Keep the Heroes Out: Boss Battles

Our Pledge Manager is Live!

Hey everyone! how are you doing? I hope well! For todays update we have many things to talk about! 

I'm sorry about the little delay to post this one, I was waiting for more information on the Suez canal situation, but now we are ready... Our pledge manager is open and our rulebook is available to be downloaded, so let's get into it!

Pledge Manager Invitations

We just pressed send! Within the next few hours, you will receive your Pledge Manager invitation. Please make sure to add pledgemanager@hiveinteractive.net and luis.brueh@gmail.com to your address book or "safe email list" to ensure you receive the message. Also, please remember to check your spam folders.

In the Hive Pledge Manager, you will be able to manage your pledge, add extra copies, fill in your delivery address and pay for shipping costs.

If you do not receive the email invitation, visit the following page:

https://www.hiveinteractive.net/pledgemanager

When you enter your Kickstarter email address, the invitation will be re-sent to you automatically.

The deadline for adding your shipping information inside the pledge manager is March 15, 2024.

If you have an apple id e-mail, I need you to reach out to me through a DM asap. Without changing this information manually you will not be able to complete your pledge.

Battle Book (v0.85) is available for download

Download Battle Book v0.85 on Google Drive!

Our v0.85 is ready to be downloaded! We are still proofreading it, but if you catch any typos, or you have any questions while you are reading it, please let me know! All the help will be appreciated! 

Spoiler alert! I actually managed to keep many secrets during our ks campaign! But reading the rulebook may give you hints on what else will be waiting for you during the chronicle.

Night Parade, Plushies and Tavern Tussle available as Add-ons!

 Many of you asked for this so during our pledge manager you will be able to get (as add-ons!) Night Parade and all its expansions! This will also be the first time you can acquire my pocket sized party game Tavern Tussle!

Night Parade and all its expansions that were sold out will be reprinted!

Night Parade is a competitive game, where 1 to 4 players (5 If you add Moonlight Whispers or the Kami Rising expansion) take the role of asymmetric factions that try to spread their influence in a modular map by releasing and recruiting Yokai to join their parades becoming stronger as the game progresses! 

This series is now complete, and within the Cursed Throne expansion I've included an insert that makes you able to fit everything neatly (with sleeves!) in one box. Lead a massive horde of supernatural beings and parade through the islands of Japan to become the next King of all Yokai!

Also, for the first time since it was announced in a convention in Brazil last year, my little party game Tavern Tussle will be available for purchase!

Tavern Tussle is a beer & pretzels game for a casual night with friends. 

Tavern Tussle is a pocket-sized card driven game for 2 to 4 players, that can be played in about 15 minutes. Here we play as innkeepers with unique abilities collecting stories told by our rowdy hero patrons who come every night to drink, fight each other and boast about their adventures. At the end of the game, the inkeeper who collected the best stories will win.

Last, but not least, our expert quality control team is working hard on making sure the plushies are highly squish-able, and toddler-tumble safe!

A time of trials and blessings

I have a lot to be thankful for today. In the last couple of months, my family faced some really scary health emergencies: my mother went through another heart procedure, meanwhile my wife was hospitalized during new years and stayed at the hospital for a few weeks (with an unknown illness). 

The doctors couldn't figure out what Jane had, her white blood cells were low — the normal is around 5000, she had 10 in total. They tested her for all sorts of cancer and known viruses with no luck. Thankfully, with the help of antibiotics, she started recovering and is now back home. We still don't know what caused it, but, each day she is a little healthier than the previous one... My mother is also recovering from her procedures as well, so I couldn't be happier!

During this time I've been juggling taking care of my little one-year-old, Luca, during the day and burning the midnight oil to get our rulebook done after he was in bed. It was tough, but I didn't want to go out of schedule, and I was too worried to sleep anyway. Now, our files are good to go, everyone's feeling much better, and I can finally catch some much-needed Zs. It's going to be awesome!

The Suez Canal Situation

Due to the conflict in middle east, rebels started attacking vessels on the coast of Yemen, disrupting the crossing of the Suez Canal which is our route to both Europe and USA, causing hundreds of container ships to be rerouted. As I had two shipments at sea during this time that were rerouted, I had to wait to post this update so I could know how much extra time and money this would cost so I could be able to explain you better how this may affect us in the future. Basically, the attacks increased the prices of oil, and with the route being much longer, freighting is now 4x more expensive than the usual. At the same time, a ship being diverted the long way around takes almost 3 months to go to Europe, instead of the usual 24 days.

There is no need for us to be afraid of freighting prices rising. Since the pandemic I always set money aside for emergencies like this and you will not be impacted by it, as I can absorb extra costs if needed. However, if the rerouting remains in effect, it may delay our delivery in the future. But don't worry, we have a few months until freighting phase begins so things hopefully will calm down until then. I will keep you in the loop on each step of the way.

Next steps!

During this month, I was working on final adjustments and finishing the rulebook for Boss Battles & Sparkling Guardian. Meanwhile, our KTHO base game, Guild Master's Revenge and Great Dreamers are already printed — I started it on early December.

Right now, despise the challenges, we are on schedule! By our February update, I should have all the final files ready for Boss Battles, Cozy Dungeon & Sparkling Guardian to send to the factory so we can start printing the remaining items in March.

That's all for today! Thank you so much for all the love and support shown to me and my family during this journey! Happy new year!