Crews of Eridanus (Reboot)

A project in Boulder, CO by Dakota Ridge Games
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A sandbox style, semi-cooperative spacefaring game of exploration and adventure that plays in about 2 hours, for 1-6 players.
Backers: 180
Average Pledge Per Backer: $78

Funded: $14,121 of $21,500
Dates: Mar 8th -> Apr 7th (30 days)
Project By: Dakota Ridge Games
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Latest News

Social Contest Winner

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
As many of you know, we announced a social media contest on March 25th.   Since the time window for the contest has passed, I decided to announce the winner today. I used a complex random selection process (rolling dice) to pick a winner: it is... (Read More)

Review from Diary of a Lincoln Geek

April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Here's the review from UK-based Diary of a Lincoln Geek. Click the image to read the full review.  (Read More)

5 days to go!

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
It is gratifying to see the recent uptick in support as we near the end of the campaign. Fingers crossed that this will continue as word gets out. As some of you know, there is one additional review in the pipeline, which I promise to share as soon... (Read More)

Livestream Demo: 29 March 19:00 US Eastern Time

March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
You are invited to attend the first livestream demo session with the game's designer on Discord. This 60-minute session will include a brief demo and Q&A. Link for this session   (Read More)

Social Contest Reminder

March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
There is still some time remaining to participate in the social media contest. Your odds of winning are pretty good (only 3 backers have entered so far). Full details on how to enter are in my previous update. There has been some interest in the... (Read More)

Social Media Contest

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Several of you kindly asked if you could help improve the success of this project. One easy thing that could help is to make a couple of posts on social media. With that though in mind, please consider participating in our contest (see below). The... (Read More)

Survey Results & New Initiatives

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
As a result of feedback from our survey, we are launching two initiatives: (1) opportunity to attend a livestream demo and discussion with the game’s designer and (2) opportunity to participate an enhancement process. There also remains the... (Read More)

Socials Push - Board Game Geek

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
If you have a minute, I need your help in increasing visibility of Crews of Eridanus on the site "Board Game Geek" (aka "BGG"). You can visit the BGG ratings page for Crews of Eridanus using this link:... (Read More)

Please complete the survey!

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Reminder that we are actively seeking input in a survey. It will remain open for one more day. Three things are clear so far: There are a lot of undecided people that are still interested and following progress of the campaign.   There is good... (Read More)

Mini Prototypes & Survey

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have shown renders of the STL miniature spaceship files on our Kickstarter project page. Renders are sharp and give a good representation of the design of the spacecraft in Crews of Eridanus. I did want to share photos of two mini prototypes that... (Read More)

Useful links

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
In my haste to get the "reboot" campaign up and running, I forgot to share some useful links. The Facebook Group "Crews of Eridanus - Insiders" is the first place you will find new reviews, surveys and the like. All you need to do is answer one... (Read More)

Refreshed the Tabletop Simulator (TTS) Workshop

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for your continued support and helpful suggestions. We had some feedback on the Tabletop Simulator (TTS) Workshop that we have made available on Steam. Both of our TTS mods have been refreshed with all of the latest assets in the Standard... (Read More)

One week in - making solid progress

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Our reboot campaign has been live for 7 days and we continue to make progress. In the first 24-hours we were 28% funded with 77 backers. Now we are 40% funded with 114 backers. Importantly, we have also seen the number of project followers rise from... (Read More)

Thanks for your early support!

March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks so much for your early support. We are about 1/3 of the way towards the funding goal in the first 48 hours. It is interesting to see the high popularity of the Collector's Version. Approximately 70% of pledges so far are for the version with... (Read More)

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