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Plus any game that uses psychic cards (you know, the ones from Ghostbusters) in order to cast spells has to be good. Hopefully they will make those available again during the campaign

Psychic cards? Nice!

 Alex C wrote:
Psychic cards? Nice!

They came with Shocking Tales #3, which also had the rules for them.

Jake

 endtransmission wrote:
Plus any game that uses psychic cards (you know, the ones from Ghostbusters) in order to cast spells has to be good. Hopefully they will make those available again during the campaign

We've got a ways to go, but I have an intuition they may just crop up ;-)

Creeping gradually towards the next stretch goal - hopefully I'll be able to show it off soon!

The 20k level has been broken and unlocked the Threshold booster.

"Uhh, why are there kids in the Threshold Booster?" you may ask. Well, we've added a cool new mechanic called 'Innocent Bystanders' to the 2nd Edition. As a result, there's a possibility that Civilians and/or Children may be present on the table during almost any Scenario, and your Threshold operatives will have to protect these innocents whilst endeavouring to complete their mission. Watch your shots, or you're going to pile up the Black Marks in a hurry...

New Stretch Goal revealed as well -

Ah nice, I missed that.

A hint at the 30k stretch goal as well -

Agents booster looks great! And the stretch goals are very intriguing...

A few small updates:

- PayPal pledge button is now up at http://www.strange-aeons.ca

- Less than $700 from unlocking Aliens, and there'll be an extra bonus with that Stretch Goal as well

Some more news: we've decided to include the PDF edition of the rulebook in ALL pledges that include the printed edition at no charge. There was much discussion over this, and in the end it was the only fair solution for all backers. To replace the now-defunct PDF Booster, we've accelerated the release of our Template & Token Set. Just the concept art for now, but the prototype set is currently in production and should be in our hands soon. We'll show it off as soon as we have it. Oh, and this is a bigger and better version of that 'extra bonus' I tipped you to last post, but unleashed a little ahead of schedule.

Next Stretch Goal has been hit -

Sure, it took a little longer than the last few, but we got there! Aliens are now unlocked and will be added to the Rulebook. This section introduces an entirely new classification of Lurker along with four cosmically-classic profiles. We've pictured the Mi-Go here, but can now proceed on getting our talented artists to work on images for the other profiles thanks to your backing! Aliens not only have their own unique Skills, but also a list of advanced otherworldly Weapons that only they can equip. Break out the Freeze Rays and get ready for invasion!



Next up, the Summoning Box! We've also revealed our $30,000 Stretch Goal, which includes two decks of cards to enhance your game experience: the expanded Twisted Fate Deck introduces an element of the unexpected, and Solo Play Deck (a long-requested supplement we're very pleased we finally have the potential to offer) allows a single player to take the field against a simulated opponent.

We're still building off a fantastic start, so let's keep that ball rolling! Tell your friends, neighbours, co-workers, spouses, enemies, bus drivers, dentists, postal workers - anyone that might have an interest - about us, and provided they aren't terrified of your interest in tiny tentacles, share that enthusiasm. The more people pitch in, the more cool toys we can make available to everyone.

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Edit: Looks like there is a Weekly Monday Monster addon each week as well, first one will be announced tomorrow. I have no idea what the first one will be,

Monday Monster is a fun little initiative Mike has devised to put a spotlight on some of our big beasties. Each Monday we'll showcase a large-scale monster - some old, some new - and make it available individually as a Booster.

Two Monster Boosters revealed today -

Just thought i'd leave a little mini-bat rep for those less familiar with the game. I am currently working on some stuff which really substantially tweaks the game, which requires playing often. As this just happened though, I thought it would be fun to share how narratively fun this game can be, even within a simple, elegant rule system.

For my Strange Aeons friends and supporters... the wife and I just had an amazing little test game.

In a scenario which saw her needing to escape the board, I devised a Mad Scientist + Zombies list to keep it flavorful.

As the game started I proceeded to inject two zombies with mystery mutagens... SCORE! One zombie doubled its movement speed for the game... and the next turned into a "Blaphemous Creature" (IE Frankenstein's Monster). This monster activates and it forced to inflict a wound on everything in base-contact... IE my whole list.

Luckily, everything is merely knocked "face-down" and not killed... Unluckily, they all go face-down right on the edge of a small cliff I have set up as terrain. As per rules, they "fall" and the fall kills off my Mad Scientist and one of my zombies.

Long story short... my Blasphemous Creature, after killing its maker in its birth-throes, proceeds to LITERALLY forget how to walk (rolling 1's on its "stupid" test), and sits around watching my lovely opponent flee the board.

She wins soundly, levels up her survivors, scores some new skills, and we have a fun, story-telling encounter all around.

Did I mention a full game of Strange Aeons can take place in about twenty minutes?

