A circular abstract-like game in which both dragons are bound together, for each action taken leaves different options for your foe.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Production Update #1 and a special gift for you!
about 7 years ago
– Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 11:47:12 PM
Hello everyone!
Hope you had an amazing weekend. Today we bring more good news!
Production Update #1
We have been working very hard on all the necessary steps to bring Tao Long into production. This is the most delicate part because we want you to be blown away and completely happy about backing our project!
We started the production line and as soon as our manufacturer send videos or pictures our way, we will immediately share them with you! We will try to put all the information together in our updates, but we might be posting the information in advance on Facebook and Twitter!
BackerKit
This is a friendly reminder that we will be charging your credit cards for the add-ons on April 4th. If we fail to collect, don’t worry! We will try again in two weeks time and at the beginning of May.
Pool Results
Thank you to the more than one thousand backers that took the time to answer our questions. We are pleased to know you are happy with our Kickstarter management experience, and all your kind messages and advises have been very helpful to improve the way we create games!
That being said, we present you the final cotton bag design for the Seasons Expansion set!
Finally, close to 70% answered that they liked the two new dragons for the four-player expansion, so those guys will be the official ones.
We strive to always have a great, open communication with you all and the truth is that the only way for us to grow as a Publisher is to keep making games in a good pace.
We have been working in our upcoming games since we started with Overseers, and the fact that we split the work in two different teams inside the company, gives us confidence that we will be able to deliver the games as promised.
It is important for you to know that we will only launch a new game if the one we need to deliver is in production already. So, you won’t find a new Kickstarter from us if we still need to deliver two games.
We want to reward our loyal backers with little gifts if you decide to comeback and pledge for our new project. For Dead Man’s Doubloons, we have prepared a very cool 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!
Furthermore, the backers that pledge to all our games during 2017 will receive one full game for free that we will reveal soon!
Thank you for all your amazing support, we will see you again in our next update!
Sincerely yours,
Everyone here at ThunderGryph Games.
Prepress Update #2 - Art, Rules and our New Game!
about 7 years ago
– Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:49:53 PM
Hello everyone!
Nice to see you again after two weeks, you all look great! ;)
It is good to announce that we are on track for our schedule. In a couple of days we are sending the files to our manufacturer to enter into the final digital proofing phase and confirm our game production quantity.
Art and Campaign Poll
We want to show you our final art for the components, we are loving every bit of it, feel free to let us know your opinion!
While most of the art is done, we are still discussing about a couple of artistic choices and that's why we want to know what do you think about it!
We have created a small two minutes survey where we ask about your taste for the art and a couple of questions more oriented on the campaign management.
The poll will be active just for the next 48 hours, thank you for your help!
Rulebook
It took longer than expected but the rulebook is just one pass away for the final proofing. If you are curious about it and want to look at how much we’ve progressed, you can download it from this link
Dead Man's Doubloons
We are very excited to announce our second release for this year!
Welcome to Dead Man’s Doubloons, where players take on the role of a legendary pirate ship captain, hell-bent on winning the race to endless riches of buried treasure. Fragments of treasure maps, gold doubloons, and precious jewels can all be stolen, as can rival ships! Once the buried treasure has been dug up, ship Captains return to their vessels to engage in a final epic battle on the high seas!
If you are intrigued, you can visit our webpage for a chance to win a copy of the game!
Dead Man's Doubloons launches on Kickstarter on April 11th and we have a very special gift for our returning backers from Overseers and Tao Long.
Thank you guys and talk to you again soon!
Sincerely yours,
Everyone here at ThunderGryph Games.
Pledge Manager is LIVE!
about 7 years ago
– Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:45:31 PM
Hello everyone,
We hope you are having a great day!
In this update we want to focus all the attention into our Pledge Manager, the production updates will roll out later to keep you informed!
As many of you know, we use an external pledge manager called Backerkit. You won't receive any survey on Kickstarter, only an email to access BackerKit.
If you didn't receive an email from Backerkit, you can head over https://tao-long.backerkit.com to request the e-mail to be sent again. Sometimes it arrives in your SPAM folder so don't forget to check that as well.
What do I need to do?
1) Click the link you received in the e-mail or visit https://tao-long.backerkit.com to request the email to be sent again.
2) The first thing you will notice is that we ask for your permission to add you to our Newsletter; If you want to be sure you will receive notifications of our next games and gifts because you were a backer of this project, think about subscribing!
