If you're a board game enthusiast and you love pickleball, prepare to be amazed.

An independent game studio and publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland is set to release HotShot Pickleball in May 2025, and it should provide hours upon hours of enjoyment.

The product description alone is simply outstanding.

"Pick your pickle, then dink, volley, and long shot your way to victory! An all-ages, fast-paced, pun-filled and fun-tastic board game."

We're already sold. That's for sure.

"The game is really an opportunity to celebrate this phenomenon in a silly board game that anybody can play," said Robert Gelb, game designer and director of Midnight Trading Co, in an interview with The National. "Fundamentally, the game’s called pickleball, and so I really thought it should be a game about pickles. So I took a second and started thinking if a pickle played the game, what that might look like."

The game will feature characters that have pickle-themed names like Kim Chee, Corni Shaun, Cyril Ceviche, Hugh Cumber and Baby Dill.

Gelb consulted with Pickleball Scotland to ensure the product delivers the goods.

"We’ve been engaging with them, not only to see what they think about the game, but to make sure that we’re hitting all of the little in-jokes about pickleball,” he explained.

Production of HotShot Pickleball officially starts in November.

A successful crowdfunding campaign demonstrated remarkable interest in the project. Over £8000 was raised in less than 24 hours.

"If you’re a fan of puns, fast-paced board games or pickles, then you should play the game," concluded Gelb.

Click here to learn more about HotShot Pickleball, which retails for $33 USD before shipping and taxes.