Kickstarter: Rise of the Occulites

Nachdem man den ersten Kickstarter noch einmal abgebrochen hatte, versuchen sich Eagle Games nun noch einmal an ihrem Tabletop/Brettspiel Rise of the Occulites.  Die Erklärung für den Neustart gibt man im Blog von Darwin Games direkt bekannt:

A lot of thought and effort has been put into making this second time around more successful. So the campaign has been restructured with a lower goal, there have been new stretch goals introduced, new art for the cards and we have been able to get a very high quality pre paint organised. To be honest, I was shocked at how good they look. There is virtually no difference between the prepaints and the studio paint jobs now. This has cost us a bit more to achieve this quality, but we have been able to maintain the previous pledge costings as before for both Puscual and Sunmaster levels.

Gleichzeitig arbeitet man daran, die hohen Versandkosten durch europäische und us-amerikanische Partner zu verhindern und hat die Pledges mit kostenlosem Versand versehen. Das soll den Einstieg für Spieler erleichtern.

Dawn: Rise of the Occulites is the first game in the Rise of the Occulites Saga. The Saga covers the evolution of the Occulites from small tribes fighting for survival to great civilizations with massive armies spreading out across and ruling the world.

Dawn takes place at the very beginning of the Occulite’s evolution. At this time, the Occulites roam the lands in small tribes, moving from cave to cave, collecting the precious Sungems to keep them warm during the Long Dark. They fight over territory and resources in the struggle for survival.

In Rise of Occulites übernimmt man jeweils einen Tribe, eine kleine Gruppe von kugelförmigen Lebensformen welche sich jeweils einer Naturkraft oder einem Element zuordnen lassen. Es gibt es die Erdwesen Palaudis, die Pflanzenwesen Luftles, die wasserverbundenen Hydis etc. Neu im Kickstarter ist die Möglichkeit, die Figuren bereits bemalt zu erhalten.

Dawn: Rise of the Occulites is a miniatures board game. Each player chooses an Occulite tribe and competes against each other, whether by recreating pivotal moments in their short history, or by leading the tribe through its evolution, watching it grow and advance over a series of games. Based on the information gathered by the honorary professor Charles-Darwin over thirty-odd years, this game recreates the struggles that the Occulite Tribes faced in their early days, when they were still small and scattered across the land.

Während die ursprünglichen Modelle – die wir auch in einer sehr frühen Produktionsphase reviewen konnten – aus Metall waren, erscheinen die Modelle des Brettspieles aus PVC Plastik. Einige Tribes sind bereits enthalten, weitere Tribes wird es via Stretchgoals geben. Dabei werden die Figuren gleichermaßen prepainted und unbemalt zu bestellen sein.

This Kickstarter project is best thought of as having two distinct goals. Our first goal is to raise $25,000 as soon as possible and get started on the molds and printing needed for the basic game. With this $25,000, we will be able to produce the basic two person Dawn game which will have a total of 28 figures, including 15 unique sculptures: 5 unique figures of each of the Palaudis and Hydris tribes and 5 unique Luftles (there are 18 total Luftle figures). The figures in the basic game, which you will receive for your pledge at the Tribesman levels, will be solid-colored, paintable PVC plastic (the Palaudis are green, the Hydris blue and the Luftles brown).  Your pledge at the Tribe Chief levels will get you the basic game, described above, with all 28 figures painted, as pictured below. The basic game is just full of components.  Check out the list below.

The second goal of our Kickstarter project is to raise (at least) another $20,000, or a total of $45,000 if possible! This will give us the funds needed to produce the next three expansion tribes: the Floris, Ignis and Nimbus. We will create add-ons as we reach the plateaus of $35,000 (and add the Floris tribe); $40,000 (and add the Ignis tribe); and $45,000 (and add the Nimbus tribe). Each tribal expansion (see their contents in the lists below) adds the possibility of playing with another player, or having even greater two-player choices. When we reach $45,000, we will create two new pledge levels so that you can obtain these three new tribe expansions in either painted or unpainted forms.

Die Pledges reichen von einem bis 280 Dollar und geben die Möglichkeit, verschiedene Sets weiter hinzuzubuchen:

Das Basisspiel beinhaltet folgende Teile:

  1   64 page Rulebook for all basic and advanced game play
28   Miniature Figures:  10 Occulites and 18 Luftles
1   36″ by 30″ Game board
18   Terrain Overlays
1   Natural Selection Deck (108 cards)
10   D10 Dice numbered 0 through 9 (0 counts as zero)
12   Sungems (Red Acrylic Crystals)
10   Individual Character Boards
50   Pegs (25 each in Green and Blue)
2   Tribe Reference Boards
10   Tribal Tokens (5 cardboard disks for each tribe)
18   Luftle Reference Cards
20   Luftle Health Tokens (10mm)
1   Condition Track Marker (Orange Acrylic Crystal)
81   Tokens
6   Nymphlet Directional Tokens (Triangular Colour Wedges)

Die jeweiligen Erweiterungssets für jede Fraktion enthalten dann folgendes:

1 Tribal Rulebook + 2 new scenarios
5 Miniatures ( 5 Floris Occulites )
2 predator tiles
3 Terrain Overlays
5 Individual Character Boards
25 Yellow Pegs
1 Tribe Reference Board
5 Tribal Tokens

Das erste Spiel wird zwar kostenlos versendet, alle weiteren Teile des Paketes kosten allerdings Versand. Aktuell schlägt somit für deutsche Kunden 35 Dollar extra auf den Preis auf, hier bittet man sich bei Eagle Games aber noch etwas Zeit aus und arbeitet an einer Portokostenreduzierung durch europäische Partner. Mit knappen 38.000 Dollar ist der Kickstarter bereits finanziert, es verbleiben weitere 37 Tage um die nächsten Stretchgoals freizuschalten.

Quelle: Rise of the Occulites @ Kickstarter