Missile Toads

  You might be asking yourself what is Missile Toads, well it’s a game I designed this year after returning from Adepticon.

First Toad Tank Boggart

This whole game originated from a kit bash. I started at the Grim Dark Alley on top of a nearby trashcan. People were leaving bits for others to trade and take. I was sitting with my fellowArt Goblins and I wanted to start a new project.  In that pile of bits, I found a 3-D printed toad. At the time. I didn’t know who made it, but it was printed by my friend Ben. While sitting at a table with my friends, I began adding mechanical parts to it. Quickly adding cannons and other weapons to the top of the model. I happen to be carrying the Toad Tank around when my friend’s kid mentioned it was a Missile Toad. I was like wow this kid is way smarter than me and has better ideas than I do. I decided to design a game specifically around toad tanks.

Franklin The Tanklin

When I got home from a Adepticon, I was exhausted but excited. I knew I wanted to design a game that focused on a large number of players being able to play at once and a low model count. Often at conventions, you never get a chance to play a game with everyone that you want, but what if you could have everyone or almost everyone play in one game. This is what I thought about all the time at work, washing dishes, trying to fall asleep at night, I kept thinking about toad tanks. I explained my concept of a game to my friend Dellon of White Tiger table craft during one of our hobby hangouts. Quickly, we were able to lay down the foundation for the game. My general concept was to add Mario kart elements to a tabletop war game that was easy to play easy to teach and has freedom for kit bashing. After talking with Dellon, that night I wrote down as much of the rules as I could remember and figure out. Within a week I had a game ready to play test.

I am fortunate to have a local game group to test my game out with and we met up at my friend Mike’s house to play. Mike had a great board for us to use which was his previous turnip 28 table. It had the perfect amount of muddiness for a natural toad habitat. My friends kit bashed unique toads that were much different from what I made. Which showed me that the game had enough room for people to have their own creative spin. After a few matches, I saw where some holes were and where to add additional clarifications to the rules. From there a playtesting document and drafted and posted it online.

People begin creating their own toad tanks and let me know their plans to play. I continued to run some play testing including a game at Under The Dice Fest. I was able to share the rules with new people and show others how the game works. I had a great time walking my friends new and old through my game.

Banjo

The next step is for me to finish up some editing, create some drawings, and finish the layout for my zine. My goal is to bring the zine with me next year to Adepticon where the game originated. If you play or make a toad tank, please share with me as I would love to see it. While the base rule games are done, I do plan on making some additional material including the alternative play style called Titan Toad. It still needs to be play tested but that should start soon! 

Download the rules for Free!