Kingdom Death Monster Black Friday 2021

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12 months agone – Saturday, Jul 31, 2021 at 04:58:31 AM

Beloved Kingdom Decease family,

The world sure has fabricated things tough and it doesn't seem similar its gonna let up anytime soon. I offer yous my words of support, that aye, y'all can do it! And we will get through this! And more chiefly, I assure you lot that we have been giving the Gamblers Breast Expansion, everything we've got and more than. Together you gave me the opportunity and patience to truly go wild. And together nosotros will confront the Gambler and the fearsome Godhand!

Gambler Chest Expansion

Every bit of this moment, we have 3 split playtest teams aggressively running the Gamblers Chest Campaign using the simulator we built to back up our new remote workstyle. Every week, the notes are complied and adjustments are made before they venture dorsum into the darkness battle anew. The sim is shining, allowing u.s.a. to work faster and more efficiently than we had fifty-fifty in person.

• 23 of the 26 new story events in the campaign are finished.
• Finalized rules have been complied and are going into layout monday.
• Rulebook is looking like 150ish pages.
• The King, Gambler and Godhand need more TLC. The other monsters are finished barring minor tweaks.
• With the story events nearly to wrap, our illustration team will focus on finishing the artwork for all the philosophies and knowledge cards next. There is probably nearly sixty small illustrations left to stop in that location.
• I managed to sneak i concluding suprise into the GCE, but this one might have to look until information technology finally arrives. It's a pocket-size thing!

Currently, I remember we will be wrapping up towards the terminate of this October, then it'll be most likely a calendar month of re-create editing and minor final corrections. Honestly the biggest fix back I foresee, is what might happen on a personal level with COVID come this school twelvemonth. We may end up changing areas or dorsum in some form of remote which is disruptive. I don't want to burn down out correct at the cease of this marathon!

The Smog Singer and Red Crocodile Armors have been finished and approved. Which means all of the plastic for the Gamblers Chest is complete!

The Smog Singer Armor is my new absolute favorite!

I of our playtesters favorite moment with the Scout System described as a lilliputian comic!

Few more favorite moments:

"My favorite moment was when nosotros built the Scout Lantern and immediately Scouted Murder and Plague."

"Taking our fists to Smog Singers considering they destroyed our backs with the Devil's Tune."

"We also had a scout do a final wound with their fists instead of performing Logistics of Decease, then return to a settlement where they were the only remaining survivor."

"My favorite moment so far was our first Bone Eaters encounter. The first Bone Eater to move rolled a lantern 10, and its Opportunity carte fabricated all the other Os Eaters gain Toned. We'd heard Encounters were on the easier side, but monster turn one they launched into us with a series of gut punches that knocked everyone downward and killed one survivor. We pressed on, beaten and bruised, even though nosotros probably should have merely went dwelling."

"Oh, there was a funny moment where we broke a founding stone because it gained frail from Impermanism. I liked to imagine the look on that survivor's face up as her supposedly unbreakable weapon crumbled in her easily!"

My promise, is that we will terminate development on this project this year. I have however been working on it with the intent of finishing ASAP. I typically work 2 shifts a day for a total of 12-14 hours. Everyday we get a petty further, until the day comes when it's finished.

Oh, there are besides three new stats for Arc Survivors here is the symbolic art for one of them.. Lumi!

Campaigns of Death & Wave 4

Hither is a long comment i left in the comments section:

"Without the illustrations, photos and fluff an honest picture is sort of hard to give. I am happy to share where those things are right now.

COD - All of the expansions had a pair of developers working on modest tweaks and adjustments for over a year. Those are waiting on myself and Anna to finalize. All of the Story Events and rulebooks were converted to our new files (many of them used to be PSD because I prefer to "retrieve" in photoshop. Every bit we are planning on reprinting all the story events from all the expansions in a single more than convenient volume, which will include said tweaks. The Strain system took a lot and I mean a lot of dorsum and forth, simply I had to nail it down before I could retake the helm of the GCE, since so much foundational work has been going into these two projects. I take a basic script for the new campaigns featured, and we have sculpted everything except the Resin ball for the Businesswoman Beetle. I wanted it to take certain, specific details on information technology.

