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Hi everyone, the Pledge Manager for Die of the Dead is now open at Gamefound. If you backed us on Kickstarter please check your emails to find a link to your account. If not we are now accepting late pledges … Continue reading →

Today the Kickstarter part of the campaign has ended, and we begin the journey of manufacturing Die of the Dead and getting it into our backers hands. If you missed the Kickstarter but are still interested, please send us a … Continue reading →

I always find it interesting reading about design changes and decisions, especially knowing which things didn’t work and the reasons for changing. No matter how good a game is, it never arrives fully formed, and so I don’t see any … Continue reading →

This is our first Designer Diary since we launched Die of the Dead, and we have already funded and met both our stretch goals. It has been a wonderful first few days on Kickstarter, so thank you to everybody who … Continue reading →

Last post we talked about two of the tokens players can use to help guide their souls to the land of the living. Today I want to show the other two. Candles adorn the ofrenda, with the light used to … Continue reading →

By Russ from Chits & Giggles! It’s a great video worth a watch:

For the tokens we wanted to keep the theme of the game and choose items which would be pertinent to the Day of the Dead festival. We chose to use some of the objects and decorations incorporated into the displays … Continue reading →

The core gameplay of Die of the Dead lies in the caskets. Players need to consider which ones to choose, remember what’s in them, move them forward, and be joyous when the contents are revealed. So there had been a … Continue reading →