Theme: Movie Industry

It’s time to cast the next great animated show! A top talent agent like you knows a star when you see one, and the director needs you to fill six roles for the big production. Search Flip Valley for the perfect toon characters, and make sure they’re ready to work together on the silver screen!

FlipToons is a quick deck-building game. You’ll begin with a deck of hopeful toon actors. Each round, flip six of these toons out from your deck into your screen grid to audition together.

Each toon card in your 3-by-2 grid has different talent effects. Some are resolved as soon as they are flipped. Many will interact with one another and (hopefully) earn Fame for your studio. But they won’t all have that special on-screen chemistry you’re looking for. Some won’t work well together at all!

After each Flip, tally up your current grid of toons’ Fame points, then spend them to hire more stars for your cast. Purchase these new toon cards from the market and add them to your deck. Or, spend some of your Fame to dismiss a card, and get that bad actor off the stage. Sorry kid, you just don’t have what it takes to be a star in this show.

If your Flip is the first to generate 30+ Fame, you’ll earn the Critic’s Choice award (worth extra Fame points) and trigger the end of the game. After that turn’s market phase, it’s time for one Final Flip. The player who earns the most Fame during the Final Flip is declared the winner. Applause!

Congratulations! You and a group of other movie directors have been hired by a major film studio on a five-year contract. All you have to do is make one movie a year, simple right? By the end of the contract, only the director with the most of the prestigious Oskie awards will get an extension, so watch out for your competition.

That’s a Wrap is played over four rounds, each one represented the cycle of a movie’s production. As directors, the players build the movie from scratch, first choosing a genre after seeing the list of actors and scripts available for purchase. Each genre, actor, and script have different values that reflect their ability to make money and win awards, with some cards being more specialized in either field. After players choose their genres, they purchase scripts and hire actors via bidding. Before any movies can be released, they have to go through a bit of studio meddling; each player plays a card that may help their movie or hinder others’. If a certain movie is a passion project, a player may elect to keep their film from being meddled with once per game. After movies are shot and finished, they go to market, where each movie makes some amount of profit. However, the season isn’t over until the Oskies are awarded. The highest box office film takes home the Audience Choice award, and the more artistically inclined ones can vie for three different awards, including for screenplay, performance, and director. Each director will go through this cycle four times, making a different film each time, and progressively getting access to more impressive genres, higher quality scripts, and A-List actors. At the end of the game, the director with the most Oskies wins!

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