Previously, On Kickstarter… #683


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Project: The Great Festival

Designer: Jonathan L Franklin (Barpig)

Artist: Frederick van de Bunt (Adventures in Neverland, Barpig, Revenge of the Dictators)

Publisher: Barpig (Barpig)

Genre/Mechanisms: acting, adventure, animals bluffing, campaign / battle card driven, card game, dice rolling, expansion, hand management, humor, medieval, open drafting, party game, player judge, push your luck, role playing, storytelling, take that, turn order: role order, voting

Player Count: 3-7

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Imagine if you could embody a hero character with the power to challenge or otherwise embarrass your friends. But be careful, for those same friends wield powerful item cards that threaten to change the game at any moment. Now combine this with a leveling system to keep it competitive and a damage system to make it vindictive and this is BaRPiG – the unholy result of a one night stand between card-based role-playing games and a mostly ridiculous party.

The Great Festival is the third, and final, installment in the family of BARPIG Adventure Party Games, taking inspiration from games such as Munchkin, Exploding Kittens, Ring of Fire, and tabletop RPGs. Players are invited to be creative in their approach to gameplay and creating an environment in which everyone can really excel in their specialty, while learning a little more about each other and what makes them unique. This sharing and celebrating of diversity is central to The Great Festival’s theme, which is enshrined in the nine new character challenges and the 14 new unique take-that item card types. Everything was created with the goal of seriously putting the party in the game. The Great Festival also reveals more of the lore behind the story of the BARPIG tavern, which embraces how we grow by exploring and sharing what we’ve found.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $71

Campaign Ends: 11/7

Game Ships: June 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 109% with 36 days to go.

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