FIERcE WoMEN, FIERcE WoMEN TEAM: GABRIJElA, DIANA, DoRIS & ŽElJKA

Who is behind Fierce women? How did you come up with the idea to create a card game in which all the characters are Fierce Women?

The Fierce Women card game was developed in an organization called Common zone through a nonprofit media VoxFeminae. net, and its section called Fierce

Women - consisting of more than 300 biographies of women who made great contributions to society. Thinking about how to reach even more people with stories of Fierce Women,

Common zone’s founder,

Gabrijela Ivanov, came up with the idea to develop a game, so we invited gaming enthusiast Želimir

Periš to develop the original gameplay, and commissioned 8 talented Croatian artists to create the portraits of fierce women included in the game. At the end of 2017, we had a prototype!

What can players expect from this game? What message did you want to send and what are the reactions you have received?

We summed it up in four words - Inspiration. Education.

Empowerment. Fun. The gameplay is simple, so it can be played by all generations. While playing you can learn about the women included in the game and their accomplishments. It is also very important to girls and women to have role models and to know that there is nothing they can’t do just because they are women.

The reactions in the community are very positive, people love the design, the educational component & the story behind the cards. Along with Fierce women, the WOW cards extension is also available - can you tell us a bit more about that, as well as your recent picture book “Fiercey Asks Difficult questions”?

WOW Cards expansion was developed as a promotional product and is not for sale. It was a result of the collaboration of the Fierce Women brand with four NGOs from Slovenia, North

Macedonia, Ireland, and Croatia, so the expansion celebrates women from those countries.

The future will definitely bring commercial expansion decks. "Fiercey Asks Difficult Questions" is our newest product. It’s a picture book about a girl called

Fiercey who is driven by a thirst for knowledge. She learns about life with an open mind, fearlessly posing questions that even adults often shoud. It’s ideal for kids aged 6+, for girls and boys alike, because only together we can build a more equal and just society for all. The book is written by the award-winning

Croatian author and Fierce

Women gameplay developer

Želimir Periš & illustrated by

Ivana Štrukelj. Both the Fierce

Women card game and the picture book are available at the design store Take me home, different bookstores and design shops in Zagreb and via our Etsy shop - https://fiercewomenart. etsy.com/, where you can also find some interesting posters/ art prints.