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Title:
Hardback
Description:
Hardback: A novel word game is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback. As an aspiring 19th-century novelist, you work to pen your next masterpiece, earning prestige along the way. Specialize your deck in certain genres to exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together!
Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win. Some of the features:
No wilds in your deck - any card can be wild.
Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system.
Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards.
New ”Timeless Classic” letter cards stay in play until an opponent uses them.
In addition to the competitive race mode for 2-5 players, the base game includes several variant rules, including Literary Awards, Adverts, Player Powers, and Events; and a co-op mode for 1-4 players, in which players join forces against one of four simulated opponents, each of which is proficient in a different deck genre.
AWARDS & HONORS:
2018 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee.
COMPONENTS:
Cardboard:
1 Prestige Tracker board (14.5x20cm, scores 0-60)
1 First Player token (black & white quill in inkwell)
Cardstock:
5 Player color cards (145x95mm; in player colors red, yellow, blue, green, purple)
201 cards (63x88mm):
• 6 Literary Award cards (for Literary Awards variant)
• 5 Advert Tracker cards (for Adverts variant)
• 50 Starting Letter cards gray banners upper left:
•• 5 identical sets of cards worth 1¢ each: A, E, I, L, N, R, S, T (each marked with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 pips bottom right for sorting into sets)
•• 10 unique starting cards with no pips, worth 1VP each (B, C, D, G, H, M, P, O, U, Y)
140 Letter cards:
• 35 Adventure cards (yellow banners with compass)
• 35 Horror cards (green banners with skull)
• 35 Mystery cards (blue banners with magnifying glass)
• 35 Romance cards (red banners with hearts)
Wood:
5 Large player tokens (open books, 1x per player color, with 2 book cover stickers to be applied)
5 Small player tokens (open books, 1x per player color, for the Literary Awards variant)
38 Ink tokens (black inkwells)
18 Remover tokens (white inkwells)
Rule booklet (16 p.).
Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win. Some of the features:
No wilds in your deck - any card can be wild.
Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system.
Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards.
New ”Timeless Classic” letter cards stay in play until an opponent uses them.
In addition to the competitive race mode for 2-5 players, the base game includes several variant rules, including Literary Awards, Adverts, Player Powers, and Events; and a co-op mode for 1-4 players, in which players join forces against one of four simulated opponents, each of which is proficient in a different deck genre.
AWARDS & HONORS:
2018 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee.
COMPONENTS:
Cardboard:
1 Prestige Tracker board (14.5x20cm, scores 0-60)
1 First Player token (black & white quill in inkwell)
Cardstock:
5 Player color cards (145x95mm; in player colors red, yellow, blue, green, purple)
201 cards (63x88mm):
• 6 Literary Award cards (for Literary Awards variant)
• 5 Advert Tracker cards (for Adverts variant)
• 50 Starting Letter cards gray banners upper left:
•• 5 identical sets of cards worth 1¢ each: A, E, I, L, N, R, S, T (each marked with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 pips bottom right for sorting into sets)
•• 10 unique starting cards with no pips, worth 1VP each (B, C, D, G, H, M, P, O, U, Y)
140 Letter cards:
• 35 Adventure cards (yellow banners with compass)
• 35 Horror cards (green banners with skull)
• 35 Mystery cards (blue banners with magnifying glass)
• 35 Romance cards (red banners with hearts)
Wood:
5 Large player tokens (open books, 1x per player color, with 2 book cover stickers to be applied)
5 Small player tokens (open books, 1x per player color, for the Literary Awards variant)
38 Ink tokens (black inkwells)
18 Remover tokens (white inkwells)
Rule booklet (16 p.).
Max Number of Players:
2 3 4 5
Barcode:
656793985385
Publisher:
Fowers Games
Playing Time:
60
Year Published:
2024
Designer:
Tim Fowers
Jeff Beck
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Artist:
Ryan Goldsberry
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Suggested Ages:
10+
Date Added:
2023-12-28 15:32:17
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$19.22
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-01-16
Date Added:
2023-12-28 15:32:17
