King of the Haystack

A card game you can learn in one round, and a mystery that takes a lot longer.

King of the Haystack is a fast, cutthroat card game for 4 to 8 players that plays in about twenty minutes. One creature sits on top of the Haystack as the King. On your turn, challenge it. Higher attack wins and takes the Haystack. Hold it long enough and your crown becomes a victory point. Power-Ups, Traps and Special Actions let you boost your own creatures or knock someone else off at the worst possible moment.

It's been played by college students, by twelve- and fourteen-year-olds, and by farmers who had never played a card game before, and all they kept coming back to play..

Every card is a clue.

Every creature, trap and power-up was drawn by hand, and every card carries a line of flavor text that points somewhere. Somewhere out past the corn there's a laboratory, and the person who ran it was very interested in the Haystack. You'll be able to step inside it before the game comes out.

Made in Mankato, Minnesota.

King of the Haystack is designed, illustrated and built by one person, Cody Pithan, under King of the Haystack LLC. This page is here early so you can follow along from the beginning. Hit Notify me on launch and Kickstarter will email you the day the campaign goes live.