The Inverted mountain has seen significant evolution (mostly by Anna) on all the monsters, except the Mountain Man, wherein nosotros need more finalized entrada testing to make a proper end boss. Barash and Anna have had many developmental experiments into a sub system that layers within that campaign where insanity becomes more than of a mechanic, so low survival, high insanity campaign.

The Deep-sea Woods have had the least piece of work, with just the Sprial / Snail Knight seeing the well-nigh activity. Currently nosotros take a new circular of developers, people with prior professional person feel that our "tastemaker" is leading thru our new pattern process which is "Sorry Adam is as well busy to teach you how to make KD content, your gonna have to bang your head against me and the playtest team until this stuff naturally flows out of you".

Years ago Anna and myself spent a great deal of time trying to train a writing team. This lead to content that was good, but we still had to guide along every footstep of the fashion leading us to wonder… why aren't nosotros just writing this ourselves? I didn't start KD with the intent of preparation people, but more because I had a dream and felt I needed to pursue it. Correct earlier covid hit, we had finally fabricated that transition to costless me up to writing with much much more of my time.

The Showdown Board is nonetheless being tweaked, nosotros actually want to go the route of split up tiles, as it volition allow us to make modular terrain tiles unto the future. But it is a MUCH heavier design lift. As we now need to make a base and are still tinkering for how that might work. The Wanderers will almost likely ship with COD, as their base of operations organisation is function of the GCE, as promised. So, even if the new round of developers does not work out, I am at present in a position to at the very least, take the drafts and apply that equally a guiding point to either quickly finish up that monsters dev bicycle, or to steer it into a direction that will piece of work.

At this bespeak, because nosotros have so much content and are notwithstanding challenging ourselves to brand things that feel "fresh" the design process tin can often exist starting from a pile of ideas that didn't quite work, didn't land or fell short of actually getting the states excited on the table or telling its own story thru gameplay.

Miniature wise, we are very very much ahead which is wonderful. There isn't much left to end model wise for wave 3 or 4.

The SIM is a huge boon. As nosotros can at present play remotely, with anyone at anytime and connect to our large database of years and years of compounded playtesting instantly. A public release of it is not my focus, but holy F**G I remember you will beloved it, one time we can do that. I know the follow up question is "when?" and for that I don't have an reply.

My focus is simply on the GCE.

Oh I should add that the story beats for the Deep-sea Woods and the Ivory Dragon expansion accept already been written."

Legendary Card Pack

This volition be finished printing on Baronial 6th! Since these are small and light, nosotros are going to swallow the cost and air freight information technology to avoid insane aircraft delays. Nosotros *SHOULD* see them reaching your hands in september.

Cadre Game one.half-dozen

The beginning batch of these will be finished printing August 10th. I cannot perdict how aircraft these will become, only I imagine in that location will exist massive delays. Ports are backed upwardly, there is a shortage of truckers. I have friends whom have been stuck with dozens of containers worth of inventory, unable to send them to clients. I'll continue everyone that pre-orderd these upwards to appointment as they are shipped.

Anyhow!

We are getting closer to that moment... wherein we can hold hands and explore the darkness together!

Gamblers Chest Expansion - Development will finish this year.
almost 1 year agone – Friday, May 07, 2021 at 02:45:32 AM

Hello everyone! I bring to you today a little insight into what's beingness going on at Kingdom Expiry.

Gamblers Chest Expansion - TBA

We will cease the Gamblers Chest Expansion this year. Nosotros will keep pushing until I feel information technology's ready or we meet that deadline. That is my pledge, to you pledgers.

I'll be giving quick monthly updates on the projects status. Once fulfillment has begun, I'll fill up everyone in on the various life events that take made 2020 and now 2021 such an absolute insane time.

Development wise we are still working away, balancing philosophies, knowledge cards and monsters, creating story events wherein at that place are nonetheless gaps in the campaign and smoothing out our collective knowledge rewards curve. Oh and the fine art that'due south being produced has go some of my all time favorite I've ever seen, in Kingdom Expiry or in any game!

