Update #3 - Fray - Champions of the Every-Verse is FUNDED!
about 4 years ago – Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 02:52:59 PM

Just a brief update to say....

We crossed over 100% of our goal!

We did it!  Thank you, this has been an amazing week and we couldn't have done it without you.  Last night in the middle of the night (for us at least) we crossed over 100%.  As I write this we are already starting to chip away towards our first stretch goal.   The support and encouragement that we have received has been amazing, and we are excited to bring Fray - Champions of the Every-Verse to life, and to get the opportunity to share it with so many gamers out there.   We are thrilled, and thanks to all of you, we did it!

Stretch Goals

We are on our way to start trying to dig into the stretch goals.  The necromancer and zombie are being sculpted as we speak, and I will have the renderings to show off soon hopefully!  We are pretty excited, and I think we stand a good chance of getting there.  The follow up to that is upgrading to GameTrayz for inserts which for many of you needs no explanation. Finally, it may be a bit early, but... later down the road we have new champions that will be voted on by our backers.   I have been asked a few times how that is going to work, and since the process will start fairly soon, I wanted to touch upon it now...

1. We will be sending out a backer update to gather information about which genres you would like to see represented, and accepting "open" submissions for new champions.  Let us know what you want to see.  This will take a little while to compile, so we want to get it started well in advance.   

2. From that survey we will compile a "short list" of Champions.  

3. When we hit a stretch goal looking for a community voted champion, we will use the most popular choices to have a vote from the backers in order to select who it will be!

Hopefully we can all dive into these goals, we still have 3 weeks to go to make the game even better, and I want to thank you all in advance for your help.  We have built an amazing community around the game, and I look forward to all the things to come.

Brian & The Brain Sandwich Team   

Update #2 - Fray - Champions of the Every-Verse
about 4 years ago – Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 05:36:22 AM

So much progress!

Thank you everyone, we are absolutely humbled by the support, encouragement and enthusiasm everyone has shown for this project.  This is a short update, but don't worry there will be plenty to talk about soon, we just need to get across the first hurdle.  Thanks to you guys, we are well on our way there (95% as I write this).  We are pretty optimistic for sure, but we aren't quite there yet.   Any shares, comments, and likes that you would be willing to do for us would go a long way to getting us to funded and beyond!

We have a lot of things still in the works to try to bring attention to the project, and the results so far have been overwhelming.  We are sincerely blown away.  Thank you! 

Discord

We have created a Discord server for Brain Sandwich Games and would love for you all to join us to talk about the project, or all things games! 

 Brain Sandwich Games Discord Server 

Board Game Geek

While we are at it, if you haven't already, you should check out the Board Game Geek page for the game and become a fan.  

BoardGameGeek 

Necromancer and Zombie

It is a little bit early to be talking about these guys but we have been asked about them more than a few times.  This is the first time the artwork for the Zombie has been shown anywhere....Meet the Necromancer and his pet Zombie!

That's all for now but we hope you will be hearing from us soon with an update once we are funded!!

Thank you - 

        Brain Sandwich Games 

Update #1 An incredible start, with much more to come
about 4 years ago – Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 02:44:47 AM

We are at 38%!  First and foremost, thank you beyond thank you to everyone who has shown support.  To both the new backers who just found us and joined us in this project and to the backers from the first campaign who we have spoken to, and who have supported us with encouragement and great ideas.  We would be nowhere without all of you, and you have all ensured that this has been an absolutely great first day. 

What about...?

We have been in touch with many of you and heard some excellent ideas.  That has a lot to do with the look of the new campaign, the changes we have been able to make and the content that we have been able to add.   I wanted to take a moment to address some of the messages/comments that we received today.  This all should be and will be in the FAQs soon. 

1. Playing without the board.  - Yes this is possible.  We have been testing this ourselves.  Right now, 'squares' can be replaced with inches to allow you to think up a deadly fighting arena of your own.  We have gotten this question from a lot of wargamers out there, and 'unofficially' you could absolutely play a game that holds up to all of our math on an open surface.  We plan to keep testing this ourselves, and hopefully we can even add a section to the rulebook to help with any discrepancies that show up from playing this way. 

2. Solo Mode - We have been working on this for some time.  As I have mentioned in the comments, we haven't been able to get the AI system just right.   I won't promise that we will have a solo mode by the time we go to production, but I absolutely will say that the moment we can nail it down, we will be giving those rules out immediately.  We have grand ideas of adding monsters to the collection so that your champions can find themselves in the arena against a Hydra or a Pack of Lions, only time will tell.  Keep your eyes on the updates.

3. Other Languages - This one is tougher.  We absolutely want to support other languages.  Fray - Champions of the Every-Verse is a language dependent game, which is both why we want to do it and what makes it so difficult.  We need to gauge interest in other languages in order to be able to produce it in other languages.  Keep an eye on updates, if the campaign is headed in the direction of us being able to pull it off, we will definitely be talking about it. 

Help us keep it going...

We are very happy with the first 12 hours or so, but we have a long ways to go still.  Plus we want to get into those stretch goals and start making even more Champions (which we will be doing a backer vote on FYI).   Each of you has done so much to show your support already, but please, give us a share on social media.  When you come to check on the progress of the campaign, head through Kicktraq.   Coming in through Kicktraq, and making a comment, even if just to say good morning will help us stay visible there and let even more people know about the project! Just go through the link below and click visit project when you want to see how we are doing.  Or drop in the comments and chat away if you have had your coffee already. 

 Kicktraq Link 

Thank you,

The Brain Sandwich Team