Food Truck Race: A Simultaneous-play Cooking Game

Pledge Manager is closing Saturday - now is your time!
11 months ago – Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 01:22:09 PM

The last day to make final updates to your order is Saturday July 5. 

• After July 5, your rewards are locked and we will charge cards for add-on item purchases, pledge upgrades, and pre-orders. 
• You can update your shipping address up until we lock addresses for shipping (the month before fulfillment).
• Special Sauce tier - Mario begins custom work on Monday! Don't miss your opportunity to customize your truck!

You can review your information or pledge status by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at foodtruckracegame.backerkit.com. 

If you used AppleID to login to Kickstarter, look for the link Gregory sent you in your messages! 

Thank you all again for being so responsive to answering our BackerKit survey— it may not seem like much as an individual backer, you have no idea how helpful this has been for me when trying to keep track of all 1400 of you!

Let's get cooking! 
Gregory

Update eight, BackerKit Pledge Manager (no rhyme, just good news)
12 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!
12 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!
about 1 year 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!
about 1 year 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