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:
October 30th Progress Update
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 04:17:40 AM
Hello everyone!
It's Andrew here with another of our bimonthly progress updates with the latest news on the fulfilment progress. We’re moving into the home stretch of this campaign now as fulfilment gets closer and closer to wrapping up. Lets get you all up to speed with the latest.
Most backers outside of Asia and the EU should now have received their copies of the game.
For those of you who had completed and locked your pledge manager survey before the cut-off date of the 9th of October, your copies of the game were shipped out in the first wave of fulfilment. These first waves account for the vast majority of backers.
There were however a handful of backers in each region that completed their pledge manager survey after the cut-off date and may still be waiting for their copy of the game to arrive. These orders are still being processed by the respective fulfilment centres and will be shipped out to you shortly in a series of catch up waves.
The following regions have now completed the first wave of shipping:
USA
Australia & New Zealand
Canada
United Kingdom
If you are in any of listed regions above, and you completed your survey before the cut-off of the 9th of October but still haven’t received your tracking data, you should now contact our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist in tracking down your copy of the game.
Europe
In our previous update we announced that the boat carrying the games to the EU had been delayed by the effects of Storm Amy which hit Western Europe a few weekends ago. This had a series of knock on compounding delays to the ship and saw it arriving later than it was originally scheduled.
However, we can now confirm that the boat has arrived at the port in Rotterdam and copies of the game should now be passing through EU customs. Our fulfilment partners in Europe were given plenty of advanced notice and are well prepared for this so we don’t anticipate any delays in the game clearing customs before being driven a short distance to the Meeples.nl fulfilment centre.
We expect the games to arrive at the fulfilment centre early next week and Meeples.nl are prepared and ready to go with fulfilment so we’re hopeful for a quick turnaround on this process.
Many of you will have noticed that your order on Backerkit has moved from the “Ready to Fulfil” status to the “Shipped” status. Please note that this change doesn’t actually indicate the games have shipped out to you from the fulfilment centre, but rather that the backer data has been passed on to the fulfilment centre who are now printing and preparing the shipping boxes and labels for your games.
Meeples.nl anticipate the first wave of fulfilment (this accounts for the vast majority of you) will be completed within two weeks of fulfilment beginning. This will be followed by another wave for backers who completed their pledge surveys after the deadline of the 9th of October. All backers in the EU should have received their copy of the game by the end of November.
Asia
Fulfilment is now underway in Asia. Backers in China and Hong Kong should now have received their copies of the games. If you are in these regions and haven't yet received your tracking data, please contact our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to help you track down your game.
VFI has listed the remaining regions as “in consolidation” which means they have the stock and are arranging to ship to local fulfilment centres. You can track their progress on the VFI hub status page to stay up to date on the latest in your region.
Backers in the Rest of World category are being fulfilled by Zatu here in the UK. These copies have already started to ship out now, and now that UK fulfilment has wrapped up expect to receive your tracking data very soon if you are yet to receive it.
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]
Before we wrap up this update, we thought we’d share one of the most recent reviews of The Old King’s Crown; a glowing 10 out of 10 from Alex Evans over at Wargamer.com!
Alex has written over 4000 words that capture his experience with the game and we’re delighted that the game has resonated so strongly, with not only him, but so many of you who have now received your copy of the game.
We’ll have a full post-campaign update once fulfilment has completed and this campaign comes to a close, but in the meantime, we’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of you. When we set out to make The Old King’s Crown over six years ago (has it really been that long?!), we had no idea just how much the game would resonate with our backers, and the wider gaming community. Seeing all of your posts & discussions about the game, whether it be on our Discord, Board Game Geek page or social media, has been nothing short of incredible.
That’s it for this update, but we’ll be back again soon with another progress update as fulfilment in Europe and Asia moves closer to completion.
Andrew, Pablo, Ken & the Eerie Idols team.
October 14th Fulfilment Progress Update
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 06:36:50 AM
Hello everyone,
We’re back with another short fulfilment update. This is a little earlier than normal but we’re committed to keeping you all up to date on the shipping process as and when we learn of any new developments from the different regions. Let's jump in!
