I had the pleasure to interview Jasn Painter, creator of the DrunkQuest card game. He is running his second Kickstarter for an expansion set that ends tomorrow afternoon. I highly encourage you to check out the project and support him. I got a complete set from the funding drive.

DrunkQuest is a card game mixed with a drinking game but it also includes some nerdy elements similar to a Munchkin or MAGIC. The game is played with 3-6 players and as you challenge monsters you have to take drinks. When you defeat a monster you get treasure which helps you beat harder monsters. However, other players (who are also trying to win) can power-up the monsters you are challenging to make them harder. This is very similar to Munchkin. What makes it a bit different is there are boss battles which all the players have to challenge cooperatively.

The game is doing really well and Jasn has already sold 6,000 units. The current Kickstarter is for the first of two expansion sets. This one is called the 90 Proof Seas and adds some elements including ships.  He is funded almost entirely by Kickstarter (it is available on Amazon but is sold out) and the current one goes until tomorrow afternoon.

The game was thought up when his friends wanted a drinking game with more meat. He play tested over a number of gaming sessions with friends but the original versions was too complicated. He made it more streamline and it was a hit. Jasn has tested it at a number of cons as well.

While he has made over $100,000 from the game, a lot of the money has gone to materials. Just learning how to publish a game was tricky but he made good use of Alibaba.com. Making board games isn’t his full-time gig yet. But he does work in a popular Las Vegas casino on electronic gaming.

Since it is a drinking game, there have been some neigh-sayers as well as people that say it isn’t a true card game. But Jasn brushes that off. People have a great time and he doesn’t take himself too seriously.

His drink of choice for gaming is Blue Moon and he would be more than open to a sponsorship (Blue Moon, are you listening?).  When drinking cocktails, his liquor of choice is Honey Whiskey from Jack Daniels.

Check out his Kickstarter ending soon. You won’t be disappointed.  Budmo!