Cold City Hot War

A project in Falkirk, UK by Jon Hodgson
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Funded: £58,499 of £3,000
Dates: Mar 4th -> Mar 25th (21 days)
Project By: Jon Hodgson
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Latest News

Final day!

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Well this is it! The last update before the end. Thank you for joining us for this journey, whether you jumped aboard in the first minute, or are just joining us now. It's raced by, and been a blast! (No limited nuclear exchange pun intended) Special... (Read More)

Sharing Pics, Play Pack contents

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome aboard new backers!It's the last weekend before the final 48 hours and there's everything to play for! If you can face it, sharing the campaign on social media, forums and discords is a massive help. Sharing our social media also... (Read More)

New Add Ons, Relationships in Hot War, Playpack Protoypes!

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers! Nice to have you here! New Add OnsWe've added two new special Add Ons to the campaign. The Signed Bookplate This is exactly what you'd expect - a nice high quality print of a piece of art by Paul Bourne, with space... (Read More)

Report Eight, Nominations, New Add Ons?

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers! Report EightThroughout the development of the new editions of Cold City and Hot War we've been releasing Reports - free PDFs showcasing some of the design work that's gone into the games, some inspirational reading,... (Read More)

Final Week Looms! The Bunker Game

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers! Lovely to see you here! The Bunker Game!Cold City Hot War designer Malcolm Craig writes: You might have noticed that at £50K there’s a new stretch goal called The Bunker Game. What on earth is this? Let me explain.... (Read More)

Monday? Again?

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello!Our middle week is coming to an end, and we're gearing up for the final week, where it's likely we'll see a return to our earlier stretch goal-busting action!   Secret Add On!I just remembered we haven't spoken at all about the Add On which... (Read More)

Posters?

March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! It's Friday again! And welcome new backers! Great to have you hear.And this is pretty much the middle of the campaign. Nice. As we head into that final week, it's time to make sure you've pledged for the things you want, and if there's any... (Read More)

Starting Situations Sample, and what WOULD the Smart Party do?

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome aboard new backers! Nice to see you here!I can't believe we're closing in on the actual mid point of the campaign! It seems barely yesterday that we launched. Thanks for making it such an enjoyable campaign to run! A Sample Starting Situation... (Read More)

500 backers?! Plus: Sample spreads

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
HeIlo again! And a warm welcome aboard all our new backers- thanks for tipping us over the mighty milestone of 500 backers! Amazing scenes! Sample spreadsThe layout of Cold City and Hot War will of course be completely new. A lot of time has passed... (Read More)

Creative Scotland support, and paying it forward.

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello!And welcome aboard new backers! Creative ScotlandWe were absolutely amazed last night to find out we have been chosen as the recipient of an extremely generous show of support from Creative Scotland. You might have seen the considerable jump in... (Read More)

As we draw close to the end of our first week...

March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
...what an amazing handful of days it's been! once again I'm finding time is racing by, and this whole campaign will be over before we know it!Hello, and welcome to Monday, if you're local to my location it is mercifully coming to an end! I hope... (Read More)

Cold City Hot War: Kickstarter brings two scary TTRPGs back to life

March 9th - via: geeknative.com
Handiwork Games and Malcolm Craig, a senior lecturer in Cold War history at John Moore’s University, have funded two related horror TTRPGs on Kickstarter. The fantastic art is by Paul Bourne. (Read More)

Happy Friday! I was told there would be turnips?

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers! Thanks for your support! You promised me TurnipsYesterday we mentioned that Malcolm has allowed us access to his notebooks, and we have some pages to share. How cool is it that this work was done in Berlin? Scenario... (Read More)

CCHW: Let's talk about core mechanics!

March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers!We continue to be bowled over by your support - thank you so much! We're racing through those stretch goals.Let's take a look at the core mechanic in Cold City and Hot War, and talk a bit about what's changed from the... (Read More)

Almost at the end of Day One

March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers!We're not quite 24 hours in, and progress has been amazing. We're all in shock I think! A word from our designerWhat's new?So what is actually new in Second Editions of Cold City and Hot War? During our first day of the... (Read More)

Funded in 6 minutes?!

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Well. Hello!We funded a little bit faster than anticipated, thank you so much!I'll do some rearranging on the campaign page tomorrow to bring our stretch goals up the way a little bit now they are needed. Suffice to say I'm bowled over by the sheer... (Read More)

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