Late Pledge Store - The Old King's Crown: A Tale of Royalty, Rebels and Ruses
Created by Eerie Idol Games
Strategic board game for 1-4 players. An empty throne, a crumbling kingdom and the heirs that would claim it. What Crown Will You Wear?
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Our next campaign begins next week + A very special announcement!
9 months ago
– Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 08:46:57 AM
Hello everyone!
I hope you’re all well and have been thoroughly enjoying your copies of The Old King’s Crown!
The team here have been incredibly busy as we gear up for our next big crowdfunding campaign over on Gamefound. With only four days left until launch we’ve been sharing several exciting updates on our pre-launch page there that I wanted to share with you all here too!
For those of you that missed it, our next campaign will go live on Tuesday the 3rd of March at 1pm GMT/8am ET/5am PT. You can follow along with the pre-launch page to be notified immediately when the campaign goes live.
Before I jump into what we’ve been up to, I wanted to cover some general fulfilment info that might be relevant to backers of this campaign.
All backers should now have safely received their copies from this campaign. However, if you are still waiting on your to arrive, please contact our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will assist you in tracking down your copy.
Additionally, if your copy has unfortunately arrived damaged, or with part missing, please also get in touch with [email protected] who will help get a replacement parts shipped out to you as soon as possible!
For any other queries, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]
In our most recent update over on Gamefound, we shared that the world of The Old King’s Crown is growing, not just with the previously announced Songs of Home expansion, but also with the announcement of a brand new game…
I’m delighted to reveal Annulet, a stand alone 1-4 player game set in the fantastical kingdom of The Old King’s Crown. This is a game designed to feel and play like the traditional game of this overgrown land, and to transport you to a table of your choice there, whether it be amongst the hearth smoke and song of a tavern or the marble opulence of a queen’s court.
It’s a game of fierce drafting, strategic scoring and contending with the puzzle of your own kingdom whilst contesting those of your opponents. One that rewards practice and clever manipulation of its systems and cards.
Annulet is not a slimmed down version of The Old King’s Crown, nor is it a take on that system via a different tact (like roll & verb etc), instead it is entirely its own thing, and I hope you enjoy playing it as much as we’ve enjoyed making it.
Speaking of which…
I initially began designing Annulet many years ago (not quite as long ago as The Old King’s Crown but still in the Misty Distant Past ; ) with the aim of making a game that felt like it belonged to that magical, storied history of traditional card and more abstract strategy games. Even in its early stages way back when, it quickly became a firm favourite to play in between working on The Old King’s Crown. A game that we play on lunch breaks, and take to play at the back table of a bar after a shift. We started playing it competitively and watched the rivalries form around it.
Once we had completed The Old King’s Crown and the Wild Kingdom Expansion, and the files were safely with our manufacturer, we began exploring if we could turn it into something truly real.
This is a game designed to resist being solved, where cunning and planning best memorisation, and one that with its quick setup invites you to rack up another game immediately after finishing the last. Shuffle the Tales and see what new strategic puzzle awaits. Or make an event of it and couple it with a game of The Old King’s Crown, for a complete visit to the kingdom.
Just like the new Songs of Home expansion everything you see is still in active development but we hope these glimpses give you an exciting indication of what you can expect.
Annulet will be available through our upcoming Gamefound Campaign launching on March 3rd as an additional add-on and will be priced at £22 / €25 / $30 excluding VAT/sales tax. Annulet will be available during the campaign in English, Spanish, French & Czech. We hope to add further languages as the campaign progresses. Annulet will be delivered alongside the new Songs of Home expansion, and other additional add-ons in Q2 2027.
Finally, upgrade Annulet to the ultimate tactile experience with a set of ink-washed deluxe metal coins (and screen-printed cloth bag for safekeeping.) This optional cosmetic add-on will also be available during the campaign for £15/€17/$20 excluding VAT/sales tax. Bring the taverns and halls of the kingdom straight to your table with this perfect compliment to the cloth mat and polished stones included in the game.
From day one of the campaign, you’ll be able to immediately download the feature complete rulebook and play the game on Tabletop Simulator.
