The Twenty-Four Hour Stretch!
about 8 years ago – Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 08:18:03 AM

Hey Strikers!

We would like to welcome all the new backers to the campaign! Thank you!

Just a quick update as we head into the last 24 hours of this amazing run. We had a  huge day today as we smashed through several goals!

Here's just a quick rundown of what we've accomplished thus far:

 And we are pushing towards our next stretch goal!

Standees for the Rumor Cards!

And for the next stretch goal reveal!

An upgrade for the influence tokens! The pope artwork silk screened on to every influence token in the game! Custom tokens to go with your custom dice! 

Thanks everyone!

-Talon Strikes Team

Two Stretch Goals Down!
about 8 years ago – Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 03:55:58 AM

Hey Strikers!

Before business, we wanted to extend a warm welcome to all the backers that have joined us since the last update, and a big thanks to ALL of our backers that have been sticking with us through the thick and thin of the campaign since the beginning.

Onto Business . . .

We have unlocked two of our stretch goals at the time of this writing!

The first goal to be unlocked was the social media stretch goal:

Which means now every copy of House of Borgia will have its contents filled in a 2mm "bulletproof box"! Now, because of our second stretch goal smashed to smithereens over night, this new box will contain . . .

Compressed Resin Custom Engraved DICE!

At the time of writing, I think it's safe to say that this new box is also going to contain . . .

The upgraded Antipope Marker! We are less than $300 away from this stretch goal at the time of writing. With the uptick of supporters over the last twelve hours,  I'm sure it's safe to say that this will be included in the new upgraded box as well.

Remaining Stretch Goals

Many of you have mentioned upgraded screens are important to you guys and it is for us as well! We are looking at a couple of different styles and upgrade possibilities for the shields. There are several factors to consider including cost, the size of them being able to fit into the box, and of course the added weight, if any, increasing our shipping costs. We really like the style that Paul Incao showed us that are in Dark Moon.

As we are taking all these factors into consideration, we want the stretch goals to be obtainable based on the amount of pledges and interest shown in the project thus far and us being able to afford paying for them. A fine line we are trying to walk.

We don't want to post some astronomical stretch goal amount, knowing it will never happen, but we also don't want to overspend our promises.

Honorary Producer - Custom Hand Made Boxes

We've had some people reach out to us about the Custom Hand Made Boxes. We could possibly open this up to another five backers, if there is enough interest.

If this is something you are interested in, please send us a message (if you haven't already).

These hand made boxes will need specific materials and will be a lot of work to construct and put together. We just want to make sure that this will be a worthwhile endeavor for us to open the pledge level up to more backers.

-Talon Strikes Team

The Update we have been waiting for: FUNDED!
about 8 years ago – Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 02:52:39 PM

Hello Strikers,

Thank you so very much for all the shares. We are so excited to have funded and to be bringing this game to market. At the time of this post we are only a mere 800 dollars away from the dice goal. That is rocking!

I have added a new stretch goal for $27,500. It is a very cool 3D version of the Antipope Marker. It is made to be a better version of the pope coat of arms. This will make it so it stands upright on the cardinal mat. 

Currently we are very close to getting the 2mm thick Bulletproof Box. I think we should get this goal without a problem and I am thankful for all the follows on Twitter. 

The Docking Bay 94 podcast will post our next episode on Saturday, March 12th. We had a chance to talk about House of Borgia with the wonderful Maggibot as our guest. It was awesome to speak with her about all the cool work that she gets to be a part of. please check it out! 

Thanks to everyone for the support and positive vibes. As many campaigns have mentioned before and is a bit cliche, but it still holds true: "We couldn't do this without all of you!"

So, from the depths of our Heavenly Souls, Thank You!

-The Talon Strikes Team

More Custom Levels!
about 8 years ago – Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 07:57:43 PM

CUSTOM GAMES!

Over the last few days I have had some inquiries about opening up more custom levels. I am happy to say I am able open up some more custom levels of the game. 

The custom versions provide some very unique components and awesome dice cups for rolling! 

 Wooden Standees for the Rumor cards and many other cool things you can see on the project main page. 

As a custom designer of many different projects, large and small, I have lots of experience in hand crafting cool things. From suits of armor to 25 foot long dragons. I have had the chance to make some awesome things!

So with input from the backers of this level they will have some say as to what the game will look like and some of what goes into it. 

I thought it might be cool to show you some of my other finished work so that you can see this is something I have been doing for many years!

This is a custom box for a game called King Down:

This was hand painted on the box top. Also added the fabrication to the top to get it the 3D framed out.

Here is a cool project I did for a child's school chair

 Designed and created a 25 foot dragon for Shrek the Musical.

And lets not forget the Gamelyn Suit! which I created as well!

I hope that this shows the level of detail I will give your custom game! I have many more pictures of custom art and games I have created on my twitter feed. I hope that by opening up these new slots though limited, the folks that want to get their games custom made will be able to. 

We are closing in on the Social Media upgrade.This goal was adjusted to be more in line with what I think is attainable and if you have not followed me on twitter, you should!

Thank you so much for your continued support and your continued sharing of the project. We do have some more media coverage coming this next week as well so please look for that and share it as well when you see it.

Shipping

We are still waiting on some quotes from other shipping alternatives as we move forward to help make shipping prices less of a burden on all of us.

Thank you all for your patience and support!

-Talon Strikes Team

BIG SHIPPING UPDATE!
about 8 years ago – Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 02:02:42 PM

Hello Strikers!

A big warm welcome to all the new backers! Thank you for joining us! Please take a look around and let us know if you have any questions. There is a lot of talk happening on the Board Game Geek Forums and comment section. Feel free to join in the discussions in either place!

I am also excited to announce that we now have a Micro Badge on BGG. Thank you to Carsten for creating it. You can get a look at it here. It is based on the Fate Symbol from the dice.

Awesome News.

I am happy to say we were able to lower the cost of shipping by a few dollars for the EU and a fair amount for Australia. I hope this will bring some extra folks in. The price still includes VAT and Customs.

EU $17 dollars

Australia $20 dollars

There is a new pledge level for those folks. Please move to the new pledge level to get the savings. We should see a small dip in the total as backers move but I am sure this will bring new backers as well and push us over the funding level.

NEW STRETCH GOAL ADDED!

I also have added the molded dice as a stretch goal at 26K. I am excited about this as it really makes the dice AWESOME! We are also working on some other stretch goals so I am really looking to fund this and get some of the stretch goals met to improve the components and increase the over all quality of the game!

PODCAST WITH SCOTT ALMES!

Our latest episode of our podcast, The Docking Bay 94 Podcast, is now live! This week Scott Almes enters our virtual studio to discuss the design of House of Borgia along with some of his most popular titles such as Loop Inc, Harbour and the Tiny Epic Series. It was great to speak with him about what he enjoys to play and his enthusiasm for the hobby.

To listen to the podcast here!

Please continue to share and tweet about the project in your social networks to bring more folks into the project. We are very excited about hitting the home stretch and completing the journey of funding this project.

-Talon Strikes Team