QuantumZap



Welcome to QuantumZap! It’s a card-based game of bluffing and bidding over 5 rounds, where players develop land and chase riches... or ruin.





The wild frontier of energy auctions

Fast-paced bluffing meets real-time bidding
Outsmart friends in chaotic auctions where every shout counts.

Lie, scheme, and sabotage

Secretly survey land, spread misinformation, or just cause a scene.

Asymmetric characters & wild Action Cards

No two games (or betrayals) are ever the same.

High risk, higher reward

Develop land for big payouts... or crushing debt.

5 rounds to build your empire
Become the Truest Wildcatter or flame out in legendary fashion.



Prototype board shown



What is QuantumZap?
A powerful new resource, QuantumZap—or Zap—is changing the future of energy. You’ve secured investor backing for your energy empire and landed in the resource-rich West Planetary Region. Now it’s time to turn that vision into fortune. But you’re not alone. Others want the same prize. Who will strike it rich—and who will lose it all?

In QuantumZap, players bid on lots that may contain valuable Zap to generate credits and outmaneuver rivals. But beware—not every lot delivers. Will you strike it rich… or be left flipping empty lots and dodging debt collectors?






So, who’s that cartoon bolt with the buck teeth?

That’s Zappy. Our electric mascot. Your questionable life coach. A lightning bolt with a dream. And no impulse control.

Zappy’s here to cheer you on, mess with your strategy, and occasionally pop up on cards that change everything.

They’re part hype man, part hazard warning.

And their face? It says exactly what the situation calls for—glee, dread, or “oops, all debt.”







Game Components

Character Cards x 10


Lot Cards x 35




Action Cards x 52


Zappy Cards x 7



Land Cards x 10


Rule Cards x 5


Survey Tokens x 25


First Player Marker x 1


Credit Tokens x 100

Debt Tokens x 25


Game Board x 1







How to play

QuantumZap is played over 5 rounds, each with 4 exhilarating phases.




🔍 Phase 01: Discover


Peek, plot, or get paid to quit.

  • Secretly survey a lot (or just say you did).
  • Buy an Action Card to stir the pot.
  • Sell your undeveloped land to the Environmental Conservancy Fund for a shady payout.


🔨 Phase 02: Bid


Count down. Shout your bid. Hope you didn’t overpay.
  • Real-time shouting auction—“3, 2, 1… 7 MILLION!”
  • Ties lead to open bidding mayhem.
  • If you can’t afford it, you’re out. Zappy doesn’t do loans.




🧱 Phase 03: Develop


Pay 2M to flip a Lot face-up.
  • If it’s good: cha-ching.
  • If it’s bad: enjoy your new debt token.
  • Flip it sideways to mark it as decommissioned. Shame included free of charge.


💸 Phase 04: Collect


Get paid... or punished.
  • Earn credits from developed lots.
  • Take debt from bad ones.
  • Everyone gets 2M from their “investors” (aka the QZA).


After 5 Rounds


Tally your Victory Points from:
  • Developed lots
  • Credit hoards
  • Suit bonuses
  • And those sweet, sweet sets

The richest Wildcatter wins. The rest? They had fun. Probably.


Download the Rulebook

You’ve seen the chaos.
Now own it.

You know the rules (mostly). You’ve met the players. You’ve witnessed the land flips, the bidding wars, the sweet, sweet Zap. Now there’s just one question left:

Are you the Truest Wildcatter in the West Planetary Region… or just another cautionary tale?

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