Narrative board game in solo or cooperative, in a post-apocalyptic saga with giant insects !
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đŠ Once Upon a Line - Daily Reveal đ #3
about 2 years ago
â Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 07:01:57 AM
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"In the period of which we speak, there reigned in the cities a stench barely conceivable to us modern men and women." (The Perfume - P. SĂŒskind)
Now that you know the characters of TheTapeworms, let us tell you a little more about the background of the story itself without spoiling any surprises it holds. The adventure starts in the headquarters of the Vermin Gang: the sewers!
Repulsive, smelly, and dangerous, the underworld of Kell is an empire of the outcasts: trading, receiving stolen goods, settling scores... all kinds of crime take place there concealed from the merciless wrath of the SquadrAnt Legion.
At the end of one of the tunnels, just under the paved Damselfly's Street blind alley, there is a hideout for the children gang determined to earn their reputation and climb the social ladder.
đŹ Authors' note:
"Gaming, in general, is a great way to bring people around a table together, allowing them to talk about any topic and conduct social experiments. Games are an exploration of our humanity within a well-defined space-time framework. For us, games are a way to discover ourselves, to better define our relationship with others and to explore all the prohibitions of our modern society safely. Here we use all our imagination, know-how, and game experience to bring to your table themes close to our heart, such as virtue, inclusion, honor, etc. â
đ€ New Heroes:
Neither Larva nor Lombric can be played in The Butterfly's Breath saga, they are only playable in The Tapeworms scenario!
But depending on your choices in the story, you may be able to unlock one or even two new characters that will be playable in the main saga. The story will present you with a series of difficult choices that will test each of your decisions and allow you to get them (or not)!
đĄ Tip: Each Hero Card is stamped on the back (upper right corner) with a symbol indicating in which box(es) it can be used. In the Splendor & Decay expansion the playable characters have this symbol:
Illustration : Adrien Rives
The creation of the visual for the SEWER card:
Final illustration of the Chapter The Tapeworms by Bastien Boulai :
Important: The number of cards in each scenario could increase or decrease (likely by a maximum of 3 cards) when the whole game is finished in order to harmonize and balance the contents and the duration of the game.
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đŠ Once Upon a Line - Daily Reveal đ #2
about 2 years ago
â Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 07:10:01 AM
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The campaign is underway and it's time to shed a light on Tapeworms, the first scenario of the available expansion: Splendor & Degradation.
In Tapeworms, you will play as two young heroes of the Vermin Gang: Lombric, whom you discovered yesterday, and the little Larva. Each Hero card is accompanied by a Talent card listing their most outstanding abilities. Each Talent completed with the Words of Power discovered on the Grid of Destiny allows them to acquire a new Talent Tile (blue) which is added immediately to the embodied Hero's pool.
The little Larva doesn't stand behind other Heroes with her three Talents, two of which are particularly interesting: the first allows her to avoid being impacted by a Lock Tile which would reduce the number of actions she could take before needing to replace her action tiles. Her third Talent allows her to gain three single Tiles that can be added to normal Action Tiles helping to find the perfect number of letters of a word more often.
đŹ Authors' note:
"In many ways, children are like insects to adults: amazing in their abilities, yet all too often they are dominated by grown-ups! In Tapeworms you will lose several years... and the inches accordingly. You will probably relive scenes from your life, when, by force of circumstance, you had to leave the world of childhood, caught up in the violent reality of the life of grown-ups. Don't look for our own Peter Pan complex there, it's omnipresent!"
đ€ New Hero:
We would give her a ladybug just like that! And yet, the little Larva is a wild girl who knows how to trick the gullible bourgeois women of the upper class. Her amazing skill of fooling even the Fourmiliar guard has allowed her to get out of many troubles. She is quite skilled in the art of swordplay and dreams of becoming the next leader of the Mousts.
Any weak spots? In reality, behind this charming look hides a little girl who is afraid of her world and who would like to be able to flourish within a loving and protective home. In the meantime, Larva has created an improvised family for herself in the Vermin Gang and has taken under her wing a young mentally challenged colossus whom she nicknamed Astigros.
Illustration: Leandro Di Terlizzi
Attention: this character can only be played in this scenario, you cannot play him in The Butterfly's Breath saga!
