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Rollecate: a fast track-laying game

Created by Michiel de Wit

Easy to learn and fast to play card game, combining push-your-luck with tactics, set building and a beautiful white metal locomotive.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Last batch of trains has been cast!
over 4 years ago – Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 10:41:19 PM

So, it took way longer than we hoped, but finally, we got the news that the last batch of train miniatures has been cast! Packaging will start Tuesday, and packages should be on their way shortly after. Again, sorry for the delay some of you had to endure. 

Last batch of white metal miniatures being made

Oh, and one more thing: with SPIEL'19 in Essen (Germany) coming up, we decided it would be nice to do something special. We'll be on the world's biggest board game fair as an exhibitor (Hall 6, booth L100) and that's not an everyday occasion. So we decided to take one of the modules we were working on for the expansion and make it into a separate mini-expansion, available on SPIEL as a promo! You'll hear more about that in a few days!

New mold ready, casting starts today
over 4 years ago – Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 01:15:06 AM

So, as we shared before, there were some problems in casting the final batch of Rollecate miniatures. Because of the extreme quality of the miniatures, the mold wore out way quicker than expected. For the past month, we are in the process of creating new molds. And there have been all sorts of issues. But... Today, finally the casting of the last batch will start. The mold has been made and looks absolutely stunning. So we hope to continue shipping the games starting next week! 

Mold for the Rollecate miniature

(Almost) ready to ship last rewards + Rollecate expansion preview
over 4 years ago – Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 02:44:58 AM

By now most if not all US backers have received their pledges. We hope to be able to send the last batch of pledges early next week. Unfortunately, some more problems with the white metal mold emerges last week: the new master trains did not meet quality expectations and the metal caster decided to make new ones. So the good news is, quality will remain superior. But it will take a little while long until all backers have received their rewards.

Rollecate 2

The past months we have been silently working on the first expansion for Rollecate, which we are currently just calling 'Rollecate 2'. It will be a modular expansion consisting of 4 to 6 small modules that each can be applied separately, so that you can choose what 'flavors' you would like to add.

We are still in the process of play testing, so nothing is final yet. But to give you an impression of the stuff we are working on, these are some of the new cards:

Sample cards for the new expansion modules 'Switches', 'Broken rails', 'Signals' and 'Wildcards'

Slight delay for August deliveries
over 4 years ago – Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 02:18:27 AM

Hi all. It's been quite a while since you last heard from us. In the mean time, Michiel's son Nathan was born. Our boy is doing really well, and so is the baby ;)

By now all early birds have received their rewards. And we actually started shipping out rewards to our other backers as well. Unfortunately, we had to pause fulfillment because of a hiccup in the production of the miniatures. Because of the extreme level of detail in the miniature, the molds wore out quicker than the metal caster expected. That means a new mold will have to be made and unfortunately, that takes time.

The delay should be no more than two weeks, but it may mean that some backers will receive their rewards in September, rather than August as we promised. We are very sorry about that.

Shipping to Early birds complete!
over 4 years ago – Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 02:11:52 PM

Just a quick update (because it is my birthday today, and I want to spend as much of it as possible with the family). We finished shipping all Early birds rewards this week! That includes the Print & Play copies of the game. So to all Early birds and DIY-gamers: have fun! And please share pictures of your Rollecate adventures! For instance on BoardGameGeek: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/278824/rollecate.

One of the many pages in the Print & Play files we sent.
One of the many pages in the Print & Play files we sent.