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DEFENDERS OF SOMA: a fantasy battle card game between antibiotics and infectious bacteria.

Healing Blade: Defenders of Soma

DEFENDERS OF SOMA: a fantasy battle card game between antibiotics and infectious bacteria.
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Nerdcore Medical
Nerdcore Medical

797 backers pledged $47,126 to help bring this project to life.
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Thank you everyone! All 797 of you!

We made our goal and then some! Thank you everyone who pledged. We're really looking forward to completing this project with our usual perfectionist zeal. I'll keep you updated as... Read more

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Successfully raised $47,126 USD with 797 backers

Last push: We're lowering our stretch goals!

Screw it, I really want you all to have the sweet game board that Raul designed for Defenders of Soma. Last push, people! If we can make it to

$45,000... Read more

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The Apothecary Healers!

Here are the Apothecary characters we already have art for. If anyone wants a poster based on these characters, let us know when the survey is sent out in a... Read more

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The ABC of Edgar Allan Poe

I haven't done any cross-promotion so far this campaign, but I found another Kickstarter project I REALLY LIKE so I wanted to tell you about it! David G. Forés is... Read more

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We made our goal!

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The Lords of Pestilence

Here's our current collection of Lords of Pestilence (the ones that are already finished). When choosing your poster during the post-campaign survey, you can choose any of these as well!... Read more

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Posters!

We can potentially make posters for any or all of our characters. Let us know in the comments which ones you are most interested in! (After the campaign ends, we'll... Read more

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Beginner version (NVS Gameplays review!)

One of the things we've been working on is giving first-time gamers a good experience.   Learning games without someone there to teach you can be tedious, so what we've... Read more

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Designing the World of Soma

I was backing up files today and found some early illustrations from our design process. For those of you who appreciate the endless iterations a game goes through, this is... Read more

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Watch the latest Gameplay Video

I created a shortened, occasionally sped-up gameplay video, with commentary, to give people a more concrete idea of what Defenders of Soma is like. A couple caveats:

  • This video uses... Read more
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Card Design Iteration

Raul just sent me a new mockup for the card design! Part of card design is iterating, over and over again. This is, boy, version 26? I've lost count. Oh,... Read more
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What we've been up to...

Just a brief update:

Some backers were suggesting we post a gameplay video, so tonight I'll be shooting a gameplay video! I should be able to edit and post it... Read more

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GeekDad Link, take 2

Here's the fixed GeekDad link!

http://geekdad.com/2015/06/healing-blade-defenders-soma/

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We got our first review! Thank you GeekDad!

I sent a prototype to GeekDad before we launched, and they just posted a review! Gerry, who wrote the review, is a physician married to a pharmacist - so they... Read more

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New tiers added

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EARLY BIRD II tier limits increased: might save you $2

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The Microbiologists Weigh In: two thumbs up!

We just got back from the ASM conference, and we were blown away by the positive reception we had! We weren't sure what to expect... there are super classy expensive... Read more

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Off to a Great Start!

Wow, off to a great start! Thanks everyone. Almost halfway to our goal already.

Also, we'll be at the American Society for Microbiology Conference in New Orleans this weekend, if... Read more

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