Right off the bat the tag line of Aerial Assault has me hooked. A card game about FIRST Robotics? Sold.

The game has you building a robot, training the drivers, and competing against other teams in around the 30 minute time range.

There’s 2 versions of the game you can snag for your pledge. The basic version for $25, and the Deluxe version for $35.

Included in each version is:

Basic (2 to 4 players, 4 robots)

  • 4 Team Cards
  • 16 Basic Action Cards (4 per team)
  • 52 Robot Part Cards (13 per robot)
  • 24 Special Action Cards
  • 6 Playing Field Zone Cards
  • 2 Scoring Cards
  • 4 Alliance Selection Cards
  • 2 red ball tokens and 2 blue ball tokens
  • 4 six-sided dice

Deluxe (Basic Game plus items below, 2 to 6 players, all robots)

  • Extra Team Cards (depends on number of backers)
  • 8 Basic Action Cards (4 per team)
  • 26 Robot Part Cards (13 per robot)
  • 12 Special Action Cards
  • 2 Alliance Selection Cards
  • 1 red ball token and 1 blue ball token
  • 2 six-sided dice

The Kickstarter project currently has 9 days left, and is about halfway to their goal. Hopefully this one gets funded!