Overcooked meets Catan! Step into the non-slip shoes of a chef - build out your food truck to plate your menu faster than your friends.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Update eight, BackerKit Pledge Manager (no rhyme, just good news)
9 months ago
– Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 10:25:09 AM
BackerKit Pledge Manager is opening Monday!
You’ll soon receive an email with a special link to your BackerKit survey. Please respond as quickly as possible so we can finalize your rewards.
You don’t need a BackerKit account—just click the link in your email to answer a few questions about your reward preferences, shipping details, and any add-ons. You don’t have access to the link just yet, but it’ll be in your inbox soon!
You’ll be able to update your responses anytime before surveys close and we lock final counts.
To check your info later, return via the link in your email or click "Lost your survey?" on our project page:
Smoke Test On Monday morning (June 23rd), we’ll send a test survey to 5% of backers to ensure everything works. If all goes well, the full survey will follow 24 hours later (June 24th).
Troubleshooting Emails
If you used Facebook to log in to Kickstarter, the survey will go to your Facebook-associated email.
If you used AppleID, the survey might not reach you. Please forward your best email address to Gregory via Kickstarter message or contact BackerKit support here:
See you in the pledge manager!
Let’s get cooking, Gregory
Update six: I (secretly) love mozzarella sticks!
9 months ago
– Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 09:19:51 PM
Hello Chefs, 👨🍳
Kickstarter just confirmed that all payments have been processed—we’ve got the green light to export data to BackerKit Pledge Manager! ✅
Over the next two weeks, we’ll start opening the pledge manager in phases, beginning with a smoke test (a limited release to 5% of backers to make sure nothing’s on fire 🔥—just figuratively, of course).
Once the smoke test clears, we’ll open the gates to everyone. Below are a few quick notes for specific groups:
Special Sauce Backers 🍔 Your moment is almost here and I can't wait to see what you're cooking up! Time to dream up your truck and menu. I’ll be sending you a form soon to capture:
Truck base & accent colors
Truck name & inspiration
Menu items & more!
Retail Backers 🛒 You’ll be able to complete your orders, add extras, and even increase quantities to cut some shipping fat.
Dropped Backers (Payment Failed) 😅 No worries—I’ve imported your info into BackerKit. You still have a spot in our kitchen! You’ll be able to settle up easily in the pledge manager.
All Chefs ✅
Reminder: shipping will be charged 2-3 weeks before fulfillment to prevent overcharging!
And as always, reach out if you’ve got questions or concerns. I’ll post another update here once the smoke test and full pledge manager are live.
Thanks all—and have a great weekend! Gregory
One massive thank you!
10 months ago
– Thu, May 29, 2025 at 08:06:19 PM
Just... wow.
The absolute best part of designing a board game is bringing people together through play. This campaign went so incredibly well and I have you to thank. Thank you for your support, your trust, and your belief in this project.
Can you believe the progress we made?
✅ Hard Mode ✅ Sous Chef upgrade tile ✅ Wood grocery discs ✅ Online Orders upgrade tile ✅ Kids Meal order card ✅ Wood (screenprinted) Hangriest Customer standee ✅ BYOB upgrade tile ✅ Screenprinted food truck meeple ✅ Multi-compartment box organizer ✅ Double-layer, recessed player boards ✅ Printed box interior
Ruthie, thanks for supporting this dream and being my ride or die. Chris, thanks for being a champion for Food Truck Race. To the friends and family (too many to name) who patiently played bad or imperfect prototypes while I figured it out. I hope the process was as much fun for you as it was for me.
We're making a board game, I'm ready if you are.
Select late pledges will be open through the weekend and pledge manager update is coming soon.
Let's get cooking, y'all, Gregory
Update five, orders piling high!
10 months ago
– Wed, May 28, 2025 at 07:19:23 PM
24 hours to go!
Y'all, I cannot believe I'm writing to more than 1000 chefs today.
I started this journey in 2022 when friends played an over-complicated prototype and said, "I can figure out how to win this game, but winning isn't enough, I need a motivation to figure it out." That sparked a 2-year process of refining story, mechanics, and art—hundreds of drafts—until the game felt true to the real experience of launching a food truck.
And now it is this simple...
Imagine you're a food truck chef: no space to move, no money to upgrade, no time to finish it all—and way too many picky eaters. You'll have to find a way to cook through this puzzly engine builder.
Now let's spice things up!
As a free bonus this summer, every backer will get a print & play copy of Food Truck Race: the trick-taking game — a cooperative “call your sous chef” card game where chefs use trick combos to plate orders. Think The Crew meets Euchre. Your feedback will help refine the final version later this year. It’s a small thank-you — and I hope you’ll have as much fun playing as I’ve had writing it.
That's all for now, see you tomorrow at the finish line!
Let's get cooking, Gregory
Update four: upgraded player boards!!!
10 months ago
– Thu, May 22, 2025 at 06:15:08 AM
Just one week left!
If there were ever a time to tell a friend about a fun new game you found on Kickstarter, NOW’S THE TIME!
We’ve unlocked a truckload of stretch goals—and there’s one more big surprise!
The factory just let me know: if we can increase orders a little, we can lower the cost of double-layer player boards (with nesting kitchen upgrade tiles)! That means they’re now our $80K stretch goal. It’s within reach—let’s grab it!
🤞Double-layer boards have long been a dream for Food Truck Race, and I need your help getting there. 🚚🚛
✅ Hard Mode ✅ Sous Chef upgrade tile ✅ Wood grocery discs ✅ Online Orders upgrade tile ✅ Kids Meal order card ✅ Wood (screenprinted) Hangriest Customer standee ✅ BYOB upgrade tile ☑️ Screenprinted food truck meeple ($70K) ☑️ Multi-compartment box organizer ($75K) ☑️ Double-layer, recessed player boards ($80K) ☑️ Printed box interior ($85K) ☑️ Linen finish cards ($90K) ⭐️ And 5 more goals!
Quick bites for the week ahead:
Backerkit pledge manager opens in June so we can fast-track summer production
EU & Canadian shipping costs are being renegotiated—early signs point to additional savings
I’m prototyping Food Truck Race: The Trick-Taking Game! If you want to playtest in June/July, drop a comment—first come, first served
Going to Kublacon in San Jose this weekend? Come say hi and play a round of Food Truck Race with me!