United States
US fulfilment is still underway, with Flying Cloud having now shipped out 2/3rds of all 2600+ US orders, with more orders going out every day. The fulfilment process has taken them longer than they had initially anticipated, so we appreciate your continued patience. We had forecast in our previous update that all tracking data would be available by the end of last week. However we now expect Flying Cloud to require (at the most) an additional two weeks to complete the process.
Flying Cloud have suggested that if you haven't received your tracking by the end of October, to please get in contact with our support team at [email protected] who will be able to assist. We don’t anticipate anyone needing to wait this long to actually receive their tracking, but rather this the cut-off that the fulfilment centre has set to indicate that if you haven’t received yours by then, there may be an issue with your order and to get in contact with our team.
This means that if you haven’t yet received your tracking number just yet, please don’t worry, it's on its way to you.
We can only apologise again for the delay in this process, and we share in your frustration of this added time taken to complete fulfilment in the US.
Australia / New Zealand
Heroes & Knights have now finished sending out all copies of the game for fulfilment.
This means that all backers in this Region should now have tracking data. We’re hearing from many of you that have also now received your copies of the game and have been sharing all your wonderful photos of your games in our Discord!
If you haven’t yet received your tracking data yet, now is the time to get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist you.
Canada
Board Game Bliss in Canada have now completed the process of sending out tracking data. The fulfilment centre was closed yesterday for Indigenous Peoples’ Day so the remaining orders should now ship out over the next couple of days.
If you haven’t yet received your tracking data yet, now is the time to get in contact with our fulfilment team at [email protected] who will be able to assist you.
NOTE - There were a very small handful of backers who had listed PO Boxes as their postal address. Our fulfilment team should have already been in contact with you via email regarding this as these will be delivered via Canada Post which are currently on strike.
UK
We can now confirm that the copies of the game arrived at Zatu’s fulfilment centre on Wednesday of last week, following a short delay as a result of Storm Amy which affected the UK and parts of western Europe last weekend. I’m pleased to say that Zatu have been fantastic and have wasted absolutely no time in getting them shipped out. They are already over 2/3rds of the way through UK fulfilment and expect to complete the remaining orders this week. If you're in the UK and haven't yet received your tracking data, it shouldn't be much longer to wait now.
Europe
Similarly to the UK, the ship carrying the games to the Meeple.nl fulfilment centre in Rotterdam has unfortunately also been affected by the storm that hit last weekend. While the ship to the UK only caught the edge of the storm, the European ship was caught right in the middle of its effects and as a result, the freight forwarding company has estimated a compounded delay of about 10 days. The games are now due to arrive at the fulfilment hub toward the end of this month, with fulfilment expected immediately after.
Our sincerest apologies to all European backers for this frustrating and disappointing delay, we can’t thank you enough for your patience, we really appreciate it. We will of course keep you updated if anything changes in the coming weeks, but until then, we will hope for clear skies and plain sailing for the Rotterdam bound ship.
NOTE - A small percentage of backers in the EU may receive tracking data from Zatu in the UK rather than from Meeple.nl in the Netherlands. These are primarily backers based in Ireland and some parts of France where it made more sense to send these directly from the UK. This may result in some of those backers receiving their tracking data over the next few days.
Asia
Last week was Golden Week in China which meant that VFI was closed for the duration. They have since reopened, and are now progressing fulfilment forwards. Unfortunately they haven’t been able to provide any specific concrete dates as to when to expect games to arrive at the different sub fulfilment centres throughout Asia. However, this will be progressing over this month and into November. VFI will soon be adding their schedule for the game so you will be able to track the progress of each Region via VFI’s shipment status page.
Rest of World
Backers in the Rest of World category will be sent out from Zatu in the UK once all domestic fulfilment has completed. You should expect to receive tracking data by the end of the month, and likely earlier for most people.
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]
Now that more and more people are receiving their copies of the game, and getting their first few games under their belts, we wanted to take another opportunity to share the free strategy and teaching guides that we have put together.
