Summary
Toil & Trouble is a competitive card game where each player is an alchemist trying to beat out the competing businesses of the others. Players draw ingredient cards that they brew together to make potions with varying effects. They can either sell the potions to complete order cards, earning gold(victory points), or drink the potions to use their effects against the opponents. Players race to be the first to earn 10 gold.
My Contribution
I came up with the initial concept for this game, and then acted as a technical writer. I wrote the rule book and effect descriptions, and edited the text over each iteration. I also contributed many of the card designs, applying flavor to the various combinations of card effects.
Moving Forward
I think this game came out very well. The game is really flavorful, and players always seem enthusiastic whenever they draw a new order or ingredient. It builds upon players' existing knowledge of fantasy alchemy to make a theme that just feels right. It feels like brewing magical ingredients to cast crazy magic at your friends, and players seem to really have fun with it. The game is in a pretty stable state right now, though more playtesting is always beneficial. We'd need to get better images for the cards, but this is one that I would like to get published.