What is Innomination?

NO! Innomination is not a trading card game (TCG). It is a customizable card game, not to be confused with a collectable card game.

• Innomination's main intent is to be sold as a complete game right out of the box, like a board game.

• When you buy a box of Innomination, you are buying a full playset of every card in the game, plus token cards and standard-use counters.

• You will NEVER have to buy booster packs to stay competitive. You will already have everything to make these types of decks.

• I intend to always sell future sets of Innomination as complete, boxed products with a full playset of every card. If I get that far,

How difficult is Innomination?

On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being a game with one simple mechanic that's easy to play (like Tic-Tac-Toe), and 5 being the most complex tabletop games available where you may need multiple tables to play (like Gloomhaven), we think Innomination sits at a 4. Innomination asks for you to learn several things:

• Learn Problem Solving Card Text. Innomination has a certain language that needs to be interpreted correctly.

• Learn phases of the turn. We have a quick reference card you can use to remind you how to begin your turn, what you can do during your turn, and how to end your turn.

• Learn named cards. These are your most powerful cards! Always try to use them if you can.

• Board states can get large. There is a mental load that may take some getting used to.

We encourage everyone to play. We need to know how difficult or complex Innomination is from many different points of view. For some, Innomination might be their first venture into a resource based, competitive card game.

We also need your help to make Innomination a better game. Fairness and balance is hard to get right. Most of the basic game rules are set in stone, but archetypes need to be playtested, tedious mechanics need a second look, card effects and synergies need to be weighted, and the dreaded rulings need to be discussed.

Can I buy Innomination now?

This is the dream! Unfortunately, Innomination will not become a real product unless our Kickstarter campaign is fully funded.

I CANNOT afford this on my own. There are about 320 unique cards in the game. Each one needs its own art. Innomination isn't aiming for a realistic, dark/gothic fantasy style, but good art that properly conveys the world and message this game has is expensive. A large amount of the money we raise will be put to getting art assets.

We expect to pay about $150 per card illustration (301) and $300 per leader (12). Just for art assets, that's already $48,750. I understand this is already more than what most games ask for on Kickstarter.

Innomination is a big game. The Full Game box has about 1,160 cards inside. I intend to sell it in a 10x10x3 inch box and it's estimated to be about 4.5 lbs. or a little more than 2 kg. This sounds great, but this means a standard box of Innomination at retail has been estimated at around $100-120 USD.

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