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Headliner

Created by Chris Couch Games

A music–themed card game of building bands, chasing hype, and stealing the spotlight. Draft the right mix of talent, style, and sound to become the act everyone came to see.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

🥁 Headliner Hits $10K! + We're at Geekway! + Stretch Goals & Giveaway
5 months ago – Fri, May 15, 2026 at 11:15:17 AM

Hey rock stars!

Thanks to all of YOU, we hit $10,000 in funding! With that, we've unlocked the latest stretch goal. We're adding The Queen to the Wildcards Promo, allowing you to choose between The King or Queen of Pop to use with the Private Jet during gameplay. This is such a cool addition, and I'm thrilled we were able to make it happen.

Final Stretch Goal

Now, the final stretch goal has been revealed! If we can hit $20,000 by the end of the campaign, we'll upgrade the chipboard guitar pics to be wooden guitar pics in the game! 

Achieving this mark would mean we hit around 500 backers, which is a huge milestone that helps us to print more copies of Headliner so more people can play.

Geekway to the West

I am currently at Geekway to the West in St. Louis, MO! It's been so lovely to see people again in this community. I'm a regular at this con, and the attendees have seen our company grow and are a major reason why we're able to grow and make more games.

I'm testing out our 20'x10' booth layout as I prepare to have this booth size at Gen Con and PAXU later this year. If you're at Geekway, please come say hi! We are demoing Headliner and the rest of our titles, and have had some great games so far. This helps us finalize development of the last few rules tweaks to Headliner, and even after just day one there's been so many positive reactions to the gameplay.



I'll be at AdventureCon in Arkansas and Origins Game Fair in Ohio in June. If you'll be at either of those, please find me!

Poster Giveaway Winner

We just hit another 50-backer milestone, which means another backer wins a custom poster! 

  • Congrats to backer "DragonInvoker"! 
  • If you read this, please leave a comment letting me know which poster you'd like. Also, I will DM you to make sure you see it :)

EDGE7 Bag

I will be filming a few videos regarding Headliner and EDG7, or collaboration partner for Pocketopia. I posted an Instagram reel showing off a bit of the bag. I love it. I took it with me last night to a brewery where a bunch of us played small box gmes (Petiquette and Wriggle Roulette from OINK Games) and it was the perfect size. We also ended up singing karaoke (I sang WAY too many songs and it was amazing. I felt like a real headliner haha). 

That's all for now! I hope we continue to hit these poster giveaways and eventually our final stretch goal! It would be an incredible achievement. Til next time...

Kick Back and Play,
Chris P.

Two Stretch Goals Unlocked! + Two Giveaway Winners + Happy Mother's Day!
6 months ago – Sun, May 10, 2026 at 01:48:53 PM

Hey rock stars!

Wow! Y'all have been jamming on our stretch goals and community achievements. We've unlocked Spot UV treatment on the box cover along with a Linen Finish 🤘. And we have two poster giveaways to announce!

Poll Results - Private Jet added

Thanks to everyone for voting in what was a TIGHT race. Private Jet (28) won out with Limo (24) and Helicopter (23) not far behind. The King (and Queen) will arrive in style when you use them in the game 😎.



Our next Stretch Goal - The Queen

Once we reach $10,000 we will add a NEW Headliner to the Wildcards promo, The Queen. Any guesses as to who this character is meant to personify? We will reveal The Queen when we unlock this Stretch Goal!


Poster Giveaway Winners:

Backer #38 - Ian Klein
Backer #190 - Dannstarrplay

Congrats! Please let me know which poster you would like to have added to your pledge, and I will get it included when we launch the Pledge Manager :D (Photos below for Giveaway transparency).




Community Achievement - Like Our Games on BGG's Origin Preview

Chris Couch Games will be at Origins Game Fair in June, and the list of game previews just launched on BGG! I've never asked this before, but other publishers do this quite often, so I thought I'd ask our community. If you're a BGG user, it would be super helpful for me if you can go and give a "like" to our listings on the Origins Preview. This gets our games some attention, and it costs a lot of money for me to travel to Origins. So sales to new customers is usually my priority so I continue to afford getting a booth at these conventions.

  • If we can get 50 likes on Headliner on the preview page, I'll do another Poster Giveaway! 
  • If we can get 50 likes on ALL of our listings, I'll give away one Custom Card pledge to a backer!

Additional copy of Headliner Add-On

I realized that I did not provide the option for you to purchase additional copies of Headliner as an Add-On. If you would like to, you now can.


Happy Mother's Day!

Most importantly, I want to wish all the moms a Happy Mother's Day. Our team at CCG includes three mom's and they've been so kind to always open their home up for our crew to meet and discuss the business. So thanks to Meaghan, Natalie, and Marlene! A special thanks to my mom. She is the most talented artist, illustrator, painter, I've ever seen. I used to watch her do her art as a kid on and off the computer, and she is the main reason I have creativity and entrepreneurship in my blood. Love you mom!! :) 

Have a great day everyone, and thanks again for your support of Headliner.

Kick Back and Play,
Chris P. and the CCG team

Funded Day One! + Backer Vote + Poster Giveaways + Stretch Goals 🥁
6 months ago – Fri, May 08, 2026 at 01:16:49 PM

Hey rock stars!


Wow, what a first day! We fully funded within 3 hours of launch thanks to over 100 backers, and have been making a steady pace ever since. We're so thrilled with the response to Headliner, thank you so much! Thanks to over

The campaign is over $5,000 and headed towards unlocking our first Stretch Goal: Linen Box Finish! At the $6,000 mark, we'll upgrade the box for all backers. 🤘

New Poll!

We've revealed "The King" as a Headliner card for the Wildcards Promo! Now, you backers get to decide what you'd like to see him and his band roll up in for each performance. This will be a screenprinted wooden component. Click the Community tab to find the poll, or vote below!



Poster Giveaways for Community Achievements 

We're looking for more people to join the band! Blake has created some wicked posters that showcase the art and characters in the game. For every 50-backer milestone we hit (starting at 150), one lucky backer will get a free poster with their pledge!

It's a perfect time to hop into the campaign if you're on the fence, or share the campaign to help grow the squad!


Thanks again for all of your support. Headliner is going to be a reality thanks to YOU. Let me know in the comments what you're looking forward to learning more about Headliner, or what games you're playing this weekend. 

- Chris P. and the CCG team