Ukrainian Andriy Kernytskyi has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for VERTUSHKA, a game that has existed for decades on schoolyards and streets without any rules, boxes, or marketing. Now he wants to bring the game to the global market.
Ukrainian Andriy Kernytskyi has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for VERTUSHKA, a game that has existed for decades on schoolyards and streets without any rules, boxes, or marketing. Now he wants to bring the game to the global market.
The original version of the game was completely homemade: children folded cigarette pack lids and launched them with their fingers. The goal was to capture the opponent’s chip by covering both with a throw with one swing of the hand from thumb to little finger. Without rules, without instructions — the game spread exclusively through word of mouth, in yards.
In the new version, the homemade covers were replaced with flat aerodynamic discs — flickers — made of premium cardboard with precisely calibrated sliding and weight characteristics. The mechanics remained the same: a throw with a finger, approaching an opponent, attempting to grab. But behind this simplicity — a whole decision tree. The angle of the throw determines the distance, the distance — who goes first, and the right of the first move — the entire subsequent strategy.
The game supports several formats: a classic 1-on-1 duel, a quick round of up to 3 captures for a company of up to 8 players, a championship format of 7 games, as well as single or competitive accuracy training with target targets.
The campaign is already active on Kickstarter .
Packages for backers:
The author promises to cover replacement of lost or damaged packages and to communicate immediately about any production delays.
