*Designs are not final and are subject to change.
Battle
Pencils
Battle Pencils are a fun component for a new battling pencil game and a functional school supply in one!
The game is fast, fair, and fun with a good mix of luck and skill.
So collect, trade, and battle friends with your Battle Pencils for some bragging writes!
Features
High-quality materials
Collectible
Rare chasers
Expandable with any IP
For two players ages 6+
Learn rules in <1 minute
Simultaneous play
No scorekeeping
Strategic counterplay
Math comparison/computation
Multiple playstyles
Portable/small footprint
The Pencils
Every Battle Pencil has a unique distribution of numbers between its three sets resulting in a wide variety of set sums/means, standard deviations (SD), minimums, and maximums while also maintaining the same baseline of power as all the other pencils.
These combinations give each pencil its own "personality" to match its character. For example, agressive characters like Scribbull and Erasaurus have above average means against one or more symbols and higher standard deviations than normal while a more docile character like Giraffite has average means against all three symbols and lower than normal standard deviations. There are even some special pencils like Optimistic Prime that only have prime numbers!
Having a wide variety of pencils with their own "personality" results in offering players multiple playstyles that "feel" different. For example, a pencil that consistently rolls a number near the baseline mean of 50 (SD near 0) feels vastly different than one that only rolls numbers near either 1 or 99 (SD near 49).
Also, since a pencil has a different sum/mean against each symbol, its strengths and weaknesses change from battle to battle and game to game depending on the pencils it faces! This dynamic shift provides opportunities for strategic planning and counterplay.
Not sure which characters or playstyles you prefer? Preview all of them in The Penagerie first and then grab some to try in person!
*Designs are not final and are subject to change.
How to Play
Battle Pencils is a battling pencil game between two friends. You can mix and match pencils from different sets and include multiple copies of the same pencil.
Step 1: Get Ready
Agree on how many pencils to start with. 3 or 5 pencils is most common, but any number between 1-99 works.
Secretly pick a pencil for the first battle without the other player seeing it.
Step 2: Battle!
Roll your pencil at the same time as the other player.
House Rule: A roll only counts if the pencils collide into each other!
Locate your rolled number (●# ▲# ■#) that matches the symbol (●/▲/■) of the other player's pencil.
The pencil that rolled the higher number wins the battle, knocking out the other one!
Step 3: Counter
If your pencil won or tied, you must roll it again next battle.
Otherwise, set your knocked out pencil that lost aside out of play and pick a new one to roll next battle.
Step 4: Declare the Winner
Continue Battling and Countering each other (repeating Steps 2 & 3) until one of you has knocked out all of the other's pencils to win the game!
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