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Board game crowdfunding this week: Feed the Kraken Black Box, Marco Polo Deluxe and The Thing
From 10 November, campaigns on Gamefound and Kickstarter include Feed the Kraken Black Box, a Marco Polo Master Set, The Thing and Wallguards of the East Empire.
Several board game campaigns start in the coming week. The overview comes from Brettspielbox’s crowdfunding news; publishers have not given prices yet.
New campaigns
- Feed the Kraken: Black Box and Sea of Shadows (Funtails, Gamefound, from 10 November): a deluxe edition for the game’s fifth anniversary, plus the Sea of Shadows expansion with eleven new characters, modules and miniatures. The expansion also works with the previous deluxe edition and is sold separately. In German and English.
- The Thing: The Boardgame and The Cardgame (Pendragon Game Studio, Gamefound, from 10 November): a reprint of the board game based on the film with a revised rulebook, plus a new standalone card game.
- Wallguards of the East Empire (Garphill Games, Kickstarter, from 10 November): the start of the publisher’s fourth trilogy, set in Constantinople in 821, with the Vow of Victory expansion.
- Marco Polo Deluxe Master Set (Gamefound, from 12 November): The Voyages of Marco Polo and Marco Polo II in a revised combined edition, plus the Agents of Venice expansion, a fifth-player module and a new solo mode.
Recently launched
According to Brettspielbox, the Discworld RPG “Adventures in Lancre and Überwald” stands at around €463,000, Kelp: Offshore Offspring with a German edition at around €281,000 and the cooperative Fable Quest at around €135,000. Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs is funded at around €202,000, with a German edition planned. We could not access the campaign pages themselves, and the figures change daily.