Kickstarter Lone Wolf - The Board Game; Kickstarter in November, looking for your feedback today

[Sir Knight]

Hello, I'm here to post about a project that's going to be on Kickstarter in November. I know this forum has a section for "Boardgames, Card Games, Wargames and Miniatures," and ours definitely fits: we're coming from a classic "solo roleplaying" experience and releasing a new board game.

My name is Richard S. Hetley, and I've posted here a couple times when I and my friends launched gamebook projects on Kickstarter (link and link). Today we're trying to spread word about our upcoming project, Lone Wolf - The Board Game, a tabletop game based on the classic gamebook series from the 80's. It is one of the most artistic projects you're likely to see, designed wholly by Gary Chalk, illustrator of Redwall, HeroQuest, and many other beloved worlds.

Preview the project page here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615043334/1062942324?token=4dbe0a52

This isn't live on Kickstarter just yet: this is a "soft launch" to get feedback from tabletop fans and anyone else who loves fantasy gaming. Lone Wolf is the story of the last of the Kai Lords, warrior monks who defend the land of Sommerlund against the Darklords and their minions. It was written by Joe Dever and originally illustrated by Gary Chalk, and those illustrations helped define the experience for countless fans. But what even the most diehard fan didn't know was that Gary designed a board game version 30 years ago, and in November we will ask your help in bringing it to life.

I'm posting here, on an RPG forum, because we're in that intersection between game styles where everything gets blurry. The classic gamebooks are "solo roleplaying." What we have is a boxed set with dozens of cardboard stand-up figures in a plastic base, the better to show off Gary's hand-drawn art, which you can use to do a tabletop re-enactment of the classic Lone Wolf scenes. We're also developing optional 3-D miniatures based on Gary's designs, and we wanted to know how interested backers would be in high-quality white metal you can collect and paint one-by-one.

Please take a look and leave your thoughts in the comments section. Lone Wolf has always been an exciting action game, and we're thrilled Gary has given us this chance to bring the action beyond the page. Please share the preview link with anyone you know who loves Lone Wolf, board games, or both, and please help us out in November!

Thanks for reading!

Some images:


Box cover


Prototype maps and figures

 

[Sir Knight]

Hello again. We are around halfway through updating the page in response to feedback (thanks to everyone who's come by or written). Now available: a free print-and-play scenario so you can try the game before the project goes live!

Download locations for the free demo:

http://richardhetley.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/fight-for-fogwood.pdf
http://www.lonewolftheboardgame.com/images/the fight for fogwood.pdf

Download for the beta rulebook (unedited; yes, we are working on the typos):

http://richardhetley.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/lone-wolf-beta-sept-2014.pdf

(Save to computer for best display.) I hope you like what you see and enjoy the demo.

Thanks to helpful readers, we've been able to re-focus the project page and show off how good we think the game is going to be. You can still see holes and placeholders; there'll be more to add before the launch November 5.

We're still listening to feedback, of course, so thanks for reading, contributing, and sharing the word!

New images:


Final-quality mock-up


Some of the pieces of the print-and-play demo