Interstellar Fight Club

Interstellar Fight Club (IFC) is a Cooperative Tactics Boardgame inspired by Gloomhaven and Slay The Spire. As a difficult and replayable Class-based Deckbuilder, IFC challenges players to master the mechanics of distinct "Mercenaries" and unlock powerful cards to add to their deck as they fight hordes of monsters in a dystopian cyberpunk story taking place inside a planet-sized prison.

Story

Players control a variety of miscreant mercenaries who become the target of the corrupt government as they are captured and imprisoned on the planet of Excelsia. Soon these characters discover that this prison is a galactic front for a Fight Club frequented by wealthy patrons. And the top prize? Total freedom and amnesty for the team that comes out on top.

IFC delivers its narrative through events and character interactions interspersed throughout gameplay. Using the IFC Companion App (Android, iOS, Web) players can listen to voice-acted scenes which build the background and relationships of each of the playable Mercenaries. Key events will trigger player choices which can impact the final endings of certain characters.

Gameplay

Each Mercenary comes with a custom deck of 80+ cards which allows players to enjoy unique playstyles:

• Collude with Cassius, The Sinister Harbinger - this roguish assassin uses cloak-and-dagger tactics and his unique Stealth mechanic to fly around the map and eliminate enemies with quick attacks.
• Face Foes as Foulborn, The Steadfast Bruiser - this armored lizard protects his allies, Taunting enemies to strike him while raising his spiked shield and laughing in response.
• Down Targets as Dreya, Nature's Sovereign Avenger - this fox ranger controls her bow's arrows with her mind, allowing her to Prepare her attacks and snipe enemies from afar with her endless quiver of wild arrows.
• Scorch & Scorn with Scourge, The Thermal Terror - this giant panda pyromaniac sacrifices his HP to Supercharge his terrifying AOE abilities as the party's demolitionist.

As players Level up their characters, they unlock new cards and abilities that synergize with their Mercenary's kit. With over 25+ Monsters and 12+ Bosses to face in scaling difficulty, teams will need to work together and combine their abilities to clear each room. Modular gameplay with Threat Modifiers allow each group to play at their desired difficulty while randomly generating new conditions for each fight, creating a tactics puzzle that is fresh and challenging every session.

About Us

We are a married couple based in Austin, TX with a passion to bring this game to life:

• Nathan Elequin loves studying games and their relationship with Education and Behavioral Economics. He is a 'Forever DM' with his D&D Group (and loves it!) and dreams of publishing a board game to bring Cooperative Deckbuilding game to fans of Gloomhaven or Slay The Spire.
• Annie Elequin's experience as a front-end developer and skills in 3D Printing and Visual Design have been instrumental to the vision of this project. She also makes great fudge and insists that her bio state she can defeat anyone in the venue at Super Smash Brothers Ultimate playing as Wolf.

This is our first fully-fledged campaign to develop and publish a Tabletop game, and we are extremely grateful to our community of friends and contemporaries in Austin who have guided our work. We look forward to bringing this game to a fundraising campaign (or store) near you!

Get Involved

• Website & DevLog: IFCgame.org
• Discord: IFC Discord
• Email Us: nathan@elequin.io OR annie@elequin.io