Requisition Cards unlocked! The worm has turned...
over 6 years ago
– Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:58:24 AM
Calling all BPRD Agents,
Well, it's official - we're in the final 24 hours of the campaign and what a wild ride this has been. When we pressed the big launch button around a month ago, we had no idea of the overwhelming support we would get from Hellboy fans. The first 24 hours was absolutely crazy and the fantastic community has continued to grow since then.
You've now added more than 50 stretch goals to the Agent Pledge, including miniatures, upgraded components and new scenarios. You're causing our operations manager Matt to have sleepless nights just thinking about how it's all going to fit in one box. "2.5mm game tiles... what were they thinking," he's been screaming. But, surely, surely, we can squeeze something else in?
But before that, we've got some more good news: five extra Requisition Cards have been added to pledges. "More cardboard, more cardboard" we can hear Matt screaming. We'll pick these extra cards from the amazing suggestions we had from the community for our Requisition Card competition.
As you know, our next stretch goal is the dastardly Igor Bromhead - a recurring thorn in Hellboy's side. With this goal we'll produce a miniature of Igor Bromhead looking suitably crafty! But after that? Well as we enter the final 24 hours we wanted to make sure we had something big and exciting...
Step up to the plate: Saint Leonard's Worm. This mighty creature is seen in the Right Hand of Doom collection as part of the story: The Nature of the Beast. With this stretch goal, we'll produce a miniature for Saint Leonard's Worm along with a new confrontation. Will the Visitor be here to save Hellboy this time? You can get a closer look at the miniature (which measures more than twice the height of Hellboy) and artwork below:
But we don't want to give you just one stretch goal at £1,400,000, oh no! We're going to finish off the stretch goals for the Box Full of Evil with an additional set of those pesky floating heads!
The heads come as a group of three - so now you'll have two sets of floating heads flying around causing trouble for the BPRD crew! So, can we do it? Can we unlock these two stretch goals in the last few hours? Time is ticking...
Oni in dreams! Requisition Cards on the horizon! What's that hissing noise?
over 6 years ago
– Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:43:42 AM
Calling all BPRD Agents,
We're continuing to make great progress today. After already unlocking the ominous Evil Turkey (never a sentence I thought I would write) we have just unlocked the Oni.
We are really excited to have the opportunity to bring this piece of Mike Mignola concept artwork to life! The miniature will be roughly the same size as Hellboy, so the BPRD gang isn't going to find it easy tackling this ancient beast.
Just around the corner for the Agent Pledge, we've got some brand new Requisition Cards. These are items you can buy for your agent. The more agents you're using in a mission, the less you'll have to spend on Requisitions, so you'll have to choose carefully when it comes to picking the right equipment for the job. You don't want to turn up to a frog fight with a pocket full of holy water.
After the new Requisition Cards, we've got a brand new miniature for the Box Full of Evil: Igor Bromhead. This will be the version of Igor seen (appropriately) in Box Full of Evil and won't have the lizard tail. We're currently sculpting Igor Bromhead but we'll show the miniature once the campaign has closed.
But what next for the Agent Pledge? Something is slithering this way...
We're going to requisition some new items. And something big's on its way...
over 6 years ago
– Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:09:31 AM
Calling all BPRD Agents,
We're nearing the Oni stretch goal, so we thought we'd have a quick update to unveil a new stretch goal for the Agent Pledge and give a hint about something else heading your way too.
One of our favourite parts of the campaign was the Requisition Card competition we held. This was a chance for backers to come up with their own ideas for items that could be used in the game. There were so many great suggestions and we were disappointed we couldn't use more. So, we'll dig through those suggestions once more and include five extra Requisition cards in the Agent pledge. We'll update backers after the campaign has finished to let everyone know which ones we chose.
The Agent Pledge is already pretty packed but we've just about got enough room to squeeze in something extra before the end of the campaign. Here's a little clue to decipher...
Turkey sandwich time! Oni the lonely...
over 6 years ago
– Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:08:12 AM
Calling all BPRD Agents,
What a crazy day yesterday:
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we raised more than £146,000
- 320 new backers joined the campaign (welcome aboard)
- the comments went a bit crazy, with 2406 people heading to the comments section
- we blasted through six stretch goals, including a FREE $20 voucher to redeem at www.digital.darkhorse.com
Plus there was some good news to wake up to this morning:
The infamous EVIL TURKEY, as seen in Hellboy in Mexico, has been added to pledges. This Kickstarter Exclusive miniature will be spawned by a card in the Deck of Doom - so you never know when it's going to turn up and cause havoc.
Next we're adding a new miniature to the Box Full of Evil add-on. This Oni measures approximately the same size as Hellboy and is a great companion for the floating heads we unlocked previously. Just in case you're wondering how the Oni fits in, Mike Mignola allowed us to turn one of his concept sketches into an actual miniature, which is a fantastic opportunity. Here's the original sketch and a closer look at the mini...
Free $20 Dark Horse Digital voucher for all Agent Pledge backers!
over 6 years ago
– Thu, May 24, 2018 at 01:56:30 AM
Calling all BPRD Agents,
Our final social goal has been smashed... and we still haven't reached the end of the campaign. Thanks to all the people that have jumped on board today, it means we've now passed the amazing achievement of 11,500 backers!
That means all backers on the Early Bird Agent Pledge or Agent Pledge will receive a FREE $20 voucher to spend at www.digital.darkhorse.com. You can catch up on some of those Hellboy comics you've missed out on! Thanks very much to Dark Horse for generously providing the code and to all the backers for supporting the project.
The voucher code will be delivered via email once the pledge manager is completed. We'll make sure we let everyone know when it's available and then you can spend away!
Up next we've got one of the crazier requests from backers: it's a miniature for the Evil Turkey, which appears in the Hellboy in Mexico comic. We always like to incorporate a few crazy requests into campaigns, so we couldn't resist the thought of making an Evil Turkey miniature!
It's getting late here in the UK (midnight, in fact) and we're preparing for a busy couple of days but before we head off to have nightmares about Evil Turkeys, here's a brand new stretch goal. When Hellboy: The Board Game comes out in stores, alongside the main game and the expansions, we also want to release smaller booster packs. These will be great opportunities to mix up the bad guys you encounter during a mission. Some will be spawned by the Deck of Doom, while others might be new bosses with confrontation cards.
With the floating Japanese heads, we really want to create a Japanese-themed set. So we asked Mike Mignola if we could produce a new miniature based on some concept art included in Right Hand of Doom.
He was happy to give us the go ahead and thus the Oni miniature was created. This miniature stands around the same size as Hellboy and will be great to pop into missions alongside the floating heads or the beasts from the BPRD Archives expansion.
We'll be back tomorrow with more surprises and will hopefully wake up to find an Evil Turkey waiting for us... not a sentence we ever thought we would be writing.
