Catapult Kingdoms

Two households, the Chauforts and the Cunningfields, both alike in dignity, in their fair kingdoms... if only there wasn't that ancient grudge...

 Ready... aim the catapults ... LAUNCH!  

Build your castle, set up your troops, and use your cunning tactics to conquer the floor!

Catapult Kingdoms is a game of last person standing. 

Your objective is to knock down all your opponent's troops!

Choose your side...

Build your castle...

Make a Plan...

Choose your Weapon...

Fire at Will!!!

Catapult Kingdoms is language independent. The game's components have no text. As such, with just the rulebook you will be able to play the game in all supported languages.

Inside the game's box, the rulebook will be in English, French, Spanish and German. 

Animated Video Teasers

Click the image below to download the English rules: 

Through our website (http://www.vesuviusmedia.com) or the Hive Portal (http://www.hiveinteractive.net) you will be able to download the rulebook for the core game and its expansions in several supported languages (eg. Portuguese, Greek, Italian, and more), after the campaign.

Playing with more than 2 players is also possible with Catapult Kingdoms, but you will need the core game and at least the Siege Expansion (included with the Deluxe Edition). There are two ways to do this:

a) Team Play

If you are 4 players, you can divide into 2 teams of 2 players each. Each time a team takes a turn, you can have one player choose and play the Action Card and one player choose and fire the weapon.The next turn you switch roles. This makes the game even more fun because you can collaborate and come up with more elaborate castle designs and game strategies!

b) 3 or 4 players full support

To play a full game with 3 or 4 players you will need a second copy of the Core Game (if you also want to use the expansion you will need two copies of the Siege Expansion as well).

To play with 3 or 4 players, you set up like you see in the image below and apply the following rule: Every time a player is attacked (from any other player), they put the Distance Marker in front of their castle to mark the fact that they have already been attacked this round. NO other player can attack them as long as the marker is in front of their castle. At the beginning of the round, all Distance Markers are removed from in front of castles and returned back to their owners. If for any reason, when it is your time to use the weapon and you can not hit any other player (because everyone has a marker in front them), then you can draw two new Action Cards, keep one of them, and if you want you may immediately play a card (this means that you get to play two cards during your turn). 

Alternate Game Modes

In this game mode instead of each player building their own castle, you place the player boards in the middle of the floor and you build one big castle, placing all the troops in it (following all the Troop Placement rules).

After the castle is ready, each player gets their weapons and sits about 1 meter away from the castle. Starting with the youngest player, you take turns throwing everything you got at the castle trying to gain points (every brick you knock out is worth 1 point, every troop 3 points). 

Game  ends the moment last troop has fallen. You then calculate your points to find the winner!

At the beginning of the game, each player receives one Royal Base. Place the base on any one of your troops. From now on, this troop is part of the Royal family and has the following special ability: During your Tactics Phase, you may move your Royal to a new valid location (per the Troop Placement rules) on your player board. This is a free action, no action card required.

To make the game even more interesting, you can play the Defend the Royal variation. This adds an extra ability to your Royal: During the Tactics Phase, if you Royal is not in play (because it was removed in the previous round and placed in the box), you may retrieve it from the box and place them in a valid location (per the Troop Placement rules) on your player board. This effectively means that the Royal will be the last troop removed.

 Kickstarter Preview by Tantrum House

Playthrough by Tanrtum House

Stella's Short and Sweet by Meeple University

 KS Preview by Game Vine

Catapult Kingdom has many different expansions and add ons. You can consult the table below to find the combination that best suits your needs.

Retailer's Kickstarter Exclusive Deal: Only during the Kickstarter Campaign, for every 10 copies you order you will get 5 Game Mats addon for free! We will sort this out in our Pledge Manager.

Exploding Dice Rules (by MiniMee):  Custom semi-soft D6 where you may get a 2nd shot if it lands with the Doubleshot face up. But beware if it lands with the Backfire face up then your opponent gets to send it back at you!

Smelly Fish rules: This ammo is bouncy and extremely tricky, so you need to be precise with your aim. In addition to the effect of knocking down your opponent's defenses or troops, wherever the smelly fish lands, it releases an unbearable stench! All troops at a distance of 2 from the Smelly Fish... faint and are removed from play!

* Final product might differ slightly from the images shown due to manufacturing limitations or illustration changes.

 Here are a couple of videos on how the Volcano mechanics work (3D Printed Prototype):

Final product might differ slightly from the images shown due to manufacturing limitations or illustration changes. 

Footage of the Viking's Cannon in action (3D-Printed Prototype)

We will charge shipping after the Kickstarter concludes based on the actual costs incurred to ship. Payment will be collected via our pledge manager after the campaign. Shipping costs vary widely based on where you will receive your reward. Unfortunately, a one size fits all price isn't manageable.

We will pay to ship your rewards to our international distribution centers. Based on your delivery address, we will ship to you from one of the hubs below (subject to change):

• UK: GamesQuest
• Asia: VFI
• Australia: Aetherworks
• Canada: Snakes & Lattes
• USA: QuarterMaster
• Germany, Rest of Europe & Rest of the World: Happyshops

Brexit:

The delivery time of the game is scheduled for January 2021. The shipping situation in the UK, due to its relationship with the EU, could change. Our goal is to bring the games into the EU and then find the best way to transfer them to the UK. We are monitoring the situation and will let you know as soon as we do, if UK shipping is affected.

