What's Valentine's Day without Chocolate?!?
about 5 years ago
– Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 01:29:29 AM
Happy Valentine's Day Backers <3
Today we unlocked the oh-so-sweet Chocolatessen!
We have a huge sweet tooth for this tile, look at all those goodies!!! Whether you are celebrating with the King or Queen of your castle, or just rocking the day solo, we hope there is plenty of chocolate! :D
3 Days Left!!!
Okay folks, this is it! We are in crunch time so let's knock out that final 10K backer goal. Share it, tweet it, sing it from the rooftops - we are in the final push! With the clock ticking and more items to unlock each day, things are sure to be lively around here until closing time!
Don't tell anyone about our Secret Stretch Goals!
about 5 years ago
– Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 12:56:44 AM
Well, they're actually Secrets stretch goals, as in the expansion for the original castles game.
We've heard you asking for daily stretch goals that aren't just new rooms (though everyone really does like those rooms), so we came up with a great new stretch goal to kick off the last week of the campaign.
You see, one of the things that was missing from the Secrets expansion was new bonus cards that were relevant to the secrets items, like swans and moats.
We fixed that!
There are now bonus cards for Moats (yet another reason to go Colossal Moats!), and Rooms with Swans, which sounds like a bad 90s band, but because of the new swan icon distribution, it's super useful. See, in the collector's edition, we've fixed the swan icons so that they are on all of the 250, 300, 350, and 400 rooms only. Not only does that make it super easy for setup (no more shuffling in some swan tiles with non-swan tiles), but it also means that there's a reason to collect the midrange rooms.
And yes, moats are now totally O/P, as are swan tokens. And the new towers are so good that we should have added a 50000 space on the contract board. Secret passages have always been a guaranteed million or so VPs, too. Don't get us started on those downstairs rooms, either, because everyone knows that the player with the most downstairs rooms always wins. At least half of the decrees are O/P, some so much that you'll be able to declare victory if you get the right one, before the first turn!!!
Of course, we're kidding (or are we?). The point being that these bonus cards are another great reason to play with the moats and swan expansions!
We've updated the Secrets favors too, where you'll find a Rooms without Swans favor (very complementary to small and large rooms favors), moats, and of course, swan tokens (which used to just be an image of the swans in the original secrets game, but players could confuse them with swan icons on the tiles).
Eagle-eyed backers might notice that we've added some text to these favors as well, so there's absolutely no confusion as to what the favors are for. We are SO looking out for all of you!
We're closing in on 10,000 backers to unlock those fall swans and foyers, but we'll need your help to make sure we get there. Please be sure to tell your friends to jump on board the campaign before it ends so we can achieve that last stretch goal!
Thank you for your continued support!
Final Week! Let's Go!!!
about 5 years ago
– Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 12:11:07 AM
Happy Thursday Backers! 1 Week Left!!!
Thank you all for such an amazing campaign thus far! We are so grateful for all of you, and for all the enthusiasm and participation around this project. Please continue with your awesome support and share the campaign for us to finish strong and achieve our last stretch goal of 10,000 backers - we can do this!!!
Today we unlock The Bog!
Not all outdoor rooms are the lush gardens that may first come to mind! We are pretty partial to The Bog, full of creepy crawlies and mystery :)
Tabletopia Updates
Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector's Edition has seen some pretty incredible updates on Tabletopia this past week - check it out!
