If I gave you up to 30 rounds and you and your friends started from your respective professions, incomes, and expenses, to see who could be the first to stockpile 1 BTC—what would you choose?
Start by managing the projects and build up your cash flow?
Buy when it starts to drop—should I start accumulating BTC as soon as possible?
Or keep the cash and wait for a better opportunity?
Recently, I turned these choices into a game called (The Road to HODL).
It’s a Bitcoin-themed multiplayer strategy tabletop game. You can play it on a computer or a phone—just open your browser and you’re in. It supports up to 6 players at the same table. If someone wants to get familiar with the gameplay first, they can also add bots.
The goal of the game is simple: accumulate BTC and aim to complete this round’s coin-holding target first.
But once you play, you’ll find there’s a difference between having cash and a project in your hand, and genuinely holding onto coins.
You can choose a profession, get your startup capital from your income, then participate in projects to increase cash flow. If you come across an opportunity you don’t want to take part in, you can also put it up for auction so other players can bid.
Sometimes a project itself is good, but everyone keeps bidding it up round after round—after you win it, is it still worth it?
Sometimes the market suddenly drops. You think you can buy, but then you realize the cash is already invested into a project.
It’s also possible that you just sold your BTC, and the next market card comes up with good news.
Putting these choices at the same table makes it a lot more interesting. You need to look at your own funds, but also judge how other players might move next.
I also hope there will be more variety in the projects inside the game.
After you buy a project, you can keep operating it. If the market makes buy requests, you can also consider selling to get your funds back and reallocate them.
Keep earning cash flow, or cash out while the quote is favorable?
Buy one more share of a project, or hold onto a bit more BTC?
Not every time there’s a super clear answer—that’s also the fun I want to keep.
A match has at most 30 rounds. In the beginner tier, the target is 1 BTC; in the intermediate tier, 2 BTC; in the advanced tier, 3 BTC. The player who first reaches the required number of coins wins. If no one meets the target by round 30, rankings are determined by progress toward the holding target based on completion.
Let me also clarify here: the game’s USD, BTC, and Cash accounts are just in-game values and don’t represent real money or real Bitcoin.
Lately, I’ve also been adjusting everything based on players’ feedback.
For example, if there are too many cards on a phone screen, we simplify the layout; if the hint text is too big, we shrink it; if market events are too repetitive, we add variations like project buy requests.
I think whether a game makes people want to start another round often comes down to details like these.
There are still things that can be improved. Everyone is welcome to actually play it—if you find anything confusing or uncomfortable, or if you have any more interesting ways to play, you can tell me directly.
Also, I added secure backups and medical insurance in the game, and I placed OneKey in the ad spot on the homepage.
I’d like to thank OneKey here for the work they’ve done on wallet security and protecting users’ assets. I recognize this direction, and I hope more people focus on asset custody.
After all, when you’re holding coins, you need to think about not just how to accumulate, but also how to store them.
For this homepage feature, I personally chose to recommend this brand. I’d also welcome the OneKey team to exchange ideas and see what content or events we could do together later.
Taking this chance to introduce it, I also want to say it officially: (the road to holding Bitcoin) welcomes business cooperation.
The main directions I’m currently interested in chatting about are:
Community cooperation: jointly organize player room experiences, themed events, and collect feedback on gameplay.
Content cooperation: welcome creators to try the game, record matches, and share their strategies and experiences.
Brand cooperation: wallets, security tools, and products related to game users—you can discuss ad placements or joint content.
Gameplay co-creation: interesting Bitcoin stories, security knowledge—you can also explore how to turn them into game events players can understand and be willing to take part in.
The cooperation format can be discussed together. I’d rather have it naturally fit into the game so players find it interesting, and so the partner also gets appropriate visibility.
If you’re interested in the game, feel free to come play.
If you’re interested in cooperation, feel free to DM me, or find my contact info through the links at the bottom of the official website.