overview
The ritual has just begun - the pyre is lit, and mallow monks’ meditations are fanning the flames making it burn hotter and hotter over time. Equipped with water guns and water balloons, players traverse the map with the help of their animal allies. They use their ammunition wisely to extinguish flaming family members and distract Mallow Monks from their meditations.
Along the way, players gain more watery artiller, deploy their animal friends’ unique abilities, summon the Spirit of The Hallow, and assist fellow players. Those that save the most resources, rescue all three family members, and keep the Pyre’s intensity low will win the game.
REVIEWS
KEY FEATURES
TRANSPARENT CARDS
According to our play testers, our transparent cards are literally game changing. The polyomino shapes and grid spaces are designed to perfectly align so mirroring, flipping, and rotating are a breeze. Lay your cards on your map to strategize your next move.
UNIQUE MECHANICS
Placement Rules
Shapes must be connected at the corners when placing them on the map and can NOT touch orthogonally (up, down, left, right.)
Spirit of the Hallow
Summon The Spirit by "pulling a tooth" from the werewolf apparition on the dashboard. Use the shape of his remaining teeth instead of the shapes shown on the card that round.
LORE GALORE
Quake
Ground animals can Quake, an ability that allows players to move one square to a new location where it is connected to the rest of the shape at the corners.
COPIOUS CHARACTERS
Take on the role of Marshall the marshmallow who is desperate to save his family from a fire-loving ascension cult called, The Root. With the assistance of animal friends, playersnavigate the cultists’ campgrounds, upgrade water guns, collect resources, and time their plan of attack to stop the cult from burning the swamp down to the ground.
What’s in the box:
50 maps
50 dashboards
Comic Book & Instruction Manual
25 transparent cards
Tuck Box
4 golf pencils
Take on the role of Marshall the marshmallow who is desperate to save his family from a fire-loving ascension cult called, The Root. With the assistance of animal friends, playersnavigate the cultists’ campgrounds, upgrade water guns, collect resources, and time their plan of attack to stop the cult from burning the swamp down to the ground.
What’s in the box:
50 maps
50 dashboards
Comic Book & Instruction Manual
25 transparent cards
Tuck Box
4 golf pencils
ABOUT THE CREATORS
Kervin Queliza
GAME DESIGNER | MECHANICS ENGINEER | PUBLISHER
Kervin Queliza is a QPOC board game designer, content creator, and publisher that got his start in the board game industry in his car on TikTok. He advocates for diversity not only at board gaming tables but also within the games themselves. We wanted to create Marsh Hallow to demonstrate that roll and write games are more fun when they are supported by strong themes, story, and art.
Kelley Reece
GAME DESIGNER | VISUAL DESIGNER | ILLUSTRATOR
Kelley Reece is a designer, LGBTQIA+ activist, and licensed social worker that provides talk therapy for clients that endured religious, high control group, and narcissistic abuse. She also owns and operates Initiative Industries, a studio & consulting firm that integrates creativity, psychology, and social advocacy into team building trainings and educational workshops.