Billions of people around the world play games every day. Whether it’s a video game, sports or just a board game, we find that playing games can improve certain skills such as multi-tasking, perception and learning. So before we discuss this fantastic idea of a truly amazing idea for a game, I would just like to give you all a little insight into the creators of this project.
Ángel and Daniel are two brothers who love games and animals. Born in Seville (Spain) but living in Nottingham (UK). They always wanted to start their own company and work in something they love. They were lucky to grow up in an environment full of pets, as their dad was a dog breeder, and thanks to that their house was always full of puppies to love and take care of. Gaming-wise, they both love anything from video games to board games. Nowadays, games like Catan, Carcassonne, Azul and regular playing cards are among some of their favourite go-to choices.
Ángel studied Computer Games Art and is the designer behind the art of the game; Daniel is the mind behind how to play. They believe Kickstarter was the right tool to bring the game to the pet-lover and board-gamer communities. Using this platform will allow them to create the game only when they have the quantities needed to do so, minimizing the risks for the backers and themselves.
Help Ángel and Daniel make this game and make it yours along the way by personalizing cards! If you like the idea below and want to help fund this project and make it happen, please back visit their kickstarter campaign.
About the project:
Treats & Tricks is a fast, constantly subject to change game, where players use strategy and luck to win as many pets and points as they can. [2-4 Players]
So.. What is Tricks & Treats ?
The goal of the game is to get the most points possible. Players score points by winning rounds. This is how:
1. Set aside the 4 cards belonging to the Chain of Command from the rest of the deck. Shuffle them and place them in line on the left to right.
2. Flip the Chain of Command, the order obtained will define the strength of each pet group, the strongest group being the card on the left end and the weakest the one on the right.
3. Every card has two scores on the left side, one for Treats, placed on the top, with another for Tricks, placed on the bottom, and used only as an optional rule. For the time being, we will only use the ones on the top.
4. The strongest card is determined using the order from the laid down Chain of Command cards. The strength of Pets within the same Pet Group are resolved using their Treat score.
5. After dealing three cards to each person, the youngest player starts the first hand. Choose which card to play from your hand and place it facing up on the table. The round continues clockwise until all players play one card.
6. Whoever places the strongest card wins the turn! The winner adds all cards played this round to his own score deck.
7. Once the scoring for the round is finished, each player draws a card from the main deck, starting with the player who won the previous turn and going clockwise. All players must have 3 cards at the beginning of each turn while there are still cards remaining in the main deck.
8. The game continues hand after hand until all cards from the deck are drawn, played and scored. At the end of the game, each player adds all Treats points scored in their score deck. The winner of the game is the player with the most points.
One of the fantastic rewards for backing this amazing kickstarter is getting personalized game cards or postcards:
Personalized Game Card:
If you want to personalize a game card (from the ones available in the game,) you can get the Name that Pet! Reward or you can add an extra £30 to your pledge for the first card, £20 extra for the second and £15 extra for the third and up. You will be able to add its Name + City and Year of birth [See example].
This is a list of all the Pet cards you can personalize [in brackets the ones no longer available]:
Dogs: Pug, English Bulldog, Basset Hound, Chihuahua, [Beagle], Labrador, [German Pointer], Rottweiler, Siberian Husky, German Shepperd, Corgi and Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Cats: Angora, Bengal, British Shorthair, American Curl, Khao Mane, Maine Coon, Manx, Munchkin, Persian, Scottish Fold, Siamese and Sphynx.
Birds: Zebra Finch, Lovebird, Parakeet, Parrot, Cockatoo, Barn Owl, Owl, Canary, Cardinal, Dove, Call Duck and Goose.
Rabbits & Rodents: Syrian Hamster, Holland Lop, Roborowski Hamster, Dormouse, fancy Rat, Guinea Pig, Gerbil, Lemming, Chinchilla. Hotot, Rex Rabbit and Dwarf Rabbit.
You can also Fully Personalized Game Card:
Re-draw one of the cards to make it look like a portrait of your pet, decide its score or make it a Leader!
The rewards for the campaign are simple and straightforward. If you decide to back our campaign, you can do so from just £1 and we’ll send you a huge thank you via email; you can get 1, 2 or 4 copies of the game for £15, £29 or £50 respectively; and you can add a personalized postcard for an extra £5 or personalized game cards for £30 extra (a second personalized card for an extra £20 and extra £15 each after the third card). Shipping not included.
Personalized Postcard:
As mentioned before, to get a personalized postcard with the pet of your choosing (from the ones available in the game) you can get the Postcard Pack Reward or you can add an extra £5 to your pledge. You will be able to add its Name + City and Year of birth [See example].
Check out the pledge levels below just for backing this amazing project.
To back this fantastic new kickstarter and check out the rewards from funding this project visit the project page here
