Happy September city-builders!
The polls for the new event cards are now live!
One of the stretch goals that we reached on the final day of our campaign included adding 1 ad...
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Fritz Paull
about 2 months ago
Designer Update 1: Fully Funded! Stretch Goals Reached! Prestige at Gen Con! and Late Pledges!
Hey backers!
Fritz, the designer, here.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for helping to bring Prestige to life! I know Jack already let every...
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Jack Dunbar
about 2 months ago
FUNDED!
Congratulations City Builders!
We did it! More details coming soon. There's still several minutes to back if you think there's others out there ready to jump in! The pledge ma...
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Jack Dunbar
about 2 months ago
In the Home Stretch!
Friends!
Prestige needs 20 more backers to fund and we have just over 20 hours to go! We can do it with a few shares here and there. If we fund all of the hidden goals will be ...
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Jack Dunbar
2 months ago
Add-Ons &Stretch Goals
Hey everyone!
Another quick update - thank you for the support!
We have added a bunch of backers today with the price change, and as a result it came to my attention I didn'...
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Jack Dunbar
2 months ago
Big Changes on the Campaign!
Hello Backers!
Thank you for supporting Prestige on Backerkit. I've made some big changes to the campaign you can read about here. Here's a summary:
• I missed the mark on pr...
One of the stretch goals that we reached on the final day of our campaign included adding 1 additional card to each event deck in the game (3 in total). Now we need your help in narrowing down which cards will be included!
Anyone with a Backerkit account can vote, and polls end next Wednesday (9/18).
Click on the event cards that you want to see in the final copy of the game for all 3 polls!
Many of these extra event cards have been written by our fabulous guest writers, who have done wonders to bring the world of Prestige to life (and in such few words too)!
The polls only include the title and author of the cards (where applicable), but if you want to know the full story associated with each one before voting, you can check them out here below:
Favor Gained
An Unexpected Discovery A hunting party discovers a metal ore deposit while tracking a wounded deer. Immediately, the City begins to mine the metals and smelting techniques are refined. Vast improvements in weaponry combined with a surplus of precious metals advances the City's power amongst neighboring tribes. By Jared Nagao
Remembrance Day The people recall their lost loved ones: some with laughter and song, others with whispers and tears. But all feel closer to the departed — and to each other. By Chris Doka
Codes of Law The earliest settlers developed a code of law that provided structure for agreed upon behavior by the citizens and visitors to the city. By PJ Oubre
Favor Lost
Season of Lost Hope While the mild summer aided in record crops and a surplus of food, it was also the perfect breeding ground for rodents. As the autumn temperatures drop, millions of vermin descend across the City. There was a massive loss in provisions and a famine soon followed. Hope in the heart of the city was lost. By Jared Nagao
Corrupt Guard "Why should I break my back for nothing but stale bread and pittance while the nobles feast in their warm halls? Why shouldn’t I make a little extra coin for my service, and all I have to do is… look the other way." By Dan leak
Abandoned Efforts Though once excited by the prospect of advancing the great city they once held dear, your people have turned away in the last hour. A project partially completed is just as good to you as an empty plot of land.
Invader
Poisoned Wells Our army fought valiantly and victory was within reach. Unfortunately, we took the enemy's claim of witchcraft for granted. If our soldiers only knew that the enemy's 'potion' was used to poison all the wells in the City. The nightmarish visions that followed had plagued our city's sleep and our exhausted soldiers were easily overrun. By Jared Nagao
Invaded by Outcasts Broken men. Men that have lost everything and enact their rage upon the innocent. Pity them, but put them to the sword all the same. By Dan Leak
Raided Villages Villages on the outskirts of your land had once been a great source of trade and supplies for your bustling city. Without the protection of your city walls though, the folks that live in these modest settlements have been easily overrun by bandits. Their homes were burned and now they flee to the shelter and safety of your mighty city. Can your city hold such numbers though?
Also, be sure to keep an eye out for a big logistics and timeline update coming soon from our publisher! Jack, from kingdoms of the Earth, has been hard at work finalizing the files for our manufacturing partners and working through the remaining tasks that are needed to get this game into your hands. Be sure to check it out when that update drops!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for helping to bring Prestige to life! I know Jack already let everyone know, but if you missed it, we fully funded the campaign! Not only that, but wesmashed through the last stretch goal in the final hours too!
Fully Funded! Thanks Backers!!
Stretch Goals Met:
3 new community voted event cards to be added to the game (voting to come soon).
40 hidden goal cards to be added in the form of a mini-expansion, which will introduce additional replay value and strategy to the base game.
It wouldn't have been possible without all of your support!
As many of you know, this has been a passion project of mine for over 4 years now, and it feels incredible to be able to have it turned into a real product! I look forward to hearing what you all have to say about it! Jack will follow up on timeline and how this all will work shortly, but in the meantime, I wanted to quickly share about what we I have been up to since the campaign ended last week!
Gen Con 2024!
Jack and I went to Gen Con, one of the biggest board game conventions in the world, drawing in over 70,000 people! We were representing both New Kingdom Gaming and Kingdoms of the Earth. We brought along several prototype copies of Prestige too, and introduced the game to so many new people!
Jack and Fritz meet in person for the first time on their way to Gen Con!
We spent most of our time:
Demoing Prestige at the Dragon Egg Games booth (special shout out to the team there for sharing their booth with us!)
Showing off Prestige through Learn to Play events
Playing some pickup games during off hours in the open play areas
Check out some photos of our festivities below:
The gears are turning as the solo mode gets harder!
First playthrough of the Con!
Met our good friend Brennan for a pickup game in the wee hours.
One of the more interesting playthroughs of the Con, and one of the longest running games I have seen!
Happy faces at the end of a full-on showdown!
Hanging out at the Dragon Egg Games booth!
A game with 2 brothers determined to defeat the one another! All to have a stranger (turned friend) take the win!
Final playthrough event of the Con was full of laughs and good times!
If you happened to be one of the folks who stopped by, said hello, played a few rounds, or even preordered with us at Gen Con, I just want you to know we really appreciated it and it was great to spend the best 4 days in gaming with you!
Some other highlights of the event included meeting folks for the first time who've been involved with Prestige, such as:
PJ, one of our talented guest writers!
Koltin from Kinson Key Games and one of our Rulebook Editors
Lance from Love2Hate Games who has been creating video content for us (speaking of which, the first video is out! Watch it here at the following link: https://youtu.be/GKo-T1vPaac?si=FEnqbVmlg1Ipi7CB --- more to come shortly!)
The talented minds behind Backerkit!
Next Steps:
Jack and I had a blast at Gen Con, but things keep moving! Gen Con was a good final run to catch any lagging spelling errors, misprints, and misplaced icons, so our very next task will be to do a final update to our files before we send Prestige off to the printer!
In the meantime, we will also have the community voting for new event cards as mentioned above. We are still figuring out the logistics on that to ensure we have a fair and equitable path forward, but expect to hear more on that soon!
In the meantime, we would love it if you keep sharing Prestige with your friends and family! Though the campaign may be over, folks that missed it can still back us through preorders/late pledges!
So if you know anyone else that you think would love a copy of Prestige too, please send them the following link for easy access: https://prestige.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders?ref=follower_preorder_reminder
And finally, as always, feel free to reach out to Jack or I if you have any questions!
