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Project: Toxic People

Designers: Adrian Zain Chua, Lim Ming Liang

Artist: Lim Ming Liang

Publisher: Ameba Games

Genre/Mechanisms: betting and bluffing, hand management, humor, mature/adult, party game, player elimination, set collection, single loser game, take that

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Combines a unique blend of draw poker and action cards to bring office politics to a whole new level. Beat your opponents with a winning hand in a classic game of draw poker. Just don’t get too comfortable as a bad bunch of action cards like the cheater and troublemaker are going to mess things up. You even get to draft the action cards that will be played during the game. Choose the bluffer card if deception turns you on. Choose more sabotage cards (like the bully) if you like to undermine your buddies. Every game can be customized so you’ll need different strategies to win. After the mayhem caused by the action cards, the winner will get to pass the loser a toxic token. The first player with 3 toxic tokens is crowned the loser.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $26

All-In (w/shipping): $65

Campaign Ends: 9/26

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 159% with 27 days to go.