BookYol Games · Game №1
The Founder Game
Build. Decide. Survive.
A startup card game for 1–5 players. Eight rounds. Twenty-five minutes. Every decision costs something.
The box
Cards in English. Rules, digital canvas and printable sheets unlock with the code inside the lid.
Try one round
5 decisions left
Ads Are Getting Expensive
Your cost per customer just doubled.
The Founder Game
Flip the card
Try one round right here — real cards, the real engine.
What happens at the table
One game, start to finish.
Every round you draw one situation and choose A or B. Every choice moves your numbers. After eight rounds the highest Founder Value wins.
- 01
Pick a startup
Five companies, each with its own cash, burn and special ability.
- 02
Draw a situation
One card for the whole table: an ad crisis, a cofounder offer, a server crash.
- 03
Choose A or B
Secretly. Every option costs something: cash, product, traction or ownership.
- 04
Pay your burn
Every round your company burns money. Run out and you're bankrupt.
- 05
Make a Founder Move
Raise money, hire, take a loan, or sell the company. One move per round.
- 06
Count your Founder Value
Cash plus product times traction, times the ownership you kept. Highest wins.
Eight rounds. Twenty-five minutes. Five Founder Types you might turn out to be.
How a round works
1
Burn
Everyone pays the Burn on their Startup card.
2
Flip
Flip one Situation card for the whole table.
3
Choose
Choose A or B secretly.
4
Reveal
Reveal together and update your Canvas.
5
Move
Optionally, one Founder Move.
Every decision costs something
There is no right answer. Only trade-offs.
Ads Are Getting Expensive
Your cost per customer just doubled.
The Founder Game
Cofounder Offer
Someone experienced wants to join as cofounder.
The Founder Game
Server Crash
Your product is down.
The Founder Game
With the box
The code inside the lid unlocks three things.
The rules, online
Learn the game in 60 seconds on the phone that's already on the table.
The digital canvas
Keeps everyone's Cash, Product, Traction and Ownership straight. No arithmetic, no account.
Printable sheets
A fresh canvas pad and the quick-start card, whenever you need more.
Who it's for
Founders
Feel eight rounds of the decisions you make every week, compressed into one table.
Students
Learn what runway, dilution and traction mean by losing them.
Teams
A 25-minute game that starts a two-hour conversation about how you actually decide.
Anyone
Who wants to feel what running a startup is like without losing real money.
Which founder are you?
Five Founder Types, computed from the decisions you make. Deterministic. No dice.
The Bootstrapper
You protect cash and ownership. Slower, but the company is yours.
The Growth Hacker
You trade cash for traction. Fast, loud, sometimes fragile.
The Visionary
You bet on product. When it works, it really works.
The Fundraiser
You use other people's money to move fast — and give up control to do it.
The Operator
You balance cash, product and growth. Boring on paper. Dangerous in a game.
Questions
Where do you ship?
The box ships from Türkiye. Shipping options and rates are shown at checkout.
How many players?
1 to 5. Solo play uses the Founder Ranks; with friends, the highest Founder Value wins.
What age?
12 and up. If you can add and subtract, you can play. Understanding why you lost takes longer.
What language are the cards in?
English. The rules and the digital canvas are in English too.
What is the digital canvas?
A browser companion that tracks your numbers so nobody does arithmetic at the table. No account, works offline, up to five founders on one phone. It unlocks with the code printed inside the box.
Build. Decide. Survive.
Eight rounds, twenty-five minutes, one box for the whole table.
₺499 / box