Its Been Emotional, a family fun table top card game
SURVIVE THE DRAMA, BLOW THEIR MINDS,
RUIN THEIR MOOD!
“It's Been Emotional" a new strategic table top card game filled with fun for friends and family; unleash powerful emotions against your opponents, ride the emotional roller coaster, fend off attacks, survive the onslaught.....
The game includes a massive 170 cards !
Powerful emotion cards split into 8 different emotional families (or armies!) identified by unique colour themes and power traits.
Features game-changing PICK-ME-UP’s & PUTDOWN’s, which boost or hinder your chances.
Change the course of the game with random DRAMA cards, because who doesn't like a bit of chaos and let's not forget the all-powerful BRAINFART cards to block your opponents at every turn.
Up the ante by playing MISSION mode with specific win conditions for the ultimate test.
Expansion packs including NSFW, new armies and new powers that will literally blow your mind!!!
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🎁in the Box
EMOTIONS: There are 80 character cards, 10 cards per 8x emotional families or army; each colour with their own unique power traits. These include both Unique Characters or Hidden Emotions which are required to unlock powerful effects
🎭DRAMA: There are 23 cards, which when laid, unleash havoc on the game in a series of random events
⬆️PICK ME UP: There are 15 cards, their powers are activated when added to your MOOD, giving you an advantage over other players...but be warned they can be stolen or destroyed at any moment
⬇️PUT DOWNS: There are 15 cards, play these against opponents who are forced to add to their MOODS and experience dreadful side effects, but remember what comes around goes around.
💨BRAINFART: There are 14 cards which can played instantly, during any players turn to wreck plans, seek revenge or just to cause chaos! Other BRAINFART's cards can cancel each other and undo the chaos - so on and on it goes!
🎯MISSION: Choose to play with or without these special objective cards x 15. Drawn at random and assigned to each player - these will set specific and difficult WIN conditions e.g. such as collecting four of one colour to win or play the whole game without using certain cards.
📖Rules Leaflet and Quick Reminder Cards:
8 x Quick Reminder Cards
1 x Rules Leaflet
The base game is made up of 8 core EMOTION's identified by colour banners at the top of the card.
Each EMOTION theme has its own unique POWER trait
- 😊 JOY / Yellow: Powers that activate if another player attempts to DESTROY them.
- 🤝 TRUST / Light Green: Powers that activate when added to the player's MOOD.
- 😨 FEAR / Dark Green: Powers that activate if in the players MOOD and prevents PUTDOWN's, DRAMA and BRAINFART cards being played
- 😱 SURPRISE / Light Blue: Powers that activate when added to the player's MOOD...... they allow you to surprise attack your opponents!
- 😞 SAD / Dark Blue. Powers that activate when added to the player's MOOD
- 🤢 DISGUST / Purple: Powers that activate when added to the player's MOOD, and creates such disgust in your enemies that they have to DISCARD a card
- 😡 ANGER / Red. Powers that DESTROY, DESTROY, DESTROY .....Mwhahahahahaha
- 😯 ANTICIPATION / Amber. Powers that when added to the player's MOOD and allow the player to search the DECK
🚀 EXPANSION PACKS
We’re thrilled to announce 3 exciting expansions for It's Been Emotional, each bringing new complex emotion mechanics and 35-40 fresh cards to elevate your gameplay experience!
These powerful combinations of emotions unlock supercharged abilities and add even more depth to the game. Get ready to explore:
1️⃣ 😡WRATH
2️⃣💕 LOVE
3️⃣💀 HORROR
Our Story
🗣️ Origin Story
💡Inspiration for the Game
💡Inspiration for the Game
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… wait, wrong story! ❌
The idea for "It’s Been Emotional" began during one of our family game nights back in 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic. 🏠🎲 Like many families, our lives had become a bit disconnected – the kids (then 11 and 13) were glued to their consoles or tablets 🎮, and quali
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… wait, wrong story! ❌
The idea for "It’s Been Emotional" began during one of our family game nights back in 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic. 🏠🎲 Like many families, our lives had become a bit disconnected – the kids (then 11 and 13) were glued to their consoles or tablets 🎮, and quality time together was becoming harder to find.