The first guide is aimed at those looking to teach the game for the first time to a new group of players. This guide includes optional setup adjustments for your first game to help reduce the level of initial starting complexity and faction asymmetry if you and your group would prefer that. This is followed up by a guided tutorial that takes you through your opening round of the game, allowing you to introduce each concept through on-the-table gameplay and live examples.
The second guide is for players who either want to go into their first match armed with some strategic knowledge or who have a game or two under their belt and are now looking for some tips and tricks to level up their competitive game! This guide discusses how to play well at different player counts, how to make the most of your growing pool of actions each round and spotlights a bunch of powerful kingdom card synergies, as well as much more!
Please note, these guides are completely optional and are only there to provide some additional help for those who would like it!
The guides are free to download here directly, from our website or on the game’s BGG page.
Finally, if you have any questions about the game or beyond, please join us on our official Discord where you’ll find our friendly and inviting community discussing all things The Old King's Crown. We’d love to have you as our newest member!
That’s it for this short update, but we’ll be back again as soon as there are any new developments on the remaining fulfilment regions.
We’d like to thank you all again for your continued support and patience whilst we continue to finish this final part of this campaign’s story.
We hope you all have a lovely week
Andrew, Ken, Pablo & the Eerie Idols team.
October 3rd Progress Update - Fulfilment Updates, Shut up & Sit Down Review and more!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 06:36:43 AM
Hey folks,
It's Ken here with another update! There’s a few things to cover today, so without further ado, let’s get into it.
With copies of the games now spread out globally, we’re entering the final fulfilment stage, which will usher in the closing steps of this campaign. Let’s take a look at the latest fulfilment news for each region.
USA - Fulfilment is in full swing! We’ve been hearing from many of you in the US who have now safely received your copies of the game. It’s an incredibly surreal and amazing feeling to finally see The Old King’s Crown arrive with the backers that made it all possible.
However, don’t worry if you haven’t received your copy yet, or you are still waiting for tracking information. The fulfilment centre is working their way through the 2600+ orders, and are shipping these out in batches. We have just yesterday received word that the fulfilment centre has sent out over one third of the units with the majority of remaining orders being shipped over the weekend and next week. There was a very small handful of orders from backers whose pledge manager survey was completed after the address lock deadline that will be shipped out over the week following that.
We apologise for the slight delay if you’ve not yet received your copy of the game yet. We’ve been assured by the fulfilment centre that they are working as fast as possible to make sure your games are securely packaged and then shipped out to you. We know that this can often feel like the hardest part of the wait, but it’s nearly over!
IMPORTANT NOTE - In Backerkit your order status may say that it has been “shipped”. This is unfortunately a little misleading, as this status was changed when the backer data was sent over and labels printed by the fulfilment centres, not when the games were actually sent out from the fulfilment centre. We’ve raised this with our fulfilment team as an issue and apologise for this notification being sent out too early.
Australia / New Zealand - Copies of the game have arrived safe and sound at Heroes and Knights, our fulfilment partner in Australia. They are now working through these, securely packing them up and getting ready to begin shipping them out. They expect to have all copies shipped out to you all by the 7th of October and many of you will have already received your tracking information. Don’t worry if you don’t have yours just yet as it may arrive early next week.
Canada - Copies have also arrived safely at Board Game Bliss in Canada, where the team there have spent this week packaging units in preparation for shipment. Tracking information for these copies will be sent out throughout next week as copies of the game are shipped out to you!
PLEASE NOTE - There is an ongoing postal strike at Canada Post. Board Game Bliss are working to mitigate the impact this might have on backers, by shipping via other couriers. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you posted if this is likely to affect the current schedule.
Asia - Copies of the game have arrived safely at the central VFI hub in China, with fulfilment scheduled to begin very soon in China, Hong Kong and the surrounding Regions. Whilst we’re hopeful that the majority of backers in Asia will receive their copy of the game throughout October, VFI work using a consignment system which bundles different stock together that is headed to the same destination. Whilst these are collected together, there may be some further away parts of Asia that receive their copy into November.
UK - UK fulfilment is still on track from the last update which has the games arriving at Zatu’s hub early next week, with fulfilment ready to begin right after. With the current schedule, fulfilment is expected to be fully complete by the end of October but we’re hopeful it will be a little faster than this.