With philosophies books averaging 4 ranks and calculation around 5-ix unique knowledge cards to the overall scheme... we are looking at around 200 pieces of unique art for JUST the philosophy system alone!

The Crimson Crocodile Armor is the adjacent set up to be tooled. Which will leave just the Smog Singer Armor and thus the creeped telescopic of plastic volition finally be at an end! My promise is still to accept everything ready to impress but as the plastic is finished, and nosotros'll encounter how that plan goes together, month by calendar month.

Here is a closer look at the Death King Armor!

The Variety of models you can make from this kit is stunning!

And here I have a Lovingly painted Death King Armor to share by our very own Inventory and Shipping manager hither in our tiny NYC mailroom. If you lot ever got a little analogy randomly in your order here from HQ, you take him to give thanks for it. Thanks Joe! You are one of the reasons I accept kept sane (by and large) this past twelvemonth!

Legendary Card Pack

Information technology has Arrived! We are decorated proofing the physical contents then we can begin its product run. Due to an mistake that made it to impress on our Survivor Token sheets we are formulating a much more rigorous QA process.

Kingdom Death 1.half-dozen - Reprint

Our physical sample arrived today! We have upgraded its aircraft armor, with a 2d layer of cardboard box and hard edge protectors that hold the line between the foam and the box.

We are going to bank check all the assets and if information technology looks skilful, we can offset its production run also!

Team Building

We have started to build up our team once more! Both and so that nosotros tin have fresh eyes on our content before it hits print and also motion MUCH more than swiftly thru the remaining projects from this kickstarter. The Gambler'southward Chest Expansion and Campaigns of Expiry concluded upwardly existence very heavy lifts for me personally, but thankfully they have ready the stage and scope for Wave 4 content.

Basically, I am finally finished fussing over the new systems the two projects have introduced.

Our style forward has been remapped and I feel confident bringing in new team members to option up where we had paused many projects so we could hyper focus on GC and COD. This is a very good and healthy matter and I am quite pleased.

Gencon

We will non be attending Gencon this yr equally exhibitors. We beloved and truly miss the show. We hope that in 2022 nosotros can finally reunite!

Other Things!

The sculpting team has moved on to start working in earnest on Wave 4 armor sets! (Now that we know what kinda gear they'll have and how it'll work and all that adept stuff ^^)

Here's a quick WIP of the Oblivion Mosquito Armor Ready

Oh yep! Here is the massive Dung Beetle Baron's ball!

Work on the showdown board continues! its been quite a chore, ensuring that its a nice and flat surface expanse to play on, even tho it appears to accept tons of depth! We got some serious design trickery at work!

KD SIM

The KD Sim has turned into a truthful benefaction and has allowed us to develop even tho we are at present so far autonomously! Slowly its been evolving into quite its own little matter. We even accept our database of decease connected to it, which has increased our testing capabilities and is finally evolving our development process!

Other Other Things!

I dear Kingdom Death! I am still and so thrilled to be working on all of this!

Thanks! Run across you adjacent calendar month!!!!

Death King Armor Kit in Hard Plastic!
over 1 year agone – Wed, April 07, 2021 at 05:03:49 AM

Yesterday a humble packet arrived, its contents PLASTIC FRESHNESS!

I accept in front end of me today, the Expiry King Armor Set, crafted from the node 4 quarry monster, the King. Featured, in the Gamblers Breast Expansion.

I also have Nightmare Adam in plastic finally, only gosh does it experience weird to put it together! I think I'll ask someone else on the squad to do that and share it next fourth dimension!

That means that at that place are only ii more Armor kits to tool and the plastic side of the greatly scope creep bloated Gamblers Breast Expansion will exist FINISHED!

Tho.. these new armor kits now span 2 sprues instead of i, so really its a total of six more plastic sprues. @_@. I think that officially means that at that place is more plastic in the Gambler'southward Chest than the core game, but who'due south counting anyway right?

