DAY 19 - Insert unlocked. Our final Stretch Goals have been revealed!
about 3 years ago
– Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 01:00:38 AM
Dear Explorers,
With five days to go, we can’t express how happy we are to have reached more than 11’000 backers! Darwin’s Journey is a record holder as our most backed campaign ever!
We hope you are enjoying this wonderful journey with us and that you will like these next reveals!
Tomorrow we won’t be posting an update, but a new one will come on Monday with more news and our final live stream schedule.
Thank you so much for your love and support and wishing you a great weekend!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 18 - Darwin’s Journey Tournament starts now, and Fireland gameplay
about 3 years ago
– Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 02:36:19 AM
Dear Explorers,
We are entering the final week of the campaign and we couldn’t be more excited! We are working towards achieving the plastic insert for the game and after that, we will have our final reveal of the campaign!
Fireland Expansion livestream video
Yesterday we really had a blast playing the Fireland Expansion live with our game designers: Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone. A livestream full of incredible revealing moments and great combos in the game. For the ones that were there with us, thank you so much!
If you are interested, here is the replay:
Darwin’s Journey Tournament starts now!
With almost 3’000 downloads of Darwin’s Journey on Tabletop Simulator we couldn’t pass on a chance to see you play!
We have prepared everything to be as organized as possible and we hope you will be able to join. Please notice that Tabletop Simulator is required to play the game digitally.
The tournament will be divided into 2 phases. Qualifications and Organized Brackets.
Qualifications Tournament Rules
We are opening today the Qualification stage that will run until February 1st 2021.
We have updated the Tabletop Simulator module and you will be able to find the Tournament setup, which will be the same for every participant (including Drafting, Variability, Wax Seals and Personal Objectives order and position).
How to join:
1) Visit our discord channel to find other players to play with. In our best efforts to have a fair play tournament, you are required to play with people communicating by voice and on Tabletop Simulator.
2) You can only play a single qualification game and the winner of the match will be gathering your scores and information to send it over by using our official form.
3) DO NOT shuffle anything in the game as everything has been set up to be pre-established for all the participants.
4) After a few minutes of play, a unique match code will be generated and will be found below the game box in the virtual room. Please take careful note of that code as it is the only way for us to accept an entrance and it helps to track the logs of the match.
5) We only accept entries for 3 player games and 4 player games. You cannot join the tournament in 2 players or in Solitaire.
6) Have fun, be polite with the rest of the players and enjoy yourself, which is the most important thing.
At the end of the match, the winner needs to access the form that will be available by clicking the button below, in order to fill in all the results, including the email addresses of each participant.
Depending on the attendance, the top 10% or 20% of participants (based on the scores of each of the player counts) will be joining the organized bracket stage, where a judge will be overseeing the match and taking notes of the winners.
The final match will be played live and commented for you to follow and watch!
We do have prizes planned but as per Kickstarter policies, we will have to wait for the Organized play stage with more information happening directly on our website. This tournament is not considered a giveaway and rewards will not be assigned during the campaign.
We can’t wait to interact with you all, and be sure to join our discord channel for any questions, clarifications and to find players with your same time zone!
Until our next update, take care and have a great weekend!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 16 - Fireland Expansion, and Wax Seals photos!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 03:52:11 AM
Dear Explorers,
We hope you are all doing great! Yesterday we had an amazing time with many of you that joined our live stream for the Great Ship mini-expansion.
If you want to see the video of the stream be sure to click here!
Wax Seals pre-production (colors not final)
We recently received samples of the soft plastic Wax seals. The feeling is just amazing and the material is perfect for what we wanted to achieve.
At this point we just need to study the colors better and choose the best Pantone colors for each type of seal, so please don’t take that into consideration.
We hope you like them!
Fireland Expansion
Tomorrow we will be unveiling the Fireland Expansion in a live stream with the game designers: Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone.
The Fireland introduces two new mechanisms in the game: adventures and time, which are very connected.
Moreover, the expansion introduces a brand new map La Tierra del Fuego, in Argentina.
As you can see, many paths are intertwined, and exploring the land will unlock new ships, that by traveling the ocean will unlock even more explorers.
By exploring and navigating, you will be able to surpass a new type of ribbon and embark on adventures that will have two different choices. The better the reward, the more time you will have at your disposal to perform such adventures.
Every time you spend time, you will go down on the time track, and by reaching a certain threshold you will have ongoing penalties, like walking or navigating less when performing those specific actions. Recovering time is possible, but you will need to plan very carefully how to do it.
The expansion also adds different rewards at the end of each track that you will be able to change on each game.
We definitely recommend playing some matches of the base game before embarking on this expansion, as it will completely change the way you think about your strategy, adding even more variability and life to your game experience.
If you are curious to see us playing this expansion, tune in to our Twitch channel or visit the campaign page at the time of the stream, January 21st, 7:00 pm CET | 1:00 pm EST. We hope to see you there!
Until next time, we hope you are enjoying the Journey of this beautiful campaign!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 15 - New Stretch goals reveal and live stream today!
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 02:00:18 AM
Dear Explorers,
We have a bit more than a week to go and we are very excited to show you our next reveal for the Stretch Goals. We are coming to a close, but once the last Stretch Goal of this batch will be unlocked, we will still have a couple more surprises to show you, that we know you will love!
New Stretch Goal reveals
Live stream show!
We are excited to spend a couple of hours to play a full 4 players match with the asymmetry of the Great Ship mini-expansion that we just unlocked!
We will be answering your questions live and organizing giveaways during the stream.
Tune in to our Twitch channel or visit the campaign page at the time of the stream. We hope to see you there!
Tomorrow, we will be sharing more information on the Fireland expansion before we play it live on Thursday.
Thank you so much for your incredible support so far, and wishing you a great day!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
DAY 14 - Live stream schedule and Darwin’s Journey Tournament
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 04:00:33 PM
Dear Explorers,
With 10 days to go, we have almost reached 10’000 backers, which is an incredible milestone! We are so thankful for all your support, and we can’t wait to unlock the Great Ship mini-expansion to reveal the next batch of Stretch Goals, that we are sure you will like!
Live stream tomorrow 7:00pm CET | 1:00pm EST
Last week we tried to live stream and we had some technical difficulties, but tomorrow we are finally back with our exciting match of the Great Ship mini-expansion, where you will be able to see the beauty of the asymmetry in the game!
We will be answering your questions live and organizing giveaways during the stream.
Live stream on January 21st with the designers
Join us also this Thursday, January 21st, 7:00 pm CET | 1:00 pm EST on a live stream with Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone for an adventure into the Fireland expansion with the new Time mechanism and the Adventure cards!
Our dear designers will also be able to answer some questions live.
For both live streams, Tune in to our Twitch channel or visit the campaign page at the time of the stream. We hope to see you there!
Darwin’s Journey Tournament
We are excited to announce a tournament organized on Tabletop Simulator that you can join! A new scenario will be crafted for this tournament and joining will be free just by having access to Tabletop Simulator.
More information will be revealed later this week!
We wish you a great week! Talk to you again tomorrow!
Sincerely yours,
Everybody here at Thundergryph Games