Backer Vote: Bears, Pirates or Goblins?
over 2 years ago – Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 09:00:29 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

I hope you are having a nice Friday. The campaign has started to pick-up a bit more steam (we are less than $1,000 away from unlocking our next stretch goal), so keep doing what you're doing! 

BACKER VOTE

There will be 16 new bad guys in Big Bads of Tolk's Cave (not including the Big Bads)! Ten of these bad guys are already finished and I am doing something special/personal with four more (which I will share in the coming weeks). That leaves 2 more bad guys that need to be created. 

That's where the Citizens of Treasure Falls come in! I'd like to hear from you if you'd like to see a new PIRATE, BEAR or GOBLIN character. 

Here are the pirates, bears and goblins that we already have in The Quest Kids base game (we do not currently have any new bears, pirates or goblins in Big Bads of Tolk's Cave):

To vote simply comment in the main comment section for this campaign (not on this update) with Bears!, Pirates! or Goblins! Give us your top TWO choices (we need two new characters after all). 

For a bonus vote you can list an idea for your character (like Empty Belly the Pirate up there has a never ending appetite or Chompy the Bear is a laid back kinda guy). I'll count up the votes on Sunday night and announce the winner on Monday.

NEXT WEEK

In addition to finding out what new characters we'll add to the game we have a couple more exciting things to unveil next week. If things keep going as they're going we'll unlock Tolk's Desk soon and reveal our next shiny and precious stretch goal (hint?). We also have a fairly major announcement for a feature that players have been asking for since they began playing The Quest Kids last year. I can't wait to share it!

I am out of town with the family this weekend, so my next update will most likely be on Sunday night or Monday. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

A Quest Kids quest is never done,

Dustin

Tolk's Desk Revealed, a new social winner and a way you can help!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 01:32:40 PM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

I hope all is well in your part of the Kingdom. We have reached the inevitable long and slow days that occur during any epic quest, however there is plenty of glory and honor that awaits us on this journey. 

STRETCH GOALS

Earlier this week we revealed the name of the Special Location Tile that will be unlocked if we make it to $82.5k: Tolk's Desk! On a player's turn they can choose to visit Tolk's Desk instead of exploring a dungeon tile. At Tolk's Desk players can swap up to two ability cards for other ability cards. 

This Stretch Goal adds a Tolk's Desk Dungeon Tile Card AND a Cardboard Tile! The Cardboard Tile should replace the Tolk's Desk Card once it is discovered and stay on the board for the entire game.

This ability has been requested quite frequently since people began playing The Quest Kids and we are thrilled to potentially give our players the option of adding it to their game. Just like the previously unlocked Weapon Rack you can choose to add this tile to your game before you begin your quest. Simply remove the gray event tile and replace it with Tolk's Desk.  

SOCIAL CHALLENGES 

Congratulations to Kickstarter commenter @Jon Tate for winning our 4th free pledge! We will be in contact soon. 

Also, we only need 2 more likes on our Big Bads BGG page to unlock another star! That should be a super easy quest to complete ;) 

Speaking of unlocking stars...

QUICK WAY TO HELP

This morning The Dice Tower posted a stand-alone video of Tom's live-play of Big Bads of Tolk's Cave to their channel. The video does a superb job of showing what our game is all about...and it would be amazing if we could share the video to as many people as possible. 

NOT TO MENTION you can certainly add #QuestKidsGame to your post on Facebook for the share to count towards our Kickstarter Shares goal. 

UPCOMING BACKER VOTE

I have been spending any down time I have from managing the campaign working on finalizing Big Bads (with the hopes that we can beat our eta delivery time). I have been going back and forth on a fun decision and decided it'd be best to have our amazing backers weigh in! I will share that info tomorrow.

Have a great rest of your day and thanks as always for your continued support of our game.

A Quest Kids quest is never done!

Dustin

Howlrok is unleashed, another free pledge and our contest winners!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 05:29:40 AM

Happy Sunday Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. It has been pretty amazing for me...since we have now passed 1,000 backers! Thank you all for supporting our dungeon crawler for young kiddos. It is most certainly my quest to ensure these games provide an amazing experience for your family. 

On to the update!

STRETCH GOALS

We have passed by $70,000 on our journey, which means that Howlrok the Giant White Wolf has been unlocked as a new Big Bad! Before you begin a session of Big Bads of Tolk's Cave you will select a Big Bad to battle at the end. Howlrok now joins Dazzlon the Dream Dragon and two other Big Bads in the expansion. You can see the other two Big Bads on the box cover, but I will introduce them properly in an upcoming update. 

