What is it?

Rock & Roll Brouhaha is an asymmetric, customizable, expandable card game, in which players assume the role of band managers who are tasked with assembling musicians, buying musical gear, looking for gigs and scheduling venues for their bands.

Rock & Roll Brouhaha has elements of resource management, tableau building, worker placement, lane battling, engine building and tug-of-war.

Rock & Roll Brouhaha is a living card game, meaning that this base set and its expansions are not random. There is no need to go chasing rare cards that are more powerful. This system gives everyone access to the same cards, and rewards skill and strategy over luck.

Rock & Roll Brouhaha is perfect for music fans who enjoy card games.

A game of Rock & Roll Brouhaha will take about 25 minutes per player. Thanks to each card being unique, there is great variability and replayability.

Lore

The spotlight shone brightly on Ziggy Moonglow as her fingers blazed across the Star-Kindler’s maple fretboard. You beamed in pride as 88 Extremities, the band that you had assembled for this prestigious gig at the exclusive Holla-Deck Club, totally rocked the house. Backing Ziggy was Mickey "Mouse" Jones on bass and Danny Doublestar, formerly of Armashreddon, on drums. The masterstroke of the line-up was the addition of MC Hovercraft, who took the band's sound in a whole new direction. The capacity crowd swayed in rapt attention as 88 Extremities broke into a funk-metal groove. And this was just the start. This band could really go places, especially with you calling the shots...

What's in the Base Set?

This base set includes everything needed to play.

Two players: Play the head-to-head version; Each player has their own deck.

Three Players: Combine both decks into one ginormous deck from which all players will draw, then have a free-for-all

Four Players: Two players share single deck for semi-cooperative gameplay.

There are also two expansions available: Garage-A-Trois and The Tone Wars. Links to those expansion sets on the right of this page!

Origin Story

My name is Shirky. As a musician and gamer, I'm thrilled to introduce you to Rock & Roll Brouhaha. It's filled with immersive, authentic challenges that real musicians encounter. I've also included many hidden easter eggs from my own musical adventures.

No AI art is used in this game.

Important Links

Link to Rulebook

Short Video

How to Play Video

Card Examples