I’m super excited to share some great news with you! This week has been all about getting packages ready for shipping, and I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be starting to send out parcels tomorrow—woohoo! I’ll be working hard to ship everything out over the coming weeks, so thanks for your patience as I tackle this!
For those of you who are expecting the Dice Trays as part of your pledge, I’ve got good news! Dungeon Delvers is still finalizing everything, and they’ll start shipping in mid-April. Other than that, we’re all set!
As I dive into all this packaging and shipping, I may not be around much, but if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to drop me an email at [email protected].
A huge thank you for all your amazing support! I truly believe these super chonks and dice sets are our best work yet, and I can’t wait for you to receive them in the coming weeks!
We are HALF WAY through the campaign and 2/3rds of the way to unlocking WOODEN Lilypad tokens!
To help us gain some more momentum during this halfway point, we are launching a campaign let two lucky winners design your very own card to be added into POND as a promo card!
We got over a DOZEN playtests of POND at ProtoAL this weekend and it was a hit!
The last 4 days has been FILLED with playtesting of POND at my favorite prototyping convention of the year: ProtoATL. For any aspiring game designers out there, I cannot recommend this convention enough. You'll make lots of friends and get SO much progress on your game here~
Speaking of recommendations, I wanted to give a special shoutout to Pickpocket Games with this incredible review after playing POND. Their game Theif's Market is currently live on Kickstarter!
My confidence in POND is higher than ever and I'm super excited to release the playtesting program this week~!
I'll be taking a 13 hour drive from Atlanta back to Dallas and will be updating the Tabletop Simulator and Screentop implementations for anyone to play POND for free once I am home! The playtesting program will be announced this Wednesday afternoon instead of tomorrow (giving myself one extra day to make sure it's 100% ready)
The mythical Bunny Banana hybrid, the Bunnana, is here to join the fun! Illustrated by the eponymous NANA, this adorable creature is just what the POND ordered~
Nana is an incredible artist and also a close friend that I've made as a fellow vendor at Anime Conventions. She was one of the artists in my Honkai Star Rail tarot deck fan project.
ProtoATL Prototype Photo Credit to Trishelle (Instagram @trishellemartinez)
Finally, thank you to everyone who commented on this facebook post to participate in the meeple prototypes giveaway!
Congratulations to Kristian C for winning the raffle! I've dm'd you to get your shipping info to send you a set of these adorable meeples.
I've got plenty more sample meeples to give out so next lets do a raffle for bluesky next!
Tag a friend on this post between now and Wednesday for a chance to win a set of meeples before anyone else in the world!
This means that, in addition to the library donations that backers have contributed, TTRPGkids will donate an additional 20 copies of Bakers, Charge! to libraries during International Games Month 2025!
Thank you all for helping to reach this goal to build up public-use gaming libraries!
At this time, I also want to drop a reminder about our partner project, Song of the Scryptwyrm, which is a solo-journaling TTRPG mystery that takes place in a magical library. It's a great game (I got an early sneak peek and wrote a review on TTRPGkids here if you want to check it out), and you get a bonus postcard from both projects if you back both of our physical tiers!
AND.... continuing with this library-themed update... goal #8 is to hire an artist to illustrate a short set of adventures about a cat who travels through books! I'm collaborating with the TTRPGkids kiddo on this one as they wanted to write a story to help remember and honor our cat.
If funded, all backers who contributed at least $10 to the campaign will get a digital copy of the adventure plus a print-on-demand key so you can choose to get a print copy, at cost, if you wish.
Thank you for all the support so far, here's to hitting the next goal, and happy gaming!! Steph (TTRPGkids)
We have incredible news! Thanks to your amazing support, Forest Floor is now FULLY FUNDED! We are absolutely thrilled and overwhelmed with gratitude. Words cannot express how much your belief in this project means to us.
We couldn't have reached this milestone without each and every one of you. Your enthusiasm and support have made a reality. thank you!