Each Big Bad's Boss Battle plays differently at the end and challenges The Quest Kids in different ways. 

Our next stretch goal is another Special Location card and tile. We are keeping the location's name and power a secret for now, but let us know your guesses in the comments (we'll reveal the location name Monday night).

SOCIAL CHALLENGES

We unlocked another free pledge with our 9th star! Congrats to @PrestonVanCamp on Twitter. We'll reach out shortly for you to claim your prize. 

For all of our new backers here are the simple social actions that count towards stars and where we currently stand:

We currently have 471 likes on The Quest Kids BGG page. 

We currently have 121 likes on the Big Bads BGG page. 

We currently have 326 comments on the main comment section of this campaign. 

We have 26 shares of The Quest Kids: Big Bads of Tolk's Cave Kickstarter on Facebook or Twitter using #QuestKids or #QuestKidsGame.

We currently have 934 likes on the Treasure Falls Games Facebook page. 

EVENT CARD CONTEST WINNERS

We asked the Citizens of Treasure Falls to come up with fun/silly/scary/confusing/amazing scenarios that challenge our team of heroes to use for two of the new Event Cards that we unlocked with our 2nd stretch goal. 

We had a lot of fun suggestions, but here were our two favorites:

"Up up and away!" by backer Daniel R
"The Quest Kids are surprised as they all begin to float in mid air. There is a glowing blue crystal in the floor on the other side of the room that is probably the source."
 

• Need 1 Teamwork
  "One of the quest kids grabs and throws the other to the crystal, which they then remove from the floor, causing everyone land softly back on the ground."
   

OR
 

1. Need 1 Attack
   "You throw your weapon at the crystal, shattering it, causing everyone to drop back to the ground with a loud thump!"
    

“Baby Dragon Hopscotch” by backer Jonathan

"Aww, look! It’s a baby dragon playing hopscotch! This adorable little fella just wants The Quest Kids to play. But be careful, he hasn’t learned to control his fiery baby dragon breath yet! He also looks a bit hungry…"

1. Need 1 Teamwork
   Play Hopscotch with a baby dragon

OR

1. Need 1 Help
   Give it a snack
    

Thanks again for all of the entries and congrats to the winners! You will be listed as "Storytellers" in the rules for Big Bads of Tolk's Cave and will get to be as involved with the creation of the cards as you'd like to be!

CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

Better Half Reviews has been a great partner of The Quest Kids since the beginning and that is not different with this campaign. Earlier this year they published a great video where they review The Quest Kids, The Trials of Tolk the Wise and Matching Adventure in one video...and it's super cool. 

And here's their review of Big Bads of Tolk's Cave:

They make great board game content and are great people, so give them a like and follow! 

We are entering our second week of the campaign and have many more quests to complete. So, if you feel so inclined tell a friend with kiddos about The Quest Kids. If everyone does that we'll have 2,000 backers in no time :)

Have a great rest of your weekend! A Quest Kids quest is never done.

Dustin

5 Strech Goals unlocked, a new contest & a mysterious figure awaits
over 2 years ago – Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 11:23:43 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls,

I hope all is well in your part of the kingdom. We had a great 3rd day of questing: we unlocked 2 Stretch Goals, are oh-so-close on a 3rd Social Goal winner and have a new contest for the creative storytellers in our land. Plus, a mysterious figure has emerged and awaits us at $70K. 

STRETCH GOALS

We have unlocked both the Weapon Rack Special Location Tile AND 9 new Kind Kid cards! I am so excited to get a Weapon Rack in the game (HeroQuest for life) and I completely agree with the backers who asked for more Kind Kid cards. There will be 3 new Kind Kid perks (and three copies of each new perk). This should allow even the kindest kid to continue to draw cards until the end of their adventure. 

UP NEXT...

We have a BIG number on the horizon and we are going to stretch goal accordingly. We're not quite ready to reveal the reward, but we will soon. In the meantime, throw your guesses in the comment section!

We are only 5 FACEBOOK LIKES AWAY from unlocking another free pledge. C'mon, just CLICK HERE and make it happen. Check out this update for all of the other ways you can unlock stars.

NEW EVENT CARDS CONTEST

We had a blast with our New Item Cards contest, so we decided to do it again! 

The second Stretch Goal that we unlocked was for 4 new Event Cards. Event Cards are new to Big Bads of Tolk's Cave and present our heroes with a story-driven problem they must overcome. Each player will draw a card, read the situation out loud (or get some help from an older player) and then decide which action they'd like to try and complete. Players will then roll Action Dice to try and accomplish their chosen action. 

