MANSFIELD – After decades of gaming together, four friends are ready to release their own game.
Chad Crider and Jeff Bookman of Mansfield, Raymond Warren of Ashland and Dylan Young of Columbus recently launched a Kickstarter campaign where people can buy their card game, Oh Cluck!
“We’ve been friends for about 20 years now, and we’ve been gamers that whole time, so we decided we wanted to make a game ourselves,” Crider said.
Oh Cluck! is described as a “take that” style card game that allows players to engage in a “barnyard brawl.” The game’s objective is to end your turn with one dozen eggs or to be the last “Rooster” standing.
Featuring art by Warren, Oh Cluck! blends juvenile humor with plenty of puns, jokes, and pop culture references into a hilarious game for friends and family alike. It is designed for two to six players, ages 13 and up, with an average game time of 30 to 60 minutes.
Crider says the game’s been most popular with young teens, but it’s intended for people of all ages. In his experience, groups of 30 and 40-year-old individuals enjoy it, too.
After a successful soft launch at the “Con on the Cob” in November, 2017, the group hopes to raise $8,000 through a Kickstarter campaign that will be used to fund the initial print run of the game, which will launch the game publicly at Origins Game Fair in Columbus from June 13 to 17. The campaign launched Thursday, Jan. 25.
Stretch Goals, or goals beyond the initial goal, are to raise $11,000 to fund a 48-card expansion for the game as an add-on for backers at a discounted purchase price. If that goal is reached, the next would be to get an additional $3,000 for a total of $14,000, which will allow the Deluxe Edition versions of the game to feature larger roosters, increasing the size and visibility for the game.
If these are both met, the team intends to offer additional Stretch Goals, added as needed.
The Kickstarter Campaign offers backers the ability to purchase the game at the following levels:
– $20: Oh Cluck! Standard Edition: 91 cards and rules
– $35: Oh Cluck! Deluxe Edition: 110 cards, rules, tokens and three Art Prints
– $60: Two copies of Oh Cluck! Deluxe Edition
– $250: The Deluxe Edition of the game, coupled with the opportunity to work with Foolish Media to create a completely unique Rooster for your copy of the game. This Rooster will be a one-of-a-kind item, never used again.
Collectively, the four men have formed “Foolish Media LLC.” an independent game and media studio based in Mansfield that is working to produce games, comics, podcasts, and related media with an eye on gaming culture. “Oh Cluck!” is the first game the group has released.
Learn more at www.foolish.media or via the game’s Facebook page and Instagram account. Support the Kickstarter campaign here.
