(formerly #BattleMatFitness)

FITNESS GAMES USING FANTASY COLLECTOR CARDS

Use fantasy creatures and lore to guide your fitness journey, regardless of exercise style, experience or access to equipment.

At the beginning of each game, Players draw:

• one Intention Card,

• one Rest card,

• and five Activity Cards

The color(s) of the selected Intention Card determines the color cards to be drawn by that Player during the game, setting their intention on balance (White), core (Blue), strength training (Black), muscle building (Green) and cardio (Red). The "Variable Cost" in the top right corner of cards dictate time, repetitions and weight values.

Each ‘Round’ Players complete all 5 Activities back to back, then draw a Modification Card to alter their workout for the following Round. Player takes a Rest between each Round. Starter Pack generally plays 3 Rounds per game.

Each completed Activity earns the Score Potential in the bottom right of the Card. The top, black number is your Attack power and the bottom, white number is your Defense power. Players may either calculate and compare total Score Values or use the Characters they have exercised and modified to attack and defend each other (using similar gameplay to Magic The Gathering) removing cards from the play area until a clear winner remains. This offers a fun cool down activity post-workout.

Our Story

The BattleMatFitness Starter Deck was first conceived and developed by Brendan Bradley and Michael Eisenstein, two friends looking for a way to motivate their workout routines using tabletop gameplay. Brendan first emailed Michael a mock up of a gorilla performing a squat in October 2016 and the two spent a next year designing and testing the game before launching a successful Kickstarter campaign to manufacture the deck. By adapting familiar tabletop elements like "variable cost" and "color combos," Bradley and Eisenstein found a way to keep workouts equally challenging for beginning and advanced players, with enough variability to play a unique combination every day for over a year.

For a few years, we grew our Discord Community to play test new card and character releases. We explored small product releases (water bottle, mats, dice), broader distribution (game stores and gyms), and a collab with Bosu to release a limited edition deck and discount for balance-based activities. As we grew, we discovered the challenge of upselling traditional fitness equipment to our card-centric community. In 2019, we paused the Company to develop a Unity3D app version of the game and donate our remaining inventory to youth centers to encourage health and fitness.

You can still download the app and get first 15 cards FREE:

Terms & Disclaimer

As with all exercise programs, when using FitFan workout card games, videos or sites; You need to use common sense. To reduce and avoid injury, you really should check with your doctor before beginning any fitness program. By performing any fitness exercises, you are performing them at your own risk. BattleMat LLC and its affiliated team members and partners have ceased business operations in 2018 and will not be responsible or liable for any injury or harm you sustain as a result of the fitness game, videos, merchandise, or information shared on our websites. Thanks for understanding and using good judgement. 

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