Amazing. And just wait till you see how much I am cooking up to add tactical-depth to the game... the parts from the battle-report which I am probably not allowed to talk about yet. ;-)

Edit: Incidentally, this wasn't intentionally done in this way, but it occurs to me that the "Graveyard" Booster Box in the campaign, literally lets you play out this fun scenario in the way I had cooked it up!

Thanks again for keeping this thread updated Aeneades! Don't know what I'd do without you. Fighting off some sort of sinus thing today, so I'm not getting things done nearly as quickly as I'd like to be.

So, Monster Mondays: these will be a little spotlight on some of our large beasts, some old, some new, some split out from existing Boxes and others standalone Booster sets. We're also going to be providing 1st Edition rules for the previously unreleased profiles as part of the Kickstarter Update, so everyone can give them a try early.

I've just put all the Week One unlocks together in a single image to send off to a few websites.  Wow, looks mighty impressive when you see it all at once like that.  Week 2 will probably be a little slower, but what a great start.  Thanks to everyone that's helped to make this happen!  And if you haven't backed us yet, we hope to still see you in the next 25 days.

In a little over an hour, we'll be opening up 13 new 'Early-Bird' pledge slots, which will net you $640 worth of goodies for a $460 pledge. It's the deepest discount we've offered so far! Watch for 'The Council of 13' to launch at 10 Pacific/1 Eastern/6 UK/7 Central Europe. And even if you don't want to take that deep a plunge, other Early Bird spots may re-open if previous backers upgrade...

That is a great deal, unfortunately a bit too much for this broke guy.

We are very close to unlocking the Summoning Box now and the card deck booster shouldn't be too far behind. The two main card decks include an expanded Twisted Fate Deck and a Solo Play Deck (which I am most looking forward to) along with some nice Zener Cards.

Just realised that with my pledge level I may end up with a second Black Goat subscription, I wonder if that would actually work or not.

LidlessEye wrote:
Thanks again for keeping this thread updated Aeneades! Don't know what I'd do without you. Fighting off some sort of sinus thing today, so I'm not getting things done nearly as quickly as I'd like to be.

No problem, glad to be of help!

Aeneades wrote:

Just realised that with my pledge level I may end up with a second Black Goat subscription, I wonder if that would actually work or not.

Hmm, good point! Somehow that eventuality hadn't crossed my mind, but I expect we'll let existing Black Goat members at the uber-pledge levels either take a second package if they like (not a terrible option, considering the three models will probably net more than the $50 value of the package on eBay - that or gift the membership to a friend), or choose an equal-value alternate.

And the Summoning Box is indeed just a stone's throw away. Hoping we can get there before the weekend hits, and then perhaps see the Cards arrive with next week's Monster Monday (brand new model AND profile for that one!).

Summoning Box has now been reached. Not sure what it contains yet as the SA team are most likely still sleeping but will repost here once it's revealed!

Already made quite a bent into the Card booster stretch goal so will hopefully reach that before too long.

Time for some Summoning!

Lidless Eye was kind enough to post a size comparison shot on another forum so thought it might be handy to repost it here -




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and some close ups of unpainted minis -

Last night the SA team posted an update about upcoming stretch goals -

Creator Uncle Mike's Worldwide
about 20 hours ago
Just got through meeting with Mike, and we've decided to re-jig our Stretch Goal schedule a bit to get some more goodies into your hands. There'll now be a goal every $2,500, rather than the staggered approach we've taken up until now, and every other Stretch Goal will be an Upgrade, rather than every third. Also, all Upgrades will include a free model for at least one Box or Booster. - CLS

So once we hit the next couple of goals we should start to see the more frequent and free upgrade stretch goals appearing.

Another Stretch Goal bites the dust in the wee hours of the morning. The Card Deck Booster is now unlocked, adding Solo Play and Enhanced Twisted Fate Decks, along with those Psychic Power cards we talked about earlier.

New Stretch Goal has been added to the list, it's for a new Arcane Relics box set and the little preview picture appears to be of the previously very limited Yellow King (only 100 were produced and given away with a magazine) -

The new agents have much cleaner sculpts. Good job!

Time for another Monday Monster! This week brings the Conqueror Worm, which is a particularly nasty Lurker brand-new to the 2nd Edition. Check the latest Kickstarter project update for more info and 1st Edition-compatible playtest rules.

If you are tempted by Strange Aeons it is worth reading a few battle reports to get a feel for the cinematic and story driven nature of the game.

Anatoli posts some excellent reports over on his blog -

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/strange-aeons-restless-dead.html

I think I just peed myself a little...

What took you so long? This game is Awsome!!!!

Send more agents! I use Ral Partha for mine, but I'm easily in on kicking in for this action!