I am levitating again!!

Oh my… I am catching the vapors over here! Pop Fiction has knocked it out of the PARK with this one… truly! Amazing and fun game play… totally awe inspiring pop-up, interactive art… and storylines that are fun for the whole family. This is the whole package here, folks. Wow. Just, wow. 🥰

Now what exactly is on offer here at Upstart?

Well, it’s good that you asked…

This bundle includes the deluxe version of the game – which itself includes everything in the base game plus expansion 1 – The Eerie Crypt, 6 additional story cards, 8 additional creature standees, and 2 new player characters (the family dog and the neighborhood cat), as well as an extra dry erase marker and magnifying glass. Boom!

And… let’s not forget the Storycrafter’s kit! This beauty provides post-living-times standees of all the playable characters – including the dog and cat!  I do love a bit of zombie… LEVITATION, PEOPLE! Basically if your character passes into the afterlife during the game, you can continue to play on as a ghost! Brilliant!!! ☀️

LEV-I-TA-TION!!

And yes… I said “post-living-times” instead of “ghosts.” Hehe… it’s a bit of a tip of the hat to one of my favorite Zombie book series of ALL TIME – The Undead, by R. R. Haywood. Each book is another day in the story and there are 25 books so far. I read a LOT of post-apocalyptic fiction… and with a heavy emphasis on those post-apocalyptic times involving zombies.. and this book is the absolute best I’ve read in the genre… by a LONG stretch! Anyway, in the story one of the character’s refuses to call the undead “zombies.”

<insert ADD meds here>

Anywho, this add-on also comes with a map of the surrounding town… and a new scary character to chase your team through the hedge rows, and finally the piece de resistance… a customizable pop-up room! Boooooop… 🤯

Basic game construct

So… I won’t get in to the details at all.. but the basic gist of the game involves a story teller that guides players like a game master… but is not against them like they might be in a one versus many set-up.  This is more of a light and enjoyable family-fun RPG with a GM.  Which, back in the Olden Times we called a Dungeon master or DM.  Hehe.  I am getting old!

All praise Gary Gigax!! [I hear there’s a street in France named after him] 😉❤️

Anywho… where was I?

Ah yes.. I was going to ramble a bit more about the game and how you interact with the pop-up rooms and reveal different hidden areas and what not.. and absolutely beam while talking about how the backdrops for the different rooms can slide out (a sliding card with different features fits into the back of each storybook) and be replaced with different cards; thereby creating all sorts of nearly endless combinations and possibilities… and then I was going to take a Propranolol to calm down… hehehe… But instead, I’ll just transition straight into the curated video collection…

Ahem…

Here’s an awesome overview provided by “Inspired to Game,” with Lola and Sean!!!  This segment includes some phenomenal video work detailing the absolutely splendid pop-up rooms! The vapors, people! The vapors!

You can find the video HERE.

Next up is a SOLID unboxing by Matt over at HP Gaming – GameLINK!  Very nicely done! Scroll to 14:26 if you’d just like to start right off with seeing the pop up rooms in action!  Spoiler alert!!  Matt feels like I do…. Which is to say…. “Eeeeeeeeek!  This is so freaking awesome!!!” ☺️🎉🎉

You can find the video HERE.

Kickstarter Campaign Link – to check out all the juicy exclusives and to just ponder the wonder of the pop-ups…

The original Kickstarter campaign can be found HERE.