Support us on Kickstarter!

Last night at 10:49PM, Velociprator! Cannibalism! launched our Kickstarter campaign, and as of this morning, we have already raised 13% of our goal and are already sold out of one of our rewards. We are offering some great rewards for our supporters including a PDF of the game, original art, and an exclusive first run print edition of the game. Below is a list of our rewards levels, named after the characters in the game.

$1: SPRINKLES: For a dollar or more, all supporters will get access to the full text rules of the game. If you are interested in seeing how our game works, but aren’t sure you want to contribute a substantial sum before making a commitment, pledge at this level to see the details of our mechanics.

$5: BRIAN For $5 or more, supporters will receive a the PDF of the demo game that was created at the Global Game Jam, including the full rules manual, the completed character sheets, game mat, and the text-only cards. Although this will not have the full art we plan on creating, this level will include everything you need to print and play a game.

$18: COLDCUTS: For $18 or more, supporters will receive everything from the levels below as well as a PDF of the full game when the artwork is completed in all of it’s artistic glory. This includes body parts fully illustrated, full art predator and prey cards, and box-art cover page.

$22: ACE: For only $22 or more, supporters will receive everything from the levels below, but the full version they receive will include a Kickstarter Only set of extra body parts (rumor says it’ll be unicorn parts).

$75: IGGY: For a pledge of $75 or more you will get to design a body part that will be in the final game. Species, color, it can be anything! This reward includes a copy of the physical game if we raise $4500. Limit 5!

$500: REGINALD: For being a foundation and being the first to pledge $500 or more, you get to design a completely custom character mat, drawn from scratch, just for you. Phoenix? Dragon? Robot alien from outer space? Whatever! (As long as its not copyright to someone else.) Not only that, but we’ll specially print you off a physical copy, even if we don’t raise enough to open up that reward level to everyone.

Visit our Kickstarter page to view our video and support the production of the art for Velociraptor! Cannibalism! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardraptorgames/velociraptor-cannibalism

Welcome to Velociraptor! Cannibalism!

Velociraptor! Cannibalism! is a card game of survival, mutation, and the occasional volcano.

Based on a crude understanding of natural selection, Velociraptor! Cannibalism! puts you in the role of a young, eager, and bright eyed heartless killer. As a velociraptor, you must find prey, survive environmental disaster, mutate, and steal the bodies of your enemies. Designed for three to six players Velociraptor! Cannibalism! is designed to be easy for new players to jump in, while still providing a challenge for repeat play.

Designed at the Global Game Jam, this game was created by six game designers who all enjoy the weird, the funny and the fun. Information about game mechanics can be found on the Mechanics page.

Game Designers

We are six game designers that met at the Global Game Jam, and are dedicated to putting out the best possible card game about velociraptors eating kittens. Join us as we produce a brand new experience where you can eat baby seals and wear a bow tie while you cannibalize your friends.

We hope you like our game as much as we enjoyed creating it together.

Jesse, JR, Jenn, Bri, Andrew, Major

The Designers

J.R. Blackwell is a game designer and photographer who wrote the zombie game, Shelter In Place. She likes writing fiction and taking pictures of supervillains and monsters.

 

 

Major Johnson is a computer programer who appears in the special thanks for Albedo: Platinum Cataylst and AI War: Fleet Command. He likes unusual software bugs and reading fantasy novels.

 

Bri Lance is a programmer and game developer who led programming for Fitter Critters, an educational children’s game. She also likes reading novels and throwing random objects at the ceiling to see if they stick.

 

Jennifer Rodgers is an illustrator and concept artist best known for work in Evil Hat’s The Dresden Files RPG (2010), Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book perfume series by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (2008), and a Harvey Award nomination for Best Colorist in 2006. She’s also a devoted horror geek who dabbles in genre journalism and modeling.

 

Andrew Wilson is a geek of all trades and sometimes freelancer. He can be found in the wild at various conventions, and is rumored to have mastered hibernation as a sleep cycle.

 

 

Jesse Whitworth is a game designer and programmer who cut his teeth making mods for Unreal Tournament and The Wheel of Time. He also enjoys writing novels and constructing rpg campaign settings.

Purchase the Game

To purchase a copy of the game, visit our Kickstarter page, where you can pledge $48 (for shipping within the USA) or $58 (for international shipping) to receive a copy of the game.