Gamblers Chest Expansion

This isn't in print yet. We are withal play testing and finalizing  gameplay. Since we are notwithstanding waiting on those concluding 2 armor kits, we take a scrap more development time to accept reward of! And after having delayed it this long, we are gonna take that time! I'll have a better sense of where this is for our May 6th update. Correct now it feels so close, only I don't wanna over estimate.

Legendary Menu Pack

Nosotros have approved the digital proofs and the printing process has begun! Adjacent footstep will be approving a physical final. I remember they said 55 days from approval of the concrete final which should be here Apr 14th.

Kingdom Death i.6 - Reprint

Nosotros also just canonical the digital proofs and this is on like timeline to the legendary card pack. Looking like 55 days from blessing of the concrete final would should be April 21st. This means our estimated May engagement isn't gonna happen. We will be reaching out to everyone that pre-ordered this to let them know.

The coins have been minted!

Each has a unique serial code which will stand for with the person that earned the coin, so no two coins will be exactly akin.

Today'due south update will be kept brusk and sweet, I'll swing back effectually in a month (around May 6th) with more than information, as there are so many things to bear upon!  I apologize every bit its been quite some fourth dimension since we've had an update, a lot of personal life events kinda went down. And while I take Zippo shame and am happy to share It will have to wait for some other fourth dimension.

Until then, happy belated Easter!

Wave three.1 Fulfillment Update - Containers Stuck in Rail Yards
over one year ago – Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 12:13:27 AM

The impact of COVID-xix on freight and logistics has been incredible, setting records for the virtually challenging shipping season to engagement. Our lovely containers on both the US and UK sides of the world have been patiently waiting in a rail yard since last year to exist picked upwardly. We have been informed the situation is complicated and vast, covering both a lack of human being power and the need to continue dealing with incoming containers so things can be unburied.

Beingness totally honest, I don't think nosotros will encounter things moving until febuary. They are THAT backed upwards.

Every bit it stands now, we are working around the clock for updates and to become these shipments released. Once in mitt, they will be a priority at the warehouse to exist put in your hands.

Nosotros understand the difficulty here and recognize your great patience.

We also recognize the increasing challenges in regards to fulfillment within the EU and have been looking for more than warehouse partners since the middle of last year. For hereafter shipments we plan on having more hubs, while the UK hub only handles the United kingdom.

Brexit and taxes are a hot topic correct now and I assure you nosotros are doing our best to mitigate it's impact on you guys.

In normal donkey human being terms. Between lockdown, the pandemic and brexit. It'south a hot hot mess. But we are working like crazy to do our best by everyone here. Please have patience with us and give us the room to fix bug as they arise.

I am confident with enough hard work, things will got smoother.

Thank y'all.

Black Friday 2020 - Wave 3 function i of three Shipping ASAP - Gamblers Chest Expansion Thousand Overview
over 1 year ago – Sabbatum, Nov 28, 2020 at 10:19:47 PM

Equally of right at present, Pinup Collections 1-5, Stone Faced Base Inserts and the hard plastic Satan are landing in fulfillment centers and are getting ready to ship! Delight finalize your accost and covering your shipping fee equally we will start dispatching these December 3rd!

I repent but due to the affect of COVID 19, the price of shipping and fulfillment around the earth has increased on every channel. As we are formally splitting this wave into iii parts, we are aiming to absorb around 33% of the shipping cost, instead of passing them all straight onto you. Thank you in advance for agreement.

Here is what is fulfilling in Moving ridge three, Function one of iii:

- Pinup Collections 1-5
- Individual Pinups
- Hard Plastic Satan
- Stone Face Base Inserts

At this time we are not accepting add-ons or preorders for these items anymore. After fulfillment they will be available for normal purchase thru the KD web shop! IMAGINE THAT, NORMAL TRANSACTIONS! WOOO!!!

Pledge Manager is Open!

The pledge manager is open! As always delight pledge responsibly. Saavy backers might observe a pair of new pledge items that have joined everything else.

*Legendary Card Pack*

Indeed the fourth dimension is now! The long anticipated set of cards that fixes a number of typos that have long plagued our community! The Legendary Card pack likewise includes everything you need to upgrade your 1.v core game to 1.6. This includes some residue adjustments, some replaced cards and maaaaybe even a new carte du jour or 2!

