Merry Mayhem: A Chaotic Twist to your Holiday Gift Exchange

WHY THE MAYHEM?

Ever been stuck in a lame holiday gift exchange (or with a lame gift)? Before long, you’re daydreaming about the candied nuts at the snack table.

It’s a festive flatline. Well, ho-ho-hum! Not this year. When you show up with Merry Mayhem, you’ll transform your gift exchange from fairly forgettable to nothing but memorable.

Watch as yuletide yawns become gleeful grabs and savage swaps. Every player gets a fighting chance, and everyone leaves wanting to do it again next year. Guess what, you win! You just brought the best gift.

THE GAME

Merry Mayhem is a deck of mischievous cards that include 12 different characters, or actions. You simply add them to your holiday gift exchange to make it more fun and engaging. You’ll keep the whole group guessing, scheming, and laughing right up to the last moment of the game.

KICKSTARTER GOALS

Kickstarter has a rich community of people who are passionate about games, and I'd like to invite you to be a part of refining Merry Mayhem.

My Kickstarter goal is two-fold:

1. Get a few hundred copies out into the wild to start collecting feedback at scale. I've done several rounds of playtesting, worked out kinks, and adjusted the mix. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with 95% of people preferring Merry Mayhem over traditional gift exchanges. The Kickstarter Edition I'm launching now is a polished and ready-to-play game, but I'd love YOUR feedback and collaboration before I scale up production.
2. Additionally, I believe game art is critical to the game! The current illustrations and design were created through weeks of wrestling with AI models to arrive at something resembling my vision. However, for the next edition, I want to commission a talented human to illustrate and design the game in a way that AI cannot.

PLAYTESTING RESULTS

The Kickstarter Edition is a fully produced game that will feel like a finished product. Here's what some of our playtesters said.

FULFILLMENT & SHIPPING

I have a small batch of Kickstarter Edition games that have already been printed. They’re scheduled to arrive at my doorstep before the project window closes. If the project funds, I will ship them out to backers immediately. This already-printed inventory is spread across the existing reward tiers, and the games are estimated to arrive at your door in early-December (if you live in the contiguous 48 US states).

In the case that demand for the Kickstarter Edition exceeds my already-printed inventory, I am prepared to submit an additional order to the same printer for more Kickstarter Edition games. While I will do everything I can to produce and fulfill a new batch of Kickstarter Edition games as quickly as possible, I can’t guarantee a new batch would arrive in December.