If you’d like to try the game with other players, head over to our Discord where we have a dedicated Annulet channel where you’ll be able to arrange games with other players, share your high scores and favourite combinations of Tale Cards.
We’ll have plenty more coverage of Annulet dropping as the campaign progresses. Expect to see:
Video coverage from a host of well known content creators who will be showcasing the game.
A two player live stream direct from the Eerie Idol studio on Friday 20th March at 8pm GMT / 3pm ET / 12pm PT
From the second week of the campaign onwards, we’ll also be releasing a series of weekly solo challenges. Earn your bragging rights by taking on a series of games that will pit your wits and skills against increasingly more devious and creative combinations of Challenge and Tale Cards.
We’re incredibly excited to finally be able to reveal Annulet and share it with you all here and we hope you all enjoy this different glimpse of the kingdom!
We hope you all have a fantastic weekend! We’ll be sharing one final big update over on our Gamefound pre-launch page on Monday 2nd of March with a bigger look at the new Songs of Home expansion before the campaign goes live on Tuesday the 3rd at 1pm GMT / 8am ET / 5am PT.
We hope to see you all then!
Pablo, Andrew, Ken & the Eerie Idols team.
Happy New Year! Fulfilment Update, Card Library & New Campaign Details
10 months ago
– Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 03:19:58 AM
Hello everyone!
Happy belated New Year! We hope you’re all well, had a wonderful festive period and managed to get some games to the table. Hopefully for many of you, it was The Old King’s Crown!
We’ve got lots of exciting things to share in this update, but before that, I wanted to cover some final outstanding fulfilment information.
The fulfilment process for the vast majority of backers is now complete!
There are still some outstanding orders awaiting fulfilment in parts of Asia which are scheduled to wrap up very soon!
All backers in Europe, UK, USA, Australia/New Zealand, and anyone in the Rest of World shipping brackets should now have received their orders. If you are in any of these regions and have yet to receive your copy of the game, please get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will assist in getting your copies safely delivered out to you.
Most backers in Asia should now have also received their orders too. The exceptions are backers in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Israel and The United Arab Emirates which are scheduled to fulfil later this month and into February. For those of you waiting for your tracking numbers from VFI, you can see the estimated hub arrival dates via the VFI Hub status page.
We apologise to those of you who are still patiently waiting for your copies of the game to arrive with you. We truly hope that the wait is worth it once your copy does arrive safely with you.
Finally, although our manufacturer, and fulfilment centres have been working incredibly hard to ensure copies of the game are free from defect, damage or missing pieces, with so many units being shipped, there’s a small chance that a few may have experienced issues with damage in transit or missing components. If this has unfortunately happened, our fulfilment partner is ready to help and will make sure you’re looked after quickly and efficiently. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to them at [email protected]
Since our last update in December, lots of exciting coverage of The Old King’s Crown has continued to roll in, so I thought I’d highlight some of the ones you might have missed between then and now.
First up, Shea, from RTFM has created a wonderful new teaching video. If you’ve not managed to get the game to the table just yet, and are looking for a comprehensive guide and rules primer, this is the perfect video for you!
Next up, Board Game Hangover have posted their outstanding review of The Old King’s Crown over on their Youtube channel. Beautifully shot, a ton of fun and an absolute joy to watch.
Over at Game Informer, The Old King’s Crown made the list of Matt Miller’s Best Board Games of 2025. You can read some of his thoughts on the game, alongside the other incredible games keeping us company in this list.
Finally, sneaking its way into this update just in time, Tom Vasel of Dice Tower has just awarded The Old King’s Crown the number 1 spot in his Top 10 Artwork of 2025 video!
We’re delighted to share this list with our friend Judson, the designer and illustrator of the wonderful Deep Regrets!
We’re still consistently taken aback by the response that the game has received from you, our backers and the wider gaming community. We can’t thank you all enough for making this game a reality.
This online database includes entries for every single card and component with text in the game, including Tactics, Kingdom’s Favour Actions and all solo mode cards. Use the search function to quickly filter between cards and components, allowing you to bring up its rules and artwork immediately. Additionally it also hosts the rulebooks, reference sheets, and the free teaching and strategy guides that we released last year as free downloadable PDFs in one handy place! The team is still expanding this tool out further and will soon integrate an FAQ feature mapped to each card so check back soon to see even more features added.
