Yesterday Edmund McMillen announced that the crowd-funded Kickstarter campaign for The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls card game had launched and was open for backing. Asking for a modest pledge of $50,000 the project was fully funded within one and half hours of the campaign going live! Right now the campaign has 28 days to go and the project has already received over 10x their initial pledge goal! It’s amazing to sit on this Kickstarter page and watch the $$ counter keep rolling up! Who said the way of Kickstarter was a dying model?
This all-new project from Edmund McMillen, the video game designer and creator of indie games Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, is a card game based on the themes and storylines found in The Binding of Isaac series.
According to McMillen:
Designing this was fun and easy and I’m treating this as I would any video game that I’ve ever worked on. The goal is to make a very playable and entertaining card game that has a lot of strategy to it and embodies everything that’s unique about The Binding of Isaac.
A working prototype for The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls has already been created and includes 100 Monster Cards, 100 Loot Cards, 100 Treasure Cards, 100 Pennies, 4 Character Cards, 4 Power Cards and 2 dice. To contribute to the campaign and further the stretch goals head over to Kickstarter here!
About The Binding Of Isaac: Four Souls
The card game will take elements of what fans experienced in the video game series and represent it in physical tabletop card playing form. 2-4 players can randomly choose from four different playable characters, each with their own unique abilities that can affect the gameplay. Once started, players will have the opportunity to encounter an endless array of familiar monsters and items from the video game series as they decide whether to barter, play cooperatively or betray their opponents.
Each game begins with players selecting a Character Card and receiving 3 Loot Cards and 3 Pennies. Players then take turns playing Loot Cards to attack monsters in order to gain resources that can be used to purchase items. Once strong enough, players can battle boss monsters that will yield souls. The first player to end their turn with four souls is crowned the winner.
