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Update #73 · May 17, 2013 · 71 comments

I have returned from china! The trip was a fantastical whirlwind with so much to see and do. All the food I was treated to was excellent. I also saw a giant duck!

As soon as things are wrapped up and I can ensure everything is in its place I will be sharing manufacturing details.

Boxed Game & Card Components
Everything is going well on this front, our print deadline looms ever menacingly overhead and all of the artists have been cranking out amazing piece of art after the next for it. I've narrowed down the card stock choice between a snappy grey core used for poker cards and a black core which might be too a little too thick and make storage an issue. I've decided against the purple core which had great memory but the card felt too physically thin for my personal tastes. There are 700+ cards in the core box so… storage and weight is something to consider. The box we are looking at is 20"x13"x5" and weighs around 12 lbs. This is HUGE by the way and we are trying to optimize it.

Dice
I got the samples of the ten sided dice today! These caused me so much anguish and I am pleased on how they finally turned out. I spoke to A LOT of dice companies and learned quite a bit about dice making techniques and the different processes people were using. Spheres and curved lines are generally easy to make on dice, its edges, especially tapered edges where things get really difficult. The engraving needs to be sturdy enough so the small edges don't break in the tumbling process so usually there is a size limit on how small a hard corner or small detail can be. The company I choose in the end actually engraves at a slight angle which allows them to get much shaper edges, which was essential since the KD font has tapered tails. I also opted for making the dice in urea instead of acrylic as it has more heft and has that old school dice rolling sound on a table. As far as mass production ready dice go, I feel these are as premium as we can get. The next step up for dice is CNC machining or laser engraving the surface of each die then hand painting it. I would love to make more "art" dice this way in the future. But I wanted to start with a strong set of simple and highly readable dice in the core game.

* painted by Scott Hockley

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Cooperative Dungeon Hacks, Forever!!!!

Update #72 · Apr 23, 2013 · 43 comments

Hello Everyone!

I love fully cooperative miniature games and growing up I always wished for more of them. To show my support for Myth we have agreed to add Allison the Twilight Knight as a special mini boss to the game. This special piece of artwork was a collaboration between the Myth & KD team, making sure to capture her essence but presenting her in Myth's style. This unique 28mm heroic scale miniature will be included for free for any Myth backer of ($75) or more.

Myth looks like fun! And I am looking forward to playing it with my friends. If anyone here has any interest in it, I urge you to check out their kickstarter which is in their final 19 hours!

Note*
This model does not include any unique rules for Kingdom Death: Monster. It only has rules for Myth as a mini-boss. It will also be rendered at 28mm heroic scale so it fits within Myth's game. I cannot make any promises of the figures availability outside of Myth's Kickstarter. The intent of this collaboration project is to show support for Myth's campaign and show the good faith and brewing friendship between the two studios.

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More Board Stuff!

Update #71 · Apr 19, 2013 · 163 comments

I would love to make a 3D board, and also a laser engraved onto nice wood board! However, for the sake of the project and making sure all the key deadlines are hit we will only be focusing on a single version of the game board until the kickstarter is fulfilled. 

I think it would be pretty cool to offer different versions of it in the future as the design lends itself really well to adjustments! 

Current WIP ( As artist intended ) 

Hell Version :

Black & White :

Bad Dreams : 

White Nightmare ( my personal favorite! ): 

This one is really worth looking at without any other noise on the screen, here is a direct link : 

http://f.cl.ly/items/1e2f3A302P3w1l1Y062Z/kd-board-nightmare.jpg

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Quick Game Board WIP

Update #70 · Apr 19, 2013 · 77 comments

So here is a printed version ( printed at staples on crappy poster paper ) of the Game Board. ( which is 2'x3' ) We will be play testing on it tomorrow! Totally beats out the grid paper we have been using thus far. 

*please note this is still a work in progress

It printed a lot darker then it should be, there are some parts of the paper that are totally black! 

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update time!

Update #69 · Apr 10, 2013 · 77 comments

So if you can imagine things have been really crazy here! I've got some big news I can share once all the paper work is signed off etc etc... 

I will be able to give the final word on fulfilling rewards from within the EU once I have a final box count and the final box weight and dimensions are set in stone. Until then I can't make any promises, just expect everything to be shipped from the states until you hear otherwise.

We are down to just 300 people that need to confirm their pledges! This is excellent news and is far less stragglers then I initially expected. Anna has been working diligently thru everyones emails and making sure she takes care of each backers issues as it comes up. Its a pretty exhausting workload and it would have been simply impossible to manage that + everything else all at once.

For the card stock, we will be going either purple or black core for the extra snap they provide. Its more costly, but its totally worth it! The custom dice included in the game will be made from urea, which has a much nicer feeling then acrylic dice. It was interesting learning about it, as its a much older way to manufacture dice but it results in a slight glass feeling die with way more heft.

I've been hustling all the artists like crazy! Trying to include as much art as humanly possible before the print deadline.

Before we go into art dump mode, on behalf of all the artists, Anna, and Joe whom has taken over orders and customer service, I want to thank you all so much for this opportunity. Everyone is throughly enjoying the work!


A little attack combo :

back to work now!

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