This incredible resource has been made possible with the hard work of a group of talented developers from our wonderful Discord community. We’d like to thank the entire team for their time and effort: Siamion Ralionak, Eis, OlafurThor, Sammyboles, Neat, Spiritboy, RustyOneTwo and Joel.
As this first campaign starts to wrap up, we turn our attention to the future of The Old King’s Crown and Eerie Idol Games. We’re delighted to announce that our follow up Gamefound crowdfunding campaign for the brand new Songs of Home expansion will go live on the 3rd of March!
In our first update that we posted recently on tour Gamefound pre-launch page, we cover a range of questions you might have about this upcoming project, including the launch date (Sorry I already spoiled that for you), our shipping plans as well as the languages that will be available as part of the campaign.
A sneak peek at some of the brand new artwork that will be included in the Songs of Home expansion.
To all of our backers who already have your copies of the game and the Wild Kingdom expansion, there will be a pledge tier aimed at you. This will allow you to get access to just the new content that will be introduced in this upcoming campaign. Additionally, you’ll be able to mix and match any additional add-ons featured during the campaign allowing you to customise your pledge.
This is just the first of our updates on Gamefound. We’ve got plenty of exciting reveals and surprises that we’re itching to talk about. To stay up to date and notified of when these go live head over to Gamefound and follow the campaign page now. You’ll also be notified the moment the campaign goes live.
We’re incredibly excited for this next chapter in The Old King’s Crown, and we’d love to welcome you all back to the kingdom once again!
That’s it for this short update! We’ll be back with one more update next month once fulfilment to the final outstanding regions completes.
I’d like to thank you all again for your support, and for joining on this incredible adventure.
Andrew, Pablo & Ken
December 10th Progress Update
11 months ago
– Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 07:33:20 AM
Hello everyone!
Andrew here with another update to keep you all in the loop with the current fulfilment progress and share some exciting press coverage that The Old King’s Crown has recently been featured in!
Let's get into it.
Europe
Meeples.nl has now finished shipping out orders from their fulfilment centre and all backers should now have tracking data. We are aware of a small number of backers who are yet to have their copies delivered by local couriers but our fulfilment team, Naylor Games, is liaising with Meeples.nl, Maersk and other couriers to make sure the games arrive with backers.
If you are a backer based in Europe who has yet to receive your copy of the game, you should now get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] if you haven’t done so already. They will assist in tracking down your order and make sure it gets to you safely.
From our team, we'd like to apologise to those backers who are still waiting. We are incredibly frustrated that it has taken this long for certain people to receive their copies. Thank you again for you're patience and support while these final few copies are delivered.
Asia
Copies of the games in Asia are beginning to arrive at several of the individual fulfilment hubs in the region and have started the process of shipping out to backers. Once orders have been processed by the fulfilment centres, you should expect to receive your tracking data for your order.
Whilst you can follow the latest fulfilment updates via the VFI Hub Status page, this unfortunately doesn’t always reflect any changes in the fulfilment status. We expect to get more up to date information from VFI as the local fulfilment centres take stock of their units of the game.
Remaining fulfilment
The remaining regions (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of World) should now be 100% fulfilled. However, if you are located in any of these regions and have yet to receive your copy of the game, please now get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist with further information and make sure your copy of the game arrives with you.
Although our manufacturer, and fulfilment centres have been working incredibly hard to ensure copies of the game are free from defect, damage or missing pieces, with so many units being shipped, there’s a small chance that a few may experience minor issues with damage in transit or missing components. If this has unfortunately happened, our fulfilment partner is ready to help and will make sure you’re looked after quickly and efficiently. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to them at [email protected]
In other news, The Old King’s Crown has been featured in not one, but two best games lists of 2025!
First up, The Guardian has featured The Old King’s Crown on its list of “30 best board games for Christmas 2025”. Written by esteemed writers Dan Jolin, Tim Clare, Alexandra Sonechkina, Dan Thurot, Matt Thrower & Meeple Lady, we’re in prestigious company, appearing alongside the likes of the brilliant Molly House, Arcs and Dune: Imperium Uprising!
