Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 01:47:37 AM
My dear Ladies & Gentlemen,
Today we are pleased to introduce you a very special Contact, who owes her name to one of the most famous and dangerous women in DC Comics: Selina.
Like her Comic counterpart, Selina is a thief and she has a special skill that adds interaction between players.
During her turn a player can hire Selina for 1 Pound and she will steal a random card from target player's hand for him.
"Better keep Selina as friend"
Club
Today it's time to introduce you to the Detective Club.
Those who join this special Club will be able to "investigate" among the available Wonders... when taking their turn, they will be allowed to look at the first 3 cards of the Wonder Cards deck!
French Rulebook
Good news for all our French speaking friends! Jean Baptiste Lècallion kindly translated the Rulebook, just click on the image below to download it. If you are passionate about boardgames and Kickstarters, we suggest you to go follow his Facebook page Jb Le Meeple .
Social Stretch Goal
Good job so far! Halfway through to unlock "Solo Mode" .
If you didn't already, go share this Facebook post, when we will reach 200 Share "Solo Mode" will be unlocked!
Sneak Peek
Last but not least... guess who is coming to help you with your Chamber of Wonders?
Come back tomorrow for moooore news :)
That's all for today, the rooms in your favorite Chambers are still under construction.
Shiny is beautiful!
about 3 years ago
– Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 12:30:28 AM
My dear Ladies & Gentlemen,
Today a quick update, just to reveal the daily Stretch Goal and to wish you a happy Sunday.
From now all your boxes will look better, Spot UV will be applied on the box cover.
As we all know... shiny is better :)
Club
Today we present you the second Club: The Gravediggers.
Membership to this exclusive Club will allow you to draw 2 Grotesque tokens when you play the appropriate Wonder Card and choose which one you want to take.
Card graphic was inspired by the illustration "The Company of Undertakers", an engraving from 1736 by William Hogarth.
Grotesques
Let's present you this set of Wonders, these nice cards allow you to get a Grotesque token which, based on the total number of skulls you will collect, can earn you 1 Fame token.
A couple of them have funny backstories.
That strange pink tentacle is called "SCUMM", exactly like the engine behind the video game "Day of the Tentacle", published by LucasArts in 1993.
The bone in the case is that of San Gaetano, the patron Saint of all gamers and gamblers.
And the tools come from a special collector... named Dexter!
We have lots of new surprises for you for the next week... so for now relax and be prepared!
That's all for today, the rooms in your favorite Chambers are still under construction.
Docks!
about 3 years ago
– Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 08:00:18 PM
My dear Ladies & Gentlemen,
today, with our daily Stretch Goal, we will continue our guided tour of London and bring you through... the Docks.
The Docks have existed since ancient Roman times, but were extensively developed only in the late 1600s.
Born to be the port of London, the area was later used also for housing, and today Docks include parts of different boroughs, such as Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Greenwich.
Docks have 2 dice-related effects:
Each player can pay between 1 and 3 Pounds from his reserve, then roll the die and add +1 to the result for each Pound spent. Based on the result, each player gets: 1-2-3, nothing; 4-5 a Wonder Card from the deck; 6+ a Fame Token.
The current player reveals as many cards as the number of players from the Wonder Cards deck. All players roll their own die: whoever rolls the highest value chooses first one of the cards to take. Ties are resolved by the current player, he will choose which player will take the card first.
Precious
Today we examine the "behind the scenes" of the Precious.
These objects were originally designed to be simple jewels, then we decided to give them some background when we started making them.
We will boast to exhibit things like Kheperer Beetle, which is his Egyptian name; in that land, in ancient times, it symbolized rebirth.
Or the green stone, Gaea, whose blood is crucial part of our Sine Tempore and Nova Aetas games.
Social Stretch Goal
Good start with the new challenge we launched yesterday, "Solo Mode" still need your help!
Remember, when this Facebook post will reach 200 Share we will unlock the "Solo Mode", whoever can help now it's time to do it :)
That's all for today, the rooms in your favorite Chambers are still under construction.
Gaz the Trafficker!
about 3 years ago
– Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 08:06:02 AM
My dear Ladies & Gentlemen,
today the update is richer than usual, together with the daily Stretch Goal we have some other news for you, but let's get into it.
Gaz the Trafficker
Gaz is a shady type, he is often seen sneaking around the Docks.
This new Contact owes his name to the protagonist of The Full Monty, a film from almost 25 years ago, with a great Robert Carlyle.
His greatest skill is definitely to scrape money.
If you choose his help, he will let you toss 5 coins and keep for you each heads.
"Do you feel lucky?"
Club
Given the success of the campaign, we decided to further improve the graphic of these cards, here you can admire the new version, do you like it? For those cards we will go into more details in the next updates.
Social Stretch Goal
Today we launch the first social Stretch Goal: ...the Solo Mode!
This new game option will be released when the Facebook post linked to the image below will reach 200 Share! We know you can do it, remember this will help the campaign to grow further, which simply means we will be able to add new surprises, a true double win!
You will receive more information on how the Solo mode works only after unlocking the Stretch Goal 😈
What are you waiting for? Spread the word!
Last but not least, a new Add-on... the Travellers cards pack!
This expansion will give you the chance to find Wonders related to exotic explorations.
Each time you find and expose one of those Wonders in your Display Cabinet, it will allow you to look at the top 5 cards of the Wonders Card deck, then you will be able to add 1 of these cards to your hand, effectively increasing your chances of finding that special Wonder you were looking for!
Service information
Soon we will change our Kickstarter Creator name from LMS Lite to Ludus Magnus Lite.
This change will help us to better highlight the link with our main game line, published under the name Ludus Magnus Studio. By keeping the same logo we will always be recognizable even to the more distracted.
That's all for today, the rooms in your favorite Chambers are still under construction.
Old dice, new rules
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:30:43 PM
My dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
First of all, let us correct the unexpected that happened yesterday.
One of our goblin servants switched information from our database, so Old London came out with the wrong explanation... let's fix this.
This neighborhood actually introduces rules for using... DICE!
We all know there are many of you that love those mystical objects, now you will be able to test your lucky skills.
The player will declare a number from 1 to 6. All players roll a die: if the result is equal to or greater than the declared number they draw that number of Wonder cards, otherwise they get a Pound.
The player reveals a number of cards from the Wonder Cards deck equal to the number of players, then he pick one card at a time: all players roll a die, the player with the highest result takes that card.
During playtests we also tried to add the possibility, in turn, to pay 1 pound to re-roll and that was good fun.
So here we are now for the second Stretch Goal...
2 wonderful custom dice that can be used to play with Old London!
To make them more precious, we customized them and we used same colors as the meeples ... 😉
SOCIAL CONTEST
Few days ago we launched a contest to let you create your own favorite Wonder card. Given the success of the campaign, we decided to extend the contest and now 3 new different Wonder card proposals will win and will be created. To participate just go to this Facebook post, follow the instruction and have fun!
Don't forget to like our Facebook page to stay in touch with us.
That's all for today, come back tomorrow for new information about Club cards and some new Wonders!
