By Louis Lesueur,
Published on 22 Feb 21 at 7:14
updated on 22 Feb 21 at 7:14
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“Remontada, the best way to win! “With CovidParty, we are playing with the pandemic, this time we are playing with the round ball. Arthur, 30 years old and from Verlinghem, in the metropolis of Lille (North), imagined a board game which combines rooming and football. Her name ? Comeback.
To be able to market his game, he launched a crowdfunding campaign on February 15, 2021.
A football fan imagines a game
Arthur’s project is born during the first confinement. This manager of a coworking space is then 100% unemployed. “With friends, we run a Facebook page, Bad Faith FC, we were looking for how to animate it during confinement, explains Arthur. We didn’t want to take a quiz like everyone else. I looked into the subject to suggest something. I opened a Word file. I wrote, I wrote. I finally had the basis of a board game, a board game rather than a virtual one. ”
This LOSC supporter since the age of 10, takes advantage of his free time to think about the rules, draw prototypes by hand and play with his girlfriend.
Bad faith and strategy
“It was going slowly at the time. The deconfinement allowed me to have it tested by my friends and my family. For three to four months, it was modify, test, modify, test, modify. ”
In addition to the rules of the game, Arthur works on graphics by using royalty-free icons in an image bank. “A graphic designer friend helped me with the finishing touches. I was also helped by a friend for the writing. I understand myself and I understand the rules, but people don’t necessarily understand. “
The game combines rooming and football, and is intended to be accessible to all, even to non-connoisseurs of the round ball. “The game will bring out the bad faith that is in each of us. It is a game of strategy and luck. “
Score one more goal than the opponent
This game is played one on one. The goal? As in a football match, it is to score one goal more than the opponent. After deciding on a tactical scheme, the game begins. In turn, one player attacks, the other defends. Each turn allows you to get closer to the opponent’s goal, by taking one of two paths, a simple and a more complex one. There is more chance of scoring being close to the goal. “A goalie’s clearance has a probability of roughly 1/300,” laughs Arthur.
Action cards can spice up the game, “destabilize your opponent or help you score.” We can be led at half-time and win at the end. The escalation scenario exists. ”
However, this football fan did not create his game according to the name.
In June, I was looking for a name. I looked at a football lexicon on the internet. Arriving at R, I saw remountada. Initially, I wanted to have my relatives vote, but this name is very good and corresponds to the game. It is not an anti-PSG game, I am a supporter of French clubs in the European Cup.
Gold tickets in the boxes?
Arthur takes advantage of a happy coincidence of the calendar to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Monday, February 15, 2021. “At first, my goal was to launch production at Christmas 2020. Finally, I changed my mind, I didn’t want to release a product that I myself would not be convinced. I gave myself six more months to improve it and release it for the Euro in June. With two or three months of production delays, I left in February for the start of the crowdfunding. In December, the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League gave a PSG-Barça. I decided to launch the campaign a day before the game. “
The campaign has already exceeded 60% of the initial target of 300 pre-orders and the desired € 9,000. If the campaign reaches 1,000 pre-orders and € 30,000, Arthur will insert gold tickets in certain boxes which will allow them to win jerseys, scarves or tickets for matches. “I am very happy with the start of the campaign. It’s a very good surprise, but there is still a long way to go. “
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