Stretch Goal Shuffle - Bonus in Your Box - Live Stream - New Review & Interview
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 02:27:19 AM

Hey there WotW: The New Wave backers,

Some exciting things to share with you on this terrific Tuesday!

Stretch Goal Shuffle

You spoke and we listened.

Based on backer feedback, we have made a swap to the next stretch goal up... one building for each faction to hold the tiles to be unlocked at $100K.

For the moment, we have pulled down the upgraded cubes stretch goal. It's not gone for good though, so don't worry! We only have so many stretch goals in our back pocket and we'll be introducing it again at a later time.

Hopefully the strong support will continue and we'll keep on pushing towards this awesome stretch goal! Thanks for the suggestion!

Bonus In Your Box

Some backers have asked about whether the cardboard standees that are set to be in the retail edition will also be included in the Kickstarter edition in addition to the exclusive minis.

We can confirm that they indeed will be included so you'll have an option to use whichever one you'd like.

Live Stream

A reminder that we'll be on live from Grey Fox Games headquarters here in St. Louis with a playthrough of War of the Worlds: The New Wave.

We hope you'll join us at the top of the hour on our YouTube channel.

New Preview & Interview

A new preview of War of the Worlds: The New Wave just came in from Best Dad NA and as you might be able to tell from the quote above.... it was well received. Give it a look!

Yesterday, Gregg from The Dice Must Flow swung by our headquarters for a chat about War of the Worlds: The New Wave. You can find that video below.

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That's it for now! Thanks again for all of the support!

Alex - Grey Fox Games

$70K Stretch Goal Unlocked - Possible Buildings - Hotness - Live Playthrough Reminder
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 02:26:26 AM

Hey there War of the Worlds backers,

Monday isn't always everyone's favorite today... but this Monday is going decently because today we've hit yet another stretch goal.

$70K Stretch Goal Unlocked

Thanks to your support, we've unlocked a new stretch goal.... one to upgrade the board thickness for both the base game and expansion game boards. This will give the production a more solid feel and ensure the game will last longer.

Up next... at least for the moment... is a $100K upgrade of the civilian cubes into civilian meeples.

Possible Buildings

In the comments section, the most common request as far as stretch goals go has been for plastic buildings. These are some renders our partners with Jet Games Studio have come up with based on this idea. There would be one unique building shape for the human side and another unique building shape for the alien side that would hold the respective tokens.

These aren't final, but we'd love to get feedback on if this is something backers are interested in having a stretch goal for and what changes you'd like to see if any.

Hotness

We're very excited internally to see War of the Worlds: The New Wave at the top of BGG's hotness list as of the time of this update. Thank you so much for helping this game get there! Hopefully it'll help bring in backers to help us unlock some amazing stretch goals.

Live Playthrough Reminder

A friendly reminder that our live playthrough for War of the Worlds is set for tomorrow afternoon at 4 PM. It'll be hosted on our YouTube channel and we hope to see you there!

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Thanks,

Alex - Grey Fox Games

Stretch Goal #3 Unlocked - Two Additional Stretch Goals Added
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 02:22:33 AM

Hey there War of the Worlds backers!

It's a very snowy weekend here in St. Louis, which makes for perfect gaming weather. It's also a good weekend to celebrate because....

$55K Stretch Goal Unlocked

Thanks to your strong support, we've now unlocked another pair of promo cards... "Bombardment" and "Orbital Strike". Death from the sky is now a lot easier to achieve!

Additional Stretch Goals

The next two stretch goals for this game are additional component upgrades... something to make the feel of this game that much more special. The first one, to be unlocked at $70K

The other stretch goal is something we've seen a couple of backers request in the comments.

With this stretch goal, we would upgrade all of the civilian cubes into custom meeples. This will help with making the game feel more immersive and upgrade the look of the human side of things.

These aren't necessarily the next two stretch goals as we may have another in between $70K and $100K, but we were excited to tell you about this exciting longer term one as soon as we could as we think the $100K goal is something a lot of folks are really going to like.

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That's it for now! Thanks for your support and enjoy your weekend!

Alex - Grey Fox Games

Day Two, Stretch Goal Boogaloo - Live Playthrough
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 02:21:56 AM

Hey there WotW: New Wave backers!

While we were sleeping here in St. Louis (that alien heat ray would really come in handy about now), many more of you joined the fun!

Stretch Goal #2 Unlocked

We've unlocked stretch goal #2 and are on our way to hitting stretch goal #3, a pair of promo cards... one for each faction.

We'll be unveiling the next couple of stretch goals after we hit this one.

Thanks for helping us unlock these so far! Spread the word if you'd like to hit more and provide suggestions in the comments here or on the campaign for stretch goals you'd be interested in seeing. We're already looking into one that has been suggested a few times.

Live Playthrough

Many backers have been asking about a gameplay or playthrough video. We'll be doing a live playthrough on Tuesday afternoon on our YouTube channel.

It'll be myself (Alex) vs. Josh in a clash of the titans! 

We hope you'll join us!

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Thanks again for all of the amazing support!

Alex - Grey Fox Games

Funded - Stretch Goal #1 UNLOCKED! - A Better Look at Minis - New Stretch Goal
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 02:21:31 AM

Hey there WotW: New Wave backers,

Alex from Grey Fox Games here. Well that didn't take long! Thank you for what has already been an incredible first day!

Funded

Let's get the big news out of the way first. We launched the game at 11:15 AM CST and the project was funded in less than 40 minutes. That's a huge and fast show of support. On behalf of ourselves and our partners in this project, Jet Games Studio (you'll see them posting in the comments), thank you very much!

Stretch Goal #1

With the early support, we've hit our first stretch goal of the campaign! These are a pair of promo cards, one for the Aliens and another for the Humans, that allow you to get a little bit more recon on your opponent. 

A Better Look At Minis

One of the big parts of the campaign that you'll get with your pledge as a backer that won't be available at retail are the miniatures of the human tanks and navy and the alien tripods and UFO's.

To give you a better sense of what these look like unpainted and painted, we've included a couple of images below.

Dimensions for these most excellent minis are on the campaign page itself.

New Stretch Goals

Next up, a component upgrade.... At $35K, we'll be upgrading the box with spot UV to give it a nice additional look. 

Following that, we'll have another content-related stretch goal at $55K.

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Thanks again for the strong support and the amazing start!

Alex - Grey Fox Games