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Design Diary: The Anatomy of a… “Rooster”?

Now that is a bizarre looking Rooster. Meet the Farmer!

Welcome to another Design Diary! Today’s Design Diary focuses on Roosters, and we’re going to use a very special Rooster as the Preview. Meet the Farmer! The Farmer is one of the “Roosters” from the Eggspansion, and is a very special Addition to the game. His farm’s barnyard is the epicenter for our brawl.

When we design a Rooster, we try REALLY hard to come at each Rooster from a thematic sense. Name, or what the Rooster is, has come first more often than not, and the ability is themed accordingly.

With this Rooster, we looked at trying to think of a Farmer just trying to do his farming chores while his crazy Roosters are staging a brawl! So, what does a chicken farmer do? He collects his eggs.

When thinking about the relative toughness of a Rooster, 3 feathers is the minimum (for non canned Roosters). The farmer, being a little stronger than your average Rooster comes in at a 4. We could have given him more feathers, but then we would have wanted to tone down the ability, to make sure that he wasn’t a giant wall that allowed the wielder of the farmer to just waltz to a win.

We kept his eggs low, to make sure that he wasn’t going to get the “Take A Dive” treatment, and make for a not fun play experience. We didn’t want him to have zero eggs, because then it felt more like an annoyance to have to engage him than anything else.

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48 Hours left to back Oh Cluck! on Kickstarter

Maybe it's best if you let the dog sleep, right?

We’ve just crossed over the 48 hour threshold! We are now less than 2 days away from the end of the Campaign, and we’re very thankful for each and every backer.

Today, I bring you another Design Diary installment, focusing on the Party Fowl “Sleeping Dogs Lie” from Oh Cluck, The Eggspansion!

When we set out to design party fowls, we have a couple of “guidelines” we try and stick to.

1.) They enter play, and either attach to, or replace / become your Rooster
2.) They will get scored in someone’s Egg Basket (even when worth no eggs) , meaning that they are only seen once per game.

So when looking for parts of the year to highlight in the Eggspansion, we thought about the Dog Days of Summer.

We went through a couple of iterations of the card, until we settled on this. With 1 Feather, Sleeping Dogs Lie only affords a thin layer of protection for your Rooster (unless you’ve got dodges). Once the Party Fowl takes a damage, the person who damaged it scores it in their victory pile, and the effect ends.

But, while Sleeping Dogs Lie is attached to your Rooster, enemies may think twice about trying to mess with you!

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3 days left to back Oh Cluck! on Kickstarter!

Eggbert sporting his Tarot Size, and 2 new cards from Eggspansion

Good News Everyone!
Ray has completed all of the Art for the Eggspansion! We’re really proud of all the artwork that he has put together for this game!

In the Faberge’ and Carton of Awesome versions of Oh Cluck!, we have talked about Tarot Card Sized Roosters. Mr. Eggbert is here to show off this fancy size for the Roosters. The size difference you seen above is really accurate.

This will make the Roosters really stand out on the table, and definitely makes playing the game with bigger groups a more positive experience.

800 Feathers, and Trick or Treat are a couple of the new pieces of Art for the Eggspansion!

Stay tuned as we close in on the end of the campaign! We’re going to finish spoiling the Eggspansion for you, and may throw a few more surprises at you!

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The Oh Cluck Kickstarter is funded! You did it!

Wow. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

The Oh Cluck! Kickstarter is now fully funded, and we are marching on towards our first monetary stretch goal!

You guys have been awesome. Truly, unbelievably awesome.

So, here are some of the new Roosters (and a dirty Pirate) that are finalized for the Eggspansion. They have a few friends that will be joining them, and we will be showing them to you VERY SOON. 

Did you know Pirates called Eggs Cacklefruit? You do now!
Balut is excited to brawl he hasn't even finished hatching!
Eagle is a very proud bird. So very proud
00399 is the Eggsellent Secret Agent you want.
Sugar is ready to celebrate the life of a fallen Rooster
Janis is really into recycling
Murray digs his way to victory!
Santa Claws brings presents for all the good Roosters and Hens.
Harvey proves you don't need to be a Chicken to love Eggs
Mother Goose wants to protect the Coop.

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Kickstarter News, and Card Previews!

Hello Everyone!

Thanks to all of our backers so far, the Oh Cluck! Kickstarter Campaign is nearing the halfway point, and we are about halfway funded!

So far, we have two Stretch Goals unlocked:

Sucker Punch, the Instagram Social Stretch Goal

Sucker Punch, our Instagram Stretch Goal, has been unlocked at the first tier. (readers of the site may have seen this already)

Tyler, our super secret Party Fowl

And, since we achieved 25 backers on Kickstarter, every backer gets a copy of Tyler, our Promo Party Fowl. This is pretty serious, since we have kept Tyler pretty close to the vest, and only given him to people who have met a Fool out and about.

A host of new cards from the Eggspansion!

