Many of the games that I discuss on here are expansive endeavours. You need a sizeable table to get a game of Warhammer, or to put out a big board game like Twilight Imperium, Battlestar Galactica, Shadows Over Camelot, Relic, Star Wars: Rebellion, or similar. I like these games, but there’s also something to be said for smaller, more compact games.
Fit to Print appears to be one such game. It’s also thematically very interesting to me. It’s a tile-laying game with a whimsical animal theme, but also a theme of newspaper production. This is ticking a lot of boxes. I’m really enjoying tile-laying games at the moment, with Carcassonne, Galaxy Trucker, Patchwork, and New York Zoo all making it to my table over the past few months.
Fit to Print promises a quick, 15-30 minute playtime for 1-6 players. It looks like a nice, light, fun game with beautiful, stunning, whimsical artwork. This art is used to illustrate a number of tiles intended to represent the pictures and stories that one would find on the front page of a fantastical newspaper. As an aside, of the six newspapers represented by a game board, my favourites are The Evening Hoot and The Babbling Brook.
The game pieces – lovingly illustrated by the incredibly talented Ian O’Toole – are gorgeous:
On the surface, you can see the similarities between Fit to Print and other tile-laying games like Patchwork and New York Zoo. Another really great thing about this campaign is that the groundwork has really been done, and content creators have been approached to put together reviews and instructional videos in time for the fundraiser. Other projects should learn from this. It’s not just one or two, either. There’s a ton of content linked here, including reviews, previews, playthroughs, and guides. This is a media-rich campaign. One Highlight is an instructional video from Rahdo’s Youtube channel:
I also really enjoyed some of the reviews and previews. One channel that’s new to me, but which I’ve discovered through this campaign is All You Can Board. It’s not the catchiest name, but I really like the style of the video:
They’ve even made little popout quotes, endorsements, and testimonials from specific reviewers to help grab the reader’s attention and put the most positive comments front and centre. One of these comes from Matt Lees, of Shut Up and Sit Down fame:
I really think that this is one of the best Kickstart campaigns I’ve ever seen. It’s solid. It’s colourful, punchy, packed with content, videos, images, endorsements, and more. It’s got gorgeous, whimsical art. It’s got a sense of humour. It’s professional. It’s just really fantastic, polished, and worthy of all the prase that I can bestow. Also, most importantly, it’s actually got a good product behind it. That helps.
Is it worth it, though?
Well, Flatout Games has a history of delivering on campaigns, so that should immediately help to reassure potential backers. The cost is also very reasonable, with the game priced at $29. That’s a fantastic price for what you’re getting in this box. Even the shipping, the killer of some campaigns, is eminently reasonable. We’re looking at an expected $13 within the UK. This brings the total cost to $42, which translates to roughly £36. Delivery is set to happen in October 2023, so we’re looking at around a year’s wait.
Worth a punt, innit?
You can click here to visit the campaign page over at Kickstarter.
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