As a thank you for your support of Badger + Coyote, all backers get a 30% off coupon for Whispers in the Walls 2e (see the backer-only section of this update for the code). Just use the same email you backed Badger + Coyote with when you check out, and enter the coupon code to get the discount.
Pick up your copy of Whispers in the Walls 2e!
Our Next Campaign is Ramping Up: The Substratum Protocol
Launches March 28th: Sign up for the Substratum Protocol Today!
This one looks quite a bit different from Badger + Coyote!
Substratum Protocol is our entry into the Deep Delving Mystery genre like Subnautica and In Other Waters.
In classic Pandion-style, this is a solo+ game about scientists, not soldiers, delving into the depths of the earth, to learn all they can about the interdimensional portal tearing apart our world, and ultimately putting a stop to it. It can be played as a solo, duet, or multiplayer game.
Meet the DSPRT MK I Exosuit
What are the other features of Substratum Protocol?
Purpose-built for solo and multiplayer mysteries
Unique dice and card draw resolution mechanics
Take special actions whose outcomes chain together
Collect beaten cards during Skill Checks to power your suit's abilities
A self-contained story, with unlimited possibilities and outcomes
Quickly build unique and interesting characters at the table
36 unique clues to discover, 36 questions to answer
10 sectors to explore, each one stranger than the last
120 events and encounters to surprise and stump your players.
Build the Last Hypothesis: When you've learned all you can, and are ready to try and stop the portal, work with your other scientists to pour over your knowledge of the portal and construct your Last Hypothesis to enact your plan. Will it be enough?
We are excited to announce that all rewards and preorders have now been fulfilled! The final packages were dropped off to the postal service yesterday, and you should have received a shipping notification. If you haven't, please reach out!
Later in 2024, we will be releasing a completely redesigned Banda's Grove: The Quantum Convergence of Campgrounds - our cozy scifi TTRPG that mixes campgrounds from alien worlds from across the universe in a strange and mysterious quantum realm. We're working on a detailed setting and campaign guide for it as well.
Banda's Grove will be our first showing of a new major system! I believe the Grove System will be the most robust diceless, token-based TTRPG game to date that includes a unique resolution mechanic, magic, combat, city building, character leveling, and more. It's a huge experiment for us that we're both nervous and excited about.
The Grove System has 2 additional games in early development as well to test how well it can build games in other genres: Penumbra, a modern eldritch folk horror game inspired by The Secret World, and Trawlers: a cold northern sea adventuring game inspired by Dredge. However, we do not currently have a release date for them.
If you like two player games (and you're on this list, so I hope you do!) then we have a treat for you! One of our favorite two player games is Tether by Adam Bafoni, and we have worked with Adam to create a dedicated journal for this horror letter writing game.
The Tether Journal is a player aid to collect the opening world building, your card draws, and, most importantly, all your journal entries in one place. At the end, you'll have a fantastic artifact of your play through of Tether, capturing the terrifying journey you and a friend went on.
Bundled in a custom printed envelope - Use it to protect the journal as you pass it back and forth during play!
The journal is purpose built for playing Tether, including pages dedicated to the setup of the game.
Some very exciting news today: The first 40 shipments are going out today! We will be packing your games up and shipping them out every day until it is done. My goal is to have everything shipped out by December 15th at the latest.
We also made a last-minute change to the starter kits - their outer bags have been upgraded from a lightweight linen to a sturdy canvas! These not only look and feel better, but will stand up much longer to being thrown in your backpack with all your other stuff.
New canvas bags! Much sturdier (and feels much nicer) than the original linen bags.
Next Project: The Substratum Protocol Launches Spring 2024!
As we fulfill Badger + Coyote, we wanted to let you know about our next project: Substratum Protocol!
A little different from the pastoral duet game, Substratum Protocol is our unique take on deep exploration mysteries, inspired by Subnautica and In Other Waters.
Like those games, Substratum Protocol focuses on the efforts of daring scientists, not soldiers. Anyone who likes science fiction or cosmic horror mysteries will absolutely love this game as it puts in the role of the scientists standing toe to toe with knowledge beyond your comprehension.
The landing page is live, and we're planning to launch the campaign in Spring 2024!
The things we're most excited about with Substratum Protocol is its mystery game system that includes a player-driven end game trigger for grand finales, and its stress mechanics that give players new powers at a cost as they succumb to the influences of an interdimensional portal at the center of the earth.
We have partnered up with Galen Pejeau for art, who is making wonderful illustrations of the scientist's exosuit, a map to the center of the earth, and creature field sketches to for players to encounter.
Exosuit Designs by Galen Pejeau
Thanks for all your support, and can't wait to hear about all the daring adventures you go on!
We have shipping confirmation for the books and character sheets, with some deliveries arriving today! All told, we are expected to get over 200 pounds of books delivered at the end of November.
We also have all of our supplies for the starter kits and are just waiting on the character sheets and booklets to arrive. We have over 1600 dice, 800 pencils, and 400 wooden mushroom tokens waiting to be assembled into your starter kits!
Finally, the Badger + Coyote art prints are being printed! We got to see them, and Salt and Paper Press has done a fantastic job with them. The heavy cotton paper and deep impression of the print is just fantastic. We're getting 350 made, and if you backed the campaign at a physical reward tier, you will get one of these prints included.
We'll be charging cards for shipping soon! We are getting close to shipping rewards, so we will be charging cards for shipping next week.
We wanted to let you know that the Backerkit surveys are closing this Wednesday, November 15th, so if you haven't already, please ensure you get those filled out, so we can get you your games!
If you haven't received your survey, or lost the email, you can find your survey here: https://badger-coyote.backerkit.com/
Next Steps
After surveys close, we will submit the final books and character sheet orders. Once everything arrives (roughly 15–30 days after we submit the order), and we're ready to ship, we'll lock address changes on your survey, and then ship your rewards to you!
Project Updates
This week, the art prints hit the press at Salt and Paper Press! We can't wait to share how they look with you!
We also have all the starter kit accessory items ordered, and will be assembling them as they arrive. All told, we ordered 1,548 dice for the kits, certainly the largest quantity of dice we've ever ordered at once!
Finally, the print-ready PDFs are uploaded to our printers, and proofs have been verified. At this point, we are just waiting to lock the surveys before submitting the orders.
Thanks again for all your support, -Andy Boyd Pandion Games
P.S. Your support also allowed us to purchase ISBNs for our books for the first time, and Badger + Coyote will be our first book with a proper ISBN associated with it. We're incredibly excited to be able to make our published books 'official' now.
