This is us

King Racoon Games was founded in 2016 by Felix Mertikat and Till Bröstl in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Since then, quite a few games have been created in the studio in the baroque old town by illustrator, game designer, comic artist and lecturer Felix Mertikat, and also exclusively illustrated by him for years. Since 2022, the studio is expanding its business field by entering the publishing business, and external illustrators, as well as Maxine Metzger, will also contribute to new products. As a studio, we create new, fresh worlds and stories, which we then publish in various media, first and foremost board games, of course. We work either alone or with partners. We love games with deep and complex mechanics, games that you can rediscover every time you play them, and that inspire you beyond the purely mechanical level.

As in real life, representation and plurality are important themes in board games for us. We represent humans and human-like beings in their colorful range, and no one has absolute interpretive authority over the others. In our games, we distinguish between different factions based on their individual strengths, rather than assigning them weaknesses.

These are our games

We love creating games with extensive story worlds and expanding them into comics, novels, and many other mediums. Several years of development and testing go into each game, and they are designed for an exciting gameplay experience.

Tsukuyumi – Full Moon Down

Tsukuyumi – Full Moon Down is a challenging, asymmetrical area control strategy game that avoids elements of luck and chance, thereby challenging the tactical skills of the players. Everything that happens happens because the players made a decision. If you win, it’s because your tactics were simply superior – but if you lose, there’s no roll of the dice to blame your defeat on. And there are pandas riding tigers.

180

Playing time

2-4

Players

14+

Age

2020

Release

4

Factions

EOS Island of Angles

As an adventurous captain, lead your crew into the unknown and make the world a better place by awakening the petrified angels of yore who have been defeated in battle against the demon hosts. Take care of the heroes of your crew while keeping an eye on the ocean to determine the best route for your ship. Make the world a better place by filling the EOS timeline with entries of your exploits.

120

Playing time

1-5

Players

14+

Age

2022

Release

5

Factions

After the Moonfall

After the Moonfall is a tabletop role-playing game set in the world of Tsukuyumi and features a rich storyworld where a bleak future shines in bright colors. Bring humanoid boars to life, play as a mighty land whale, mystical panda warrior, or human survivor, and bring new balance and peace to this warped world.

240+

Playing time

2-6

Players

16+

Age

2022

Release

20

Factions

Witchcraft

Witchcraft is a quick card game, where 2-6 witches compete in conjuring. To do this, they collect the appropriate ingredients and secure the support of animal familiars to be able to perform particularly powerful actions and thus accumulate the most magic in the end.

20

Playing time

2-6

Players

12+

Age

2022

Release

6

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Dragons, Whales AND Giant Robots?

What´s new at the Tsukuyumi board game? First of all, there are no giant robots. They are combat suits! 😉 Secondly, please do us a huge favor and follow our upcoming Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingracoongames/tsukuyumi-amaterasu-rising The...

TSUKUYUMI RISES AGAIN!

Tsukuyumi Kickstarter - April 2024 Sign up for our Kickstarter newsletter now to make sure you don't miss anything! Save the date for the highly anticipated Tsukuyumi Kickstarter Campaign in April 2024! Experience the full re-print with 4 new factions and Kaiju...

EOS – Island of Angels – It’s here!

EOS - Island of Angels - It's here! estimated reading time: 3 min19. October 2023 A sea voyage, a fair, a game - Asymmetrical, full of adventure and the fight against demons.  "EOS - Island of Angels" seeing it spread out before you as the cards slide through...

Fast Diceplacement Game

estimated reading time: 1 min | The dice fall in each round. Every round it’s your turn too. Either as a team leader and thus have more dice and thus more actions or you are a supporter and have at least one die.

TDO game report

TDO game report estimated reading time: 7 min25. Mai 2023 What a fast, cooperative board game can do? You roll dice and make decisions together, you immerse yourself in a story, experience humorous thrills and find yourself becoming an original character. All this...

SPIEL ’22 – Review

estimated reading time: 1 min 30 sec. SPIEL ’22 is over and we are very happy. For Tsukuyumi there were the two expansions Sunrise Kingdom and Chronomasters, and the all-new Witchcraft was already sold out on the Saturday of the fair.

Status of new releases until the end of 2022

estimated reading time: 2 min. Here you can find out in detail which new releases King Racoon Games has in the pipeline until the end of 2022 and how far advanced they already are.

Our next releases

estimated reading time: 6 min 30 sec. Find out here what we are currently working on and what games you can look forward to next.

KingRaCon 06/2022

estimated reading time: 1 min 45 sec. The first KingRaCon took place last weekend. Read here what was played and which guest authors visited us.

Welcome, Jan Dolle

geschätzte Lesedauer: 1 min. As of today, Jan Dolle is permanently employed with us as a Junior Game Designer. Learn more about him and what he is currently working on here.

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