Steamwatchers
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Guide your Clan to the Steam columns, survive the Bane and overcome the other clans in this 2-5 player « Frost Apo » board game.
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Funded: $298,819 of $80,000
Dates: Mar 3rd -> Mar 13th (11 days)
Project By: Mythic Games, Inc.
Backers: 2881
Average Pledge Per Backer: $104
Funded: $298,819 of $80,000
Dates: Mar 3rd -> Mar 13th (11 days)
Project By: Mythic Games, Inc.
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Latest News
Navigate the Ice Age Apocalypse of STEAMWATCHERS
August 4th - via: nerdist.com
Steamwatchers is a strategy game for 2-5 players in which you have to keep a lookout for columns of steam which erupt from the planet’s layer of permafrost. Those steam columns are the only thing offering you and your clan any warmth. But the other clans (i.e. whomever you’re playing against) also want those steam columns. It’s a fight for survival, and only one clan can control the steam. (Read More)
Final Unlock! 
March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Watchers! Today we’re gifting you with… Lore! We spend quite a bit of time world building and designing interesting factions and events. We didn’t want to slap that inside of the gameplay to keep it as smooth as possible, but we wanted to... (Read More)
Gameplay Update 9: Clan focus: the Catabatians, the Free Fleet and the Rhône Conglomerate
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! Here’s the focus on our 3 other factions! The Catabatians were snug in their vaults until they broke down. Obviously, they are not super happy to be forced to roam the wastes. They go by codenames instead of names, and are... (Read More)
An interview with Marc Lagroy
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! We had a chat so that Marc can tell you about the game itself and how it came to be! Mythic Games – What gave you the idea for Steamwatchers? Marc Lagroy – I was probably driven by two parallel dreams: I wanted to create “my”... (Read More)
Gameplay Update: Clan Focus: Rheinfreie, Menrau and Apostles
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! Apologies for the late reveal on this unlock.. We present you... Beacons & Turrets become solid! To keep your last remains of warmth with you, you’d best use every trick in the book, from wearing your best furs to avoiding... (Read More)
Chapter 4 – To the Core
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
As soon as I enter deeper in the hallway, lights start flickering alive. Not in an orderly fashion, no, rather acting as a defence system against epileptics. I wince. My eyes are used to the crude white light from the ice floes, and even to the deep... (Read More)
Gamplay Update 7: The Bane & Incubation... and a poll!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! Today, we’re talking about a very serious subject: the Bane. The Bane was something that evolved a lot. It used to be radioactivity but we wanted to steer away from the tropes of post-apocalyptic pop culture, and the whole team... (Read More)
Designer Diary 3: Conclave: Reacting and Anticipating
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
By Marc Lagroy Steamwatchers is a game with both short-term tactics and a long-term strategy aspect. Each turn, you must react to the game events, but also prepare for later turns, notably anticipating the decrease of steam columns on the board,... (Read More)
Steamwatchers - a War Cold Like No Other
March 10th - via: kick.agency
Steamwatchers is a competitive board game created by Mythic Games and set in a post apocalyptic ice age. The game puts a spin on the area control genre. (Read More)
New Clan Unlocked: Here are the Flake-Spangled!
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! We’ll have a short update about gameplay openness, which should lead up to our update from tonight with a brand new Clan! Be sure to read the update until the end to learn more about this crazy gift! Gameplay openness The design... (Read More)
Gameplay Update 5: Expansions
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! Quite a big update for today! First we’ll tell you what’s the unlock for today! We’re giving you… Farm Miniature Models! Instead of the generic punchboard farms, we’re going to provide plastic miniatures. What are farms,... (Read More)
Chapter 3 – Perma’s end
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
After our swift victory against the Menrâu, we set up camp on soil, but not too close to the column either. Everyone’s licking their wounds, some bathing theirs in salty warm water before stitching. Every now and then the hiss of a cauterization... (Read More)
Gameplay Update 4: Scenarios
March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! We’re here in this gameplay update with a closer look at scenarios Rather than a scripted game you’d best play only once, we wanted to provide you with the ability of tailoring the game to fit your game night and group. Do you... (Read More)
Designer Diary 2: Randomness & Control
March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
By Marc Lagroy I’m a player who’s unlucky with dice – at least that’s what I tell myself. And I’m wrong! However, I’ve always been reluctant when I was asked to play a game with dice-oriented combat. When I started designing... (Read More)
Steamwatchers Kickstarter Spotlight
March 7th - via: everythingboardgames.com
Steamwatchers is a post-eco-apocalyptic game of survival and might for 2-5 players. Over the course of 3-6 rounds, players will fight for control of farms and geothermic resources. (Read More)
Gameplay Update
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Watchers, And welcome to the frozen wastes of Europa. We’re here with a huge quality of life improvement for Steamwatchers! Gift: To each clan its box! As you might have guessed it, every Clan will have its own tuckbox. This means you’ll... (Read More)
Chapter 2 – Old friends and the gun
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Ruben tagged along enough to live through the full Fleet experience: he got sick when we butchered the seal and roasted it over the heat of our engines, he laughed at our ice shanties, lost a few obols over a couple knucklebuff games, we’ve... (Read More)
LOODO NINJA - 3 Games Worth Backing on Kickstarter Right Now
March 6th - via: kick.agency
Loodo Ninja talks about his favourite board game campaigns running on Kickstarter right now including a new game by Mythic Games and a new Batman game. (Read More)
Gameplay Update 2: Asymmetry
March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Watchers! We know you want to know more about the game! So today we’re going to discuss.. The game was designed with asymmetric factions. However they share a common goal – controlling as many GEOs as possible! We started building on a... (Read More)
Designer Diary: Asymmetry
March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
By Marc Lagroy From the first cardboard prototype of Steamwatchers, I really thought about symmetry. As a player, I have as much love for almost symmetrical games (such as chess, backgammon or go) as for deeply asymmetric games such as Chaos in the... (Read More)
Gameplay Update 1: Watchers and Column Control
March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Watchers, Thank you for being here and supporting us throughout this campaign, you have been amazing so far! Our daily updates will cover – of course ! – the unlocks we give you, but also some gameplay concepts. Lastly, we’ll have... (Read More)
Narrative Update: Chapter 1 - Schism
March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Land makes me uneasy. Landlubbers make me uneasy. I’m behaving all tough as nails, but under my skin, I feel like a frightened child. The haven bustles and clangs as the Careeners engineer and craft, be it their damned boats they so jealously keep... (Read More)
The Watchers found the funds
March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Watchers! You did it! Steamwatchers is funded! A massive shout out to you. This couldn’t make us happier: we want you all to be able to play this awesome game that is Steamwatchers, and this dream will come true. The game will be in your... (Read More)
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