*The Legend Continues*

A fellow member of the community suggested that we release balance / fix menu packs like this on an annual footing and, I recall it'south a really skilful idea! The main hold upward on this card pack, was like many of the projects hither at KD on me. I was trying to add together besides much content, which was dependent on besides many other moving parts of the project and I let the scope of even this simple carte du jour pack get out of command.

As a way to resolve this going forwards, the programme is to postal service balances and tweaks on our website, then have a cutting off point wherein everything we have adapted upward until that point goes off to the printer and becomes the next card pack available to you.

Estimated Aircraft date: Feb 2021

*Kingdom Death: Monster i.six*

We are in the middle of a reprint for Kingdom Death: Monster had have decided to include the 1.six updates with information technology. If you already own Kingdom Death, there is really NO REASON to option this upwards. Delight only grab the Legendary Card Pack.

Yet if you lot are looking to secure a copy of Kingdom Expiry: Monster yous may pre-lodge it hither, thru our backer kit shop.

Estimated Shipping engagement: May 2021

Gamblers Breast Expansion

Estimated Shipping Date: July / August 2021

Wave 3, function 2 of 3.

(Ideally Goes into print product in February when CNY ends and factories reopen, 45-90 days in impress, last samples coming together approval + 4-6 weeks on an body of water freight container.)

The Gamblers Chest has come a long, long way since 2017 when this kickstarter ended. Initially, a bonza box filled with miniatures and small rules sets, the fine nectar of ambition has blossomed information technology into a massive game expansion, our biggest expansion to date!

 Some Concluding Minute GCE Additions!

Updated Lucks Fighting Art, Fine art.

Atnas Related Story Event

King'due south Money

Our procedure is finally complete! King's Coin's will be fabricated each with a unqiue number and sent with a signed certificate of actuality. They were earned past astonishing fans that participated in the dark chef'south instagram cooking challenge! We will unveil more of our plans with these community driven coins adjacent year. Thanks guys so much yous really made us crazy happy!

 https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2xgXYnt-k/

And a fancy golden render, tho the coins will not be gilt:

Campaigns of Death

In the not so distant time to come, we'll brand a big update that brings everything that is in the campaigns of death together, similar we did here for the Gambler's Chest Expansion. For today, nosotros take a little work in progress of the Dark Flower Armor, a synergy armor set made from cultural exposure to both the Flower Knight and Slender man.

Hard Plastic Showdown Board

Just a few new renders as we keep to brand passes on this. We have been slowly going over the board enhancing item and ensuring the level of all the highest points are the same so that playability on it feels as good as it looks!

Alpha Showdown Tracker

Nosotros have made another public release of the Alpha Showdown Tracker! Just similar final time, it's available on our webstore for free for people that own Kingdom Death: Monster. Just put in the code IOWNKDM when you purchase it and it will brand it gratis.

2020

This year was whack. For pretty much the whole planent! I don't wanna get it into, but let me merely say I dear you all and cheers for your patience and support. Our goal remains unchanged, to create the all-time experience we can muster! No shortcuts! Suddenly existence unable to piece of work in person, on a board game project was a challenge. I want to requite a huge shout out to our new Game Dev team, fo really saving the solar day and providing united states with a Virtual Version of Kingdom Death that integrates with database and tools. Our internal version of the Showdown Tracker is far more than advanced and then what we are releasing publically. Who knows, mayhap at some point in the time to come we'll accept a full diddled KD:Chiliad hobby simulator! Just for now, the chief focus remains on this Kickstarter and fulfilling the promises we have made.

Cheers TEAM!

Oh and here is a tiny bit more!

Thank you for fans, backers and bakcers!

Go on THE Song IN YOUR HEART Dauntless! Achieve INTO THE DARKNESS WITH YOUR SILENT HYMN! Look THE AWAITED ONE! BUT MOST Importantly STRUGGLE, SURPASS AND SURVIVE!!!!!!!

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