NPR has also featured the game in their list of best games of 2025 as chosen by their staff. We’re listed alongside some of the most well regarded recent video games and board games so to be included on this list is a true honour. You can read the full article here.
That’s it for this short update. The team here will be taking a short amount of time off to rest and recuperate over Christmas, eat some mince pies and drink some egg-nog before we begin to ramp up to our upcoming Gamefound campaign launching in 2026!
We’ll be back in the new year with another update as we start to wrap up the final stages of fulfilment on this campaign.
We hope you all have a wonderful festive period and new year when it arrives.
Andrew, Pablo, Ken & The Eerie Idols team
November 25th Progress Update - Europe & Asia Fulfilment
12 months ago
– Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:31:39 AM
Hello everyone!
Andrew here with another quick fulfilment update. This one is primarily aimed at backers in Europe and Asia who are still awaiting their copies of the game. Let's jump right in.
Europe
Fulfilment is very nearly complete in Europe, and we’re hearing from many of you who have now received your copies of the game, safe and sound. However, for those of you who are still waiting patiently for your copy to arrive, I’ve put together a response based on the latest information provided by Meeples.nl addressing the main issues raised.
I haven’t received my tracking data yet
Meeples.nl are still in the process of fulfilling copies of the game in Europe, and whilst they are nearly finished, there is still a small number of backers who have yet to receive either their tracking number, or their copy of the game.
We have just today received the latest fulfilment numbers directly from Meeples.nl and I can confirm that they are just over 90% complete with fulfilment, with around 120 orders left to ship out. We had hoped that all copies would have been shipped out last week as they had originally anticipated, however Meeples.nl need just a few more days to finish off the fulfilment process.
This means that if you haven’t received your tracking data, don’t worry just yet. However, if by the end of this Friday, you still haven’t received any update, you should then get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who can assist with tracking down your copy and making sure it gets safely delivered to you.
I have received my tracking data and my order says that it has been shipped, but I have not had any update since.
We’re aware that some backers received a notification (some as early as 12th of November) stating that their order had been shipped, but since then have received no further update or change to their order’s status.
We’ve been informed by our fulfilment partner that these copies are due to be delivered to backers this week. Unfortunately, when Meeples.nl printed off shipping labels, tracking codes were generated and sent out to a small percentage of backers prematurely, even though the games had not actually left the fulfilment centre. We can only apologise for the confusion and inconvenience that this has caused, and we have raised this as a major issue for Meeples.nl to address for future projects.
Most orders from backers in this situation are fine, and will be shipped out this week. However, if you are currently in this situation, we would ask you to now get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] if you haven’t done so already, so they can confirm there are no other issues that might be causing a problem with your delivery.
I have received a tracking code, but the order cannot be found when I try to track it via the courier’s tracking site (DHL, Maersk etc).
This issue may also be affecting a small number of backers, in which they have been given a tracking code, but that code does not register correctly with the courier’s tracking site. The issue may be linked to the previous issue where your tracking data has been generated, but unfortunately has not been sent out yet. However, if you are facing this issue, we would also ask that you get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who can confirm there are no other issues with your order, and make sure your game arrives with you safely.
We apologise again for this delay, and we share in your frustration that this process is still ongoing. We hope that when your copy does arrive with you, you truly enjoy your experience with the game.
Asia
Many copies of the game in Asia are have already arrived, or are due to reach their individual fulfilment centres later this month, after which they will begin shipping out directly to your doorsteps. You can see a full breakdown of when to expect units to arrive in your region over on VFI’s hub status page (It's under T for The Old King's Crown).
Once copies arrive at the fulfilment hub in your individual regions, you should expect to get an email from the respective fulfilment centre with more information about your order, and your tracking data. If you do have any issues with your tracking data or your order, please contact our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist further.
Remaining fulfilment
If you are located in any other regions (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of World) and have yet to receive your copy of the game, please now get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist with further information and make sure your copy of the game arrives with you.
