Get together with friends and fight back a horde of rampaging fiends! Seal the Shadowrift with mighty spells! Stand against the dark!
Haven Town is facing total annihilation at the hands (and teeth) of a horde of monsters from beyond the Shadowrift.
You the heroes must band together to drive them back. To do this, you will need powerful spells, skills, attacks and loot. When the game begins, you are a basic hero; you can explore and fight. Lucky for you, this is a deckbuilding game! You can buy new cards to add to your deck - cards which will define you as an adventurer and complement the strengths of your fellow heroes.
Unlike other deckbuilders, there is constant interaction with your fellow players, as you figure out who will gain which benefit from the limited supply of townsfolk, offer your coin to help construct walls, and seek healing from anyone who's learned such magic.
Shadowrift also features monsters that do not merely sit in play waiting to be slain - If you leave them alone they will rip Haven Town asunder. They'll kill people, break walls, and kick you heroes in the face. Combat with them is intuitive (though frequently painful).
For defeating a monster, heroes gain Heroism, a simple, consistent boost to their power that makes them better at anything they undertake. Since the monsters won't stop coming until the last Shadowrift is sealed or the town has been built into a mighty fortress, you'll need every boost you can take.
As you can see in the video, the prototype is bare-bones and focused on mechanics alone. However, the art we are acquiring is amazing and the finished product will be visually stunning. With your help we will be able to manufacture the game in the United States, promoting local industry.
Thank you for your support, and please check out our website for more info at www.gamenightproductions.com!
FAQ
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In no particular order, the deadly fiends you might face in Shadowrift are:
The Glacien: Elemental creatures of pure cold, they creep toward town with the temerity of a glacier, slashing with icy claws or capturing the unwary in blocks of ice for later study by Lord Winter, their dispassionate despot.
The Cult of Mar'Zosé: A few of the people who just moved into town bear strange, shadowy tattoos. These cultists have no trouble clouding the villagers' minds to go unnoticed. The demons they summon to Haven Town are harder to miss, but also harder to fight.
Fire Dragons: The peaks north of town have spewed fire before, but this time the fire has wings and claws and teeth the size of swords. This time the fire has active malice. This time the fire craves flesh.
The Drow: Stony spirits from deep in the earth have risen to the surface, like the bubbling of a sulfur pit. They seem to consider humans an affront against nature, and the wizard's auguries tell you that they are building a powerful totemic device in their underground lair, one which will crack open the bedrock like an egg and split Haven Town asunder.
Storm Lords: From the sky have come wild revels, songs and beasts whose wingbeats bring lightning down. They seem to have no malice against Haven Town, but they refuse to leave and every moment they stay the winds and hail grow worse. Their laughter is thunder, and if they cannot be driven away this party will be Haven Town's last.
Necromancers: Strange, hooded figures have been seen on the edge of town, armed with butcher's knives and shovels. The guards have feared to approach them, and it hardly seemed worthwhile at first. After all, all they did was dig up a few graves...Now the guards know better, but now the hooded figures are not alone; They have ghouls and zombies to aid them.
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Unfortunately, we can only afford to send our game within the United States. It'd cost us $45 to send you your game for your $40 donation - and that's not counting what it cost us to actually make it.
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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on December 3, 2011.
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I will write a short story set in Haven Town and e-mail it to you. You may specify which of the six monster factions you want to be attacking the town in the story.
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $10 or more
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We plan to produce expansion packs for Shadowrift. The first expansion we make will be mailed to you.
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Those who give at this level will receive a copy of Shadowrift. Giving at this level essentially buys the game + first expansion at wholesale price and gets free shipping!
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $80 or more
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International gamers who give at this level will receive a copy of the game mailed to their non-US location. They will also receive the first expansion we make, and the e-mailed short story (rewards #1 and 2)
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $100 or more
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This level adds two posters, using any of the totally impressive art we are commissioning for the game. The original size of the images is much larger than it appears on the card, so it looks great at full size.
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $200 or more
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Those who give at this level get all of Shadowrift forever. No matter how many expansion packs we make, we will keep sending them to you as long as we know your address. Note that the "delivery date" doesn't really work for this reward. It's an ongoing thing.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2015
