MONSTER LANDS – a strategic dice placement game
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MONSTER LANDS is a competitive 1-4 player Euro-game.
It combines worker placement, resource management, and fun battles with monsters.
Backers: 2756
Average Pledge Per Backer: €89
Funded: €246,402 of €25,000
Dates: Oct 17th -> Nov 15th (30 days)
Project By: Second Gate Games
Backers: 2756
Average Pledge Per Backer: €89
Funded: €246,402 of €25,000
Dates: Oct 17th -> Nov 15th (30 days)
Project By: Second Gate Games
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Last Updated: November 15 @ 16:01 -0500 GMT
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November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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Stretch goal # 22 gone... don't you have mercy?
November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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Stretch goal # 21 tumbles ... will we unite the heroes?
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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Stretch goal # 20 down... our heroes continue their quest
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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Stretch goal #19 unlocked. And way to go!
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
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Stretch goal # 18 unlocked - The mini manual
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
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Heavy Weapons draft rules
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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The Golden Crown - the ultra-stretched strech goal
November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
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November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
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November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
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November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
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November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
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October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
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October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
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October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
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Highest possible rating with a golden award for illustrations
October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
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And more (p)reviews to go...
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
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October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
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October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
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The Queen's request
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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The 30-day voyage
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Conversation between Phialus, the Alchemist, and the Citadel's provost: "Our experiments with the artifacts are promising, Sir, but we have to venture out of the Citadel to find Cralos, the 1000-year-old tree! We will have to harvest its bark, it is... (Read More)
Time to upgrade some components
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
"Leave me those artifacts." says the Queen's provost and picks up the devilry items found in her chamber. "I will run tests on them." He is eager to hand them over to his lead Alchemists to seek what he has been trying to discover for years: to... (Read More)
And yet another stretch goal, let's keep it coming!
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
"My Queen, it is not my fault, they must be dark art!!!" Baramuth is carried out of Gimelda's chambers by two of the Queen's guards, his outstretched feet scraping over the stone floor. The head servant does not have a clue from where these... (Read More)
4th Stretch goal reached, not even 12 hours into the campaign
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Queen Gimelda rubs her eyes as she is waking up from a restful sleep. She feels energetic and enthusiastic, ready to take on the world. There is, however, a nagging worry in the back of her head: she has dreamed of lifeless people, dreamed of undead... (Read More)
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