Bad Rule Games is an independent board and card game developer/publisher from the Netherlands. Although social media has become a significant part of our lives, board games provide a real connection with friends and family. We believe that bringing people together around the table to play board games brings joy and creates stronger friendships.

The journey of Bad Rule Games began in the end of 2019. As board game enthusiasts and long-time Formula 1 fans, we noticed that there wasn’t a single board game that truly does justice to that sport whilst being accessible enought for everyone. So, we decided to develop a board game with a Formula 1 theme that covers the most important aspects of a F1 race such as tyre strategy, weather conditions, coping with race situations and improving your car setup. Also, the game should not be too complicated and the luck factor should be almost absent. That game became Race Pace.

Race Pace was published in October 2022, but it wasn’t actually our first game. In March 2022 a news article about a fight at a resort over sunbeds at a pool inspired us for the game Sunbed Rush. Sunbed Rush is a quirky, short card game where you score points for reserving the most sunbeds at the best pools. It’s a card game where you mostly win by playing a sly and sneaky strategy. The game was released in May 2022.

In the fall of 2023 the suspenseful card game Zapp’em! was launched. Zapp’em! is a semi-cooperate, interactive game where you team up as astronauts to hunt down one of your friends who plays the sinister alien villain.

With our knowledge as boardgame creators and publishers, we have shifted our activities as of 2024 to fully focus on helping boardgame developers by publishing one of their games per year. In September 2024 our first collaboration will be published: Andromeda Escape , a thrilling, tactical quick, fun and easy game where positioning and timing is key to rescue your fleet of spaceships from an impending doom. For 2025 we are already working on an amazing project, but more about that will follow by the end of this year.

We hope you enjoy our games and would love to hear your feedback on our games! Reach out to us and let us know your thoughts.

Company info

Bad Rule Games
Vlaardingen
the Netherlands

info@badrulegames.com
www.badrulegames.com
+31 6 820 766 84

Chamber of Commerce registration 85371912
VAT number NL0040.88.228B61

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Trusted retailers

Besides our own webshop, you can also find (some of) our games at the below mentioned retailers.

Please note: fulfillment of orders at Bol.com and Philibert is done by ourselves.