Note: If you are a backer for the Golden or Collector's bundle, you will also be prompted to choose the box color.
3) Then you will be able to add any additional items you may want. If you ALREADY pledged extra on Kickstarter for any Add-on, THIS is the time you select what you want! :D
4) After that you will be asked for your shipment details (if you move out later, don't worry! We will roll out a confirmation email two days before sending the games)
5) In case you selected any Add-on and you need to pay for them, you will be prompted to input your credit card information. We will try to bill at the end of March and at the end of April. By doing this, you can also split the Add-ons in two different payments if you prefer.
I'm late to the party, can I pledge?
Yes, you totally can. Late pledge will be open just for a very limited time, so hurry up!
First of all, don't panic, we are here to help :) Then, please mail us to [email protected] with you request we will be more than glad to answer and help you in the process.
Thank you very much for all your amazing support, you guys are the BEST!
Sincerely,
Everyone here at ThunderGryph Games.
Prepress Update #1
about 7 years ago
– Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:42:19 AM
Hello everyone!
Hope you are having a great week so far.
About two weeks have passed from the moment the campaign ended and we already are ahead of our Prepress schedule, so that's good news!
We will post an update every two weeks from now on to keep you in the loop about how the game is coming along, we can't wait to send the games as soon as possible!
Tao Long Schedule
Here is a summary of our schedule:
05Feb~15Mar [Prepress] Color calibration, Components creation, Prepress files preparation. Digital proofing. Rulebook finalization and localization.
16Mar~31Mar [Prepress] Deluxe components Proofing, Final white sample approval, Final printed sheets approval
11May~14Jun [Freight] [Fulfillment]Freight for Usa, Canada and Europe. Fulfillment for Asia, Australia New Zealand and some ROW destinations starts
15Jun~25Jun [Fulfillment] Fulfillment for Usa and Europe starts.
July [Buffer period] We announced the final delivery for July because of any unforeseen issues that may arise.
Prepress Update #1
As you read this update, we are finishing the rulebook. We will share it with you for proofing in our Next update (that most probably will arrive next week). We will also start working on the renders for all the illustrated examples in the rulebook.
We are already working in the Deluxe wooden pieces, which is the most delicate process of the whole production.
These are coming along really great! We still need to calibrate better the blacks and work on the cut for the angles of the pieces.
As soon as we have more components in our hands we will share some photos with you :D.
Backerkit and Late Pledges
Many of you have reached us with questions regarding this process. Here is a summary of what you will be able to do on Backerkit once is live next week:
Pay for your pledge if your card failed on Kickstarter
Input your address and select the Add-ons you already paid for on Kickstarter [This is the only way to do it, we won't send a survey on Kickstarter to collect your data]
Late Pledge for a very limited time with a slight increase of price if you weren't able to pledge over the Kickstarter campaign.
Buy any additional Add-ons you may want bear in mind your credit card will be charged at the end of March and again at the end of April/May if it failed the first time so you can also split the payments if needed. Some add-ons (like the red cloth) will be produced in limited quantities, so if you really want something is better if you add it as soon as possible :)
Questions and Answers!
Next week we will be posting a video explaining how the whole production and fulfillment will work this time around and we will be able to answer any questions you may have regarding Tao Long, the production, future games or ThunderGryph in General.
You may write your questions by commenting here or in the general comment section of the project!
Thank you very much for your amazing and continuos support and talk to you next week!
Sincerely, Everyone here at ThunderGryph Games.
The begining of a journey
about 7 years ago
– Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 02:50:54 PM
Hello Everyone!
What a ride! our second campaign is now officially over and we are
incredibly grateful to everyone who took part in making this an amazing
campaign.
We enjoyed all the time we spent in here talking with every single one
of you and sharing your excitement for the game, we couldn't have done this
without you, honestly.
Now, let's see what's ahead!
STRETCH GOALS
When we started this project we thought of everything that could make
this game of the highest quality possible, and we not only achieved that, here
is a recap of everything that was made possible because of the participation of
all of you.
PRODUCTION
We will post a production timeline in around a week
We will keep you updated constantly to show how everything is going and
how beautiful everything will turn out, we learnt so much from our previous
campaign and we will put that knowledge to practice.
Thank you very much once again, and until the next update!
