Retracing Darwin’s journey to the Galapagos in an exciting Worker Placement euro game by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
DAY 5 - The Last Pirate ship mini-expansion!
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 12:36:38 AM
Dear Explorers,
This campaign is a dream come true to us! You have unlocked 27 Stretch Goals in no time.
We know you have heard this so many times so far, but we truly appreciate all the love and support you have shown for this game, so thank you so much!
We are starting the fifth day of the campaign with exciting news!
We really wanted to add a pinch of direct player interaction to the game and we felt there was an opportunity to create a small side story for this new stretch goal revealed, fueled by a bit of imagination.
The Last Pirate ship mini-expansion
The 17th and 18th centuries are known to be the golden age of Piracy. For pirates, the Galapagos wasn't a safe place to settle, but buccaneers made port in them due to their strategic location.
With the end of the 18th century, the golden era of Piracy slowly faded, but the last pirate ship still sailed the coasts of the Galapagos. The last pirate ship will be part of a mini-expansion that we wanted to create for fun, out of our imagination. We hope you will enjoy the gameplay that has been built around it.
This mechanism introduces a concept of debt, where players, during the exploration, will be able to get coins by collecting treasures, but at the same time, the more you get, the more you will have to pay back to the pirates if they find you navigating the ocean area they are in.
There is so much we would love to share with you about the game, but thankfully we have many more days to spend together talking about Darwin’s Journey and to show you the rules and the live gameplay.
Tomorrow we are not going to post an update, but we will be back on Monday with more news. We wish you a great weekend!
Sincerely yours, Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 4 - Two-player stream highlights and Animal companions!
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 07:58:18 PM
Dear Explorers,
We just wrapped up the third day of the campaign and more than 6000 of you have unlocked 25 Stretch goals! You can’t imagine how excited we all are about this great start!
Two-player game live stream highlights!
We are trying a new format to show you just some parts of our live stream, this one is all about the combos in the game, to show how with a single action you can trigger a chain reaction of other bonuses.
If you want to see the complete stream you can visit our Twitch channel!
The next stream will be next week where we will be showing the Solo Mode of Darwin’s Journey.
Next Stretch Goals to unlock!
Next in order, we have Spot UV for the box, which is just a couple thousand away, and then our dear companion animal cards!
Experience in the game always pays out and these cards are meant to be assigned to inexperienced players to give a small head start and a one-time ability during the game.
These are not the last companions you will see and we still have 20 days to go!
Social Stretch Goal
We are 200 followersaway from unlocking our first Social Stretch Goal!
These couple of tiles are all about Exploring and Navigating. The correspondence tile will grant one advancement on both the island and ocean triggering two different bonuses and the special action pushes this mechanism even further with two steps on each track!
To all the new and veteran backers, thank you so much for making this game a reality, we couldn’t be more grateful!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 3 - Two players live game and a special stretch goal!
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 12:24:41 AM
Dear Explorers,
You always manage to surprise us! In 48 hours, more than 5000 of you have unlocked 23 goals and we couldn’t be more excited and thankful for your love and support!
One more goal left to reveal our next set of Stretch Goals, we can’t wait to reveal what is left in store for the campaign!
As the campaign continues, we will mainly focus on these next tasks
❶ Show how the game scales with every player count (today we focus on two players!)
❷ Reveal the Solo mode rules and play it live
❸ Finish the production of the metal coins and wax seals and show photos to you
❹ Reveal the Fireland Expansion rules and play it live
❺ Organize a tournament on Tabletop Simulator for you to join.
Let us know in the comments what would you like to see during the campaign as we prepare the schedule for each of these steps!
Live stream today, Jan 7th at 8:00 pm CET - 2:00 pm EST
We will be hosting a live stream show where Gon and Veronica (our composer from Meeple Music) will be exploring the Galapagos in a two-player game!
During the live stream, we will be giving away some add-ons and Luis will be reading the chat to answer any questions live.
Tune in over our Twitch channel or visit the campaign page at the time of the show. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 2 - What a beautiful Journey. 20 Stretch Goals unlocked!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 01:26:31 AM
Dear Explorers,
We are astonished by your incredible support towards the first 24 hours of the project.
It was an incredible feeling spending time with you during our live stream launch and immediately seeing a huge response towards the campaign, out of your love for Darwin’s Journey.
This is a day to be remembered in our story as a board game publisher.
More than 4000 of you have managed to unlock 20 Stretch Goals!
This is what we have accomplished in the first 24 Hours
You can visit the campaign page to see the new goals unlocked and read more about them.
Live Stream Launch Replay and a new Show on Jan 7th!
We have been hearing that you have a lot of questions about how the game is played with different player counts and the Solo mode. We will be focusing on highlighting each one of the different features of the game during the campaign, by doing live streams and by interacting with you in these daily updates.
If you are curious to see the behind the art development interview and the first match played with the designers be sure to watch our live stream replay!
Join us tomorrow to discover a two-player game of Darwin’s Journey! 8:00pm CET 2:00pm EST.
We will be giving away some add-ons and we will be answering all of your questions live.
Thank you once again for all your amazing initial support and we hope you will enjoy the ride!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
It’s time to choose your own Adventure!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:26:01 AM
Dear Explorers,
We are off to a great start with three goals already unlocked and new reveals!
One of the most interesting aspects of the game is exploring the Galapagos by advancing with your Explorers in one of the different islands. The first island is unlocked immediately, while the second and third will be bound to how far your ship advances while Navigating.
Included in the Collector’s edition of the game, we have a full expansion with a new map, taking place in an archipelago in the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, called Tierra del Fuego.
The expansion creates a beautiful sense of exploration and adventure! As you delve into the land and the ocean, you will be able to undertake small expeditions that will give you great bonuses, at the cost of your precious time, that will necessarily have to be spent while you are there. Be careful as time is of the essence and losing too much will negatively affect the actions you perform in the game, unless you recover the time lost.
By unlocking the third goal in this newly revealed block of three, Paolo Voto will illustrate each of the Adventure cards in the game with new artwork!
We want to bring to live your creativity, let us know in the comments below which adventure would you like to embark on.
We can’t wait to read what you come up with!
We are very excited for all of these Stretch Goals and we can’t wait to show you what we have in store for you.
