Toulouse. He invents the Infernal Gauge, a board game about … the Covid-19
Through Lucie Fraissé
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Here is a rather original gift to slip under the tree. After checking, anyway, that the person who is going to receive it has a little humor. Because after nearly two years of pandemic, not sure that everyone appreciates receiving a board game whose scenario is based on … the Covid-19.
“It started as a joke”
He is a young man from Toulouse, who had the more than original idea of this board game.
“It started as a joke”, explains Yohan Foulcher. “But the more I talked about it around me, the more people told me that it was a good idea, that I had to market the thing. The idea is to play down everything that happens to us. “
A board game
And this is how the Infernal Gauge: Covid Edition was born. A board game, for two to six players, to discover from 10 years old.
“Each player embodies a character who, during six months of pandemic, must preserve his health, his morale and his wallet”, details the young creator. “Each week, he must plan an action: vacation abroad, confinement, barbecue with friends, online yoga.”
Watch out for “government” cards
But the “government” cards, drawn at each turn of the board, can tip the scales by instituting containment or a curfew, for example. And thus empty the health, morale or wallet gauges of the players.
“There are also wild cards or interactions between players that can change the course of the game,” says Yohan Foulcher. “We’re halfway there between the game of strategy and the game of chance. “
A game totally made in France
The game, marketed by the company Opsylon games managed by Yohan Foulcher, is entirely designed, manufactured and assembled in France and is sold at 29.90 euros. It can be ordered online on the company website. For people from Toulouse who wanted to limit shipping costs, it can also be ordered “click and collect”.
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