Narrative board game in solo or cooperative, in a post-apocalyptic saga with giant insects !
Latest Updates from Our Project:
đŠ FIJ & Pledge Manager
over 1 year ago
â Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 03:37:06 PM
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It's been exactly a month since the campaign ended!
We promised to inform you regularly so what's new since our last news?
After taking the time to celebrate the culmination of the campaign with our loved ones, we took a few days of rest and reunion with our families.
Then, we prepared our visit to...
Cannes International Games Festival
From February 23 to 26, the famous FIJ in Cannes was held, for which we reserved a stand and several demonstration tables. For 4 days, we chained nearly 80 demo games, with around 250 players. Among them, curious passers-by who discovered the game with often great astonishment, some people who were waiting to be able to test the game and form an opinion (and they were not disappointed), PLUS some of you who pledged during the campaign and wanted to make sure they supported a good project.
All of them, without exception, gave us very complimentary feedback and showed a lot of affection for the game and our approach as authors.
Moreover, the stand was full all the time and we had to ask for help from the author/fan friends present on-site to take turns from time to time on the explanations of rules or the follow-up of the games!
So thank you to all of you for your incredible supportand your considerableand flattering feedback.
Here are some photos taken during this fun marathon:
We still have a show near us (Jeux & Cie in Epinal - 88) from March 10 to 12, 2023 which we will be participating in but which will require much less preparation and logistics. We will therefore be able to complete a task in progress:
Opening of the Pledge Manager
We received dozens and dozens of messages here on Kickstarter but also privately on social networks or on our website asking if it would be possible to support the project in late pledge. So we know that it is now urgent to complete the configuration of the tool (Backerkit) and we are currently working to enter all the necessary information and then import all the campaign support into the site database.
We are doing our best to open this tool in the coming days and we will be sure to let you know here and on social networks.
If you haven't already joined them, here is the list of our platforms: Facebook / BGG / Instagram / CWOWD
See you soon,
Dan & William
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AprĂšs avoir pris le temps de fĂȘter l'aboutissement de la campagne avec nos proches, nous avons pris quelques jours de repos et de retrouvailles avec nos familles.
đ€đŠ Once Upon a Line - Thank you & Merci
over 1 year ago
â Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 07:06:09 AM
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 The campaign is over... but it's now that it all starts, thanks to you! Behind our screens, we applaud and thank each of you even if we don't have the chance to know you all personally.
In March, we will open the pledge manager on Backerkit, where you can finalize your support and let us know your delivery address. You will receive a message to announce its opening.
Going forward, we will keep you informed of our progress regularly (once a month on average) on the edition of this game and its expansions. We will not confuse speed with haste because we want to deliver the greatest adventure we are capable of creating.
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome as you are part of this journey, so keep in touch with us here or on social media: Facebook / BGG / Instagram / CWOWD
Come on, everyone get on board our bigleoptera, we're taking you on an adventure the likes of whichyou've never seen before...
Goodbye for now,
Dan & William
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En Mars, nous ouvrirons le "pledge manager" (gestionnaire de promesses de dons) sur Backerkit, oĂč vous pourrez finaliser votre soutien et nous indiquer votre adresse de livraison. Vous recevrez un message pour vous annoncer son ouverture.
đŠđ„ Last Livestream Event of Once Upon a Line KS campaign
over 1 year ago
â Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 08:21:09 AM
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The campaign ends in 24 hours and we wanted to take the time to thank you all for your support during these 3 weeks by giving you one last "live" campaign with a little surprise: the creation of an original illustration of the game Le Breath of the Butterfly live!
Guillaume Weber is the artist behind the two covers of the Splendor & Degradation and The Trance of the Silverfish expansions. While we are live, he will create for our greatest wonder an illustration of Chapter 1 of the main saga.
His work will probably not be completely finished, we will discover his progress at the end of the live. Don't miss this rare and precious moment: the birth of a graphical work by a very talented artist!
The Competition
You enjoyed participating in the contest by submitting your best ideas for using 4 possible insects in the Kell universe. We are therefore very happy to reveal to you this work-in-progress sketch made by Alex after the public vote which rewarded Jojojo95's original proposal to use ladybugs as a sail for a boat. Illustration: Alexandre Gimbel
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đŠ Once Upon a Line - Daily Reveal đ #15
over 1 year ago
â Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 06:06:42 AM
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âIn the ant's house, the dew is a flood.â - Arab proverb
It is with these few words of rare poetry that we conclude the cycle of fifteen Daily Reveals... not without a certain emotion!
All of these scenarios would be in vain without their associated deck of Story Cards! That's why we're opening this beautiful Splendor & Degradation expansion box one last time to slip in one last component.
In this adventure, you will experience, from the inside, the tipping point in the life of Father Latreille. Find out how he went from light to dark, and how he somehow returned to light. The most beautiful treasures of life are not always where we expect them.
In this scenario, nearly 19 XXL format cards will be added and almost all illustrated. Among them, 2 cards for a new surprise Hero to unlock for The Butterflyâs Breath saga...
đŹ The authors' note:
âThis is the last Daily Reveal News of this campaign and we are closing a small slice of our life there. Much more than simple commercial operations, these crowdfunding campaigns are for us the means to constitute the base of our main engine: the players!
Seen from the outside, it is undoubtedly in your eyes a beautiful campaign well carried out by two motivated friends. Seen from our window, it is above all a small piece of our being that we will have deposited in a social and global arena. Each of your encouragements, even discreet ones, came to weigh criticisms completely justified but which it is difficult to embrace when the sleep is lacking and the stress wins us. On the lookout on all fronts, we have done our best to explain, reveal and serve. No doubt we will say to ourselves later that âwe should haveâ and that âwe could haveâ but much more than the destination, it is the path that we must remember.
