Enric Aguilar reveals all the news of the expected return of La Fallera Calavera

Enric Aguilar is the dianense behind the card game that has meant a revolution in both Valencian and Catalan territory. Who doesn't know The Skull Fallera? It is a game that has conquered the hearts of tens of thousands of people, both regular and first-time players.

It is already very common in the programs of the local parties and the Fallas to find a place for some tournament of The Skull Fallera. In Dénia, without going any further, the first tournament last march, with great success of assistance.

After 30.000 copies sold, 4 years with nothing new from the series and much excitement in social networks, Enric Aguilar is ready to bring to light the third installment, full of new features that will completely change the way you play.

The dianense face after success

We want to know more about La Fallera Calavera 3 and to know both its author and the operation of the Zombi Paella publishing house, so we met with Enric, who tells us how he managed to devote himself to what was initially a hobby.

Enric: "I was working for TV3 in type contests The Great Dictat, which was a language contest. But I combined it with the work of the self-publishing of La Fallera 1 and 2, as well as what is related to the book. The time came when I saw that I was earning more money for games than on TV, so I decided to devote more time to this part which was what I liked, because being a project of my own motivates more.

It started more as a hobby since I didn't think I could live on this much less. I did a personal project with great enthusiasm because obviously I was very fond of board games. I didn't even consider presenting it to a games publisher because I already knew that a card game in Valencian, about a zombie faller, had little chance

(laughs). A normal company, I don't think I would have taken a risk with such a project.

I decided to self-finance it with the help of the patrons who participated in the crowdfunding, which I also did with the first expansion,

La Fallera Calavera 2. In the case of the book, it was the publisher herself, Sembra Llibres, who asked me if I was interested in writing the story of La Fallera after seeing the success of the first crowdfunding. "

Why is success? In addition to being a fun game that involves challenging you with your friends, the story that is exposed on the cards has no waste: a fallera that dies during the mascletà of Valencia due to an imprudence of the eternal mayor and that a year Then he comes back to life in search of revenge. But don't be scared, because stopping it is ... simple? You just have to make a Valencian paella as it plays and that will calm it down.

Enric: "The story itself is a satire of us, the Valencians, and our culture. It makes a bit of criticism or mockery of our culture so strict and self-demanding for some unimportant things in principle, such as the fight for what it is and not it is a Valencian paella, and then for more relevant others it is more indifferent ".

Next, La Fallera toured the Valencian and Catalan territory thanks to the fun theme and word of mouth of the happy buyers. It turned out to be a great bombing in 2014, so it was not surprising that only a year later he returned with his first expansion.

Enric: "The Fallera 2, which came out in 2015, includes 50 new cards and the game changes as you enter els ingredients of the discòrdia, as are some seafood that La Fallera Calavera likes only if he is in a good mood, which is decided with a coin in the air, and the chorizo ​​that is the damn ingredient he never likes. In this case the game grows because, in addition to seeking to get ingredients from the paella, you must prevent the sausage from falling into your hand and pass it on to another player ".

But, so much has been the revolution that has been a card game? Apparently, there are few Valencian places that have not reached with their claws this zombie fallera.

Enric: "Both in village festivals and in October 9 and, of course, Fallas usually organize many tournaments. Now, as far as I know, there are 4 in August.

In Benicarló they even made a child failure all of La Fallera Calavera. A special thing and why many people moved there just to see the fault. Although I am still waiting for one day to propose a large

(laughs), and if it is in Dénia better. The tournament we did in Dénia last March and the theme of television has helped people gradually realize that I am from here. "

Zombie Fallas Rest: It's Time for Witches

Last year, while increasing the rage it caused The Skull Fallera, Enric surprised with the creation of the publishing house Zombi Paella and the publication of the first game outside the series with which he became famous. This is Alakazum!, the game where a Valencian witch, an Andalusian, a Basque, a Galician and a Catalan must end the invading traditions. Also, take the opportunity to announce that we will soon have news about this series.

Enric: "I took the same concept but extending it through different territories of the peninsula. Specifically, the game is reflected, also from satire, Andalusian, Basque, Galician, Catalan and Valencian culture. It also has a strong component of criticism of globalization cultural since they are the traditions of these territories that have to face the traditions that are invading us or replacing the premises, such as Valentine's Day, Halloween, Black Friday ...

Alakazum! It worked very well since the start because people had quite hype after The Skull Fallera. We have been with him for a year and now the goal is to make it work also outside the Valencian and Catalan territory. "

The expected return of La Fallera Calavera

But well, once we have reviewed the past, what we want is to know what the future will be. What's with La Fallera Calavera 3? We know that the protagonist of the series returns, and that this time she has become an authoritarian queen who will force all Valencians, now slaves, to feed her paella. Enric reveals that he has brought to show us a draft of the new components of this game.

Enric: "La Fallera Calavera Since 2015 has been without any news, so we believe that the time has come to return to that world. It is a quite different expansion from the previous one, having many more novelties because, in addition to having 55 new cards, a board is incorporated for the first time in the series, being also my first time as an author to do something with a board.

When I do an expansion I want to bring something new to the game. I do not do it to get new cards and that's it, because for that I would make envelopes and that's it.

The board is divided into 5 territories, which will be called terretes, with different accesses. There will be a pawn token of the fallera that will have to be played by moving it across the board. On this occasion the paella can be made with 4 ingredients depending on the area of ​​the board in which the chip is at that time, instead of the strict 5 of the previous versions.

The novelties of the board make the game a little faster; but in the basic game, because going around the board there will be another map to play in a more expert way with character bonuses depending on territory. An example of these bonuses is the chorizo ​​menu, which we have said the Fallera never wants, but if in this mode of the board you are in Benidorm, then there, for whatever reason, it is accepted in the paella (laughs). This gives it a more strategic component, because depending on the situation of the card it will allow you to chain actions as combos. "

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The board, of course, will change the game forever. Now we have to wait impatiently for his departure.

Enric: "The idea we have is for the second half of November to come out or, in the worst case, the first of December. Everything is already illustrated, this week we are finishing the layout of the board and the box and instructions are missing. In September We will send it to the factory, two months of production ... So yes, about those weeks.

The Fallera 3 will have a much larger box to fit the new and old content, and also offers more space in case people want to cover the letters, which is something they have asked us for social networks. Of course, this time you can only play up to 5 players, while with the other games you could even 6.

People are becoming very interested in this new installment of the series. In social networks, every new detail we share creates a lot of expectation. "

And the price?

Enric: "We always try to be below the 20 euros. For the board issue it costs more to produce, so it will surely be more expensive than the basic game, but we do not want to exceed the 20 euros."

Of course, everything indicates that this new adventure of the zombie faller will again destroy sales. Now we just have to know what future adventures the successful publishing house will hold.

Enric: "We are now looking at new projects to expand in areas other than games, but for now there is nothing decided or that we can say. I would also like from the Zombi Paella publishing house to publish the first game that I have not created, but that is another author. We have already received some interesting proposals that we are considering, but with nothing decided. "

We say goodbye to Enric who is going to enjoy a well-deserved vacation while La Fallera Calavera 3 lasts. Now players must make space on their shelves for the new box full of new features that will change the way they have fun with this game "made in Dénia".