Easy to learn and fast to play card game, combining push-your-luck with tactics, set building and a beautiful white metal locomotive.
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Hi! A quick update to let you know we recently found two brand new copies of the Rollecate: Broken Rails mini-expansion we didn't know we had in our warehouse. If you are interested to obtain one, please send Michiel a message: [email protected]. First come, first served!
Hi! Another quick update, in part an advertisement for our newest project (with a free Rollecate goodie at the end). Hope you'll forgive us for that. It so happens Gam'inBIZ is one of the publishing partners in the Hidden Leaders project by the 3 BFFs from Vienna Markus, Raphael and Andreas (BGG Games). The Kickstarter campaign for this lovely game full of heroes, bluff and intrigue, covered in a lovely sauce of extravagant Japanese artwork, will launch this afternoon.
Hidden Leaders is a quick to play card game for 2 to 6 (!) players, featuring over 80 unique cards illustrated by the talented Japanese artist Satoshi Matsuura. We were immediately impressed by both the style and gameplay of this game. It is a refreshing deduction game, with a pleasant light touch and full of geeky humor. This is definitely one of these 2021 projects people will be talking about for a long time.
In this game you play one of the 6 heirs of the deceased emperor of Oshra and you battle to become the new leader of the empire. However, nobody knows who plays who. And that's what makes this game so interesting. Every leader is loyal to 2 of the 4 factions in the empire (the Imperial Army, the Hill Tribes, the Water-people and the Undead). If one of the factions is victorious, so will be their leader. And so in this game you will have to try and make one of your two factions win, to win yourself. That results in a lovely game of bluff, intrigue and take that tactics.
And the wonderful thing about this game is that it was designed by 3 friends who've known each other since kindergarten. They are often found LARPing, that is, when they are not working on their many game ideas. Markus, Raphael and Andreas are not typical heroes, but to us they are symbols of what you can achieve through friendship and perseverance. Check it out on Kickstarter now.
And finally, as promised, a nice goodie to this update with. For all of you who have children, and for those who very much like the relaxing joy of coloring themselves, we made a black and white coloring page based on the Rollecate artwork. It's really quite lovely and available as a free download. All you need to do is print it and enjoy! Click here to download the (A4 size) coloring page.
Good morning. This is a quick email to remind you that the Pledge Manager for our latest Kickstarter campaign will close very soon. If you would still like to get a copy of the second edition of Rollecate or the white metal miniature, be quick and go get your late pledge in here!
On a related note (and also involving quick action): Rollecate has been nominated for the 2021 Geek Madness Tournament. This is a prestigious tournament held every year by Board Game Geek. Even though it will of course be tough to beat big titles like Gloomhaven, it would be very cool for the game to actually be included in the long list. But for that, we need your help.
So, if you have 2 spare minutes today, please go to Board Game Geek and click the green thumb icon next to the Rollecate entry. As little as 40 thumbs would be enough for Rollecate to get included!
And last but not least, we received some initial sketches of the new card designs for Rollecate: Stations. Most of the new cards in Rollecate will have a New Mexico desert style, with all sorts of new little stories going on on every card. And there will be various kinds of new railroad elements in there, like switches, signals and buffer stops, for instance! To be continued!
We have some awesome news! Next week, on Monday the 18th, we will launch a new Kickstarter campaign to fund a second batch of white metal Rollecate miniatures. The campaign is part of the #Make100 project, held yearly by Kickstarter. So we will only produce a limited number of miniatures.
Optionally, you could also order the miniature together with a copy of the second edition of Rollecate.
If you are interested, go to the pre-launch page of the project and register to get notified.