Europe - Europe too is still on track from the updated schedule we posted in the last update. We currently expect the games to arrive at the fulfilment hub in mid-October. The fulfilment centre is ready and waiting to receive the copies from port then securely package them up and ship them out within October.
Rest of World - The Rest of World shipments will be leaving from Zatu in the UK, however these will be air-shipped out, so fulfilment to any regions in this category should happen alongside and just a little after the UK fulfilment.
PLEASE NOTE - If you are based in the UK, Europe or Rest of World countries and need to update your address, you must do so now via Backerkit as these orders will be locked imminently. Any outdated or incorrect addresses we have on record for you may lead to a delay in receiving your copy of the game. If you need to update any shipping information, or you would like to check that your shipping address on record is up to date and accurate, you can do so by following the link below, and inputting your email address. You will then be sent a link to your pledge manager account where you can check and update any required shipping information.
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]
Shut Up & Sit Down’s review of The Old King’s Crown was released yesterday and we’re delighted to share it with you all.
If you haven’t seen it already, we can’t recommend it enough.
It is a nerve wracking thing, watching the critical response to something you’ve spent so long making (and we thank you once again for your patience and understanding throughout). We of course want everyone to enjoy their time with the game, but we also realise it’s not a game for everyone, and that for some they will bounce off what we have made.
However, over the years of making the game, we’ve also seen that for certain players, it’s a design they keep coming back to and it was our intention to make sure that when they did, the systems and world kept inviting them in.
So, to see that reflected in a review like this, where that affection for the game is channelled into a joyously unhinged, entertaining and thoughtful video, is just a pleasure to witness.
Lots of big smiles and a couple o’tears at ol’ Eerie Idols HQ last night…after all, he's just a wee guy!
Also, it was great to see the solo mode see such love and attention! And even get a peek at the Wild Kingdom expansion too!
However, regrettably, we were forced to call the police. Tom is in a cell as we speak, and we shall be seeking the strongest jail terms possible.
DO CARD CRIMES, DO HARD TIME.
Exhibit A
Monster.
With copies of the game starting to arrive with backers, we thought this would be another great opportunity to share the two free downloadable PDF guides for those who missed them in our previous updates.
The first guide is aimed at those looking to teach the game for the first time to a new group of players. This guide includes optional setup adjustments for your first game to help reduce the level of initial starting complexity and faction asymmetry if you and your group would prefer that. This is followed up by a guided tutorial that takes you through your opening round of the game, allowing you to introduce each concept through on-the-table gameplay and live examples.
The second guide is for players who either want to go into their first match armed with some strategic knowledge or who have a game or two under their belt and are now looking for some tips and tricks to level up their competitive game! This guide discusses how to play well at different player counts, how to make the most of your growing pool of actions each round and spotlights a bunch of powerful kingdom card synergies, as well as much more!
Please note, these guides are completely optional and are only there to provide some additional help for those who would like it!
The guides are free to download here directly, from our website or on the game’s BGG page.
¡Qué fin de semana tan fantástico tuvimos en Málaga!
Some of the team were over in Málaga for the first ever international San Diego Comic Con! 120,000 people poured into the Spanish city, including two of our own.
Pablo was asked to speak at a panel on Saturday titled ‘Designing the perfect game’, which of course, is a lovely honour. He took to the stage with folks from Devir and Llama dice to discuss the amazing world of board games in front of a packed auditorium of 600 people. We are very proud!
Thanks so much to the organisers for such a warm welcome and to all the people that came by and saw Pablo, either at the panel or at our Spanish partners stand, Delirium. It means a whole lot to see and chat with you all.
And that’s it, for another update! If there are any major changes to fulfilment schedules we will of course be in touch earlier, otherwise we will be back with another one in about two weeks!
All the best,
Ken, Andrew, Pablo and the rest of the Eerie Idols team
September 16th Progress Update
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 08:09:15 AM
Hey folks!
We're back with another of our bi-monthly updates. Hope you’re all well! It has been a busy time and we have a whole host of things to cover today, so let’s jump right in!
