Production Update #5: Photos and Delivery date
almost 7 years ago – Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 01:16:31 AM

Hello everyone, hope you are doing great!   

We have been monitoring the production of Tao Long very closely. This has been an incredible experience for us. Having all the different boxes and additional content made this production very challenging but exciting.

Final production phase 

We have the final tiles from the first production batch and let me tell you, these are unbelievable, you will be so proud of us! These are not cut, that part of the production will come later.

There was a lot of back and forth with our manufacturer for the metal coins. We know your standards, that’s why before showing you the coins we wanted them to be perfect!

These coins weight around 20 grams and are 4 cm diameter (the same as our Overseers coin). We feel we have started a cult for these, we are receiving a lot of comments about how to get them all. We have something planned for our loyal backers, so stay tuned! 

We will make an unboxing video as soon as the first production copies reach us. 

Delivery, addresses and GenCon 

You know us already and we are very transparent with you every time. This has been the most ambitious production we have done (in our little time as a publisher) so there is a little delay in the production. We estimate around 3~4 weeks of delay. 

That being said, we want to focus on fulfillment and to make sure all of you receive the games in August. That’s why we won’t attend GenCon anymore. We know many of you were waiting to meet us and play a game there, but you are our top priority and even though going to GenCon would help our brand awareness, it would slow things a bit more. 

We will still be going to Spiel Essen and PAX Unplugged this year. Come by our booth to say hi, play a game together and get our awesome enamel collectible pins! :D 

We have received so many messages about you all being worried regarding the addresses.

72 hours before shipping the games we will send an update and an email to remind you to update your addresses. Keep in mind that fulfillment should start around the 3rd or 4th week of August. 

ThunderGryph Ambassadors 

ThunderGryph Games is one year old! So many things have happened during this time and you have been the most amazing community we could have expected. We really feel like a big family. 

We don’t want to limit our communication during the campaign and our updates, so we have created ThunderGryph Ambassadors. 

In this group we will be in touch more often with the ones interested in our development and together we will be able to shape the games as you like them. If you want to get involved be sure to become an Ambassador! 

 

Thank you very much for all our support and let’s keep in touch!

Sincerely,
Everyone Here at ThunderGryph Games

Production Update #4
almost 7 years ago – Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 12:40:57 AM

Hello Everyone!.

We hope you are doing great, today we want to update all of you regarding the production of Tao Long.

Game Box

In case you were wondering how the box would end up looking with the wonderful illustration in the inside, we have prepared a render based on the final files for printing so you can see it in detail

Wooden Tiles

We have some good news in this regard, we finally got samples with the correct colour profile and we are happy about them, here are some pictures:

 

Rulebook

When we thought that we finally had a good rulebook, we were struck with the fact that it originally wasn’t clear enough and a few mistakes were made when we started working on it, thankfully after a lot of work and discussion with game designers and even some backers, we finally have a good rulebook that we consider is clear enough and explains everything in a good pace, we have also started translating it to other languages.

 

General Production

While we have been working really hard on this, and we expected to ship by next month, we now believe we will finish the whole production for the game at the end of this month, and since we send the game to different warehouses around the world and it takes an average of a month to get there, we now expect to start shipping in August, so please update your address in backerkit accordingly.

Sincerely.
Everyone Here at ThunderGryph Games.

Production Update #3
almost 7 years ago – Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:54:21 PM

Hello Everyone! 

We are hoping you are doing great, this week we wanted to share with you some good news regarding the production of Tao Long.

Wooden Tiles

We have been working hard on the heat printing of the wooden pieces, and we've come a long way, we are currently still working with our manufacturer on the colors of the tiles so they end up perfectly, here is a preview of the tiles in their current form:

Hand Made Prints Update

Dox has started working on the woodblock for the handmade print using the wood cutting technique and rice paper, and it looks amazing, we suggest you click the photo to see several detailed pictures of the progress:

 

General Production

While we are working hard on the production of Tao Long, we still need to work with our manufacturer in some important details just like we explained before with the colors on the tiles and a few other details, we expect to have more news soon and we will keep you updated.

Until next time.

Sincerely.
Everyone here at ThunderGryph Games.

Production Update #2 Full steam ahead!
about 7 years ago – Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 11:04:15 PM

Production Update #2  

Hey everyone! Hope you are all doing great, it's Friday so I think you do! We have many good news to share in this update. 

Production 

We are full steam ahead on our production. We are going at a good pace so far and our manufacturer should have something for us next week. As soon as we have the components in our hands, we will take photos or make a video and post it immediately. 

If everything goes as planned we should have the games ready during May to start sending the games to each of our fulfillers. 

Dox is also starting to draw all the Collector’s Editions art pieces. We will share the process with you during the next update. 

New European fulfillment 

We want to make sure that the games reach out to all of you in the fastest and best way possible so we have signed a deal with TCG Factory in Spain to send the games tracked to all of our European backers. 

We also want to make sure the games are packed with love, so Gon will personally travel to the warehouse with a couple of team members to pack all the orders for Tao Long. 

A surprise in every Tao Long order

We felt that a cardboard flux coin was good but not great, and since we have done this with Overseers already, we went and upgraded that to a wooden flux coin. 

We will include one in each of your Retail and Deluxe boxes. You will still receive the exclusive metal token, but now you will have a wooden one too, which is really cool! 

That being said, we will probably send our update #3 next week. If you have any questions or just want to say hi, feel free to visit our comment section. We are always glad to talk with you!

Thank you for your amazing support and we are so excited that the game will be soon in your hands!

Sincerely yours,
Everyone here at ThunderGryph Games.

Dead Man's Doubloons is live! Here is your special gift!
about 7 years ago – Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 11:00:15 PM

 

Welcome to Dead Man's Doubloons

Prepare for an adventure of high piracy in Dead Man’s Doubloons, a simultaneous action selection game of high piracy: attack, pillage, & board rivals, racing to endless riches on the mysterious isle! 

Dead Man's Doubloons is a new action-packed board game for 2 to 5 unscrupulous scalawags, playable in 30-45 minutes. The game includes 5 custom shaped plastic ships and 5 transparent acrylic ghost ships!

 

As the game begins, each player assumes control of a unique pirate captain, their ship, and a rapacious crew. The first task is to gather treasure map fragments scattered in the waters surrounding a mysterious Island, while fending off rivals and navigating the reefs.

With a mostly assembled map, the captains then lead a small landing party along the obstacle-strewn paths to the summit of Zotètmon Mountain. There a legendary treasure trove is buried, one that only the savviest of Captains will find. 

The final phase brings the ships back to sea in an epic battle royale. Sunken vessels become ghost ships, with their treasure cursed. Yet even a phantom ship may prevail, if they play their cards right. When the smoke clears, the game ends and the richest pirate is crowned the winner!

Your Special Gift

 

We want to reward our loyal backers with gifts if you decide to comeback and pledge for Dead Man’s Doubloons. We have prepared a very cool oversized cotton bag to hold the game components. Inside it, you will find a cool surprise that you won’t be able to see until you get the cotton bag in your hands!