A romantic comedy board game has reached over twice its fundraising goal on Kickstarter.
Called the Fog of Love, the game was developed by Copenhagen-based Jacob Jaskov and his company Hush Hush Projects and takes two players through a full relationship from the beginning sparks to the happy — or bitter — end.
The game has already been fully funded with over 1,300 backers on Kickstarter and has raised over $57,000, more than twice it’s pledged goal of $25,000 with 26 days left to go.
Jaskov said the idea came to him because he loved to play games and his wife would rather watch romantic movies together.
“There is no section for ‘Romance’ (or just Drama) in any game shop or game database,” Jaskov said about the project. “This got me thinking and I decided to create a game we could play.”
Fog of Love is part role playing and part guessing what your partner’s secret personality traits are and using them to your own or your relationship’s advantage. Both sides are also given a profession and three physical features before they start playing.
As the story unfolds, you learn more and more about how your partner reacts to situations within the game until you can guess how the relationship is going to end.
The whole point of the game is to compromise, just like in a real relatisonhip. But as the game continues, if you don’t see compromise as an option, the game lets you find happiness in other ways, whether that’s to change your character’s personality to better suit your partner or prepare to leave the relationship.
Though the idea seems complicated at first, the relationship cards you draw on every turn keep the game moving forward. They play out like a story, complete with having players agree or disagree on how they first met or reveal their reactions when they attend a mutual friend’s wedding.
The winner or winners of the two-player game is ultimately decided by who guesses the end result of the relationship. While you’re also encouraged to try and make the relationship last, that can be hard when things like secret love children and previous marriages get in the way.
“Fog of Love is about finding out how to achieve a happy ending in the love story you create together,” the Fog of Love Kickstarter page says.
The game will cost $35 if you can pick it up in Copenhagen or $39 with added cost for shipping. Estimated delivery is currently January 2017.
Click here to see the Kickstarter page for the game or see the full rule book here.