As the games have been making their way across the water, we’ve been getting periodic updates on their current progress over the last two weeks.
For most folks, timings remain unchanged from what we had in our last update, however if you are based in the UK and Europe, that timeline has seen an unfortunate delay. See below for the most up to date timeline for all regions -
We can only apologise to those affected by another delay, and thank you for your continued patience. As we’re based in Scotland, we share in your frustration. We really hope this will be the last adjustment to dates we see. However, we will of course continue to update everyone as part of these fortnightly updates.
NOTE - If you are in the green regions highlighted above, you should begin to receive delivery notifications, some of you within the next week or so, with details on your order’s progress from fulfilment centre to your door.
As fulfilment for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Asia begins, delivery addresses in these regions are now locked. Please note that backers in these regions will no longer be able to change their address in their Backerkit pledge manager.
If you have any issues with your address going forward, you will now need to get in touch with our fulfilment team directly at [email protected]
For backers in the UK and Europe, this is your last chance to update your address. Any incorrect information will likely cause a further delay to your order. If you’re not sure if your address is up to date, you can double check here.
Welcome to the No Pun Included review of The Old King’s Crown! 28 minutes of absolute cinema (I mean, look at that crown!) as they deep dive into systems, themes and the beating heart of the game itself.
We’re delighted that Efka loved the game and threw himself head first into it with such passion. It’s an incredible video and we couldn’t be happier to share it with you all. If you haven’t seen it already, enjoy!
For more great reviews and thoughtful coverage of all things board games, head over to No Pun Included's website.
The Old King’s Crown has climbed back to the top of Board Game Geek’s Hotness rankings! The three days of sweltering heat there have been very cool to see. This in no small part is down to the NPI review dropping last week, as well as recent preview coverage by Shut Up & Sit Down and the fact that the game is delivering soon, so folks are checking in on it. It’s been great to see our game sitting amongst so many decorated titles, and we’ve enjoyed answering the influx of questions from folks unfamiliar with the game, there on BGG and those who joined the game’s community on our Discord.
Back on top!
This week we continue with our rollout of free supporting materials for the game, designed to make your first forays into the kingdom as enjoyable as possible when it arrives on your tables.
This time we’ve been putting together a fully featured guide to teaching your first game of The Old King’s Crown.
It will include:
MODIFY YOUR FIRST GAME VIA A MODULAR SETUP - This includes a curated Kingdom Card Deck focused on new players, as well as ways to adjust the amount of faction asymmetry depending on your group’s learning preferences.
AN INTERACTIVE WALKTHROUGH ROUND - This guided tutorial allows a teaching player to take their group through an entire round of the game, breaking down each phase into manageable sections full of advice and reminders.
A HOST OF TIPS - Use the teaching tips included, along with handy notes and page references to the full rules, to empower you throughout your first session.
NOTE! This guide is completely optional. There are many players who will wish to experience the game as intended in the box, with all the asymmetry and complexities available from that first session. And to those groups we absolutely encourage you to dive right in!
However, The Old King’s Crown is also a complex strategy game that encourages players to play it again and again, and for some that initial game can be daunting. There’s faction asymmetry, an involved round structure with a very free-form way of creating combos and synergies. There’s hidden information, powerful abilities and not many guardrails. And it’s for those people that we have put together this document. In it we’ve folded in our experiences teaching the game at events, game nights, conventions and online, as well as notes and advice from across our extended community of players.
We hope you enjoy it when it arrives later this week. You’ll be able to find it on:
Additionally, we’ll leave a comment on Kickstarter to notify everyone when it goes live.
And when it does, it will join our Introductory Strategy Guide, that serves as a strategic primer for those who wish to go into their opening games of The Old King’s Crown a little less blind.
At the studio we recently received our Laserox insert for The Old King’s Crown! For those that added this to their order in the pledge manager, have a look at the video below to see how it’s all going to look when you get it!
Follow along with Andrew in this little video tutorial as he shows off the game’s standard insert before exploring the deluxe insert from Laserox.
Another year and another incredible Tabletop Scotland.
We made our way to the Highland Show venue for three packed days of gaming, chatting and hanging out with the best community around - flushed and happy board gamers!
