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Zirkuzia is a card game of nearly-made toys for kids and their grown-ups. Kids match icons and tell the story. Grown-ups get the jokes about Mondays.

Fact sheet

What: a card game with 85 illustrated cards and three games in one deck
Games: Quest Match (2–5 players, 6+), Story Builder (1–6, 4+), Beat Bedtime (cooperative, 1–5, 5+, with a solo mode). 10–15 minutes each.
Characters: ten Zirkies, each with a Good side and a Mischief side. Nobody fights. Nobody is the villain.
Cards: 63 × 88 mm, standard trading-card size, plus 5 bonus cards (including a Danish rules card), in a sturdy two-piece lid box. Cards in English.
Price: €29 incl. Danish VAT.
Status: beta. Reservations are open and free; the first print run follows family playtests.
Made by: Flamant Tekst & Design, a one-person studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Website: zirkuzia.com

Short description (50 words)

Zirkuzia is a card game about a circus where every nearly-made toy ends up. Ten Zirkies, each with a Good side and a Mischief side, team up to cheer up the Moon, find Ellie Elephant and beat bedtime. Three games, 85 cards, ages 4 and up, no villains.

Longer description (100 words)

Every toy that was nearly made, a bear with one wonky tooth, a robot who is extremely off the map, a frog whose crown is crooked, ends up in Zirkuzia. In the card game, kids match the icons on their Zirkies to Challenges like Why? Why? Why? and Out the Door!, then tell how they did it: who, with what, where. Events such as Sleepy Grey Day and The Big Whoosh shake things up. Every flaw is a superpower, nobody fights, and one of the three games is fully cooperative. Made in Copenhagen.