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Gelt Galore: Pocket Edition

Created by Anya and Irina, Gifts Galore Games

Turn any Hanukkah night into a game night filled with laughter, learning, and cozy connection! A modern Hanukkah game where no one gets left out. Great for all ages and 3–10 players.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

We've made it halfway! 🎉 Plus our new community goal
17 days ago – Mon, May 18, 2026 at 10:00:16 AM

10 days to go, and we're just over 50% of the way there! 🥳


Thanks so much to everyone who's helped us get this far, by backing, sharing, commenting, and just being a part of this journey with us!

Every bit of support gets us closer to funding and to offering more bonus rewards and game upgrades. So if you know anyone who celebrates Hanukkah, is interested in learning more about it, loves trivia, or just needs a great Hanukkah gift for a loved one, please take a moment to share our campaign with them. It's especially important in this middle portion of the campaign when things get a little slow, and it would mean the world to us 🥰 


Our next community goal: 

When we reach 60 backers, an exclusive custom insert tray will become available for the pocket edition games! These trays will provide extra organization for the game components, and they’ll only be created for this campaign.

We'll be sharing more details and a look at the tray once this goal is reached.

And don't forget to vote in our poll to choose our next adorable Hanukkah character!

So far the fox is in the lead 🦊

Vote for our new adorable Hanukkah character!
21 days ago – Thu, May 14, 2026 at 08:38:53 PM

We've reached our first community goal! 🥳


Thanks so much to each of our backers for getting us here! As promised, we will be creating a brand new Hanukkah character to be included among our sticker and greeting card designs.

So please take a moment to vote for which animal we should use!

  • Scroll down to vote, and please note, voting is open until May 22nd. 

We can't wait to see what you choose and to create a cute new design!

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As we dive into the second week of Pocketopia, we also wanted to share a bit more about the whole banner system, which is a fun way projects can band together to offer extra bonuses for our supporters!

We're part of the Family Friendly Games banner, and if you support 3 or more games within the banner, you get a special bonus sticker from each game you support:



Can you guess which bonus sticker design is ours? 😉
  • Please note, for the campaign this design is exclusive to the banner, so it will not be included with our other sticker and card designs at this time. 

One of our fellow Family Friendly game designers recently hosted us on his podcast, where we chatted about Pocketopia, our games, and the culture within the tabletop game community. 

👉 Check out the episode here!


Edward's game is called Beetle Battle, and it's a wallet-sized dueling card game for 2 players. It's easy to learn and plays in 5 minutes. Edward's also paired up with another Family Friendly Banner game to offer another bonus. That game is Gnome Squad, which is a squad-fighting game for 1-3 players, that plays in about 15 minutes. 

Both games are just 18 cards! And if you back both, each will add a bonus card, making it 19 🎉


Day 5! See what people are saying 👀
24 days ago – Mon, May 11, 2026 at 09:32:29 AM

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

We're 5 days into Pocketopia, and moving closer to our first community goal. As a quick reminder, once we reach 30 backers, we'll add a brand new option to our sticker and card designs. And you'll get to vote on what it will be!

Today, we want to spotlight some recent feedback we've received about Gelt Galore: Pocket Edition!











Responses like these truly warm our hearts!

Bringing joy and light to your day (during Hanukkah or not!) is precisely why we created this game, and it's so wonderful to see that happening!

One great way to help bring Gelt Galore: Pocket Edition to life is to share the campaign page with friends and loved ones so they can join in the joy! Every person helps bring us closer to reaching our funding goal and making this game real.

Thanks for being a part of making this happen!

Anya and Irina

🎉 Day 1! We're live with a steady start 🎉
28 days ago – Thu, May 07, 2026 at 05:08:19 PM

We're officially live! Thanks so much to our first backers for getting us off the ground 🥳

We're just getting started, and these first hours make a huge difference. They're also the best time to back! 

We're showing our gratitude with our:




Plus we're already making progress toward our next community goal! 


Once we reach 30 backers, we'll create a brand new design for our cards and stickers. You'll get to vote on what that design will be!

This extra design will be added to the existing choices for all stickers and cards (you'll choose yours in the pledge manager).

If you're considering backing, now's the perfect time to reserve your Early Bird pin and help us unlock our first community achievement! 

And if you know anyone who would enjoy gathering their community with a joyful, authentic Hanukkah game, please take a moment to share our campaign. 

Thanks for joining us on this journey!

Anya and Irina