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đŠ Once Upon a Line - Daily Reveal đ #1
about 2 years ago
â Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 07:49:58 AM
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We are quite excited to reveal the content of this free expansion. Â If you don't mind, let's start by lifting the veil on a first scenario that matters to us for several reasons which we'll reveal here exclusively...
The Tapeworms is one of the standalone scenarios of the Splendor & Degradation expansion. It immerses you into the daily life, both wonderful and terrible, of a group of street kids left on their own in a society prone to all sorts of behavioral issues. This adventure will take you from filthy sewers to splendid bourgeois houses.
A member of the Vermin Gang overheard about a rich property not far from the Latin Quarter. According to his information, the house is empty, which makes a discreet burglary possible.
đŹ Author's note :
"This is an exciting plot with a morality that tests our human feelings about the property instinct, the violent tension between wealth and poverty, the innocence of childhood thrown away in a society that oppresses individualism...But we don't want to give quick answers in Once Upon a Line. We try to raise questions and let everyone have the opportunity to steer the story in the direction they feel is right."
đ€ New Hero :
We are therefore adding the first character to this expansion, but certainly not the last. This is Lombric, a young boy who is as quirky and clever as a monkey! As an expert in the art of contortionism, he oversees scouting out locations for upcoming heists and robberies performed by the Vermin Gang, of which he is the number two.
He is sharp and cunning and knows how to get out of dangerous situations when they happen.
Any weak spots? His overconfidence pushes him to take more and more risks and has already led him to dead ends in which he would fail if he didn't have two friends always at his side: Larva and Bigworm.
Illustration: Leandro Di Terlizzi
Attention: this character can only be played in this scenario; you cannot play him in The Butterfly's Breath saga!
đșïž New Grid :
We are also adding to this box the first Grid of Destiny in the format of 200x100mm covered with a scratch layer; it is designed for an adventure of approximately 60 to 90 min long. It represents a first-person view of a bourgeois house. There is a poorly closed sewer hatch on the ground suggesting that small individuals could pass through hereâŠ
Illustration: Bastien Boulay
âMaking ofâ the visuals of The Tapeworms:
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đŠ Once Upon a Line is funded!
about 2 years ago
â Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 09:50:07 AM
 Funded in 2 hours!
Thank you! You've just made this dream come true.
After several years of working behind the scenes and keeping this new game mechanics and the first saga of The Butterfly's Breath a secret, we are excited and eager to show you the full depth of this game and the universe we have created just for you.
đ FREE DELUXE SCRATCHER TOOL!
This game project is a part of our lives... really.
If the game works as we expect, it will change our daily life and let us build our publishing house brick by brick.
So, to thank you for making this dream possible, we decided to offer a very special item to each Kickstarter backerexclusively: a Deluxe Metal Scratcher. It won't be available for Free in the Pledge Manager.
With its 3 ergonomic tips, you can choose the one that best fits your hand. Its substantial size of 50mm makes this metal scraper perfect for immersing you in the Once Upon a Line scenarios in the best way possible. It will be offered in addition to the resin scraper provided in your box of Once Upon a Line - The Butterflyâs Breath.
Did you know?
Its original design represents the icon of Utopia on one side and the icon of Dystopia on the other side; two opposite symbols that you will find in each of the sagas. Choose the one that will bring you the most luck!
Important: This tool was designed by two of the Once Upon a Line community members, T. Lacoux and O. Megel. Thank you both for this precious and incredibly generous help!
To celebrate the launch and answer your questions, we are going to be live in one hour at 8pm CET / 2pm ET / 11am PT with Dan & William of Perte & Fracas, Az of Lucky Duck Games, and one of our good friends Cecilie who has helped with early translations of Once Upon a Line.
 đ FREE EXPANSION!
Your eyes are not deceiving you... we have decided to give a free expansion to each backer! We have a few more surprises that we will be revealing day by day in our Daily Reveals.
đ§ Change of rules:
In this expansion, you will become Zephyrhymes apprentices. No serious tragedy is expected, just a bright future of atypical characters in the saga. Complete your quest to unlock new playable characters in the main saga!
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