Promo Item Revealed!
about 7 years ago – Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 07:55:34 PM

Hey Team!

Not being one to bury the lead too much, here is the reveal of the Promo Item we will be giving to all physical game level backers (Wrathborne reward tier and higher)...

Official Wrathborne Champions Promotional Item

One of the most unique mechanics in Wrathborne Champions is our Wrath Token.  Far more than just a first player marker, the Wrath Token is an integral part of how the players interact with the Minion of Wrath and how the Minion interacts with them in return.  It is an active part of the game, with players tactically controlling its movement, random effects changing who has it, and even some of the Minions themselves using it to their advantage.

Considering how important this token is, we decided it was the perfect item to upgrade for you guys and gals. Therefore, we are creating a special metal Wrath Token that will be given to all physical game level backers for free along side their copies of the game, as a thank you for your support in our campaign!

This is only a first rendering of the metal Wrath Token, and we will be updating this image as we settle on final design specifications and layouts, but I wanted to get an image out to let you all know what we were working on.

We will be working along side Jon Ritter, the Director of Operations for Lay Waste Games to bring this metal token to everyone. Jon and his team have done extensive metal work in the US for their wonderful game "Dragoon", and I am confident that with their help, the Wrath Token will be an extremely high quality addition to your game.

 

I would also like to take a second to clarify what I mean by "promo item".  This special Wrath Token will be completely free for all backers who order a physical copy of the game, however it will not be Kickstarter exclusive and will be for sale after the campaign is over for an additional charge. It is important to me that no one misses out on something because of timing, but I would like to show our appreciation to all of you amazing people for making this game a reality.

I am profoundly excited about our new metal Wrath Token and I hope you are as well.  If you have any questions, please let me know with either a comment here, a comment on the main campaign page, or send me a message directly and I will answer as soon as I am able!

Thank you so much for your support.

Game On

Ben

Graphic Redesign Unlocked!
about 7 years ago – Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 05:56:35 AM

Hey Team!

Thanks to your amazing support, we have unlocked the Graphic Redesign Stretch Goal!

While all of the illustrations seen throughout the Kickstarter Campaign are done by a professional (the very talented Ruk Trumata), all of the graphic design work seen on the cards themselves were not! (shocker, I know)

In fact, I taught myself Photoshop from scratch in 2015 with absolutely zero training specifically so I could make the prototypes for Wrathborne Champions and the rest of the Randover Games products. While my skills are decent enough for my bumbling experience, I always hoped that we would be able to afford to hire a professional for the final production version of Wrathborne Champions. Thanks to you guys and gals, we can now afford to do just that!

We can now afford to hire a professional graphic artist to give Wrathborne Champions the polish it deserves!

We will be hiring Jovial Graphics & Games to completely overhaul all of the graphic assets in Wrathborne Champions.

Jovial Graphics & Games has already helped us on Wrathborne Champions by providing our new logo, and the assets (including gifs) for our Kickstarter page.  I am very excited to see what they can do to help make all of the assets in the game look as high quality as possible.

The time needed to complete this graphic overhaul is already baked into our production schedule and will be done in tandem with our other final preparations for our manufacturer, so there shouldn't be any additional impact on when the games are ready to be shipped.

Please note, the graphic overhaul will not be reflected in the Beta Print & Play that is provided immediately after the campaign ends, however it will be reflected on the production quality Print & Play provided after we send the final files to the manufacturer.

Thank you all so much for the support on the campaign.  We are doing so well specifically because you guys and gals are out spreading the word and letting other know about the game.

With your support, I can see more and more stretch goals being unlocked over the next 11 days!

Game On!

Ben

FUNDED!
about 7 years ago – Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:49:41 PM

HEY TEAM!

We are now officially FUNDED!

Thank you all so much for the support and interest in our game.  Thank you so much for getting the word out and letting other people know about it.  Just.... Thank you so very much.

