Boutique Rivals

Boutique Rivals

Create iconic outfits. Gain a following. Set the trends!

Age: 8+ / Duration: 20-30 minutes / Player Count: 2

Story

Step into the spotlight and design outfits that turn heads. Build your following and set the trend to become the boutique everyone’s talking about. 

Craft bold, unforgettable looks by selecting clothing items from the shared design rail. Once your outfit is complete, assign influencers to showcase your style and spark the next big trend.

My Inspiration

Boutique Rivals stemmed from initially designing a bigger game about players running their own Boutique. This idea came about from brainstorming a game for a contest around creating a game that uses dice in alternative ways. I then came up with the idea of this fashion game that was a very engine builder game however my main inspiration for the game was from the fashion plates I used to play with as a kid. 

Remember these... when you would get a head of a person with some sort of accessory, then a torso with a shirt or top and then to finish it a waist with a skirt or trousers. You would place these in the tray, lay a sheet of paper over the top and then use the chalk (or something similar) provided to rub over the plates to print out a completed outfit. I would play with this endlessly and store up a collection of paper with different prints on. 

Now comes Boutique Rivals, after a couple of plays of the bigger engine builder version, it was clear that a big part of the game was putting together the items of clothing to make these looks and so I decided to distill this into a smaller card game. 

Key Features

Transparent Cards - Play with the transparent item cards to layer items of clothing to create outfits.  (MAYBE ADD A GIF OF CARD LAYERING)

Fashion Artwork - The illustrator Jelena worked to create individual items of clothing to fit the brief. I look at the illustrations and want to wear many of the clothes myself. (VIDEO OF JELENA DRAWING)

Easy to Learn Rules - The game operates on a simple 1 main action per turn with the addition of free actions. After just a couple of turns, player quickly understand how the game works and want to set in for a second game to create new outfits. (LINK A HOW TO PLAY VIDEO)

Replayability - Wanting for a game that can be played over and over, the nature of the transparent item cards adds to the value of the game as there are many variations of outfits that can be put together.

(QUOTE OF GAMEPLAY REVIEW)

How to Play (IMAGES OF ALL STAGES)

• Start with 7 cards in hand and £25
• Play one main action and any free actions (most often the assign material action)
• Create an outfit
• Assign influencers to gain £ and affect the trend
• Complete 3 outfits to trigger the end of the game
• Score your outfits, trend, recycled material and accessories

(ADD A QUOTE OF GAMEPLAY)

(INCLUDE A LINK TO PDF RULES ON WEBSITE)

Reward Levels (ALL IMAGES)

Boutique Rivals - £35

• 106 Transparent Cards
  • 86 Item Cards
  • 18 Event Cards
• 74 Playing Cards
  • 50 Material Cards
  • 6 Follower Cards
  • 18 Influencer Cards
• Wooden Money
• Wooden Style Tokens
• Double Layer Player Boards
• Game Rubber Playmat
• Drawstring Bag
• Rulebook

Retailer - £105

• 6 Boutique Rivals

Why Back Us?

Early access - You will receive your copy of Boutique Rivals before its in any stores.

Access and unlock stretch goals - If we raise more through your backing we will aim to improve the overall quality of the game as well as unlock some fun stretch goals.

Next games - While we look to raise funds with your help for Boutique Rivals, this will also help us grow our overall business as we aim to launch more games and one day, help other creators as we offer our services as publishers.

Any funds raised will primarily be used towards the manufacturing of the game and other additional products.

Stretch Goals (ALL IMAGES)

• 8 Achievement Cards - Funding Goal - £9000
• 18 Additional Item Cards - Funding Goal - £10,000

Add-ons (ALL IMAGES)

• Enamel Pin Badge - Style Icons - £5
• Male Models Bonus Pack - 86 Cards - £15

Previews and Reviews

(EMBED ANY REVIEWS AND VIDEOS)

(LIST OF 4 QUOTES)

Shipping

(IMAGE DESCRIBING THE SHIPPING COSTS)

Timeline

(IMAGE OF THE TIMELINE)

Retailers

We would love to work with any retailers who would like to stock Boutique Rivals.

Please contact us at kathrine@nodrinksonthetable.co.uk to discuss further or complete this form.

Partners and Contributors

• Jelena
• Rob
• Dina Said So

Risks and Challenges

Timelines for the project should fall within the expected timelines however delays could be expected due to using external companies for the running of graphic design, manufacturing and logistics.

Artwork has been done in advance but with demo days and feedback from the community a few tweaks will be made along with some additional elements.

The manufacturer we plan to use have extensive experience in the production of board games and ensures that every component is made with the highest quality in mind.

Fulfilment will be fulfilled by ourselves and we will assure that if any damages are incurred due to the nature of travelling such products, we will seek to resolve this.