Marsh Hallow

Par For Why Games

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Fonds récoltés : 13 127 €

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A cooperative polyomino dungeon crawler flip and write where you play a marshmallow trying to save your family from a marshmallow cult.

Detail shots of Marsh Hallow's Transparent Cards

The ritual has just begun - the pyre is lit, and mallow monks’ meditations are fanning the flames making it burn hotter and hotter over time. Equipped with water guns and water balloons, players traverse the map with the help of their animal allies. They use their ammunition wisely to extinguish flaming family members and distract Mallow Monks from their meditations. Along the way, players gain more watery artiller, deploy their animal friends’ unique abilities, summon the Spirit of The Hallow, and assist fellow players. Those that save the most resources, rescue all three family members, and keep the Pyre’s intensity low will win the game.

Support Independent Creators Marsh Hallow is the darkly whimsical labor of love from the minds of Kervin Queliza of For Why Games and Kelley Reece. Funding our campaign helps us bring you more games and art work from the Mallow-verse. artist original inked drawings Kickstarter backers get the opportunity to purchase hand drawn Mallows from the artist herself. Super fans can comission a Mallow-fied movie poster of their choice, working directly with Kelley Reece. EARLY ACCESS TO PRINTS & MERCH As a thank you to our Funders we are offering limited edition prints of the art from Marsh Hallow and Mallow-fied movie posters, as well as early access to future merch.

TRANSPARENT CARDS According to our play testers, our transparent cards are literally game changing. The polyomino shapes and grid spaces are designed to perfectly align so mirroring, flipping, and rotating are a breeze. Lay your cards on your map to strategize your next move. UNIQUE MECHANICS Placement Rules Shapes must be connected at the corners when placing them on the map and NOT touch orthogonally (up, down, left, right.) Spirit of the Hallow Summon The Spirit by "pulling a tooth" from the werewolf apparition on the dashboard. Use the shape of his remaining teeth instead of the shapes shown on the card that round. Quake Ground animals can Quake, an ability that allows players to move one square to a new location where it is connected to the rest of the shape at the corners. COPIOUS CHARACTERS

"Marsh Hallow is a cozy horror flip and write. That takes accessibility to the next level with the use of its transparent cards and easy-to-read board."

What's Inside? Base game - 50 maps - 50 dashboards - Comic Book & Instruction Manual - 25 transparent cards - Tuck Box - 4 golf pencils

"It's such puzzly spoopy fun!' 'Give me hot cocoa and Marsh Hallow and I'm a happy mallow"

How to play GAME OBJECTIVES Players who rescue their family members, impede Mallow Monks from intensifying the Pyre’s flame, save enough water to extinguish the Pyre at the end of The Ritual, and reach the base of the Pyre before The Ritual is complete wins. SET UP: FIND YOUR FAMILY Draw three cards and locate each of the Mallow characters on the map and circle them. These characters represent the family you’ll save. Pick one of the three to save first. Wherever that Mallow is located - that is where the player will start the game. PHASE ONE: Run A card is drawn from the Movement Deck at the beginning of each round, offering players a choice between two polyomino shapes. Players navigate the grounds by drawing the chosen shape onto their map. Snuffing out the Mallow Monks meditating around the flowers is important, however your weapons and inventory present competing priorities. phase two: Gun Covering a mallow of any kind costs 1 💧 or 1 water balloon. Monks - Shoot them quickly to reduce the rate of growth of the Pyre’s intensity. free range cultists - Avoid them if you can - focus on rescuing family members and Monks to avoid wasting resources family members - Rescuing the 2nd and 3rd family members yields rewards (shown on left side of the dashboard) Other icons on the map (tents and ponds) offer players an opportunity to gain equipment and refill their squirt guns. Slinglshots are spots where you can help a friend by launching water balloons at the map to eliminate a complete meditation circle. PHASE THREE: Dun Dun Duuun! The Root’s Pyre grows stronger and more difficult to extinguish. Count the uncovered Mallow Monks remaining on the map and fill in a corresponding number of petals on the Pyre Intensity track. fig. 1: Players count the remaining Mallow Monks on the map. Complete meditation circles count towards 5 petals on the Pyre Intensity Track and 1 petal for each individual Monk. The Pyre Intensity has risen to 17. The player shades in 4 complete flowers on the border of the map.

Praise & More Marsh Hallow offers a refreshing twist (and welcomed challenge) to polyomino games and I love how accessible it is with the stunning transparent cards! - @achunkeemunkee Cute marshmallows, clever design, and fluff-filled fun - Marsh Hallow shines from story to helpful overlays. - @HappyMeeples Marsh Hallow brings the perfect combination of fun, cooperative play, and strategy to the table. This innovative flip-and-write is a must-have for every family game night! - @BoardGameGrandma

In a culture polluted with AI generated imagery and video, it is meaningful that the visual world of Marsh Hallow was drawn by hand by the illustrator and designer, Kelley Reece. Your support helps a human artist continue to create imaginitive worlds like this.

Our Partners are Whatz Game Manufacturing, Backerkit, and MOCO logistics

Shipping to US costs $14, to Canada $17, to Hawaii/Alaska $15 (standard), and $18 for expedited

Kervin Queliza - Game Designer | Mechanics engineer | Publisher

Kervin Queliza is a QPOC board game designer, content creator, and publisher that got his start in the board game industry in his car on TikTok. He advocates for diversity not only at board gaming tables but also within the games themselves. We wanted to create Marsh Hallow to demonstrate that roll and write games are more fun when they are supported by strong themes, story, and art

Kelley Reece - Game Designer | Visual Designer | Illustrator

Kelley Reece is a designer, LGBTQIA+ activist, and licensed social worker that provides trauma-informed therapy interventions for clients that have endured religious, high control group, and narcissistic abuse. She also owns and operates Initiative Industries, a studio & consulting firm that integrates creativity, psychology, and social advocacy into team building trainings and educational workshops.