All print copies include 6 player mats, the 7th, Kickstarter exclusive character, the main mat, game pieces, 115 cards and the special, unlocked rewards from the Kickstarter campaign.

Printed copies will only be available with these special rewards till April 20th, 2012, so if you want to get the exclusive Kickstarter rewards, visit our Kickstarter page and pledge now!

We also have rewards such as the print and play version of the game, multiple copies of the game, exclusive Kickstarter only characters, and other great rewards: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardraptorgames/velociraptor-cannibalism

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Meat the Characters

The Characters in Velociraptor! Cannibalism! are all Raptors, but don’t let that make you think they don’t have their own style! These Raptors know how to have a good time while still being the ultimate predators.

ACE

Ace is a high-flyer who pilots a zeppelin in the old-new world.

She’s a gal that likes adventure, rope tricks, quick-draws and the taste of fresh flesh.

REGINALD

A Gentleman AND a Scholar, Reginald enjoys cultural events, including foreign film festivals, tasting local wine, and live classical music.

He likes printed publications and rending flesh from prey.

SPRINKLES

Sprinkles likes to party, and isn’t quite sure how he got here.

Sprinkles is in disguise right now.

There’s a lot going on with Sprinkles.

COLDCUTS

The eldest of our Raptors, Coldcuts is old-school cool, and he ain’t going to quit now.

Sure, the kids these days think they’re all that, but old Coldcuts knows that true cool comes from attitude. He enjoys popping the heads off of bunnies.

BRIAN

Brian’s just a guy, you know? He likes sandwiches. His favorites are peanut butter and tuna fish. He really doesn’t know what you are looking at.

He’s very normal, okay?

IGGY

The quintessential punk, Iggy enjoys defying authority and rocking out.

She likes bands you haven’t heard of, indie everything, making patches, zines, and eating kittens.

Mechanics

Go hunting, eat cute critters, fight predators, mutate new body parts, feed your form, and reproduce. And occasionally gobble them back down! Below is a brief overview of the best velociraptor card game ever made that incorporates eating your own young and sprouting a tentacle head.

PLAY DESCRIPTION

You play a velociraptor that grafts new body parts onto your character, mutating your creature in bizarre, horrifying, and hilarious ways. New body parts increase your food requirements, better parts costing more calories. Don’t have enough food? Eat your offspring! Want those fancy wings your opponent picked up? Attack them, rip them off, and add them to yourself!

Fight, survive, reproduce, cannibalize, and win!

THE MECHANICS

This is a card game which also incorporates two mats. The first is your character sheet, and the second is the mat for the three game decks. VC! is a game of resource management and skill building, with the added bonus of a vicious PvP element that allows characters to steal each others’ abilities in order to increase the skills of their own characters.

STATS

Characters have three stats that determine what they can do. The basic stats for a character are listed on their character-sheet. Modifications to your stats are made by gaining new body parts that can raise or lower your stats.

• ARMOR: Your defense against attacks from other players and predators.

• SPEED: How many Jungle cards you can draw on your round.

• ATTACK: Your ability to ATTACK other players or defend against predators.

CALORIES

PREY are the creatures you eat in order to get the CALORIES you need to REPRODUCE, MUTATE, and FLEE from malevolent PREDATORS.

You can eat your own BABIES to get enough Calories to survive. You monster.

DECK TYPES

•The MEAT LOCKER is the deck of BODY PARTS.

•EVENTS are the deck of environments that are drawn once per round and effect all players.

•THE JUNGLE is the deck of cards containing PREDATORS, PREY and PERSONAL EVENTS

END GAME

The game ends at the end of the round when all the population tokens have been taken, or the end of the round when the last environment card is drawn, whichever happens first.

The winner is the Player who has reproduced the most!

The Demo Game

When the game was developed at the Global Game Jam, we put together a print-and-play version that we used to demo and playtest the game. The photos below are of that demo game including our play mats, three decks, the main mat and the colorful eggs that determine the winner of the game. Jennifer Rodgers created the art for Velociraptor! Cannibalism!

This is the main play mat, where the three decks of cards are arranged.

Event cards determine the environment that the Raptors live in.

Prey cards are eaten by Raptors for their calories, which can help the Raptor keep up their body parts, reproduce, and ultimately win the game.

Raptors get different body parts which can help them in different ways.

Eggs are the result of reproduction. The Raptor with the most at the end of the game is the winner.

A full set of photos of the demo game can be viewed on Flickr