Our next board game, Verdun, will be available for reviews now.

We will launch the campaign on July 23rd 2024, 19:16 CET in Kickstarter. Kickstarter URL is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ddpgames/verdun-a-thematic-card-game-set-in-the-trenches-of-wwi

Verdun is a 1v1 and 2v2 card game revisiting the German and French armies fighting in the World War I battlefields of Verdun. As their hands dwindle, players will also have to play cards that help the other side, timing it strategically to minimize their own casualties. The teams alternate being the attacker, mirroring the back-and-forth nature of the Verdun battles, bringing the costly decision-making to the players’ table. Every card played has consequences, and every round is a tension-filled challenge. Quite a few players have said that it's like Twilight Struggle in terms of challenge to consider how to play the cards that are for opponents out of your hand. The designer of Twilight Struggle, Jason Matthews, said, “Verdun is one of those unique games that surprises you with a simple set of rules that says something profound about a massive historical event. Definitely a game to add to the collection.”

It is a quick game to learn - rule instructions take about 6-10 minutes. But still every game provides new challenges and nail-biting tension. We're looking for content creators who have previous experience with trick-taking games, as this has some semblance to trick-taking while still not being exactly that. In the last conventions we've demoed this (both in the US and varying EU countries), players have said they have never seen anything quite like it - we'd love to hear if you have. We'd also greatly appreciate any hints on who else to contact to reach good coverage. We'll have 24 copies to circulate.

Rulebook can be downloaded here. We will eventually create a German rulebook, but right now, only English exists.