Returning from Essen!
about 6 years ago – Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 01:06:32 AM

We returned from Germany and all are back at work😊  

Essen Spiel was a blast and we’re still buzzing with excitement from it! It was fantastic to meet so many of you guys and to finally put names to faces from the Miremarsh campaign!  

Thank you all for your support and help!  

Special thanks go to Alex ‘Mellekai’ and Martina, Stephane ‘Naaba, the Voice of Valhöll’, Oliver ‘Kehlenschnitt’. They were real stars!  

We knew we would have fun but we didn’t expect the level of kindness and help we received from everyone. Thanks guys!  

Sorry for gushing, but it’s hard not to 😊 Here are some images courtesy of Alex and Stephane 😊

It was also great to pick up some resin minis while we were there. We now have some amazing looking Rock Goblins, the Cursed Well, the Toad Chief, PLUS the metal coins and plastic fish!

All in all an amazing few days away from the office being with the real people.

Latest on Miremarsh...PLUS breaking news!!!!
about 6 years ago – Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 02:23:44 AM

In the bogs of Miremarsh the residents keep a sharp eye out, hunting for prey and avoiding predators alike. Their keen senses alert for any movement, for any sounds.

So what have we got for you. We just wanted to let you know that things are moving along steadily. The backer kit is ticking along (any and all shout outs to gaming groups, on social media forums etc is HUGELY appreciated!) and we're creeping ever closer to the time we can toot the horn of the production train!

Our giveaway is still open until the weekend, so if you haven't checked it out yet get on over there for a chance to win a rare Prototype copy of the game as well as a never to be reproduced double layered board and some super rare resin Bog Goblins (all 15!).

But I know all this! I hear you cry. What's the breaking news??

Introducing Tenfold Dungeon

We've been working on this system’s idea ever since we open the company, trying to find a cost effective solution for Dungeons and Dragons and Roleplaying Games in general, that all Game Masters can use. 

We came up with the Tenfold Dungeon: a series of boxes within boxes, “clipped” together via a specially designed door system that holds the boxes in place. These are reinforced by auxiliary clips as needed representing gargoyles, torches and other wall features.

We are planning to take this to kickstarter at the beginning of next year and will see the number of locations grow as the campaign unfolds, as well as adding furniture to these expanding sets.

Our campaign starts with two sets of 12 boxes each (lid, base and 10 inserts). 

The first one - The Castle - is completely finished and we will have a production mock up to show off at Essen! The second one is a Dungeons & Sewers set - for all your creepy and damp setting needs. And there might be more coming, there is some talk of towns and wizard's towers. We'll keep you updated on these as we go along! 

Each set of Tenfold Dungeon will be presented during the campaign with an adventure for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition and Pathfinder.

These adventures are written and designed by members of the talented team of authors who wrote Sins, the 2018 UKGE Best Roleplaying Game People’s Choice award winner: Sam Sleney and Ben Warren. 

The first adventure, Vedra’s Lair is finished and is now awaiting translation (they will be available in 6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Polish).

We hope you'll join us for this campaign in early 2019. The RPG players among us are so excited we can't wait!

Room 17 Games

Rock Goblins in all their Glory
about 6 years ago – Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 09:29:07 PM

We spotted in the comments recently that many of you were wanting more info on the Rock Goblins...

Well here we have it folks. We have all the sculpts and artwork completed and things are moving forward to get them into production to see how they'll cast.

If you've missed it on our social media/BGG or the blog, here you go!

So there you have the full set of underground dwelling little creatures!

If you didn't pick them up in the kickstarter, they're now available in the preorder/late pledge backer kit RIGHT HERE!!

Also, just a little reminder that you can still enter the competition to win a prototype copy of Miremarsh with resin Goblins and the double layered gaming board!!

Check it out and get entering!!

Thanks all!

*stabby stab, pokey poke!