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello and catch up on our game - it was fantastic to see so many familiar faces and meet many new ones. And to those who didn’t manage to grab a demo slot, our apologies! Sessions filled up fast, but we truly appreciate your interest and support - it means the world.
Next year, although not confirmed at this point, we hope to be attending a number more conventions than in previous years - now that development is completed on the base game. Our planned events include Tabletop Scotland and UKGE of course, plus GenCon, Essen and Pax Unplugged.
Three tired but happy lads
And that’s it for another update! We will be in touch again in a couple of weeks, or before if anything unexpected happens.
Apologies once again to our UK and European backers for the additional delay, we will continue to hope for no further delays, strong tail winds, and that everyone remains happy and healthy.
All the best,
Ken, Andrew, Pablo & the rest of the Eerie Idols team x
August 29th Development Update
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 07:51:21 AM
Hello everyone,
We hope you’re all having a lovely week! We’re back with another update for you all.
Firstly, to kick off this update we’d like to thank everyone who attended AireCon North West in Manchester recently and checked out The Old King’s Crown at the Zatu stand. Rob and his team at Zatu were running demos of the game all weekend, so we'd like to extend a massive thank you to them for sharing the game with everyone there.
In our last update, we shared that all games are headed to their respective fulfilment hubs, in preparation of then being sent out to your doorsteps. We have provided the estimated fulfilment dates for each Region below:
China and the surrounding regions will be fulfilled by VFI in mid September (See the note below this).
The rest of Asia will also be fulfilled by VFI in late September to early October.
Australia & New Zealand will be fulfilled by Heroes & Knights in mid September.
The United States will be fulfilled by Flying Cloud in mid September.
Europe will be fulfilled by Meeples.nl in mid to late September.
UK will be fulfilled by Zatu in mid to late September.
Canada will be fulfilled by Board Game Bliss in mid to late September.
Rest of World copies will be fulfilled in late September by Zatu with some potentially extending slightly beyond this depending on the country of delivery.
The freighting progress remains smooth and steady and the listed estimates still hold true, with the exception of one region as noted above.
The units headed to Asia, due to be fulfilled by VFI, have encountered a short logistical delay as they head to their fulfilment hub. This has now been remedied and things are now progressing forwards. However, this delay of roughly 10 days now means we anticipate China and the surrounding Region will be fulfilled in mid September, followed by the rest of Asia in late September into early October.
As always, we’d like to remind everyone that the fulfilment windows provided are still estimates, but we’ll ensure we keep you updated as we receive new information about the shipments as they head your way.
We’d like to thank you all for your patience as the games’ final stages on the water draw to a close!
A massive thank you to everyone who has updated their addresses in recent weeks. However, now more than ever, it’s vital that if you are planning on moving home within the next month and still need to update your address via Backerkit, please do so as soon as possible. Any outdated or incorrect addresses we have on record for you may lead to a delay in your receiving your copy of the game.
If you need to update any shipping information, or you would like to check that your shipping address on record is up to date and accurate, you can do so by following this link below, and inputting your email address. You will then be sent a link to your pledge manager account where you can check and update any required shipping information.
In anticipation of fulfilment beginning soon, we’ve put together a brand new introductory strategy guide aimed at players who are just dipping their toes into the world of The Old King’s Crown. This tome is designed for those of you who have started to familiarise yourself with the rules of the game, or have your first game under your belt at a convention or online, and are now hungry for ways to begin improving your strategies!
This guide provides a primer that covers a range of helpful content, including:
PLAYER COUNT - An overview of how different player-count games might impact your strategic considerations and overall game plan.
CARD ABILITIES - An overview of the cards that make up your basic faction deck, covering a slew of useful applications, along with the strengths and weaknesses of each so you can learn how best to wield their abilities in game.
ECONOMY & SUPPLY LINES - Key elements of the game to consider such as methods to avoid the dreaded Attrition, ways to get the most efficiency out of your actions, and, if the game isn’t going the way you hoped, methods of pivoting your approach, to make the most of a losing situation.
