Die variant rules
I think just about everyone with domestic shipping should have their dice for the variant by now so I wanted to get those rules up in case you want to try it out.
Ze Dice Are Here!
For those of you that were at the $30 level and above that have been waiting, here is that special die we've been waiting for. We'll post the cheat sheet for it online next week when these start shipping out.
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When I made Genegrafter, it was meant to be a very modular design that could expand and continue to add more complexity and depth as the game grew. The idea behind this was that the base game was straightforward and easy to teach a player that was new to gaming.
The dice allowed for enough randomness that even a bad player could still pull off a win in one of those ah ha moments of a tense battle. Hopefully, they would be hooked because a) who doesn't like to win? and b) who doesn't love rolling fistfuls of dice?
Expansions were planned that would add things like team battles, pre-constructed decks (playing your own tightly integrated deck instead of pulling from the common pool), combo cards, additional powers, headquarters, and some other mechanics that would continue to add to the game. This way you could incrementally introduce your new gamer to more complicated mechanics while building on the ones they'd already learned.
Unfortunately, I can't say that will ever happen given the reviews we have had of the game. As something I made, it's tough to hear from the vocal minority about how much they hate it even though they've never even played it. It makes it difficult to feel like you've made anything fun when that's all you hear all day.
A few of you have told me that you enjoyed playing it with your kids and significant others. That you played it for what it was, a fast and easy dice rolling game with some great art and solid components. For those of you that have enjoyed it, I would ask that you please rate it on BGG here.
Game Variant
Shane introduced the following rule that really helps to keep characters on the board so you aren't just drawing cards on some turns:
When a character is 'hit', rotate them 90 degrees. On the second hit, the player that defeated them gets to put the character in their gene pool.
This allows characters to stay in play longer so you can use your ability cards and gear more efficiently. It also makes the healing ability more robust and introduces an interesting level of strategy in multiplayer games when you have to decide if your opponents will finish off the character you just attacked before you get a chance to.
Cyberpunk playing cards
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Gear rules
Sorry guys, I was at the airport this morning and forgot to post the rules for those of you that received the mini-expansion.
You can find how the gear cards are supposed to be used here.
And if you know someone that may want the game that missed out on it the first time, they can now get it here.
Rewards are on their way
As of last Friday, all of the copies of Genegrafter should have been sent out. I've had a few questions over the past week that I thought would be good to answer again here:
I got everything but the custom die was missingThese haven't come in yet but we'll send them out as soon as they do. We didn't want you to have to wait any longer for the games so we decided to send the dice separately after they arrive.
My pledge included a t-shirt, but I didn't receive one
All of the shirts that I had available were sent to international orders. The domestic pledges have been sent to Shane since he has the rest of our t-shirts and he will be mailing those out to you this week.
My promo pack had 3 art cards, how do I use these?
These cards are meant to replace the DNA Strand cards in the game. When you pull all three and complete the picture, the game ends.
I received my extra game, but I only received one promo pack
The additional game was part of the stretch goals but did not come with an additional promo pack. Those were offered for an additional $5 in this update.
If you have played Genegrafter and you enjoyed it
Please rate it here! We'd love to see some more feedback about what you think about the game. And if you like it, you may be interested in our current Kickstarter project which ends in a couple of days, Dragon Whisperer.
Genegrafter fulfillment has started
Update #83
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Our gratitude for believing in the project enough to fund it in any way. Every dollar helps get us closer to our goal and validate that people are genuinely interested in what we're making here. PLUS A special thank you on the website.
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Everything above PLUS a gorgeous, high Resolution (5760 x 3240) Genegrafter™ background wallpaper.
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Everything above PLUS a Print and Play PDF with all 54 cards. This one is perfect for those of you that want to try the advanced rules with the deck building strategies without purchasing additional copies of the game.
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[EARLY BIRD] One Genegrafter™ deck and the PDF rulebook (no fancy packaging, dice, or printed rulebook) PLUS the wallpaper, thanks on our website, and more heaps of gratitude. This is a special reward created to thank those of you that join us early in the campaign.
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[EARLY BIRD - INTERNATIONAL] One Genegrafter™ deck and the PDF rulebook (no fancy packaging, dice, or printed rulebook) PLUS the wallpaper, thanks on our website, and more heaps of gratitude. This is a special reward created to thank those of you that join us early in the campaign. This is created specifically for International backers to offset additional shipping costs.
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One Genegrafter™ deck and the PDF rulebook (no fancy packaging, dice, or printed rulebook) PLUS the wallpaper, thanks on our website, and more heaps of gratitude.
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***COMPLETIONIST*** One COMPLETE copy of Genegrafter™ with deck, 10 colored dice, rulebook, and fancy commercial packaging PLUS a special promo pack of 3 Kickstarter Exclusive cards. Also the rewards listed previously: gratitude, thanks on the website, and high resolution background. This is the way the game was designed to be and for choosing our vision, we thank you even more.
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Everything at the COMPLETIONIST level PLUS the official Genegrafter™ T-shirt.
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Everything at the COMPLETIONIST level PLUS the mini-expansion and your name in the official rulebook.
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Everything at the COMPLETIONIST level PLUS a copy of the mini-expansion introducing a new card type, T-Shirt, and your name in the official rulebook.
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All of the above PLUS one additional copy of the game and promo cards.
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[EARLY BIRD] Everything above PLUS you'll see YOUR LIKENESS as one of the Kickstarter promo character cards. Give us some pictures of yourself and our artist will create a new character based on you, forever immortalized in the game. Pick from a list of available powers, first come first serve. This is a special reward created to thank those of you that join us early in the campaign.
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Everything above PLUS you'll see YOUR LIKENESS as one of the Kickstarter promo character cards. Give us some pictures of yourself and our artist will create a new character based on you, forever immortalized in the game. Pick from a list of available powers, first come first serve.
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Create a new power and matching ability cards for the game. You will also get your name in a special section of the rulebook denoting what cards you helped design. Also get 10 copies of the game (which will retail for $30 each)
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J's Reward: 2 hours of gaming advice in San Jose and a signed copy of the game.
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Help on creating your next gaming project. During the course of this endeavor we've contacted tons of manufacturers and gained quite a bit of knowledge regarding the design process and prototyping. Save some time by letting us help you. We’ll give you four 30 minute Skype calls with the creator and producer of the game to ask anything you want about printing challenges, game design, finding artists, inspiration, you name it. You ALSO get a signed original prototype deck, your name and likeness as a promo character card, 10 complete copies of the game, 10 sets of promo cards, 10 copies of the mini-expansion, 2 T-shirts, the high resolution wallpaper, print and play PDF, your name in the rulebook, and thanks on the website.
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This is the mystery reward. There is only one and it is unique but it is guaranteed to be better than anything above. There can be only one.
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