The Big Shuffle is a competitive 2-4 player film noir card game, where you play as 1 of 6 characters, each with their own agenda and unique abilities. Players must use their wit, guile, and influence to outmaneuver their opponents and set their desired scene.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Good News, Bad News, and all that Jazz
almost 2 years ago
– Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 03:14:53 PM
Introduction
Hello all! Thank you for the long lasting support and we are here again with another update. This time we have some great news and bad news. So let's start with the bad news: we have had to delay our shipping date for the game, but we have not let this delay stop us from ensuring that our game is the best we can make it. We have completed both the expansions: The Red Light and The Above the Law Expansion. All that's left now is for us to receive our samples and confirm that the game/components are up to our high standards. We have also completed the new instruction video for the base game.
Manufacturing Delays
So the bad news is that our manufacturer has been affected by the lockdowns they have recently been enduring. Since we have been given a lot of delayed lead times for when we would be able receive any of our orders we are going to delay shipping to everyone until the month of November. If there are any changes to this decision we will update you as soon as possible since this is the last critical part to ensuring you all receive the game.
Both Expansions Are Done
Good news, we have finished QA on The Above the Law Expansion! This post will mark the end of overall development and we are excited to start moving all of our efforts to logistics to get this game to you all in a timely manner. Look out for future posts that will go over each of the expansions in more detail since we will make separate posts for each of them and what they contribute to the gameplay. We have made the final designs for the deck box art that will be holding each of the expansions. Below this will be the two expansions box arts side by side.
Both the The Red Light Expansion & Above the Law Expansion Deck Box Designs
Instructions Update
Last but not least, we have a new instructions video that we would like to share with you all. This link will be going into details of the base game. Along with that there will be links to our games instruction and our steam workshop for the game.
As always if you have any questions or concerns please message us on Kickstarter or email us at [email protected]
The Big Update and the Above The Law Reveal
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 04:18:00 PM
Introduction :)
The base game art is done, the rules have been updated and the game has been sent to our manufacturer to create our first physical sample.
New Game Rules & Tabletop Simulator Information
Good news everyone, we have now got a huge update for the game. As stated in our previous posts we are refining the game rules along with game play, so the user experience is better overall.
What is new: We have increased the replayability and balance of the game by adjusting both the player agendas and the noir deck which has lead to an updated game layout. We have created an agenda deck, so that agendas are no longer player dependent. This change allows player to experience new and varied agendas that can change from game to game. We have created a second new deck called the informant deck. By pulling the informants from the noir deck to create a new deck we both improve your hand and ensure that players will always have an informant unless they get killed off and you have to find a replacement. The last new deck is also cards we have separated from the noir deck and they are the scene change cards. We have made them into their own deck and with this deck you will show the top card when you attempt a scene change and these card can help, hinder, or not effect your scene change attempt. The final major change is that we now start with Title Cards at the beginning to create an opening scene and ensure that no one wins turn one of the game.
Updated Game Layout Example
If you are interested in all the new rules here is a link to see all the changes we made. Stay tuned for the next update for an instructional video for the base game!
Any and all changes along with current rules that are being used will be reflected on our Tabletop Simulator version. We keep this up to date and we would like to offer this to anyone who is interested in playing our game early.
We are glad to announce the final WHO / WHAT / WHERE cards for the Above The Law Expansion! The cards we will be adding are "The Vigilante" another WHO character that you will be able to play in the game. "The Stakeout" another WHAT card that will be added as well. Along with "The Interrogation Room" that will be the WHERE card. That is not all though, we have decided to include a new informant card called “The Philanthropist”. It is a bit odd we have never seen them and the Vigilante in the same room before. The video below will go over some of the art for these cards.
Again we could have never done this without any of your help. Every time we have a meeting we could not be any more grateful to know that there are so many people who enjoy the concept of our game and want to be a part of our community. If you have any questions or concerns please send us a message on Kickstarter or an email at [email protected]
Updates on Progress, Expansions, Addons and Table Top Simulator
about 2 years ago
– Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 11:57:16 PM
BackerKit Update
With our BackerKit Surveys almost done we would like to thank you all who supported us again for making this possible. This will be a short update. The opportunity to finish your survey along with the option to purchase additional add-ons is now half way over. Remember that the last day to do this is March 31st, 2022. Please look in your email inbox to make sure you have received it. Otherwise email us or message us on Kickstarter if you have any questions! [ [email protected] ]
The Red Light Expansion Update
We are glad to announce the final WHO / WHAT / WHERE cards for the Red Light Expansion! The items we will be adding are "The Madam" another WHO character that you will be able to play in the game. "Roll the Dice" another WHAT card that will be added as well. Along with "The Casino" that will be the WHERE card. That is not all though, we have decided to include a new informant card that called the bootlegger that will be assisting our Madam in her completely 'legal' business ventures. With that said that is all for our Red Light Expansion update. The video below will go over some of the art for these cards.
We are excited to announce that the play mat design is now done! That is it folks and there will be a nice little video below that will show the play mat in its full glory.
As stated in the "Howdy Howdy January Update" we mentioned that we were attempting to clean up and streamline the gameplay for The Big Shuffle. We have made some significant progress on this and we intend to update our Table Top Simulator version so you all may play and try it out for yourselves. As soon as the finalized version has been ported to Table Top Simulator there will be another update dedicated to that.
Thank you for your time and patience. This covers everything for now and we will give another update as soon as we get some more work done!
Great News for BackerKit!
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 12:13:17 PM
The survey and the store are both now open! For the survey please keep a look out in your inbox it will be under the subject "Previously Pluto Response Needed get your reward for The Big Shuffle - A Film Noir Card Game". For the store this is a second chance for those who would like an opportunity to purchase our game and various add-ons! You will be able to find a live link on our Kickstarter Spotlight.
If you have any questions please comment below or email [email protected]
Urgent Post Kickstarter Update!
about 2 years ago
– Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 12:34:05 AM
Hello you may notice it is February 1st and the Survey and Post Pledge Manager are not posted yet. This is a small update to inform you that BackerKit is currently reviewing our Post Pledge Manager and we need their approval in order to continue with this process. At most it will take 2 business days for review so expect it to be released this week. When BackerKit approves our surveys please respond to them since that is the method we will be using to gather your shipping address.
If you have any questions please comment below in this thread or contact us at: [email protected]