We have also had Ray hard at work finishing up the rest of the art for the Eggspansion! Here are a couple of the new cards, as well as the new art for an old card: Kung Pow!

With 17 days in the campaign there is still plenty of time to back the game, and get in on the Barnyard Brawl for it All!

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The Twelfth Day of Clucksmas: Pollo Loco

Pollo Loco is the most interesting Rooster in the Barnyard Brawl known as Oh Cluck!, the debut party card game from Foolish Media LLC

On the twelfth day of Clucksmas, Santa Claws gave to me:

Pollo Loco’s Sombrero
A little Hawk Screeching
Blue Bison Charging
Foxy in the Hen House
Jerk Chicken dodging
Rosie and her chicks
The Reverend proselytizing
Clubber’s Gold chain
Sal’s Broken wing,
Kung Pow’s fury,
Schwartz at the beach,
and a Feathered General for all to see.

Pollo Loco is the final Clucksmas Preview! If you want a refresher on what motivates Senor Loco in this barnyard brawl, check out his bio

Rooster cards are the core of the game. You will fill your Coop full of them, and then you “become” them as you fight your opponents, looking to reign supreme over the barnyard. For a more in depth look at the Rooster Card type, check out the overview

To catch up on any previews you may have missed, click here

Thank you for sticking with us through the Cluckmas Previews! We still have a few surprises between here and the Kickstarter, so stay tuned!

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The Eleventh Day of Clucksmas: Hawk

Hawk is the smallest "Rooster" in the barnyard brawl known as Oh Cluck!

On the Eleventh day of Clucksmas, Santa Claws gave to me:

Hawk Screeching
Blue Bison Charging
Foxy in the Hen House
Jerk Chicken dodging
Rosie and her chicks
The Reverend proselytizing
Clubber’s Gold chain
Sal’s Broken wing,
Kung Pow’s fury,
Schwartz at the beach,
and a Feathered General for all to see.

Hawk is determined to prove that he’s just as strong as any Rooster! If you want a refresher on what motivates Hawk in this barnyard brawl, check out his bio

Rooster cards are the core of the game. You will fill your Coop full of them, and then you “become” them as you fight your opponents, looking to reign supreme over the barnyard. For a more in depth look at the Rooster Card type, check out the overview

To catch up on any previews you may have missed, click here

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The Tenth Day of Clucksmas: Blue

Blue is the largest "Rooster" you can have in the Party Card Game Oh Cluck! from Foolish Media LLC

On the Tenth day of Clucksmas, Santa Claws gave to me:

Blue Bison Charging
Foxy in the Hen House
Jerk Chicken dodging
Rosie and her chicks
The Reverend proselytizing
Clubber’s Gold chain
Sal’s Broken wing,
Kung Pow’s fury,
Schwartz at the beach,
and a Feathered General for all to see.

Blue is wild with anticipation to set the competition ablaze! If you want a refresher on what motivates Blue in this barnyard brawl, check out his bio

Rooster cards are the core of the game. You will fill your Coop full of them, and then you “become” them as you fight your opponents, looking to reign supreme over the barnyard. For a more in depth look at the Rooster Card type, check out the overview

To catch up on any previews you may have missed, click here

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The Ninth Day of Clucksmas: Foxy

Foxy is not the typical Rooster that you would expect to see in a Cock Fight, but here he is!

On the Ninth day of Clucksmas, Santa Claws gave to me:

Foxy in the Hen House
Jerk Chicken dodging
Rosie and her chicks
The Reverend proselytizing
Clubber’s Gold chain
Sal’s Broken wing,
Kung Pow’s fury,
Schwartz at the beach,
and a Feathered General for all to see.

Foxy is in your coop, taking your eggs! If you want a refresher on what motivates Foxy in this barnyard brawl, check out his bio

Rooster cards are the core of the game. You will fill your Coop full of them, and then you “become” them as you fight your opponents, looking to reign supreme over the barnyard. For a more in depth look at the Rooster Card type, check out the overview

To catch up on any previews you may have missed, click here

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The Eighth Day of Clucksmas: Jerk Chicken

Jerk Chicken is a Rooster with a built in Dodge ability in Oh Cluck! the Party Card Game from Foolish Media LLC

On the Eighth day of Clucksmas, Santa Claws gave to me:

Jerk Chicken dodging
Rosie and her chicks
The Reverend proselytizing
Clubber’s Gold chain
Sal’s Broken wing,
Kung Pow’s fury,
Schwartz at the beach,
and a Feathered General for all to see.

Jerk is quick on his feet, and ready to claim the eggs! If you want a refresher on what motivates Jerk Chicken in this barnyard brawl, check out his bio

Rooster cards are the core of the game. You will fill your Coop full of them, and then you “become” them as you fight your opponents, looking to reign supreme over the barnyard. For a more in depth look at the Rooster Card type, check out the overview

To catch up on any previews you may have missed, click here