Etherstone

Changes, Multilanguage rulebook, and Trust Me
26 days ago – Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 10:05:22 AM

Dear Noburians,

We hope everyone is doing well!

A small reminder if you need to complete your pledges. 
Please access the pledge manager by following this link to complete it as soon as possible. Thanks!

Small changes to the PPC

In the previous update, we did the Unboxing for Etherstone and the Deluxe edition. We read your comments and suggestions and decided to take some time to work on your requests.

We added finger holes to the three boxes to open the lid more easily.

We changed the color of the fabric stripe inside the Deluxe edition

We also created distinct boxes for each playmat in case you want to store them inside the box and for logistic purposes.

Multilanguage Rulebooks

We are done with the layout of the rulebook in each language, and currently, we are working on proofing all languages. Let us know how you feel about the layout and the overall rulebooks. After this last stage, we should be ready to organize for production.

Trust Me, live on Kickstarter

You’ve trusted us for 12 campaigns, and now it’s our turn to trust you!
 

We just launched Trust Me, a strategy game of trickery, with a pledge what-you-want model, starting from 1€.

We hope you will be curious to see the campaign page and we hope to see you on board over there!

Thank you so much for your continuous support and talking again soon!

Sincerely yours,
Thundergryph Games

Etherstone Unboxing: Pre-production is done!
2 months ago – Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 07:08:47 AM

Dear Noburians,

We hope everyone is doing well.

A small reminder if you need to complete your pledges. 
Please access the pledge manager by following this link to complete it as soon as possible. Thanks!

We are excited to announce that the pre-production arrived today! This will allow us to start production of your games very soon. Here is the unboxing that we did right away. If you don’t have the time to watch the video, we will share pictures and more information about the timeline in our next update.

Thank you so much for your kind support and we hope you’ll be excited about the look of Etherstone. We will talk again soon!

Wishing you all the best,
Everyone here at Thundergryph Games 
 

Rulebook proofing and a glimpse at the book
3 months ago – Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 08:30:41 AM

Dear Noburians,

We hope everyone is doing well.

We would like to remind you that around 400+ of you still need to complete the pledges. Please access the pledge manager by following this link.

While we wait on the final pre-production of Etherstone (with the updated cards and components), we would like to make sure the rulebook is clear to you all. We have proofed it several times, but a fresh pair of eyes is always helpful.

Rulebook proofing (win a council card)

If you have the time to read the rules in advance (only 10 pages) please follow the link on the button below.

Everyone that comments in this update *READ* [Your feedback/comments] will be eligible to randomly win 1 of 5 Council cards we are giving away for this. Remember we are also in discord to answer any questions. We will announce the winners in our next update

Etherstone: Nobura’s Secrets

We are currently proofreading the book before it goes into translation. We are excited to share with you a few pages from the Luminary chapter. This book narrates the story of the planet through the eyes of various inhabitants from different factions, each facing their own challenges and offering introspections about their life and the state of the planet.

Thank you so much for your kind support, and we will be talking again soon to take a look at the final PPC before we start mass-production.

Wishing you all the best,
Everyone here at Thundergryph Games

Bazaar closing date and Foil cards
5 months ago – Thu, May 30, 2024 at 08:38:36 AM

Dear Noburians,

How is everyone doing?

Before we start with the update, we would like to let you know that we are still missing 18% of the backers to confirm your pledges. You can visitthis link to recover access to your pledge manager on Backerkit.

On June 3rdwe will be sending the 48h reminder to close the pledge manager and we will be officially closing it on June 5th at 23:59 CET. On June 6th we will be charging all credit cards. 

All 1€ pledges will be closed and completed and you won’t be able to update your pledge to a higher tier. 

All additional items from Etherstone, and our past titles won’t be available anymore. 
If you want to add any last-minute item, this is the right time!
You can visitthis link to recover access to your pledge manager on Backerkit.

Preparing for the final pre-production

The final layout of the rulebook is being finished for translation and the game cards are in their final state. We will be sending files for the final pre-production next week and we will start with translations.

Katia recently went to China to visit Longpack, our new manufacturing partner for this project to understand the process and the timeline, which looks better than we have ever seen before.

In the next update, we will be showcasing the rules and we will be talking about the timeframe for this final pre-production process. A few items like wooden pieces, playmats, metal coins and discs have already been approved.

Foil Cards

In the campaign, you decided which foil cards you will be getting as our Cosmic Gift to you!

While this 2D sample won’t give the same feel of looking at a picture, we hope it gives a sense of how these will look, but the files are ready for print.

We appreciate your collaboration in completing our pledge manager as this will speed up the process of bringing this game to production.

Wishing you all the best,
Everyone here at Thundergryph Games
 

P.S: If you are curious about the Etherstone book, that is also done and you can read a small fragment here.

Dev update and pledge manager date change
6 months ago – Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 10:11:32 AM

Dear Noburians,

We hope you are doing well!

We want to start this update with a photo we hope you will enjoy!

We believe we are quite advanced with the necessary changes and workflow to start the production of this game as soon as possible.

We recently received the pre-production of many of the items. First the modular system box. This is our first time doing this but we believe it is working very well. We are not using plastic, the cardboard of the boxes is structurally solid and the way everything fits inside the box is great.

We also received the playmats and dice tray along with the wooden and metal components.

We are applying a few small changes to these items and we believe one more pre-production of these will be necessary before approving to start mass production.

Katia Zhuang, our production manager, is in China right now to oversee the aspects of this production and we will have a conference call with Longpack next week.

Pledge manager date change

We are waiting for Backerkit’s approval to launch our smoke test and subsequently our official launch of the pledge manager. At this moment we are still working on the automatic assignment of the Council card for returning backers and looks like this is taking more time than expected, the Exclusive Life Dial has already been added and those of you who won a Council card during the campaign will be able to see it in your pledge rewards. 

We are postponing the launch of the Bazaar until early next week. The Bazaar will have a duration of approximately 3 weeks.

Thank you so much for your patience and understanding, and we look forward to seeing what you think about the photos we shared.

Sincerely yours,

Everyone here at Thundergryph Games