day of

the dead

Making a strategic card game that stands out.

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Style

Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of strategic board and card games being printed. But many of them have superficial themes or take themselves too seriously. Day of the Dead seeks to be different. Since none of your cards ever truly die, no matter how often they lose, the game is filled with quirky cartoon skeletons, ghosts, and other weirdos.

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Innovations

Text is kept to a minimum with pertinent information easy to read. In a field notorious for big boxes, a compact tin was used instead. Rules had to be succinct, and diagrams were favored whenever possible. The finished product was funded via Kickstarter. While the campaign was a moderate success, it helped attract the largest board game distributor in North America.