Although our manufacturer, and fulfilment centres have been working incredibly hard to ensure copies of the game are free from defect, damage or missing pieces, with so many units being shipped, there’s a small chance that a few may experience minor issues with damage in transit or missing components. If this has unfortunately happened, our fulfilment partner is ready to help and will make sure you’re looked after quickly and efficiently. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to them at [email protected]
That’s it for this update, but we’ll be back with a bigger update soon, or if we learn any further information from our fulfilment partners we'll make sure you’re all up to date on the latest fulfilment news.
Thank you again for all of your support and patience, and for sticking with us as we begin to wrap up the fulfilment process for this campaign.
Andrew, Pablo, Ken & The Eerie Idols team.
November 13th Progress Update
12 months ago
– Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 02:50:12 AM
Hello everyone!
Andrew here with another fulfilment progress update. In the last update we were waiting for European fulfilment to kick off. The great news is that this is now underway! Let’s jump in with more details and exciting things to share.
Europe
When we posted our last update, the games had just arrived at the port in the Netherlands and were about to pass through customs. We can confirm that the games made their way through this process without issue and have safely arrived at Meeples.nl and fulfilment is now underway in Europe!
We’re receiving confirmation that European backers are beginning to get their tracking numbers now, with more and more of these scheduled to be issued this week and into next week. Meeples.nl anticipate the vast majority of games will be shipped out within this week and into next week, so don’t panic if you haven’t yet received your tracking information just yet.
Please note that although the Backerkit status of your order may have changed to “shipped” in late October, the copies had not left the fulfilment centre at that point. Instead, this was the moment that backer data was sent to the fulfilment centre to begin preparing shipping labels and packaging. Please don’t worry yet or assume that your game has gone missing. Copies have only started leaving the fulfilment centre very recently.
Asia
Fulfilment is still underway in Asia. As a reminder, backers in China & Hong Kong should now have all received their copies of the game, however if you are yet to receive yours, please get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist with tracking down your game.
Many copies of the game in the region are due to reach their individual fulfilment centres later this month, after which they will begin shipping out directly to your doorsteps. You can see a full breakdown of when to expect units to arrive in your region over on VFI’s hub status page.
A Note from the Team
We’d like to extend a further thank you to all backers in Europe and Asia who have patiently waited for their copies to arrive whilst other regions began to receive theirs. We had very much hoped for a much more synchronous worldwide fulfilment and so we can only apologise for the delays that the freighting process to these regions has seen. We hope that when you do finally get the game to your table, you truly enjoy your experience with it.
Remaining fulfilment
The vast majority of backers in the The United States, Canada, Australia/New Zealand and the United Kingdom should now have received their copies of the game. If you are located in any of these regions and have yet to receive your tracking information, please now get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist with further information and help you get a hold of your copy.
Although our manufacturer, and fulfilment centres have been working incredibly hard to ensure copies of the game are free from defect, damage or missing pieces, with so many units being shipped, there’s a small chance that a few may experience minor issues with damage in transit or missing components. If this has unfortunately happened, our fulfilment partner is ready to help and will make sure you’re looked after quickly and efficiently. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to them at [email protected]
We’re absolutely delighted to share a fresh batch of reviews for The Old King’s Crown, straight from the ovens of IGN and Dice Tower.
IGN Review
Matt Thrower has thrown himself headfirst into The Old King’s Crown in his recent review for IGN, and gave the game a stunning 9 out of 10! For years, our team has followed IGN for their video game reviews, so to have our game be featured, and to see a big ole 9 in that red hex is a surreal and truly special experience!
Tom, Zee & Chris from Dice Tower recently reviewed the game over on their Youtube channel. We’re delighted that The Old King’s Crown is a proud recipient of the “Dice Tower Seal of Approval”.
We’ve always said our game might not be for everyone and embraced that. The panel on this review embodies that notion but we are just so happy that it sparks those conversations and hopefully surprises some folks by challenging their idea of what a big strategy game might look and play like.
You can check out the review over on the Dice Tower channel here.
That’s it for this update, but we’ll be back in another two weeks when the majority of our European backers should have their copies of the game in their hands and we'll begin the process of wrapping up this campaign.
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend when it rolls around.
Andrew, Ken, Pablo & the Eerie Idols team.
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