October 2026 Indie Board Game of the Month

Condition: New

Publisher: Write Stuff Games

Designer: Steven Aramini

Description:

Fliptown is a flip-and-write game where you explore a wild west town on a personal dry erase map to earn stars. Each turn you flip three cards from a standard poker deck and assign one to your suit (which of the four regions, Trail, Badlands, Mine, or Town, you activate), one to your value (which site in that region you circle), and one to a five-card poker hand that’s scored at the end of each round. Every region presents its own puzzle, and each site pays out rewards like cash, gold, useful items (guns, horses, tools), or bonus actions that can be chained into combos. You can play solo, chasing a high score or racing one of four “cowbot” opponents that each have their own motivations, or in multiplayer, where players share community cards, resolve turns simultaneously, and compete to complete bounty cards. For extra variety, 14 wild west characters are available, each with unique starting resources and a special ability.

Recommended Age: 12+

Average Play Time: 30-45 Minutes

Players: 1-4

Genres: American West | Card Game

Mechanisms: Paper and Pencil | Track Movement | Tech Tracks

Release Date: 2023