And the excitement doesn't stop there! We want to remind you that we'll be at the Game Expo in Melbourne, Australia, on March 22nd and 23rd!
Come find us at [IT5] to play Forest Floor,us , and celebrate this fantastic achievement with us. We'll have some special surprises and goodies for you!
Thank you once again for making Forest Floor a reality. We are truly honored to have you as part of our community.
Make sure to Vote in the poll as everyone will be getting that card, also we can too forward to some stretch goals that include more new cards.
Thank you to all the backers who voted in the last poll regarding stretch goals! 73% of respondents said they preferred game related upgrades over more merch. With that in mind I have started working on a few things!
1. Playmats/Deskmats I sketched a few designs over the weekend for some potential playmats for Underleaf which could double as generic desk mats when you're not playing!! Underleaf is simple enough that there are only a few zones to remember and marking them out didn't seem that helpful, haha. I made a few basic rectangular designs and one custom leaf shaped mat!! If this is something you're interested in, I'd love to hear from you - what design appeals to you and why? :0 Poll attached below!
While I wouldn't be able to include these in the all-in pledges, I do have a couple of game upgrades that I'm working on and should be able to share this week that will!! And, if you're a backer who voted for art/merch related add-ons I will have some things for you too. :)
Dimensions are approximately 30"x14".
Thanks so much for all the support and I'll be back this week with more updates!! ♥ Laura
Hello Marmateers! We are so excited to see all the new faces joining the jam makers and preservers of magic.
Come on in and talk to your fellow Marmateers about Midnight Muscadines and the world of Song: From the cozy towns of Nimm, to the dark bogs and swamps deep in the Wildernight.
What brought you here? What are you most excited for?
Let us know what you hope to see in the game, what you'd like to know more about, or even begin organizing your first game with your fellow backers.
It's been a week and I'm so happy we got over 50%, but we're still quite a bit aways.
Now it's time to introduce the special perk for pledging to both Swords at Dusk and Primary Potions:
THE APOCATHARY:
Apothecary Card Markup
The Apothecary can be added on to a game or be a replacement for the Noble.
The Apothecary wins along with the socialites, but loses if they're the last one with the Killer. However, they have a simple but powerful ability: They cannot be poisoned! During the morning phase of the game, the Apothecary covers their role card to show they cannot be targeted.
This role will be shipped with your copy of Swords at Dusk if you pledge to both of our campaigns!
First and foremost, thank you all so much for backing Hercules and the 12 Labors! This has been the best game launch Envy Born Games has ever had, and it's all thanks to you. We hit our funding goal within the first two hours of launch, and now we're over 300% funded! That's incredible, and it's entirely because of your amazing support. (You must all really want this game! Which I love. 😁)
I want to apologize for the delay in posting this update. Normally, I'd send one out as soon as a game funds, but I just returned from TokenCon, which kept me very busy. The convention went fantastic! I had the chance to show off an early prototype copy of Hercules and the 12 Labors andeveryone loved it. Some people even backed the game on the spot!
PROTOTYPE COPY - NOT FINAL
I Need Your Input!
Since this project is only possible because of you, I want to hear from you! We've already unlocked our first stretch goal, gold foiling on the game box, which is going to make this game look absolutely stunning. We're now closing in on our next stretch goal, which is currently set as thicker card stock.
But here's where you come in: I want to know what you want to see unlocked next! I'm hosting a poll so you can vote for the next stretch goal. Whichever option gets the most votes will be the next upgrade we unlock. So please, cast your vote and help shape the future of Hercules and the 12 Labors!
Even More Exciting News!
Backerkit has introduced some awesome new tools, including one called "Achievements." I'm working on a fun way for every backer to earn FREE STICKERS! It's not quite ready yet, but I'm excited to roll it out soon. Stay tuned for details on how you can score some extra goodies.
Once again, thank you all for your incredible support. If you have any questions, please leave a comment or start a new discussion, I'll be there to answer as soon as I can.
