Summer Update - Get Your Name on The Box
almost 3 years ago
– Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 11:38:47 AM
Hey Hunters,
We have tons of news for you, so bear with us for a bit.
This is really important, so read carefully and follow the instructions.
This was our Early bird reward for the first 1000 backers that helped us get this game funded. We will of course move on with the plan to include it on the inside of the box, HOWEVER...
The GDPR rules and regulations, especially for Kickstarter are very strict regarding these types of things. So we are NOT ALLOWED to simply add your name/nickname/surname/username on the box without your consent.
So... during the next several months you will have the opportunity to get your name on the box (if you are eligible for the early bird, which we can check). We will keep reminding you over the next several updates as well, so you will have plenty of time to see and take action regarding this.
You will be able to write your name in the GOOGLE DOC SURVEY in the link bellow.
WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BOX HERE!
You can write whatever you want. Your name, your surname, your nickname, your username. You can even write your friend's or family member's name (if it is a gift). The only thing you need to keep in mind is that it needs to be a MAXIMUM of 15 characters long and it must not insult or denounce anyone. Whatever you end up writing, we will ultimately include on the box.
PLEDGE MANAGER EXTENDED
As you all may have noticed, the pledge manager has not been closed yet. As we are still receiving special requests from our backers, new orders via late pledge and are still in no rush, we decided to extend the pledge manager. For now, until November this year but possibly even more if needed.
The main objective of leaving it open is to give everyone more time to complete the survey. Remember that we cannot send you the game if we do not have your address and order in the system. We will go through all the backers and send a personal e-mail to anyone who has pledged for the game (not the 1€ backers) and not completed the survey yet, to really try to ensure nobody gets left out.
Of course, as always, we are here to help you out with anything you need or any problems you may have.
NECROMANCER 3D MINIATURE
Here we have it! The long awaited 3D miniature of theNecromancer, the personal favourite of many. It took a long time to find a perfect match for her 3D artist but in the end we are really, really proud of it and we hope you like it just as much as we do.
TIMELINE UPDATE
As promised, we are also sharing the updated timeline graphic. As already mentioned early this year, we have postponed the expected fulfillment of the game for one year due to a number of setbacks in our personal lives.
After all, we are just a bunch of really passionate guys who do this as a hobby and we still need to adapt to our daily jobs, families and everything that comes with it (housing, children, logistic, health etc.)
That being said, the most important thing for us is to deliever the game that both we and you can be proud of when delievered and put on the table. And we are confident in the new timeline which seems realistic for everything we have in plan. But if anything does come in between, you will be the first to know.
SCENARIOS
For the last part, let us share with you the sneak peek of one of the scenarios you have not see and that we hsve also upgraded since the campaign along with others we have been working on. We are trying not to spoil you the fun of exploring them yourselves... but some teasing can also do some good and hopefully hype you up.
It is not only a sneak peek of this scenario but a sneak peek into the entire mindset we had when developing the game.
Each scenario will bring a UNIQUE STORY, MECHANICS, COMPONENTS, WIN/LOSE CONDITIONS and most importantly a UNIQUE FEELING when playing it. We are really, really excited about the replayability and hundreds of hours they will provide you. It is something that we have not emphise enugh during the campaign we feel. So hopefully, you're as hyped as we are!
SCENARIO NAME: ICY WINDS
MODE/PLAYERS: SOLO & COOP for 1 - 3 Players
INTRO: The atmosphere was tinged with an unexpected chill as Fredrik hurriedly closed the windows. A sense of unease settled in as he turned to his mother and said, "Mom, the windows are all closed!"
Perplexed, she gazed out at the landscape. What should have been the onset of spring felt like an eternal winter, growing colder with each passing moment. "This is bewildering," she mused aloud, her voice laced with concern. "Winter's grasp shows no sign of loosening, and the days grow colder instead of warmer."
Realizing the urgency of the situation, she instructed Fredrik, "Quickly, add some wood to the fireplace. We must find warmth." Peering out towards the valley below, she noticed an eerie darkness enveloping the village. Unusual for this time of night, no lights twinkled below, not even the night's watch towers.
A shiver ran down her spine, and as she exhaled, her breath materialized in the frigid air. Something was amiss. The world beyond her window seemed to have plunged into an unnatural stillness.
"Fredrik, the wood is frozen solid. The fire won't catch," her voice quavered as panic crept in. How could the frost penetrate their very home? A sudden creaking sound drew her attention, and her eyes widened as ice began to encase the window frames.
Her instinct screamed for her to call Fredrik, but her voice failed to escape her lips. She stood frozen, a statue in time, as an enormous figure gripped her shoulder with an icy touch, sending a jolt of terror through her veins.
UNIQUE ASPECTS:
- Special Weather - Icy Winds
- Special Unique Monster - The "ICE MONSTER" roaming the map, changing the environment around it.
- Special Win Condition - Defeating the monster and fulfilling personal objectives
- Special Fighting Mechanics - Different monster abilities and ways to negate them
- Special Event Cards
This will be all for today. Thanks for bearing through this long update and as always, may your bags be full of silver coins, hunters ;)
May Update - White Box Print
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 08:59:45 AM
Hey Hunters!
