From the creators of the bestselling game, Paperback, comes the next chapter in deckbuilding/ word games. Play as Penelope Quill, an aspiring, 19th-century author working to write your next novel, earning money and prestige along the way. Spend your coins on cards to specialize your deck in certain genres and exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together! Be the first to acquire enough prestige to complete your masterpiece and be recognized as the finest novelist of the age!
Wordsmiths can score big by discovering the perfect word from their hand of randomly drawn cards.
Strategic players can maximize the benefit of their cards by carefully crafting the perfect deck.
Multiple strategies to explore:
Competitive, cooperative, and single-player gameplay options.
Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win. Some of the features:
No wilds in your deck- any card can be wild.
Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system.
Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards.
Fight over the coveted Endorsement cards.
New Persistent cards stay in play until someone uses them!
You can play it here:
[https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=hardback
](https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=hardback)
In addition to the competitive race mode for 2-5 players, the base game includes several variant rules including Literary Awards, Adverts, Player Powers, and Events; and a co-op mode for 1-4 players, in which players join forces against one of four simulated opponents, each of which is proficient in a different deck genre.
The team would like to thank the Fowers Games team, as well as the designers Jeff Beck & Tim Fowers.
Of course, nothing would have been possible without the help of Quietmint, our developer, who made the game available for all to enjoy.
Exciting, isn't it?
Words are hard, but this game isn't. It's simply clever and I must admit that it is one of our favorites from this publisher.
So don't wait: start a game right now. Or two.
*“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
*― Ernest Hemingway
Hardback: Et fremragende Tim Fowers ordspil
Fra skaberne af det bedst sælgende spil, Paperback, kommer det næste kapitel i deckbuilding / word-spil.
Spil som Penelope Quill, en håbefuld forfatter fra det 19. århundrede, der arbejder på at skrive din næste roman og tjene penge og prestige undervejs.
Brug dine mønter på kort for at specialisere dit spil i bestemte genrer og udnytte kortkombinationer, og tryk på lykken for at trække ekstra kort - men sørg for at du stadig kan stramme et ord sammen!
Vær den første til at erhverve nok prestige til at fuldføre dit mesterværk og blive anerkendt som den fineste romanforfatter i tiden!
Ordsmede kan score stort ved at opdage det perfekte ord fra deres hånd med tilfældigt trukkede kort.
Strategiske spillere kan maksimere fordelen ved deres kort ved omhyggeligt at skabe det perfekte dæk.
Flere strategier at udforske:
Konkurrencedygtige, samarbejdsvillige og singleplayer-spilindstillinger.
Spillere bygger et dæk af bogstaver med forskellige kræfter og kører til 60 berømmelsespoint for at vinde.
Nogle af funktionerne:
Ingen wilds i dit dæk - ethvert kort kan være wild.
Skub dit held for flere kort med blæksystemet.
Match genrefarver for at få bonusevner på dine kort.
Kæmp om de eftertragtede godkendelseskort.
Nye vedvarende kort forbliver i spil, indtil nogen bruger dem!
Du kan spille det her:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=hardback
Ud over den konkurrencedygtige race-tilstand for 2-5 spillere inkluderer basisspillet flere forskellige regler, herunder litterære priser, annoncer, spillerstyrker og begivenheder; og en co-op-tilstand til 1-4 spillere, hvor spillerne forener kræfter mod en af fire simulerede modstandere, som hver især er dygtige i en anden deckgenre.
Holdet vil gerne takke Fowers Games-teamet samt designerne Jeff Beck & Tim Fowers.
Naturligvis ville intet have været muligt uden hjælp fra Quietmint, vores udvikler, der gjorde spillet tilgængeligt for alle at nyde.
Spændende, er det ikke?
Ord er hårde, men dette spil er det ikke.
Det er simpelthen smart, og jeg må indrømme, at det er en af vores favoritter fra denne udgiver.
Så vent ikke: start et spil lige nu.
Eller to.
"Der er ingen ven, der er så loyal som en bog."
- Ernest Hemingway