KINGDOM CARD CORNER - Throughout the guide, we cover a selection of the different Kingdom Cards found in the game, and provide an overview of how to use them most effectively to different ends, whether it's to provide alternative means of gaining resources, or ensuring you have greater visibility to weather the attacks of your opponents.
This introductory strategy guide is the first in a series of free resources that we’ll be making available on our website, here on Kickstarter, and over on Board Game Geek to help those of you who are new to the game.
In our next update we’ll be sharing a teaching guide, adapted from the methods that we use to teach the game at conventions and public showcases. It’s designed to jump you into the action with an interactive teach that takes you through the first round of the game, and explains the concepts gradually and in the context of when they would arise during gameplay. Additionally, it comes with a recommended Kingdom Card list for your first game and discusses ways of introducing the game’s asymmetry over the course of your first team.
In the meantime, for those of you who are keen to learn the rules of the game before your copy arrives, as always you can read the digital versions of the rulebooks (multiplayer, solo & Wild Kingdom expansion) right here.
And for those of you who prefer to learn the game's rules via video, we already have two fantastic How to Play videos available. A big thanks again to both Branislav at Nithrania - Games in a Nutshell, and Chris at Hop of Board for making these fantastic video resources!
Finally, if after that you still have any burning rules questions that you want answered, you’ll find an excellent community of players (and the development team too) on our Discord, who are more than happy to see you right! Come join us there!
It’s that time of year again! Can you hear the pipes a-calling?
We’ll be heading along to our favourite convention here in Scotland on September 5th - 7th with a fresh batch of demo copies of the game, along with the Wild Kingdom expansion! The folks that run Tabletop Scotland have been some of our earliest and staunchest supporters so we’re delighted to be able to be a part of the proceedings again this year!
We’ll be running introductory demo games at our stand (G2-07) throughout the weekend so this is a perfect chance to see the game in person before your copy arrives with you. Additionally, for those of you keen to experience a full game without the time restrictions of the demo games, we’ll also have some loan copies of the game that you and your friends will be able to take to the open play area, allowing you to play the full-fat version of the game in all its splendour!
We’ll also be giving away some exciting goodies, including mini art prints, stickers, badges and more! Stop by the stand if you’re heading along to the convention this year! We’d love to catch up in person!
Find us at stand G2-07.
We were delighted to have The Old King’s Crown featured as part of Shut Up & Sit Down’s recent Board Games Direct event on their channel. Like I’m sure many of you, we’ve been fans of Shut Up & Sit Down since their early days. Their recommendations have contributed to more than a few games that are now in our collection here at the studio, so to have them showcase our game was a treat.
If you missed the coverage, you can find the link below, where the game was featured as part of a set of videos showcasing brand new and upcoming games that includes the likes of Deep Regrets from our pal and studio-co-habitor, Judson Cowan & new Ahoy expansions from the incredible folks at Leder Games.
Here we are featured at the top of the first video from these directs, 12 Exciting Thematic Board Games! Check out the video below!
NOTE! This was part of a paid Shut Up & Sit Down Direct and is not meant as a review but rather a preview for folks who haven’t come across it. You can find more information on their Directs, here.
Finally, for those of you who subscribe to the incredible Senet magazine, the latest issue features a wonderful review of the game by Dan Thurot, who some of you may be familiar with via his online blog, Space-Biff. We’re huge admirers of how both Dan and the folks at Senet celebrate board games as an art form, so to have our game featured within its pages is once again an honour (they were early champions of the game way back when, in the mists of time, with Dan once again writing about the game in an early preview).
We’re delighted with Dan’s review and we hope you all agree once your copies begin to arrive!
The issue is available now and those of you who are already subscribed should be getting your crisp new copy through your doors any day now.
Additionally, keep an eye on Dan's blog, where you might see a further writeup in the future!
That’s it for this update, but we’ll be back again in two weeks when we hope fulfilment will have kicked off! And we’ll come bearing gifts - aka, coverage from Tabletop Scotland and as well as the teaching guide document we mentioned!
We’d like to thank you all again for your patience and support! The wait is finally nearly over!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Andrew, Pablo, Ken & The Eerie Idols team
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