The Miremarsh Boardgame Limited Edition Prototype Giveaway
about 6 years ago – Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:32:51 AM

As we all sit and twiddle our Goblin thumbs waiting for Miremarsh to be ready in all it's amazing glory and completedness, we thought we'd give away a couple of the MM prototypes to two very lucky winners.

Competition

This unique box, although not finalised and with some slight amendments still to come, will allow you to play the game before all your friends and is an EXTREMELY limited edition version!   

It comes with the base 12 Goblin cards, spell cards, location tiles, Monster tiles, Pet cards, dice and the rulebook. 

It also comes with the NEVER TO BE REPRODUCED double layered prototype gaming board as well as 12 resin Bog Goblins (worth £35!) and the resin swamp creature.  

Visit our blog to enter!

If you can’t wait for the competition to reveal the winner, or if you’d like to see what OTHER awesome Miremarsh exclusives we have on offer, check out our preorder/late pledge backer kit right here!

News From the Bog V6: Pledge Manager and other news
about 6 years ago – Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:51:19 PM

Good afternoon bog dwellers;  

As promised, this update brings you not only the latest advancements in the creative process, but also news from the Pledge Manager which is now live. Anders has finished the “shop” and he has done an incredible job. Not only he has created an array of options for you lot to pick and chose but also, and more importantly, he has been very accurate (as accurate as one can be with this matter) on the shipment cost escalation as items are added to the cart. 

As you can guess, when you add new stuff to your pledge -  T-shirts, neoprene items,  more minis, additional copies of the game, etc. - the shipment costs move from A to B as weight and/or volume increases. We wanted to make sure that you pay what the courier charges, and we don’t fall short (loss) nor make money (ludicrous profit that doesn't belong to us) out of the postage. Well done Anders for a very thorough and hopefully fair work. 

So, the Pledge Manager is up and running, the “Smoke Test” has gone alright and it all looks working as expected. We have received several enquiries on how to upgrade from £1 to any other pledge levels. Well the answer lies in this image below. See that arrow there, that’s what you “gotta click” (don’t feel bad, Anders had to point at me three times to actually see it!)

On The miniatures front, Matt Parkes and his team of sculptors are coming up with more and more rock goblins. Beholder Factory is bang on their timings too and we can finally show you the progress they are making. I can’t wait to send them to the manufacturer to start the tooling of that RockGob box set. 

We have also included some of the split of the minis to keep you on the loop on the process from STL sculpt to manufacturing. We have seen this before in a previous update, so just more pretty pictures. 

The last two hard components of the main game are now finished (the boot marker and the Toad Chief) and with all the art finally done, we can now run the buggers to start the real deal. 

The updated rules booklet you ask? Yes, here is the link where you can download it. Please, give us your input and feedback and try to discover the typos!

http://room17.games/downloads/mm-rules.pdf

The Board - Now, after many backs and forth, we feel we are not going to be able to achieve the desired quality with the double layered board, so as we stand, we will have to go for the original and more traditional single layer. If any changes happen on this front (VERY UNLIKELY) WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. 

As we already stated, if it happens, it will be a for-free nice surprise to us all. But, quality of the components is paramount, and we don’t see this D-L board coming out in the desired standards. We are also looking at the cardboard stocks and all details of the quality to ensure we all get what we expect. 

Although the technical execution of the board was spotless, the combination and use of materials is not serving the purpose right, therefore,we are not convinced the result will be as desired (we hope the manufacture can proof us wrong!)

The retail edition Miremarsh and the Undermire box covers have been now completed and you can have these lovely art pieces both as products (mouse matt and actual Undermire expansion in the PM) and in the art book that you can also get in the PM “store”. Don't miss out. As someone pointed out already, retailers will not stock "empty boxes" of the retail version!

We received some samples of resin goblins and they are looking fantastic! We were particularly excited to see the trio unlocked during Kickstarter campaign!

Well, i think that's it so far, I leave you with a sneak peek of the new art by Andres for the Artifacts... enjoy!

See you next on News From the Bog V7 and in essen in a few days!

Cheers