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Post by shakos on Mar 28, 2021 7:53:29 GMT
The 25th at 8PM GMT+1 we will launch our new Kickstarter campaign for our next two games, Border States and Saladin. Games will be available in English and it will be possible to pledge them individually or as a special offer "Duel Pack". boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333759/border-states1861. The American Civil War erupts. The Union, led by Abraham Lincoln, is opposed to the Confederacy of Jefferson F. Davis. In the midst of this conflict, 5 slaves states, called the Border States (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia), are torn between abolitionists and slavers. They are the ones who can change the outcome of the war. Border States is a tactical game for 2 players where each player takes control of one side. You will have to fight battles and win crushing victories in order to influence the Border States and try to rally them to your side. Bluff and guessing will be your best friends to lead your Generals to victory in around 45 minutes. There are two ways to win the game: control enough States markers to win by sudden death, or be the player with the most victory points at the end of the 5 rounds. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330769/saladinSaladin is the first game of the series "En Ordre de Bataille" which will present for each volume a legendary medieval leader and two battles in which he has shown himself. Saladin is a game intended to recreate the famous battles of Hattin and Arsuf where Saladin was opposed to the crusaders troops of Guy de Lusignan and then to those of Richard the Lionheart. In Saladin take charge of one of the armies that fought each other. Order your horsemen to harass the crusaders ranks or launch a devastating charge with your heavily armored knights. Saladin is an epic game for history and strategy fans. Saladin is a historical wargame for 2 players. Having chosen one of the two battle scenarios and set up the game, each player, in turn, will order one of their Banners. They will make them fight in order to disorganize those of their opponent. For this it will be necessary to spend Order tokens, the number of which will decrease at the beginning of each turn. The player who will manage to preserve the cohesion of their troops by retaining the precious Order tokens will be declared the winner.
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Post by Everything Board Games on Mar 29, 2021 10:48:00 GMT
The 25th at 8PM GMT+1 we will launch our new Kickstarter campaign for our next two games, Border States and Saladin. Games will be available in English and it will be possible to pledge them individually or as a special offer "Duel Pack". boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333759/border-states1861. The American Civil War erupts. The Union, led by Abraham Lincoln, is opposed to the Confederacy of Jefferson F. Davis. In the midst of this conflict, 5 slaves states, called the Border States (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia), are torn between abolitionists and slavers. They are the ones who can change the outcome of the war. Border States is a tactical game for 2 players where each player takes control of one side. You will have to fight battles and win crushing victories in order to influence the Border States and try to rally them to your side. Bluff and guessing will be your best friends to lead your Generals to victory in around 45 minutes. There are two ways to win the game: control enough States markers to win by sudden death, or be the player with the most victory points at the end of the 5 rounds. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330769/saladinSaladin is the first game of the series "En Ordre de Bataille" which will present for each volume a legendary medieval leader and two battles in which he has shown himself. Saladin is a game intended to recreate the famous battles of Hattin and Arsuf where Saladin was opposed to the crusaders troops of Guy de Lusignan and then to those of Richard the Lionheart. In Saladin take charge of one of the armies that fought each other. Order your horsemen to harass the crusaders ranks or launch a devastating charge with your heavily armored knights. Saladin is an epic game for history and strategy fans. Saladin is a historical wargame for 2 players. Having chosen one of the two battle scenarios and set up the game, each player, in turn, will order one of their Banners. They will make them fight in order to disorganize those of their opponent. For this it will be necessary to spend Order tokens, the number of which will decrease at the beginning of each turn. The player who will manage to preserve the cohesion of their troops by retaining the precious Order tokens will be declared the winner. LOOKS AWESOME! For some reason I'm a big Civil War Buff. Add dragons and I think you've got my wife!
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Post by shakos on Mar 29, 2021 18:24:38 GMT
Bonsoir à tous ! Nous jouerons en direct une partie de Border States le vendredi 2 avril à 21h GMT+1. Vous pourrez à cette occasion nous poser des questions et découvrir les subtilités de ce jeu. Nous sommes invités pour l'occasion par la Garajeux, et vous pourrez nous suivre : 1. sur Twitch : www.twitch.tv/garajeux 2. ou sur YouTube : www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6dpb_ZT5KF5zeXQqcqzAg La partie se déroulera en français et en anglais, aussi n'hésitez pas à nous rejoindre. La vidéo de la partie sera bien entendu disponible en replay. De plus, Denis Sauvage, concepteur de Saladin, sera avec nous donc vous pourrez aussi lui poser des questions sur son jeu. Merci encore à Gabriel, le chef de gare de la Garajeux !