The summer is near and June has already started. There were not a lot of new things that happened during the May so we will keep this update brief and concise. Pledge manager is still open for anyone that has yet to fulfill the survey. We have been trying to solve each of your issues thus far, so if anyone is still having any troubles with Pledge Manager or has any questions for us, we will be happy to help in this regard.
WHITE BOX PRINT
The most important update for us is most likely the white box print. For those who do not know what that is, it is simply the print of all of our components without the actual art on it. So it is a sort of a blank copy.
So why would we need one? Well, it actually helps us a lot in terms of optimizing the game components. This includes the game box dimensions and volumetric that comes with it, exact weight of the game, miniature 3D models (where we can see if the STL files are designed optimally and that there are no fragile parts, which could potentially break) and most importantly we can also see how it all fits in the box and how to package it after.
SCENARIO DESIGN
We have also been focusing more on the design of the new scenarios, unlocked with stretch goals and the scenarios of the Trinity expansion so we might be able to share some awesome info about those in the next updates and reveal the new mechanics and ways of playing the game that come with them.
The recently chosen community scenario Enygma is also being designed at the moment so we will be able to share it with you guys soon. We are pretty excited about that one as well. So expect to have some cool new scenarios revealed next update.
Other than that, we are still in discussions with multiple potential localization partners and are having meetings as weel as sending them our Tabletopia links, so they are able to check the game for themselves. We have also started working on the rulebook more in depth so we can have the final version ready as soon as possible.
That will be all for this update. Have a wonderful and hopefully warm and sunny June and may your bags be full of silver coins ;)
April Update - Some Art & Pledge Manager Update
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 09:37:03 AM
Hey Hunters, we are back with another update.
PLEDGE MANAGER
A month has passed and Pledge Manager is now ongoing and so far witout any major issues. Here is a quick recap and some guidelines for the FAQ you had regarding the PM.
So far 58% of you have completed the survey. Which means 42% of you still need to do it. There is plenty of time, so do not worry about that but regardless, we suggest completing it earlier rather than too late.
For anyone that has not gotten the email with the survey and link to pledge manager for whatever reason, here is the link!
https://silver-coin-aomh.backerkit.com/
If anyone is having any problems, let us know by email or in the Kickstarter DMs and we will see to it and even fix your pledge manager survey if needed.
FAQ:
When will I be charged?
Your cards will be charged just before the fulfillment process. That way you can make any changes to your address or your order if you want and we avoid any complications by then.
How do I choose local pickup?
You need to select it under countries. Backerkit has it set up like that. So the first question you are asked in the survey is: Select your country for shipping. There you need to select local pickup option instead of your country of residence.
I pledged for 1€ but I cannot upgrade to base pledge. What can I do?
All you need to do is select the base pledge as an add-on. We might have messed something up when setting up the pledge manager or it might just be a backerkit thing. But regardless, you can select the base pledge under add-ons. If you however wish to upgrade to All-in, you are able to do that without any problems.
I have my apple ID email as a backer and cannot login to pledge manager. What do I do?
We have sent a DM to everyone with such an email so check your Kickstarter inbox and we will fix everything on our end.
ART UPDATE
Here is a quick art update. We are sharing the newest townsfolk art of the lovely Troubadour. We hope you like it because we sure do. Rok did an amazing job with this one and there are more to come!
We also have an update regarding the 3D art of your community character Spellbalde. This is definitely not the final version yet but we wanted to share the progress. Once finished, you will receive her STL file if you want to print her own miniature yourself. We changed the pose to the 3D art, to make it more unique and dynamic for the print.
That is all for today hunters. Have a wonderful remainder of the week and may your bags be full of silver coins.
Pledge Manager and How to Use it
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:08:44 AM
Hey Hunters!
Tomorrow we will start with Pledge Manager. It is currently still going through a review, so it may be possible that the surveys end up being delayed for a day or two. Since we still need to do a smoke test after the review (if all is good on the review). But regardless, this week you should all get an email with the invitation to the Backerkit Pledge Manager and its survey.
Now for those of you, who never used Pedge Manager and for those that are not familiar with Backerkit platform, we prepared a short User Friendly introduction which will hopefully help you out through the process.
Keep in mind that if you stumble upon any problem during the process, we or the Backerkit support team will be more than happy to lend you a hand to get everything sorted out.
Currently we will let the Pledge Manager be open for 4 months so all of you will have enough time to figure everything out.
Now without further ado, let's jump into the tutorial.
WELCOME PAGE
First, you will all be redirected to this first page, depending on your pledge tier. Select your Country and State/Region and proceed with the big green Get Started! button ;)
LOCAL PICKUP
There is an option for local pickup. But keep in mind!
We will only be delievering local pickup here in Slovenia. SO DO NOT CHOOSE THIS OPTION IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO PICKUP THE GAME HERE IN SLOVENIA! It is possible that we come to Essen Spiel this year or next year but since the situation is unpredictable ... both when the game is ready and when and if we go to Essen, we will not be delievering the game for local pickup there. Although some of you would have liked that, it is too unpredictable to promise you something like that.