Here's an example of some of the Event Cards already in the game:

You can also CLICK HERE to jump to the section in The Dicey Review overview that discusses Event Cards.

We are asking the Citizens of Treasure Falls to come up with fun/silly/scary/confusing/amazing scenarios that challenge our team of heroes to use for two different event cards. Please leave your comments in the main comment section of the campaign (not the comments for this update) and we will pick a winner on Sunday night.

The winners will be listed as "Storytellers" in the rules for Big Bads of Tolk's Cave and will get to assist in the creation of the cards!

As you can see each card has a 2-3 sentence description of the challenge that awaits the Quest Kids and then two options on how to handle it. Feel free to provide all of that information, only the description or even just a brief idea for a scenario. Any idea in any form will be counted and considered.

Thank you all. Seriously, thank you for making this campaign take off. It's amazing and we have a lot more fun stuff planned.

A Quest Kids quest is never done,

Dustin

End of Day 2: Third Stretch Goal Unlocked, Contest Winners Announced & More
over 2 years ago – Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 05:41:37 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

Day 2 is coming to an end and our quest continues to be merry. We have over 700 adventurers in our traveling party, have unlocked both a third stretch goal and a second free pledge thanks to our social goals and the winners of our Item Card contest have been chosen. Let's get to it!

STRETCH GOALS

Four new Quest Cards will be added to all copies of Big Bads of Tolk's Cave! Speaking of which, I don't think I have announced that all of the stretch goals for this campaign will be for Big Bads of Tolk's Cave (even if it is something like the new Quest Cards that can be enjoyed outside of the expansion). 

This brings the total count of quests to 15. Thanks to our amazing backers for suggesting this goal in the comments.

NEW CARD TYPE

I am pumped to introduce a new card type to The Quest Kids - Special Locations! Special Locations allow players to use their turn performing an action instead of visiting a Dungeon Tile. 

The Weapon Rack is a Green Dungeon Tile that you can swap in for one of the Green Event Dungeon Tiles when playing Big Bads of Tolk's Cave. On a player's turn they can visit the Weapon Rack (instead of visiting a Dungeon Tile) and trade a Treasure Coin for an Item Card. The Treasure Coin cannot be a slime and will be placed back into the Treasure Bag. The player that discovers the Weapon Rack gets to take a free item.

This Stretch Goal adds a Weapon Rack Dungeon Tile Card AND a Cardboard Tile Weapon Rack! The Cardboard Tile should replace the Dungeon Tile Card once it is discovered and stay on the board for the entire game. 

We are really excited about this new card type and are eager to explore more ideas if the campaign continues to do well. Let us know in the comments what you think about the Special Locations and if you have any fun ideas for future locations. 

SOCIAL GOALS

We have another free pledge unlocked thanks to our social challenges! Congrats to Amanda Paulk (BGG user ampsterdamn) for winning the 2nd free pledge! 

We are SO close on BGG likes for Big Bads and Quest Kids, as well as on FB likes for our Treasure Falls Games page. However, we have some work to do on sharing the Kickstarter page :) 

This is the best way to spread the word about The Quest Kids! Just make sure to use the #QuestKidsGame. (Also, for those of you have already shared with #QuestKids don't worry, we got you counted :)

ITEM CARD CONTEST WINNERS

We had over 30 great ideas for new Item Cards to add to the game (thanks to our first unlocked stretch goal). Last night I said we'd pick 2 winners tonight...however we had 4 suggestions that we couldn't decide between. So...we have 4 winners! 

Pouch of Efficiency - An Armor Item from backer Paul Brown

• Quest Cards require one less ability or item to complete (does not include the Tolk Gem quest).

Glasses of Transparency - An Armor Item from backer Gerard Kelly

• When another player gets to look at an unexplored Dungeon Tile you get to peek at it too. 

Croaking Frog - A Weapon Item from backer Galen

• A frog in a bottle that leaps out and scares away a 3 star bad guy (no ability cards required). Discard after use.

Ring of Friendship - An Armor Item from backer Galloway Gerth

• Allows you to help a friend with up to two Ability Cards that are not on your player board. Discard after use and gain 2 Kind Kid cards. 

Congrats to our winners! You will all be listed as "Armorers" in the Big Bads rulebook and can be as involved in the card creation process as you'd like to be. I'll reach out soon with more information. 

Our quest thus far has been full of excitement and splendor - let's keep it that way!

A Quest Kids quest is never done, 

Dustin