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Alas! But do not despair!

Update #4 · Sep 10, 2012 · 4 comments

Well, we didn't make it. But we're still not discouraged. We've got some things to attend to but you may see us take another run at this in the next few months. We've learned a lot and we're pretty sure we can succeed next time around.

Thanks to everyone for your support. As many of you have pointed out privately and in the comments below, most Kickstarter projects have more success the second time around. The team here at Brass Monkey will be continuing to chug along on our work and making new friends who can help us with this project when we decide to give it another go. $8685 is still a lot of money, and it's amazing that nearly 300 of you were willing to reach into your pockets to support an open source project (that would have been free to you anyway).

We'll keep in touch, we hope to see you all in another month or two.-Mike
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A New Backer Level: Half Orc

Update #3 · Aug 21, 2012 · comment

Ok. There has been concern about the whole 'premium content' deal. So we've added a new level at $35. If you back at this level we'll give you a handful (half a dozen) Lost Decade buttons, but perhaps more importantly, all of the premium content that gets launched by Brass Monkey for the first 6 months that the gameboard is out will be yours for free. Now you don't have to worry about potentially being stung by big, expensive add ons (at least, not the ones we produce). If we put out a $2 set of tokens: yours. Free. If we build all of the D20 rules into the board itself and decide to charge $50: yours. Free.

In other news, we're a bit behind where we'd like to be on this product, but we've got a couple of celebrity endorsements in the work. We'll also putting up flyers (see below). 

If you want to help us out in addition to your pledge, print one out and put it up at your local gaming institution. Send us an image of it and we'll send you some extra goodies if we get funded.

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Some additional features

Update #2 · Aug 13, 2012 · 6 comments

(Edit: Cleaned up a typo)

So- consider it official. If we can get $23000 we'll develop a hex map and release it, we're not sure if it'll be free or not (based on actual cost, etc.), but we'll for sure be giving it away for free to anyone who pledged "Goblin" level or above.

In other news we're a few hours away from ending our first week (of five) and we're at 20% funding, which is awesome, but we need to keep up this pace, so please share links to this project on FB, Twitter, and wherever else like it's going out of style. We appreciate all the support you guys have shown us financially, we'd appreciate it as much or more if you took a second to spread the word.

We'll also be updating the FAQ regularly but two questions have come up often which are:

A) What if one person at the table doesn't have a smart device?

B) Can we play remotely?

To A) you'll have several options if not everyone owns an iOS or Android device. For starters, the system will be designed to allow people to share devices with relative ease (though more than 2 per device would still probably be a pain). Failing that, yes, it is our intention to make it possible to control Dragons Gameboard using a keyboard and mouse.

To B) Remote play is on our short list of intended functions. We'll launch with it if we're able, and it's just a matter of time and funding, but we don't expect it to be a problem.

We're also considering adding some rewards around the >$20/>$10 range. If you have some ideas for stuff you'd like to see please let us know.

That's all for now,

Chris, Caroline, Trevor and I thank you for your support

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We've reached 10%, help get the word out.

Update #1 · Aug 9, 2012 · 5 comments

Hey all,

We've reached and exceeded the 10% mark and it's only day 3, which puts us on target to get this gameboard Kickstarted. We'd like to ask all of you to help us out a little bit more by posting to facebook, tweeting, telling your gaming groups and helping us spread the word in general. We'd like to make this a reality.

•Some folks have been asking for an approximate breakdown of costs, reach goals, etc.- so we'll be putting that together today and putting it up very soon. 

•We'll also be updating our FAQ with what we intend to include for free and what we'll consider 'premium' content, since that's been a question. The short answer is that we plan to release this thing as a fully functional, product for free- and that the premium stuff will only be add ons such as character tokens, terrain sets, modules that calculate initiative or track movement, etc. Those enigmatic 'brass coins' you're getting can be used to purchase these items.

•Our head developer Francois has just informed me that it is very likely that, at launch, we'll have iPad support- which is to say, you'll be able to use your iPad as a central display and use your other iOS/Android devices to control the board there- making it possible to still play on a tabletop using this tech, if you're so inclined.

•We're also looking to team up with tabletop games sites which provide online resources to players and GMS to see if we can create any kind of integration... so if you use online resources to help you game currently please let us know who and we'll reach out to them.

Cheers!

Mike

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    Orc: All goblin level rewards plus another 30,000 coins and a 'backer' poster (11x17") done by Brass Monkey's own art director, Andrew Kostuik. We'll also throw in a dozen 1" pins with our logo and some generic token art on them that you can use on your traditional game mat when not using ours. We'll also put your name in the credits.

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    Lizardman: All "Orc" level rewards. Beta access to the product, another 50,000 brass coins (100,000 total), and two dozen 1" buttons featuring Lost Decade character tokens available in game that can be used to decorate your person or act as counters when using your non-digital grid map. International backers, please include extra for shipping (contact us for exact amount).

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    Imp: All "Lizardman" level rewards AND the t-shirt from the "bugbear" level, plus we'll give you any premium content we produce at Brass Monkey for six months after we launch for FREE. We'll also call you to say thank you and put your picture and name in the credits.

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    Giant: All previous level rewards. Work with Lost Decade (or by yourself) to design a set of 4 tokens or terrain tiles which will be available to all players or just to you (must be appropriate).

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