Learn the story behind Valentrel and its flagship game Beauty Pageant — an indie card and dice tabletop game using Refashion, Gauntlet, and Judge Point cards with six unique dice. Built by a passionate indie game designer.
The Story Behind Valentrel & Beauty Pageant
Our Origin
Every great game starts with an idea that won’t let go. Beauty Pageant started exactly that way — as a concept built around a simple but powerful question: what if a card game used different dice not just for randomness, but as a core strategic tool where knowing when to roll high and when to roll low was just as important as the cards in your hand?
That question became the foundation of everything. After months of designing, playtesting, scrapping ideas, rebuilding mechanics, and playing round after round after round, Beauty Pageant emerged as Valentrel’s flagship game — a card and dice competition where Refashion cards reshape the battlefield, Gauntlet cards throw down challenges, and Judge Point cards determine who walks away with the crown.
Our Mission
Valentrel exists to create tabletop games that are genuinely original. Not reskins of existing games. Not watered-down imitations. Real, fresh, creative experiences built from the ground up by someone who plays tabletop games and wanted something new at the table.
Our mission is to design games that are approachable enough for a first-time player, deep enough for a seasoned strategist, and exciting enough that everyone at the table is talking about it long after the game ends. Beauty Pageant is that game.
A Note from the Creator
“Beauty Pageant came from a genuine love of tabletop games and a desire to create something that felt completely different from anything already on the market. The combination of Refashion, Gauntlet, and Judge Point cards with six different dice — where the right roll changes depending on where you are in the game — creates a tension and strategy that I have never seen done quite this way before.
The Founder’s Edition is the first version of this game available to the public. It is fully playable and every component is there for a reason. Is it the final, polished, professionally printed version? Not yet. But it is real, it works, and it is the foundation of something I am incredibly proud of. Every copy sold goes directly back into building the next, better version. If you’re an early supporter — thank you. You are literally helping forge the future of Valentrel.” — The Valentrel Team
What Makes Beauty Pageant Different?
- Three distinct card types — Refashion, Gauntlet, and Judge Points — each with a completely different strategic purpose
- Six unique dice (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20) used strategically, not just randomly — knowing when low beats high and when high beats low is the heart of the game
- An Expansion Deck that adds entirely new winning angles and ways to disrupt your opponents
- Judge Point cards as the scoring system — every move you make should be building toward winning the Judge
- Scales from 2 to 6 players with a different feel at every player count
- Created by an independent designer who plays and loves tabletop games — not designed by committee
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