We were showing the game off earlier today at Doc's Games and Comics in Frisco, Texas when we found out you guys and gals pushed us over the line. We were extremely hopeful that we would be funded some time over this weekend or early next week, but we certainly didn't expect you guys to push us over so quickly on Saturday.

Today actually marks the exact halfway point of the campaign, with 16 more days left to crush stretch goals and get even more content in the game for all of you to enjoy.

Leading this off, we have our first stretch goal at $30k to afford a full graphic redesign of the game!

Once we crush this stretch goal, we can afford to fully hire a graphic designer to come through and elevate the entire game to match the beautiful illustrations that Ruk did for us. I have to say, with over two weeks left, it isn't a question of "if" we can reach this goal, it is a question of "when" we reach the goal.I know we've got this!

Thank you all again for joining this campaign and helping to make this game a reality.  I am so excited to get all of your rewards out to each of you.

Game On

Ben

350 Backers, First Social Media Goal Almost Done, and More!
about 7 years ago – Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 01:04:41 AM

Hey Team!

With all of your help and some amazing shout outs from other creators (cough, go check out Greater Than Games and Dice Throne, cough) we have made some astounding progress this week and I would like to welcome all of the new backers to the campaign!

Thanks to all of your support, we are now up to 350 backers and 93% funded with 18 days still yet to go!

Social Stretch Goals are doing great!

With all of your help, our Social Media Goals are cruising right along. Three of our goals are nearing 25% completed and one is over 75%!  The extra awareness these bring to the campaign can not be over stated, and are helping people find us more and more. We deeply appreciate you all taking the time to hit the links, share, retweet, like, and become fans.

Here are the social media links for you!

Retweet this Twitter! - https://twitter.com/RandoverGames/status/823939592520945666

Share this Facebook! - https://www.facebook.com/randovergames/posts/980676212077440

Like and/or share our Kicktraq! - http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/396939535/wrathborne-champions/

Become a fan on BoardGameGeek! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175327/wrathborne-champions

Special Kickstarter Backer Thank You..... Tease

Instead of a spotlight in this update, I am going to give a small tease. We wanted to take a moment to let you all know how much your support means to us; the campaign is doing so brilliantly solely because of your help.

To show our appreciation, we are working on a special promo item for all of you! 

I don't want to spill the beans while we are working out the logistics, but some stuff is falling into place that I wasn't certain of previously and, though we don't have it finalized, we are close enough for me to tease it a bit. It will be something used in gameplay, and I think you guys and gals will dig it.

Finally

If you have read down this far, I would love to ask one more favor of you.  It has come to my attention that updates getting "likes" can be really good for a campaign. I normally really hate asking for stuff like this, but if you like what you see in any of our updates, we would appreciate it if you took the time to hit that heart and let people know.

That brings our 8th update to a close.  We are almost there, and with Saturday being the midpoint of our campaign, it is VERY possible that we could be funded at only half way through (which is crazy).

Have a brilliant rest of your week and Game On!

Ben

Over Halfway There Already!
about 7 years ago – Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:31:17 AM

Hey Team!

We are now over 50% funded!

This exciting news comes on the heels of a new review posted by Rahdo of Rahdo Runs Through It. You can check out the full walk through on his YouTube page or check out this summary of his thoughts.

As we do with all of our reviewers, we give Rahdo our greatest thanks for giving the game a look.

Since Rahdo decided to put the big guy up on his video thumbnail, I think it's fitting that our next spotlight will be the Minotaur!

 As far as the Minions of Wrath are concerned, no creature is quite so tenacious as the mighty Minotaur. With brutal horns gouging and piercing (each attacking twice with the hooves behind them) and a massive axe cutting a swath through it's enemies, the Minotaur is a fearsome foe. However, the wise ones keep close watch on the eyes for when they go red, few things will stand between the Minotaur and his target.

The horns, the axe, the hooves or the head... how will you battle the Minotaur?

Our continued thanks to all of our backers, both new and old.  We hope to have an update tomorrow regarding a new way for you guys to help us add even more to the box! The campaign is ramping up and it's really starting to get exciting!

Game On

Ben