All these words to tell you that we are infinitely grateful for your trust. We will try to be worthy of it and offer you the best playful and narrative experience of which we are capable. We will now concentrate all our last strength in what purists call the final rush⊠and finally enjoy a deserved break.
Our last words will go to Az, our campaign partner whose translation of these words will surely make one blush a little. Thank you for taking great care of us during these three weeks. (Az: Oh Dan & William are sneaky sweethearts!)
We remain available in comment, in private and on social networks.
See you at the end of the month, at the Cannes International Game Festival, Stand 05.08!â
Opening of the plot:
At the age of 80, Latreille is determined to resume his destiny. Armed with his courage and a fierce confidence, he goes to the entrance of the great white tower, a monumental building dedicated to the training of the intellectual elite of Kell. At the entrance, a large amphitheater where dozens of candidates jostle for the admission exam. Among them, the young Scarin accosted him in a familiar tone and offered to give him the answers to the written test, obtained from a reliable source by a cousin Lepidore.
Is this boy trustworthy? Are you ready to cheat on this exam to get the magic password? Is the imposing examiner, named Chrysal, distracted enough to be fooled by Scarin's the shemeer?
Whatever happens, it is the practical exam on a wild island that will put our elder severely to the test. And despite his great experience, Latreille knows that he no longer has the ardor of his 20s.
Illustration: Guillaume Weber
 đSplendor & DegradationÂ
So here we are at the end of the revelations of the expansion offered to all backers. We hope that these little stories of about 90 minutes each will immerse you in memorable adventures, to be experienced alone or with others.
đ Let us know in the comments what you thought of these daily reveals and the campaign in general.Â
Your opinion is very important to us!
Important: the number of cards in each scenario can be increased or decreased (maximum 3 cards) when the whole game is finished in order to harmonize and balance the contents and the duration of the games.
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𧎠Expansion Update - The Transe of the Silverfish
over 1 year ago
â Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:32:36 AM
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Expansion: The Trance of the Silverfish
In this expansion, you play as a young Zephyrhyme, barely a few thousand years old. Your peers, to validate your probationary period, ask you to prove yourself on âMinor Tragediesâ.
The City of Kell is full of many personal dramas and it is by embodying a young public writer named Frigan, that you will have to prove yourself.
Accustomed to rubbing shoulders with all layers of Kellian society to find inspiration, Frigan is shrewd and accustomed to the most devious intrigues. Within his mind, you detect three separate cases that are tormenting his soul. Nothing indicates that these mysteries are related, so you decide to embody a second Hero, intimately linked to each of them.
Contents
Each box of The Trance of the Silverfish expansion contains:
4 Grids of Destiny format 200x100mm for games of around 90 minutes.
~100 XXL cards 126x88mm format
1 Challenge Gateway
1 Sheet of Rules
New:
This expansioncontains 4 exclusive scenarios!
Except for the last one, you can play each scenario in the order of your choice! Macabre Trance is the last Chapter of this story which will give you an epic outcome at the height of a small saga rich in discoveries.
In each scenario, you play as Frigan and a second character related to him and to the story. Discover these 3 amazing Heroes a little further downâŠ
Introducing Frigan
Frigan is the main hero of this expansion. Present throughout this saga, you sense that this epic will mark a decisive turning point in his life.
He is a young public writer of integrity and virtue... perhaps a little too much in the eyes of his editor, who just fired him from the Gazette for being overzealous in a recent investigation involving two senior members of the SquadrAnt Legion.
Frigan is what is commonly called Casteless, a Kellian who has pledged allegiance to no Major Guild. Without the support of a community, he is therefore immediately at the foot of the wall financially, and begins by selling his writings to the highest bidder.
Accustomed to rubbing shoulders with all layers of Kellian society to find inspiration, Frigan is shrewd and accustomed to the most devious intrigues. He is a rather resourceful nosy journalist who knows how to get people to confide in him, to obtain their confessions, or who knows how to blend in with the crowd to better collect confidential information.
Mrs Dori
Former nurse of Frigan, Madame Dori came to him to report her husband's strange behavior. Suddenly touched by piety, he abandoned his work as an accountant and devoted himself fully to a new faith that he refuses to talk about. Between his increasingly frequent absences, he isolates himself in an incomprehensible mystical fervor.
Beneath her air of an impotent old woman, Madame Dori remains a vigorous person with a perfectly sharp mind. Her love for her husband makes her capable of the greatest feats...
Chrys O'Bal
Chrysobal (his real name) is the only son of a powerful Lepilazuli named Pyral. A rebellious teenager, âChrysâ affirms a deep disagreement with his social rank, preferring to claim his membership of the Silencers, a very select club whose emblem is a black moth. Forced to accompany his father on a river safari, he will lend a hand to Frigan, who has come there to write Pyral's autobiography.
Hoverfay
Under the guise of a prostitute from the chic neighborhoods, Hoverfay is well known to the SquadrAnt Legion services for being the privileged informer of several investigative journalists.
While she risks her life and her cover every day, it is to her brother Lubin that she owes her most recent endangerment. Recently molested by four Skeeters to obtain information about her brother, Hoverfay comes one morning to seek Frigan's help to get the young man out of the dirty sheets he has gotten himself into.
Before going to visit his apartment, a detour to his place of work should be most instructive...
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