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Join me as I mark the passage of time. Is it Friday? Yes. Has another week passed in our shambling lurch to the final heavenly reward? Yes. Is it one more week closer to our AMAZING November 15th kick-off for Epic Spell Wars: ANNIHILAGEDDON 3 — Satanic Panic Kickstarter? NO… WHAT?! Yes, sadly much like the bliss of heaven, you will have to wait slightly longer (not until you’re dead)… just until January 17th. With all the amazing stuff we are packing in this, it’s just taking longer to get it put together and we really want you to be as blown away as possible by the campaign.
Seriously, half the fun of making these games is turning out to be the time we spend as a community rallying around the Kickstarter and unlocking stretch goals and discussing the game. I really enjoy the feedback and the excitement as we reveal cool surprises and stuff.
I know I have mentioned it before, but the amount of work that goes into the Kickstarter campaigns is crazy. We continue to dial up the production value in an effort to outdo ourselves… wait until you see the video for Satanic Panic… it’s insane (good insane, not shit yourself and cry insane).
Usually, I like to keep all the elements of the Kickstarter a surprise, but I guess talking about a few things here is ok, especially if it’s talking about an artist but not showing you the art. That part can still be a surprise! So we have 5 (or 6) guest artists again doing oversized Wizards and Familiars (we really need a better name than oversized Wizards… maybe WIZARD CHAMPIONS). I try and reach out to amazing artists that I would love to have contribute a little something to the ESW universe. Some of them are very well known, some are not, but really it’s just about cool artists that do insane work.
I am very happy to be letting you know that Erol Otus will be doing a WIZARD CHAMPION and Familiar! If you don’t know who Erol is, just type his name into Google and maybe add D&D. Erol was one of my favorite D&D artists growing up (I was a D&D fanatic as a child), so having him do a piece of art for the game is a real dream come true. There is just something entirely unique about his art style, and I really love it.
You know whose art I also love? RS BIXBY…
Check out a couple more cards from ESW:A3!
Well, clearly, I am struggling to find stuff to talk about… again saving up surprises for the Kickstarter and don’t want to spoil too much. Is there anything you would like me to cover in a Friday Update? Let me know in the comments below!
Oh, the cards I used to make the header are the blank RS BIXBY familiars. I have been using the stamp that didn’t work out of my face and customizing it. I think I am up to 50 of them. Maybe I can bring them to Gen Con next year and give them out to FFF people that show up! Or I can randomly toss them in the mailers…
Love, cory
And if I ask you to please send me one of those stamped cards, would you send it to me? (I’m the first one to ask you politely… maybe it works XXDD).
it did! email me… cory.jones@cryptozoic.com
Damn, all I would’ve had to say was please? I gotta keep this in mind the next time you hint at mailing goodies.
OMG!!! I forget about this!! Mail sent!!
As much as I can’t wait for more ESW stuff.. I’m actually very happy to hear the KS got moved to Jan. There’s just not enough money with X-Mas coming up to also get another huge KS (which I’ll have to get everything).
No worries with the delay! a2 and gangbangers still has plenty of play. Ill keep checking though, i wanna get the fff membership! There’s still room with a1-2 and gangbangers inside a2’s box and no insert. But if satanic panic is going to be even bigger perhaps a big box and/or insert for all 3 games and gangbangers sleeved? I know that thought has been going around, and is satanic panic going to be sold with the 6th spell crafting game or will they have separate Kickstarters?
They’ve been announced as being included in the same KS campaign (ESW6 and ESW:A3). Corey has said that ESW6 will likely include a big box option to store all the spell builders together, but he’s not convinced the deck builders need a storage solution yet. I prefer keeping mine together as well, but can figure something out in the meantime if we need to wait a little longer.
I think Wizard Champions is the perfect name to replace oversized Wizards.
I’d love to see Jhonen Vasquez as a guest artist!
For future updates, if there’s not much to announce about the games (while they’re still under wraps), perhaps you could talk more about plans or hopes for ESW in other media? A lot of us are still hoping for cartoons and comics one of these days…