Hit the Road, Jack is a solo/duet game of adrenaline rush and creeping terror. Of chasing and being chased, of being forced to face your sins or to leave them all behind. It is a game of cat and mouse between two characters that we call the Jacks.
And now the big house, the law man, the devil and all his little hellions are chasing your sorry ass down.
Time to hit the road, Jack, and get gone.
Jack be Nimble
Hit the Road, Jack! is a solo/duet game of adrenaline rush and creeping terror. Of chasing and being chased, of being forced to face your sins or to leave them all behind. It is a game of cat and mouse between two characters that we call the Jacks. This is a game that mentions blood, violence, drugs, crime, and death - both deaths you choose and deaths you don’t.
Hit the Road, Jack! is the fourth in a series of Microgames developed or published by RV Games. It is designated as RV Games Microgame #4.
Jack Be Nimble is the sinner, the criminal, and the one being chased.
Jack Be Quick is the lawman, the aggrieved, and the one who chases.
This is their journey cross-country across an empty stretch of highways. By drawing tarot cards and responding to journaling prompts, you will be able to flesh out the nature of these two Jacks, their relationship, and how they deal with whatever the road throws at them.
Game Lengths
What's in it?
We are launching a physical edition of the original digital edition of Hit the Road, Jack in the form of a tuck box, 22 tarot-sized cards (Major Arcana only), a booklet of instructions, player aid cards, and simple wooden cube player markers. All editions of Hit the Road, Jack feature the following:
Solo or duet roleplaying as Jack Be Nimble (the one being chased) and Jack Be Quick (the one who chases)
Variable game lengths of Short, Medium, Long, allowing players to enjoy a journaling game without extensive burnout
Forty-four prompts based on the upright and reversed Major Arcana, both probing into a character’s psyche as well as giving them situations on the road to handle
A narrator speaking directly to the player characters, providing not only instruction but snark, judgment, and occasionally compassion
Gameplay and thematic inspiration from Long Haul 1984 (think of Jack as Long Haul’s greased up troublemaker cousin)
Hit the Road, Jack! Print & Play - $13 USD/$19 CAD/10£ GBP/13€ EUR/$21 AUD
If you to save some money by printing your own cards and providing your own wood cubes, this is the tier for you!
RV Games Print & Play Bundle - $49 USD/$70 CAD/38£ GBP/49€ EUR/$78 AUD
Get Print & Play PDFs of all four RV Games Microgames: Hit the Road, Jack!, Thrust!, Pyroclastic Flow, and The Progeny.
Physical Editions
Another Two Card Mockups From Charles Ferguson-Avery
Hit the Road, Jack! Physical Edition - $23 USD/$33 CAD/18£ GBP/23€ EUR/$37 AUD
Get the box of cards for the 22 major arcana, player aid cards, and wood cubes for tracking your progress!
RV Games Print & Play and Counters Bundle - $97 USD/$70 CAD/38£ GBP/49€ EUR/$153 AUD
Print & Play and Counters Bundle
Want a Print & Play version of all of our Microgames but hate assembling Print & Play counters? That’s us, which is why we offer cheaper boxes of just counters. Get boxes of counters for each of RV Games Microgames in addition to getting a physical copy of Hit the Road, Jack!
Get full physical editions of all RV Games Microgames in addition to Hit the Road, Jack! These are fully playable and include dice, pieces, player aids, and dry erase maps and trackers.
If both Hit the Road, Jack! andIn the Shadow of Gloryboth fund, we will add a superhero themed temporary tattoo to the box of the physical edition of Hit the Road, Jack!.
A Programmed Adventure Game for Mothership Microgame with editing, art, and layout by D.N. Wilkie (The Stygian Library, Dissident Whispers, Rogue Brood, Crapland, Rimwise Dispatch, Killing in the Name). Solo and wardenless play inspired by The Fantasy Trip MicroQuests and David Cronenberg’s The Brood. This game uses a standalone set of simplified Mothership rules but does contain conversions for using it as a stock Mothership pamphlet adventure.
Shipping and taxes will be charged later in Pledge Manager. We will be using BackerKit’s Auto-Lock and Charge feature, so we will not send out surveys until we much closer to fulfillment and need to charge for shipping.
All rates are subject to change, especially with the volatile international trade environment currently being created by the United States government.
Digital Fulfillment
All digital files will be distributed via Shopify, providing you direct access to the files, access within your DTRPG library, and access to an Itch.io key.
Taxes are not collected on digital goods, but due to some exceptions, we will collect some taxes for digital goods via “shipping” charges in Pledge Manager.
Canadian Taxes GST and/or local taxes and the 5% import duty for Canada are included in the Canadian shipping rate that will be added as an additional “shipping” fee for digital only pledge levels and add-ons.
EU Digital Goods VAT EU orders will have “shipping” charged for digital only pledge levels and add-ons via Pledge Manager to account for the Digital Goods VAT. This is equivalent to the 25% Administrative Fee collected for physical items but built into a "shipping" cost rather than charged as a tax in Pledge Manager.
U.S. Domestic Fulfillment - Physical Pledges
U.S. domestic fulfillment will be done by the manufacturer. They will directly ship your order.
Backers in California are charged sales tax via Pledge Manager.
International Fulfillment - Physical Pledges
International fulfillment for physical pledges will be coordinated by RV Games via ShipBob. Orders will be shipped from the U.S., Canada, or the U.K., depending on your region of the world. Orders from the UK to the EU will be shipped using IOSS, as applicable, to further speed up the customs process.
Canadian Taxes Backers in Canada are charged HST or local taxes as a tax in BackerKit. The 5% import duty for Canada is included in the Canadian shipping rate for each pledge level and in the shipping rate for add-ons. All orders ship delivery duty paid, so you pay this fee when you pay for shipping later and do not need to pay when your order arrives.
Rest of World Physical Backers everywhere else in the world are charged a 25% fee (shipping not included) as a tax in BackerKit to cover duties, fees, VAT, and administration of international orders.
Ennie nominated illustrator. Creator of Into the Wyrd and Wild and The Vast in the Dark.
Producer - Violet Ballard
Violet Ballard
Dr. Violet is a proudly Queer mom and educator from Fresno, California. She is the owner of RV Games and the writer of the Mothership modules Slasher, Rampant, Return to STAR Station, and, Orgy of the Blood Leeches.
Graphic Designer - Curious Friend
curiousfriend
Curious Friend is a non-binary visual artist & graphic designer based out of Fresno, CA. They appreciate whimsical line work, bold color palettes, & naturally imperfect symmetry. When they aren’t hunched over a canvas they enjoy hiking in the mountains, tending to their collection of exotic houseplants, and being attacked by their 3-legged cat.
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