Brazilian Backers:

We are going to use VFI so we can give you a customs-friendly shipping solution. We understand that this might mean it will take longer to be fulfilled, but it ensures that there will be NO custom fees or surprise extra charges on your pledge.

Shipping Cost Estimates:

The following is a list of rough estimates for shipping of the basic pledge. Please keep in mind that these are just estimates, and costs may rise based on weight increases from unlocked stretch goals and any optional add-ons you choose. All prices are listed in US dollars.

Please note, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and other remote states are not part of the USA category. They are included in the Rest of the World category.

We expect the shipping box for the Standard Edition to be 29 cm x 29 cm x 12 cm and weigh around 2.5 kilograms. The estimated shipping rates, which are based on these assumptions, can be seen in the table below.

PICKUP LOCATIONS

If you are close to any of the following locations, you can choose to pick up your reward and not pay shipping costs!

Halifax, Canada

•  Vesuvius Media HQ: 38 Pioneer Ave, Halifax, Nova Scotia
•  Cape & Cowl Collectibles: 622 Sackville Dr, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Athens, Greece

•  Κάισσα Πειραιά: Αριστοτέλους 11, 18535, Πειραιάς (τηλ. 210 4296845)
•  No Label X: Μπόταση 4, 106 82, Αθήνα

Thessaloniki, Greece

•  Efantasy : Λεωνίδα Ιασωνίδου 13, 546 35, Θεσσαλονίκη

We will ask you to specify the exact pick up location in the pledge manager after campaign.

We want to thank all of the backers who have been supporting us and helping us create and deliver great games. That is why we created a special Loyalty program.

Whenever you select a pledge that has the Vesuvius Media Loyalty Credit item in it, you will receive a $5 Loyalty Credit for our next Kickstarter campaign. Loyalty Credit can be used to purchase add-ons.

This extra credit will be visible during the checkout process of the Hive Pledge Manager and you will be able to use it to buy add-ons (it can not be used for a main pledge nor for shipping costs).

Keep in mind that the Loyalty Credit is per campaign and not per game. This means that if you backed us in only one campaign, even if you added all three games in a bundle, you will receive a $5 credit. We do this to be fair to backers who have paid more shipping costs by supporting us in multiple campaigns.

If you have Loyalty Credit from previous campaigns and choose not to use it in this one, then you will have an additional $5 for the next one.

To be eligible for the Loyalty Credit, you must pledge for a reward during this campaign. Late pledges and pledges of $1 will not qualify for any type of Loyalty Credit (credit from past campaigns or credit for future campaigns).

Vesuvius Media is a small (but mighty!), Canadian, indie development company. Starting off by producing online strategy games, Vesuvius Media has branched into new areas of production and currently boasts online games, mobile games, graphic novels and board games in its portfolio.

What makes Vesuvius Media different from all the other companies? Vesuvius Media is community-driven. Whether online or on the table, its game designers and developers interact with players, listen, debate, and continually gather feedback. Its community of players help shape the future of its games!

To date, Vesuvius Media has successfully Kickstarted twelve (12) board game projects:

•  Centauri Saga (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Cosmic Pioneers (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Dwar7s Fall (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Centauri Saga: Season 1 (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Covil: The Dark Overlords (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Dwar7s Winter (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Dwar7s Fall Collector's Edition (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  Nocturion (Produced and Successfully Delivered) 
•  MonstroCity (Produced and Successfully Delivered)
•  Up Your Game (Production finished, delivery is almost complete)
•  Dwar7s Spring (Production finished, delivery is almost complete)
•  Pacific Rails Inc. (Production finished, delivery in progress)

You can check out our Kickstarter Projects' history and stats on this cool website:

https://www.tabletopanalytics.com/creator/vesuvius-media-ltd-78

We learn from our mistakes, we listen to your suggestions, and we strive to become better. Always feel free to contact us with your comments, questions, and concerns.

GDPR and Data/Privacy Protection law

By pledging on this campaign, you give us the right to transfer your personal data to selected partners, in the sole purpose of sending you your games. We never sell your data to anyone, and we won't transfer it to partners who aren't involved directly in fulfilling your pledge. In details, your personal information will be handled by:

• us, Vesuvius Media, to transfer it to the partners who will need it
• a Pledge Manager solution (we use Hive - www.hiveinteractive.net) to collect your shipping address and pledge preferences
• the fulfillment company in charge of shipping the game to you (we work with Quartermaster Logistics for US, Snakes&Lattes for Canada, GamesQuest for UK, VFI for Asia/Australia/Brazil and HappyShops for Rest of EU/Rest of the World)
• the transporter chosen by the fulfillment company to deliver you the game (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.)

While we have chosen these partners for their high level of professionalism, we can't guarantee that they comply with GDPR.

Please note that while GDPR only applies to the European Union, for simplicity and because GDPR globally gives a much better protection for customers, we will apply the principles of this law no matter where you live in the world.