Portable games, kind hellos, easy to mail gifts, and fun holiday cards await! This collection of gamified greetings is great for building your own collection of mini games or for making a friend's day with a nice surprise.
Portable games, kind hellos, easy to mail gifts, and fun holiday cards await!
This collection of gamified greetings is great for building your own collection of mini games that travel with you or for making a friend's day with a nice surprise.
Whether you want to send a birthday card that doubles as a gift, wish to add some nerdy flair to your yearly holiday salutations, or need a portable activity to engaged kids while waiting at a restaurant, there's plenty of options to choose from and create a little cheer!
*Please note that final designs are subject to change based on playtesting and final art direction, stretch goals, etc. However, the core game will be as promised above (i.e. Colorful Characters will stay a solo character builder game even if the rainbow flower art on the back is changed slightly).
Games have all rules and any applicable game boards printed on the card, so you only need a dice roller and maybe some scraps of paper (to act as markers) to play!
Each card has either a game or a fun game-related reference (leaning heavily on tabletop RPGs) and can be mailed with standard postage.
Games have a variety of options for the number of players with some games being for just one player (which can be great for a random hello or making someone feel special) or for multiple players to enjoy together or work as a quick family/friends game on the go.
This campaign will start with five folded cards and five postcards as its base, with more options to unlock as we're able to hire artists for additional designs. Once the campaign is completed, you'll be able to choose from all the unlocked cards for your reward.
Stretch goals for this campaign include hiring artists (and one young writer) to add more card and postcard designs to the selection options AND for some extra bonuses from me!
This project is part of a cross-collaboration with Almost Bedtime Theater! If you back both of our projects at a physical tier, you'll get a special bonus from each of us! Mine is an extra postcard with a game about a library cat!
🎲 WELCOME TO POCKETOPIA—a celebration of portable easy-to-learn tabletop games featuring 50+ creators launching together on BackerKit from March 13 - April 3!
🏆 Here’s how you can earn exclusive event rewards:
Cross-Collab Freebies: Look for projects marked as Cross-Collab partners! Back both projects to earn a FREE reward from each creator. The more pairs you support, the more freebies you collect!
Pocketopia Dice Bag: Back 6 projects or more to unlock this exclusive reward, surveyed and shipped by BackerKit.
⚔️ Rewards at a glance:
2 FREE rewards for every Cross-Collab pair you back (one from each creator!)
1 FREE limited edition Pocketopia 2025 Dice Bag when you back 6+ projects
⭐ PRO TIP: Maximize your freebies by supporting Cross-Collab pairs! For example, support 3 Cross-Collab pairs (6 projects) to earn up to 6 exclusive freebies while unlocking the Dice Bag!
*Only pledges to physical reward tiers or main digital offerings (if no physical items are offered) qualify towards earning these limited FREEBIES. Please refer to individual project pages for unlock requirements.
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Steph (they/them) from TTRPGkids is the writer and artist for the game! They've published two print titles in the TTRPG space, Bakers, Charge! and Making a Tabletop RPG for YOUR Particular Kid, along with over 50 digital titles. They've played and reviewed over 120 all-ages friendly TTRPG projects and are excited to be making a bunch of small fun games that can hopefully help spread a bit of cheer and bring a little joy to others.
Juno Kurtain (Crowva)
Juno Kurtain (Crowva) is a fantasy illustrator and comic artist with a great love of creating unique art with an emphasis on character design, moody illustations and storytelling at its core. He is a huge fan of all sorts of TTRPGs and Role Playing Games.
Mazie Love (Silly Art Collector)
Mazie Lovie (AKA Silly Art Collector) is a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. She loves raccoons and making stories about witches.
The Redwyrmling
The Redwyrmling has been running Tabletop Roleplaying Games for four years bringing his unique imagination and creative abilities to every session. He offers tips and advice for Game Masters and Players, and loves to create plot hooks and monsters and magic items that you can easily drop into your own games.
Shipping and and additional tax will be charged additionally after the campaign through BackerKit. Actual costs for shipping, packaging, and handling will be calculated when we move into fulfillment, but estimated costs are below to help with planning. The values listed here are estimates and may change at fulfillment time.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to a combination of EU regulations, shipping complexity, and other factors, physical copies of this project will only be able to ship to US, CAN, and UK (GB).
Fulfillment for all unlocked cards is planned to be completed by September 2025 with plenty of time for you to have cards for various end of year holidays. Once the campaign concludes, we will keep you updated on the timing.
