TRIPPED
The Ultimate Race Across North America... but watch your step!
Local inventors of “The Game of THINGS...” Quinn & Sherry, (Q&S) go on an adventure with North Bay resident, Éric Boutilier, for a crowdfunding launch of their new boardgame TRIPPED.
“TRIPPED” is a rally across North America where you leave your hometown, race to 6 other cities and get back home before any of your friends. But watch your step because at some point you are going to get Tripped.
It’s the name of the game!
Promotion for the campaign starts this week with inventors Éric Boutilier, Mark Sherry, and Tom Quinn playing TRIPPED with customers at Creative Learning (181 Main St W. North Bay) on Sunday, April 21st between 11am and 3pm. For interviews or more information please contact Christina Ralph, Senior Marketing Manager. christina.ralph@trippedgame.com. To pre-order TRIPPED go to “get.trippedgame.com”.
TRIPPED was created by North Bay resident Éric Boutilier, a local journalist, who has been tinkering with boardgames for years. “I created my own versions of existing map games as a hobby but decided it was time for an original. After a few months, I had the basic premise and a working prototype. I added the concept of getting “Tripped” to mimic real world travel, and then “Tripping” each other to make it fun and unique. Friends and family really enjoyed it, so I kept playing, taking advice, and reworking the game play. I knew nothing about the boardgame industry and wasn’t sure of my next step when, coincidentally, a good friend began working for Quinn & Sherry, developing an APP for “The Game of THINGS...!” He agreed to show it to Mark Sherry, President of Q&S.
“We were hooked from the moment we started playing.” Says Sherry who has become TRIPPED’S biggest fan. “Travelling across the continent is elegant and entertaining but what makes the game unique are the Tripped cards. They keep all players competitive right to the finish. Everyone we introduce it to, wants to play again immediately.”
The TRIPPED crowdfunding campaign will begin at the end of May and anyone who pre-orders before the campaign starts will get a further VIP discount and an exclusive “I got TRIPPED First” t-shirt. (“get.trippedgame.com” for more info/pre-order).
Crowdfunding connects inventors with their community. Without a big company or retailer in the middle, inventors can offer a big discount to the consumer while also calculating the viability of their product.
“You’ve never had this much fun falling down,” says Tom Quinn, Creative Director at Q&S. “To promote the TRIPPED launch, we have some interesting surprises in store for Northern Ontario over the next couple of weeks. All we can tell you now is there’s more than one Near North Mayor involved.”
“TRIPPED” is beautifully designed, easy to learn, with unique twists and turns. Travel by road for free, or collect tickets to go faster by train, ship, or plane. Tripped Cards makes the race unpredictable, exciting and keep everyone in the race right to the finish line. To win players must plan the best route, collect enough tickets, and use the Tripped Cards to their advantage. But they are still going to get Tripped.
It’s the name of the game!
For more info on TRIPPED and to pre-order go to “get.trippedgame.com”
Christina Ralph, Senior Marketing Manager, TRIPPED christina.ralph@trippedgame.com
Quinn & Sherry, Inc., (Q&S) is an award winning, boardgame design studio that will go to extraordinary lengths to make people laugh. Q&S are the Creators of the THINGS… brand of party games including the “The Game of THINGS...”, “THINGS... Anniversary Edition”, “THINGS... Expansion Pack #1”, “Nasty THINGS...” and the THINGS... mobile APP.