With Local pickup, you will not be charged for shipping. However you will still need to pay your Slovenian VAT (which is 22%).
CHOOSE YOUR VERSION
choose your version of the game in the next step. Currently, there is only an English and a French version available, so choose the one, which you'd like to have. Same then applies to the Trinity Expansion if you pledged the All-in version.
For those of you that are steadily anticipating German version (or Italian, spanish etc). Currently, we cannot promise anything, so what we suggest, is to select English version for now (unless of course you want French version). If we sign a licensee which would translate the game into your prefered language during or after the Pledge Manager, you will all be given an option to change your pledge to that language.
ADD-ONS
Next, the add-ons.
Those of you who overpledged during the campaign will have their funds transfered to this Pledge Manager. This means that you will be able to select the add-ons you already paid for during the campaign. These funds will be shown to you as Complimentary credits.
Everyone else will be also given an option to additionally select add-ons you want.
Those who pledged the Deluxe All-in version will already receive all the add-ons with their game, so you do not have to additionally select these specific add-ons. However, if you wish to purchase additional add-ons, the All-in discount will still be applied, so you will be able to purchase add-ons much cheaper.
VAT
For all UK and EU based backers, VAT will also be charged in the Pledge Manager depending on your country VAT policy. This VAT will be charged here. so do not be alarmed if you see applied VAT to your order even if you haven't selected any additional add-ons. We did not charge VAT during the campaign to spare our fellow US and non-EU based backers.
SHIPPING ADDRESS
Next you will need to fill in your shipping address. Nothing fancy here, so you should all know the drill.
If you happen to change your address after the Pledge Manager has concluded, let us know via email so we can let our Fulfillment partner know about it and deliever the game to your new addess safely and without reprecaution.
If you do not let us know in time, there is nothing we can do about it anymore and the game will be shipped to your old address. So please be careful of that.
CONFIRM AND PAY
Last but not least, you need to confirm your order and pay for the shipping and possible VAT. Enter your credit card information safely and click Place My Order.
This should be it. If you have any problems let us know and we will do our best to help you out.
Have a wonderful start of the week and may your bags be full of silver coins.
March Update: Pledge Manager is here!
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 09:16:06 AM
Hey Hunters!
We are back with an update. Before we tackle everything thats happened lately and share all game related updates, we have an important announcement for you all.
The whole timeline for the project will need to be moved back for a bit. For us this game and the entire project is one of our main priorities since it has taken us more than 5 years to get it to where it is now. A lot of time, effort and resources were also poured into it so it is really important to us. But this is something you are all already familiar with or at least most of you are. Above all we want to give each of you, that has supported us, the best possible version of the game. This means that the quality of the end product is of the highest importance to us and we do not want to rush anything if it means compromising the quality we seek.
With that being said, since we are doing this as a "hobby" and not as our daily job we are all dependent on the so called 'free time' we are given. And that free time can be highly unpredictable as you all already know, especially when there are children invloved.
Each of us has a daily job with which we can get by and feed our families. Each of us also has a family which also needs a lot of dedicated time. Some more than others since also children are involved. But besides all that there are also unpredictable situations which may occur occasionally. And this is exactly what happened... life. Lately things have been on the slower end but we were managing everything. However, one of our team members is facing an unexpected eviction in the near future and will need to dedicate a lot of this 'free time' to figure out the situation and provide his family a pleasant situation.
It was always really important for us to be transparent with all of you with everything that is happening and this will not change. So thank you for understanding the situation and for staying patient and we will make sure that the game you receive in the end is exactly what you expected when you supported us if not better.
PLEDGE MANAGER
Pledge manager is ready and will open on Tuesday 21st of March. Since fulfillment is probably a year off we will leave it open for 4 months so you all have enough time for everything.
On Monday we will also send you a short update with instructions for anyone who is new to Pledge Manager or just new to Backerkit version of it.
LANGUAGE EDITIONS
As mentioned in the last update we sent a copy of our game to our Licensing agent... and it bore some fruit :D
Now, nothing is confirmed yet obviously, since you would be the first to know but there have been a lot of interest from various parties and we had talks with potential partners in these weeks. As soon as more is known about this we will let you know but this is a very good news and we hope for the best. If we sign any licensing deal you will be able to change your pledge to that language during the pledge manager.
3D-ART
We started working with a new 3D artist and he is already drawing the next 3D model. He should be done in the next few days so we will share his work in the next update.
ART
We are also finishing up the 2D art. In the last update we shared Librarian art for our Townsfolk cards. In this update we can also share the Monster Hunters Townsfolk card.
You were voting on the new community scenario ideas last update and the response was amazing. 85 votes gives for a really good sample size and very fair results.
The result were very, very close so it came down to 2 votes difference. In the end the winning scenario is: ENYGMA.
Those who really wished to see one of the other scenarios get featured, do not get discouraged. If all goes as planned we have plenty of opportunities to expand on the game content which includes additional scenarios.
That will be all for today, have a pleasant weekend hunters and may your bags be full of silver coins!