One evening, we decided to shake things up with a family game night, and what followed was a memorable rollercoaster of emotions. 🎢 There were moments of laughter 😂, tactical alliances that formed and crumbled 🤝➡️💔, some tears (mostly mine! 😭), and a healthy dose of good-natured chaos. 🌪️
We crowned victors 🏆, debated strategies 🤔🗣️, and dove right into another round or tried a new game. It was one of those nights that reminded us how much joy and connection games can bring. ✨❤️
As we talked about the characters, silly names, and what we loved (or would change) about the games we played, someone jokingly said, "We should just make our own game!"
💡 That spark of an idea grew into a full-fledged family project, and, well… the rest is history. 📜
We dove headfirst into creating "It’s Been Emotional", pouring ourselves into every detail – the artwork 🎨, the characters 🐾, the game mechanics 🕹️.
Through countless drafts and revisions 🔄✍️, we’ve crafted a game that we believe is not only fun but also deeply relatable.
We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve created and can’t wait to share it with you. 🎉
Whether you’re a family looking to reconnect 👨👩👧👦, friends seeking laughs 😂, or just someone who loves a great game 🎮, we hope "It’s Been Emotional" brings you the same joy and unforgettable memories that inspired its creation.
Thank you for being part of this journey. Let’s play, laugh, and make it emotional! ❤️🎲
💡Inspiration for the Game
💡Inspiration for the Game
💡Inspiration for the Game
At times, we all struggle with our emotions, and expressing or sharing them with others isn’t always easy. These feelings can overwhelm us—and sometimes, they can even affect the people closest to us. Many of us have lost friends and loved ones because of the emotional rollercoaster of life. 😞
As a family, it wasn’t always simple to supp
At times, we all struggle with our emotions, and expressing or sharing them with others isn’t always easy. These feelings can overwhelm us—and sometimes, they can even affect the people closest to us. Many of us have lost friends and loved ones because of the emotional rollercoaster of life. 😞
As a family, it wasn’t always simple to support each other through these moments. We did our best, just like anyone else, but there were times when we needed a bit of solace or an escape. 😔
One thing that brought us together was playing games as a family—not only for fun, but also as a much-needed distraction. On those tough days, a game could help us forget, even if just for a moment, the challenges we were facing. It became a way to lift our spirits and reconnect, offering a break from the emotional weight we all carry. 💖
During Covid, we decided it would be fun to add new rules to games or make new cards to spice things up. In describing the characters, we kept referring to the various emotions they were feeling. "This one is really ANGRY 😡—he should have a big gun or rocket!" or "This one is SAD 😢 and makes everyone around them depressed, so he can sneakily destroy them."
We had a lot of fun and thought it would be interesting to create our own silly game. It was a rollercoaster of laughter, ANGER 😤, TEARS 😭, arguments, and llamas (don’t ask!). It had been a very emotional but fun couple of days over the weekend. It was getting late, and in the spur of the moment, I proclaimed, "It’s been emotional, now time for bed..." and it just clicked.
That’s when we decided on the name of the game!
I would love to say "the rest is history", not quite... it's very much still the present and you can help shape the ending through your support - thank you
🙏Thanks for your Support!
💡Inspiration for the Game
🙏Thanks for your Support!
I would love to say "the rest is history", not quite... it's very much still the present and you can help shape the ending through your support - thank you
We hope you enjoy the game as much as we have enjoyed making it.
It brings JOY 😊 to us to know we have your support.
You can always TRUST us 🤝 to continue improving, so don’t FE
I would love to say "the rest is history", not quite... it's very much still the present and you can help shape the ending through your support - thank you
We hope you enjoy the game as much as we have enjoyed making it.
It brings JOY 😊 to us to know we have your support.
You can always TRUST us 🤝 to continue improving, so don’t FEAR 😨, more expansion packs, merchandise, and other goodies are on their way shortly, but we can’t say too much yet—it might ruin the SURPRISE 😱 !
It may bring SADNESS 😞 to hear that we don’t always get everything right, but please refrain from venting your DISGUST 🤢 and ANGER 😡 towards us.
We wait with ANTICIPATION 😯 for you to share your feedback and ideas—we will do our best to keep up!