Lone Wolf the board game on Kickstarter

[Black Cat]

EDIT: Since the project is currently moving forward, I've changed the title of the thread. Check out the Kickstarter page here:

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Three years ago, it was announced that gary Chalk was working with Greywood Publishing to design and produce a Lone Wolf Board Game: daziarn.proboards.com/thread/827/lone-wolf-board-game

Well, since crowdfunding is currently so popular, the projet will be funded with Kickstarter. The project will run from November 5th to December 5th and the current goal is of $30,000. You can check the first draft of the Kickstarter project here, including glimpses of the board game and a video by Gary Chalk himself: link

Megara Entertainment, who currently runs a crowdfunding project for the Automn Snow series, will also be onboard this project with Greywood Publishing.

[Beowuuf]

The Kickstarter has launched:

[Black Cat]

Yes, and it has an objective of $30,000 and it will run until December 5th. Already $2,641 have been pledged.

[Black Cat]

A little update on this projet: more than $13,500 have been raised so far, with someone making a pledge of $3,000... Wow! I wish I had that much money to spend on a game!

Anyways, thay have new add-ons to the project:

-Map Pack: Extra maps for the game
-Artbook: 120+ pages of different illustrations by Gary Chalk on different project he worked on during his career, so that's not just LW.

Take a look here:

[Aguila Saber]

Nov 14, 2014 13:58:13 GMT -5 Black Cat said:

A little update on this projet: more than $13,500 have been raised so far, with someone making a pledge of $3,000... Wow! I wish I had that much money to spend on a game!

Anyways, thay have new add-ons to the project:

-Map Pack: Extra maps for the game
-Artbook: 120+ pages of different illustrations by Gary Chalk on different project he worked on during his career, so that's not just LW.

Take a look here:

I added a bit more to the funding. It seems to have been slow going over the weekend however.

[Black Cat]

Well, they now have $16,160 in pledged money and there's still two weeks left to the campaign. They are halfway to their objective, which is nice.

[Black Cat]

New add-on:

SCENARIO PACK: Electronic download of a second Encounter Book, with 10 more scenarios that include some for 3 or 4 players, and that take advantage of the map pack add-on and any stretch goal expansions.

It costs $5 and is in a PDF format.

[Black Cat]

New stretch goals:

-$35,000 - Alternate regiment art. Here we'd take a moment to ensure the core set represents as rich a world as it can. If you've played the print-and-play demo, you've seen the small note that figures come in groups of four. But the core set has eight of each: e.g. eight Giak Halberdiers. With this funding, Gary would draw a "variant design" to split the armies into two regiments: e.g., four Giak Halberdiers would be from the Gorakim regiment, "The Animals," and four from the Kaggazheg regiment, "Fire-dogs" (both with the same stats). Who are these people? Read about them on Project Aon in The Magnamund Companion!

-$42,500 - Dwarves of Bor expansion. New playing pieces! All figure expansions include the pieces, plastic stands, and any needed Play Sheet, and one copy would be shipped for free to each backer with a game set or figure pack. (Then they'd be available for sale after the project.) The Dwarves of Bor are ancient allies of Sommerlund, and the only group to wield the arquebus.

-$50,000 - Drakkarim expansion. More new playing pieces, and you saw these folks in a previous update. They are a major part of the armies of the Darklords, and are human but are slighty better at combat and slightly worse at firing than the Sommlending.

-$60,000 - Precious Things. Our first major game expansion! Per Gary:

"A sheet of square push-out counters that are just slightly smaller than the map squares. Each one represents a smallish object that can be picked up by a single figure. The most important is the fabled Sommerswerd found by Lone Wolf, useful for killing the Helghast on the Monsters of Magnamund sheet. Other magical weapons with more limited powers can also be included, along with magic potions, scrolls, spell books, chests of treasure and so on.

In addition a small leaflet will be provided, listing the power or value of each object and how to use them in a game. To pick up an object a playing piece is merely stood over the counter, which moves with the playing piece as it carries it around.

These objects really expand the game to an adventure level, with troops being able to pillage buildings or rob fleeing refugees. Wizards can gain new spells in the course of a battle and heroes can find magic weapons in tombs or retrieve them from the bodies of the dead."

[Black Cat]

Just a quick update: they have swapped two stretch goals. Now, at $42,500, we'll get the Drakkarim expansion and at $50,000, the Dwarves of Bor.

Still 5 days left and $20,500 have been pledged.

[Black Cat]

New reward: if the total amount of your pledge is over $55, you'll get the Autumn Snow playing piece! It will be a Kickstarter exclusive, so once the campaign is over, it will be too late for you to get this.

Speaking of the campaign: with 4 days left, they are at $21,310.

[Aguila Saber]

Up to about $27k with 65 hours left.

[Black Cat]

Wow! In fact, they are currently only $450 away from the initial objective with 47 hours left to the campaign!

However, they had to remove the Autumn Snow playing piece because, well, she wasn't alive at the time of Lone Wolf! She's a member of the New Order, so she can't take part in the different battle scenarios that will be proposed in the game!

Also, check out the Kickstarter page: there's an interview with Gary Chalk!

[Aguila Saber]

The project is funded now. 32k and about a day to go.

[Black Cat]

In the end, they got exactly $36k! The first extra goal, the alternate regiment art, was reached. And a new website is now online for the link

[redav]

It's a shame that it couldn't get near the next goal. That would have been great.