We Are Funded! Let's Hit Some Stretch Goals!
about 8 years ago – Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 08:52:50 PM

First off, you guys are amazing!

We have funded the new Kickstarter ! We are pushing to unlock mini's that weren't unlocked in this campaign. Every mini we unlock in the new campaign also unlocks them for this campaign. SO let's keep this movement going and tell our friends to support! We need more minis :)

I know what a lot of you have been waiting for...to reveal the first Miniature Stretch goal! So here it is:

 

We Can't wait to get this to everyone's Tabletop! We still have a TON of awesome stuff in Stretch Goals past the minis that I think people are going to love so let's keep pushing and unlock all we can!

 

Fair Tides,

Chase, Sean & The World of Rivals Team

We Are Live!
about 8 years ago – Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:40:45 PM

 

WE ARE LIVE

http://bit.ly/motd-wargame

The Masters of the Deep Miniatures Wargame is launched on Kickstarter! Tell your friends! Let's unlock miniatures and see what else we can bring to the World of Rivals. We have some awesome stuff in store and would love if you would be a part of it!

Miniatures Wargame Launches Tomorrow!
about 8 years ago – Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:29:22 PM

The Masters of the Deep Miniatures Wargame launches tomorrow on Kickstarter! Tell your friends! Let's unlock miniatures and see what else we can bring to the World of Rivals. We have some awesome stuff in store and would love if you would be a part of it.

Here we come!
over 8 years ago – Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 12:01:36 AM

As we let everyone know in July, we are shooting for a new Kickstarter to help finish out the boardgame. Well, I am super excited to announce....that you guys will be receiving 2 games in one.

September 1st we will be Launching 'Masters of the Deep Tabletop' 

This will only add a few extra pieces to each box including some ruler templates, a new rules booklet and a few small extras so cost is SUPER minimal. But what this allows us to do is get alot of the people who originally wanted to back but didn't like the board game aspect and now it will allow you to play the game in 2 different ways! 

We are SUPER excited to bring you guys this new piece. It allows for us to do a few different things in the world plus use awesome obstacles and pieces that bring the world to life.

SO, like I said before we will be launching September 1st! We will be making an upgrade set at a lower price that will help us just cover the cost of shipping that any of our old backers can help with. Secondly, we will be selling the game as a bigger piece with Both boardgame and Tabletop rules in One. So make sure to push all of your friends to like the Rivals Facebook page so that we can begin to get them excited for the new Kickstarter ;)

Let's Do this!

Chase, Sean the World of Rivals Team

High notes and Lows
over 8 years ago – Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 11:09:14 PM

Let's start with the fun stuff...

1. We told you about a month ago that we have been called to possibly be on a TV show for Rivals. Well, turns out we are actually finalists to be on the show and Pitch our ideas. Can't believe it. Now this doesn't mean we have made it on the show yet but we are one of the top choices and that feels pretty dang good.

2. We also mentioned that we have 3 new products coming soon. While Masters of the Deep is still in production we are busy creating 3 new things that will allow you to dig deeper into the World of Rivals and we are making progress on them. 

PRODUCT 1

Masters of the Deep Expansion - We have some new pieces we have been creating along with of course some older pieces that didn't make the cut into this game. We wanted to give you a quick look inside some ideas and let you tell us your thoughts on them so far. You've seen a couple of these things but not most. Not going to name anything for you but really want you guys to see the work that's going on in the background :)

PRODUCT 2

Full Rulebook for TableTop Masters of the Deep - A full table warfare game. We can definitely say this product is taking a bit longer to develop but we still love the idea and can't wait to bring it to action. Right now our focus is Masters of the Deep and expansions.

PRODUCT 3

And the last but probably the one we are most excited about....THE COMIC. We have been hard at work writing and diving into our own world of Rivals in order to bring you guys closer to the action. We are including a writing snippet we'd love for you guys to check out and give us your thoughts :)

“Take cover!” shouted Theodore as he dove behind a rock. BOOM, strange blue sparkles fell all around me after I dropped behind cover, the magic embers that floated slowly down onto my armor left small black burn marks. “How did I get here” I thought to myself. A few days ago I was going into elemental training, looking forward to being a part of the prestigious Royal Cog Army. I was shuttled with all the other Cog initiates that had just come of high age, to one of the largest topside training facilities on the coast, Core Regiment Garrison Catterick. Upon arriving we heard Sergeant Stanguard yelling at us to get our bags and form a line. We were placed in different barrack: Some of us were placed in Barrack Dornsbury, some in Wharfhelm, I however was placed in Ironside. Some of the most well-respected Cog officers have graduated from Ironside. After I dropped off my bags, my bunkmates and I were brought to another building, the Alteration Garrison. Stanguard informed us that our suits were to be outfitted with army upgrades for venturing into the frigid blackness of the Lurk. One by one my bunkmates were called into the garrison, until finally I heard my name “Harmonian...Tobias Harmonian!” called one of the smithys. I ran up to him saluting as quickly as I could. “What is your family's obligation?” “Suit repairmen, sir” I answered. He turned and pointed to my new Cog Army Suit. Each officer in training receives a custom suit built just for them according to what the Upper officers believe should be your forte. “I’ve reinforced this baby with a few extra plates, it should let you take a few more lumps than normal.” He gave me a crooked smile “Head down to the locomotion room down in Beta section to test your suit movement. We don’t want these additional parts and pieces to slow you down.” As I turned to walk away he grabbed my arm and put a fluctuating automaton wrench in my hand. “A wrench?” I said with surprise. “These things can do anything” he winked. I walked into the next room slightly confused. When I closed the door the walls changed into mirrors and I saw my enhanced suit, with all the new armor plates and utility additions. I was told to test the limits in ability for my suits reach and flexibility. While it was a bit strenuous to reach as far as I normally do, I was still able to do so. Once testing my suits limits and feeling the heft and burden of the additions, two doors opened and the mirrors turned off. I went down the hall to the depot where they supplied me with my ray gun, and side weapons."

Now for the Not-So-Fun...

First off we are starting full production in 2 weeks...man that's crazy to finally say since it's been such a long road so far. 

The not so cool part about that is it is taking every last bit of cash we have left to get this thing through production. The price per unit is about $10 more than originally expected after all of our additions and our cost of moulds for all of the minis alone is going to cost us $21k so we are considering doing a much smaller Kickstarter or an IndieGogo to help pay for the final costs of Shipping everything out. These boxes will be large and heavy with all of these minis so shipping will not be cheap. But we also know we need to make it worthwhile. We would love to hear your thoughts on everything as we have always wanted to make the best products for you guys. First we'd love to apologize to everyone for the poor quotation of what this would take but secondly we want you to know that even if this second Kickstarter doesn't make any money we will still pay for everything out of our own pockets so no matter what you will receive your product ;) 

With all of the loves,

Chase, Sean and the World of Rivals Team