Help us unlock 2 new characters for every copy of the game!
Each backer helps us reach a bigger print run. When we produce more games at once, our per-game costs go down, which gives us room to add more content.
So instead of funding-based stretch goals, we're unlocking characters by backer count. The more people who join, the more survivors we can rescue from a dry apocalypse!
Once unlocked, these 2 characters will be added permanently to all editions of The Big Squeeze, including the Base Edition.
Want to help unlock them? Back the campaign and share this page with someone who deserves more lemonade in their life!
The Big Squeeze is the engine-builder that starts simple and unfolds as you play, so you can finish teaching and start playing in moments.
Curate the Perfect Menu
Use your talents to get ingredients and lemonade flowing. Beat the competition with recipe synergies that rake in cash, so you can buy upgrades that juice up your business!
Pick Your Asymmetric Hero
You've handled your fair share of lemons — both metaphorical and literal. But when lemonade somehow becomes the town's last hope, your offbeat life could make you the hero we never knew we needed! Each character has a different range of talents to transform each game you play.
Survive the Apocalypse
Don’t let the apocalypse take you by surprise! Will you spend your cash on immediate upgrades, or stash it away for rebuilding?
Learn Zesty New Powers
Pick your forbidden recipes, add a twist of new character upgrades, and mix in ridiculous combos to squeeze ahead of the competition.
Every player has the ingredients for absurd synergies: it's a race to unleash your combobefore anyone else!
Each turn is snappy: just move to any new space and take the action there. But you learn new tricks each time you make lemonade, letting you build combos for visiting each action space!
Constellations stir up each game for Launch Edition backers by adding an asymmetrical twist to your start-of-game setup and abilities. But which ones will you find?
Our artist Cam Kendell has sketched out a menu of Constellation concepts: Launch Edition backers get to vote on which designs will be permanently added to the Cosmic Ingredients Expansion!
Want to join? Pledge for Launch Edition or Collector's Edition and we'll notify you of the mid-campaign voting event when it begins!
Backing The Big Squeeze is how you get the game early, directly from the publishers, and in a complete package with all the content available.
Get It First, Get it Guaranteed
Backing now ensures you'll receive The Big Squeeze straight from us. There are no guarantees that crowdfunded board games will get into stores, and which ones will have them. You can trust that we'll deliver: we're proud to say we have a 100% fulfillment track record over the last 10 years of crowdfunding.
Support the Retail Rollout
When you self-publish board games, getting into stores is a huge competition. Crowdfunding campaigns are not only important to raise funding for print runs, but also as proof to retailers that our game has demand. In other words, your pledge directly supports the industry of self-published work and makes retail possible in the first place.
Promo-Exclusives
Wooden tokens, and the Cosmic Ingredients mini-expansion are promo-exclusive. They're a limited print run that will not be available at your local store. So you'll want the Launch Edition or Collector's Edition if you want all content guaranteed!
The Small Batch Collector’s Edition pledge tier is particularly special: this package will never be reprinted, and it will not be available in stores.
Foil-treated deluxe box sleeve
Deluxe wooden ingredient tokens
A numbered Small Batch edition mark: each box is stamped with a unique code, so your game will be one-of-a-kind
Free Upgrade for Returning Backers
If you’ve pledged with us before, or followed us since before launch, your pledge grants you a free upgrade to Launch Edition! Just pick Launch Edition or Collector's Edition to enjoy $10 off, which will be calculated post-campaign in the Pledge Manager.
We are partnering with depots across the world to minimize the chances of additional duty and taxes being charged to you. However, unprecedented geopolitical events may cause additional charges out of our control. Please research import regulations to learn about how potential costs may impact your order. If a world event causes a major change to shipping expectations, we will do our best to inform you as soon as possible.
Each pledge must be shipped to a single delivery address. We cannot split pledges to ship to multiple addresses.
Currency Conversions: Prices on this page, including shipping, are listed in USD. Your pledge will be billed in USD when the campaign ends. Currency exchange rates change regularly. Look at your local currency exchange rate toward the end of the campaign for the current price.
Pledge Manager Charges: Shipping, local taxes and tariffs where applicable will be charged in the BackerKit pledge manager a few weeks after the end of the campaign. This means your shipping will not be charged upfront, but calculated and charged separately after you've submitted your address in the Pledge Manager.
Fulfillment: We are using Amazon for fulfillment in North America, and GamesQuest for fulfillment everywhere else.
Fulfillment Timeline
The Big Squeeze is a complete game with only minor polishes required as we unlock final card designs during the campaign. However, worldwide shipping volatility can cause unexpected delays. Fulfillment is expected 8-12 months after the campaign ends.
Crowdfunding campaigns are primarily challenging due to the large number of unpredictable factors outside of a creator's control. Our strategy for fulfillment has always been mise en place: prepare everything ahead of time to minimize any unexpected questions. Ideally, this means all potential issues have already been cleared.
On top of a complete game, we also have already secured our manufacturing and shipping partners and prepared the project so that it is just a matter of your addresses (and the funding) before we can begin manufacturing.
For things we cannot predict, like tariffs, volatile shipping and customs delays, we operate with as much buffer as possible to ensure that no single issue will throw the full plan off-course. If all goes well, you may actually receive your game very quickly... though if we have learned anything over the last 10+ years of crowdfunding, life will always have lemons to give.
Regardless of what happens with the project, our promise is to provide transparent and consistent monthly communication so that you will always know exactly where your project is in its long adventure to your table.
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