Veteran-run card game company seeks support for second offering, 'Blue Falcon'

The veterans who created the military-themed card game FUBAR are crowd-funding a new game that will allow players to participate in "the age-old military tradition of screwing over your buddies."

Blue Falcon, the latest from War Games LLC, is two-thirds through its 30-day funding run on Kickstarter and needed about $1,000 in pledges to reach its $9,000 goal as of Monday morning. The game description above comes from the Kickstarter funding page, where interested backers can support the project in exchange for rewards such as advance copies of the game and service-specific posters featuring art from former sailor and current Navy spouse Megan Willcoxson, creator of the military comic "Scuttlebutt."

Willcoxson also provided art for the 55-card deck. Veterans Justin Burgess (Army captain) and Kevin Jacobson (Marine sergeant), co-owners of War Games LLC, developed the game, which is designed to be played in 15 to 20 minutes by between three and five players.

Unlike FUBAR, which took inspiration from the less-than-family-friendly party game Cards Against Humanity, Blue Falcon lets players eliminate their opponents by playing one of five "Blue Falcon" cards in the deck. According to the Kickstarter campaign, testers claim the game is never complete until "someone gets punched in the face!" 

 
The creators have promised to include additional cards to each deck if separate crowd-funding "stretch goals" are met. These include an $11,000 goal that will add five more cards to the deck, with no extra cost; a $13,000 goal adding three more cards on top of that; and a $15,000 goal that will give everyone an additional 14 cards as well as another Blue Falcon card, allowing for six people to play.

FUBAR found success on Kickstarter, raising more than $72,000 against a goal of $10,800.


Prior service isn't a requirement to enjoy the game, the creators state on the Kickstarter page. They offer this explanation for civilians who may not be familiar with the origins of the game's title: "You're standing in formation and First Sergeant asks why Johnson isn't present. That guy who raises his hand and says he saw Johnson going home with a stripper... that's a Blue Falcon."