getKey().toString();
+                    int count = kv.getValue();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                        if (!start) {
+                            newText += ",";
+                        }
+                        newText += str;
+                        start = false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (value == null) {
+            value = newText;
+        } else {
+            value += ";" + newText;
+        }
+        cardTexts.put(zoneType, value);
+    }
+
     public void parse(InputStream in) throws Exception {
         final BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
 
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/PlayerControllerHuman.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/PlayerControllerHuman.java
index 2d437ec2cb5..0a1f2e8eee0 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/PlayerControllerHuman.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/player/PlayerControllerHuman.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package forge.player;
 
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -1416,6 +1418,22 @@ public class PlayerControllerHuman extends PlayerController {
             });
         }
 
+        public void dumpGameState() {
+            final GameState state = new GameState();
+            try {
+                state.initFromGame(game);
+                File f = GuiBase.getInterface().getSaveFile(new File(ForgeConstants.USER_GAMES_DIR, "state.txt"));
+                if (f != null) {
+                    final BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(f));
+                    bw.write(state.toString());
+                    bw.close();
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                SOptionPane.showErrorDialog(e.getMessage());
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
         public void setupGameState() {
             File gamesDir = new File(ForgeConstants.USER_GAMES_DIR);
             if (!gamesDir.exists()) { // if the directory does not exist, try to create it