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Post by shakos on Mar 30, 2021 17:01:46 GMT
Hello everyone! The dice SG has been crushed by a devastating charge from the Crusader knights. So we will be able to double the number of dice, 6 instead of 3, and customize them. Originally we thought we would make the dice the color of each side, with symbols of the other side's color. For example red dice for the Crusaders, with green symbols to indicate that the result applies to an Ayyubid banner. This choice turns out not to be wise for people with color blindness. So we are going to follow the recommendations of our graphic designer, Nicolas, who advised us to use white for the symbols. This choice also makes it easier for everyone to read the results by reinforcing the contrast, especially in low light conditions. We would like to thank the persons who gave us their feedbacks on this issue. Now let's talk about the results that can be obtained on the dice: - Nothing (2 sides): quite simple, no effect. - Elimination of Lances (2 sides / 1 Lance - 1 side / 2 Lances): causes the elimination of one or two Lances from your opponent. They are added to the loss track. At the sixth lost Lance, one of the precious order token is put back in the box. - Spend one Order (1 side): causes your opponent to lose 1 order. It is not lost permanently however (it will become available again the next turn), but its loss can put you in a very uncomfortable position by forcing you to discard an order that would have been very useful to command one of your banners! We have also decided to make wooden dice, to be in coherence with all the elements of the game which are also made of wood. They will be engraved, for a better durability, and colored, red or green, with symbols in white as indicated above. What's next :Let's discover the 3 next SG. The two first will allow us to add a plastic tray to help with the storage of the components in the box. For those who are wondering, the slots for the cards will allow to store them with sleeves. The third one will allow us to offer a bonus for the authors of the two games. For every game sold during this crowdfunding, they will get 10% more in payment. A way for us to reward our authors without whom we could not offer you these games! The Shakos' team
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Post by shakos on Apr 3, 2021 9:32:45 GMT
Hi everyone, Well I'm a bit late, but the recruitment boards are yours. These two boards, one per side, will be printed on greyboard 1,5mm. This is a suggestion of our artist, Nicolas Roblin, to improve the game ergonomy to desing and provide such boards. He is working on them, and we should be able to show you what they will look like before the end of this campaign. So let's see how you will use them. Each side has 10 General blocks at their disposal. They will fight the battles and get victories to seize the Influence cubes needed to win. Each turn, players will draw randomly 4 blocks. They are the available Generals you will send to battles. The others 6 are drawn randomly to create the recruitment queue. Each round of battle, players will take 1 of their Generals in the queue to add to their available Generals. It will be 1 of the Generals placed at one end of the queue. The recruitment boards will allow to create this recruitment queue with slots for the 6 Generals blocks. Hope you will like this nice addition to Border States! The Shakos' team
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Post by shakos on Apr 7, 2021 13:35:59 GMT
Hi everyone! We have a new SG behind us now. So Saladin will have its plastic tray to keep everything tidy inside the box. Let's hope we will have it soon for Border States as well! SurveyBelow are the results of the survey we launched to know about the next game in the "En Ordre de Bataille" series. We received more than 200 answers which is really great as it shows an interest for this series of game. And as you can see, the winners are Wallace and his brave Scots! The battles portrayed should be Stirling Bridge and Falkirk. Border StatesOur artist, Nicolas, finalized the board of Border States as well. Hope you will like it as much as us. That's all for today and thanks again for your support. The Shakos' team
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Post by Everything Board Games on Apr 7, 2021 23:30:18 GMT
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Post by shakos on Apr 12, 2021 11:33:08 GMT
Link to the crowdfundingWe are entering the last days of this crowfunding campaign which is already a success thanks to your support. We just reached the SG adding a plastic tray for Border States. We are now close to the 25k€ SG which is a bit special. Our idea is quite simple, give more to the authors without who we couldn't offer you these games. So with this SG we will give a 10% bonus for authors on every games sold during this crowdfunding campaign. We really hope we will achieve this goal! We hope to write you very soon to tell we got it! The Shakos team.
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Post by shakos on Apr 14, 2021 21:52:35 GMT
Hi everyone! Well we did it, thanks a lot for the authors of Saladin and Border States as they will get a +10% bonus on every games sold during this crowdfunding campaign. We are close to the end, however we have a few more SG in stock. These two will add some players aids to both games. Two cards, one for each player, that will be added and have rules reminder on them. These rules reminder will be printed on the back of the rulebook, but it would be more practical to have them also under hand. So let's see if we can get them. Saladin is a great success and thank you a lot for that. Border States is a bit behind, however it deserves more that just a look in our opinion and the Duel Pack offer is pretty interesting. So just think maybe about the opportunity to upgrade if you don't have yet pledged for a Dual Pack! Let's see tomorrow for the end of this campaign. The Shakos team
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Post by shakos on Jun 26, 2021 19:09:40 GMT
If you missed the crowdfunding campaign, it is still possible to preorder the games on our website : shakos.fr/en/shop/
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Post by shakos on Aug 26, 2021 19:52:58 GMT
Hi all, After a well deserved summer break, time for an update concerning the project. 1. Production : Both games are in production. End of production is expected mid October. 2. Delivery : As you may know we have lots of uncertainties currently concerning sea freight. For reference, a 40' container was $2000 last year (for N1807 Kickstarter delivery), and it is up to $15000 now. This is more than a significant increase, so we are trying to get a better insight of how it will evolve in the coming month. We will keep you update on this specific point. 3. Rules : You can find the final rulebooks of Saladin here : Saladin rulesAnd for Border States here : BS rulesLast, you can still preorder the games on our website if you missed the campaign : shakos.fr/en/Take care and stay safe! The Shakos' team
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Post by shakos on Oct 12, 2021 17:57:56 GMT
Hi all, Time for a new update. 1. Production : Both games are still in production. We have a slight delay, and end of production is expected end October, beginning of November. You will find below some pictures from the factory. Printed elements are nearly done, delay is mainly due to wooden components. 2. Delivery : We still have lots of uncertainties currently concerning sea freight. For reference, a 40' container was $2000 last year (for N1807 Kickstarter delivery), and it is up to $15000 (and even more) now. This is more than a significant increase. Moreover it is currently not possible to book a container in advance. In order to absorb some of these unexpected costs, we will group ship the KS of BS/Saladin with Napoléon 1815 KS. It means an additionnal delay to BS/Saladin delivery of around one month (Napoléon 1815 was sent in production this week). However this way we will be able to load a full container for Europe for exemple and clearly save costs. Last, you can still benefit from a discount if you order games on our website : shakos.fr/en/And we can't resist to show you pictures of the Napoléon 1815 sample ! Take care and stay safe! The Shakos' team
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