In Hare to the Throne, you assume the role of either Princess Hazelinde or Prince Rambert, harebrained siblings locked in a conflict of succession. You must best your rival in critter-to-critter combat to claim your place on the Turnip Throne!
Hare to the Throne is a beautifully illustrated original card game that takes the gameplay of a Trading Card Game and boils it down to the essential play experience. The game is explicitly designed to be the perfect introduction to the genre without sacrificing any of the depth it has to offer. No deckbuilding, no keywords, no collecting; straight into the action!
Defeat your opponent’s Guards by sending out formations and deliver the final strike for victory! Issue orders and prepare ambushes to thwart your opponent’s plans or advance your own. Only a true heir knows how to best lead their critters on the tourney field. Are you up for the task…?
Hare to the Throne is a quick-to-learn and easy-to-understand card game. Featuring 14 unique cards with bold effects, you’ll quickly know what each card does and how to use them in increasingly creative ways.
No deck building, no keywords, no tokens: instant action! Each card is easy to understand and powerful to play.
Every card can be played as either a Fighter to attack and defend, or to perform an impactful action, but not both! This means there is always something to play and each card comes with a tough decision…
Daytime critters and Nighttime critters can be combined with other critters in Formations to take down the rare but powerful Twilight critters!
Brave Daytime critters overwhelm the opponent with quick Orders, while cunning nighttime critters can disrupt any plan with their Ambushes. As the hare-apparent it is up to you: Do you use these powerful abilities to your advantage, or do you deploy your fighters in formations to overwhelm your opponent’s Guards? The Turnip Throne lies in the balance…
To celebrate Pocketopia, we have partnered with none other than Natasja van Gestel's Portent - A Solo journaling RPG! which is an awesome Japanese Shinto-inspired journaling game, using a Tarot deck at its core and features amazing art from Natasja herself!
If you pledge for both "Hare to the Throne" and "Portent", and both campaigns are funded, you will receive this awesome metal coin, where heads is represented by the future heir and tails shows off the crest from a group of kami from Portent. The coin is perfect for deciding who goes first in a match of Hare to the Throne!
As a fun fact, Natasja helped us create the graphic design and layout of the cards, really helping us achieve the quality we aimed for. So go check out her campaign as well, it is really cool!
Banner Reward
Hare to the Throne is also part of the 'Family Friendly' banner! If you back 3 or more projects of that banner, you will get an exclusive sticker from each of the backed projects! See our sticker below and please check out our banner friends!
Please be aware that shipping rate estimates provided in the table below are only approximations for our different pledge levels. Final shipping charges will be applied through Backerkits pledge manager service after the campaign ends. For international backers, VAT will be calculated and added based on regional laws during the pledge management phase.
The Netherlands: ~€10
European Union: ~€15
United States: ~€20
Other countries: ~€20
All shipping includes tracking. Packages are sent out from The Netherlands.
For US residents, your final amount will also include a 15% upcharge for your pledge amount to prepay your tariffs before they ship out. Please take this into consideration before pledging.
Trading card games hold a special place in our heart. From silly casual games to nail-biting competitive duels, any TCG is good for countless hours of fun with family, friends or strangers at the local game shop. No matter the setting, there’s nothing quite like throwing a powerful card on the table that completely changes the tide of battle. Sadly, most TCGs come with a big barrier of entry, especially for new players. We want to remove those barriers that keep people from experiencing the essence: interactive back-and-forths, cool combos and most importantly- playing your opponent.
Hare to the Throne is our way of sharing what makes TCGs special with everyone. We designed the game from the ground up to welcome newcomers into our favorite genre. We worked hard to ensure that:
You always know what’s going on, just by looking at the board.
Every card you draw is useful, you’re never stuck with nothing to do.
Losing is fun and there’s always a chance to come back!
We sincerely hope you will give Hare to the Throne your support and bring the unique fun of the TCG genre to your friends and family. We want to thank you for your support and cannot wait to share the final product with you!
We want to make Hare to the Throne into as good of a product as possible, and with every 100 copies printed, the production costs of Hare to the Throne will drop enough to upgrade every copy for free.
Having premium card stock will make the cards even more robust and shuffle easier, and who doesn't want to see the Twilight cards represented in holographic beauty?!
Lets make Hare to the Throne as DELUXE as possible~
Hare to the Throne is very far along, but still needs a little bit of work. This is the timeline that we aim to follow (during this entire timeline we will of course keep updating and keep everyone in the loop):
Summer 2026: Playtesting + rules finalization.
Autumn 2026: Final art pass.
Winter 2026: Deliver Digital Print and Playand start manufacturing physical rewards.
Artist of Hare to the Throne! Besides her work in the video games industry, she can be found at many art conventions selling her animal-focused art! Find more of her work on her website.
First half of the Design Duo behind Hare to the Throne. Ernst is co-owner of PunchButton Studios and loves to play a variety of card games. It was destined that some day he would create his own.
Completing the Design Duo, Jori has been working as a Game Designer for more than 10 years. With a profound love for board- and cardgames, he is proud to contribute to the community with Hare to the Throne!
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