EMPIRES GALACTIC REBELLION! A board game homage to Star Wars

A project in Leitchfield, KY by Gryphon and Eagle Games
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Fight for Galactic Control as a Rebel Leader and Mobilize your Faction to Defeat the Empire!
Backers: 660
Average Pledge Per Backer: $179

Funded: $118,455 of $30,000
Dates: Dec 12th -> Jan 6th (25 days)
Project By: Gryphon and Eagle Games
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Latest News

$116,000 just reached! All Stretch Goals achieved! Thanks Backers!

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
With three hours to go, all Stretch Goals are now achieved!!!!! Thanks very, very much Backers  -- you are very generous and we really appreciate your support. We will certainly do our best to bring you a great game and we hope to exceed  your... (Read More)

FINAL Stretch Goal now at $116,000!

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
ALL BACKERS! If we can get up to, and stay over, $116,000 in the final 6 hours, EGG will definitely agree to printing up those last 4 Stretch Goals previously listed at $120,000! For the rest of the world, as of release of the game, these will be an... (Read More)

Priceless! (aka The Value of the Limited Edition!)

January 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Recently, a couple of Backers have asked about the value of the Limited Edition of this game vs. the value of the Deluxe Edition.  I will use hypothetical (but realistic) MSRPs to illustrate that value: $20 MSRP (Two rubber mats) which will NOT ever... (Read More)

Happy New Year! ALL Stretch Goals NOW included when we hit $120,000!

January 1st - via: kickstarter.com
New Year's Day (6 PM) -- We have decided to include ALL Stretch Goals when we hit $120,000 in pledges! So that means at $120,000 in pledges, ALL Pledge Levels will receive 8 additional Imperial Action Cards; 8 additional Covert Mission Cards; 10... (Read More)

Merry Christmas! (my "day after" gift!)

December 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I spent a quiet Christmas day exchanging gifts, and playing games, with my family! And what a nice gift, in turn, to open up Kickstarter this morning and see that we have now exceeded $100,000 in pledges with over 530 backers.  Thanks to all of you... (Read More)

ForeverSpin (cross promotion) on Kickstarter!

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
After two very successful Kickstarters which raised over $500,000 in pledges, our friends at ForeverSpin are back with new metals to add to the MetalMuseum™. The MetalMuseum™ is a collection of elegant spinning tops made of different solid... (Read More)

Thumbs Up! for Galactic Rebellion

December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Please go to our BoardGameGeek (BGG) contest for Galactic Rebellion -- it ends today. You will find it at: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1490293/eagle-gryphon-games-empires-galactic-rebellion-con We very much want to enter the Christmas... (Read More)

First video review of Galactic Rebellion!

December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Many of you have been asking for a video review of Empires: Galactic Rebellion.  This is a bit hard to do because all we have are four working prototypes of the game.  But we have lent them out to several reviewers and the first has finished his... (Read More)

Two Stretch Goals met! Mechoids and Oligarch Heroes are now added! NEW $100K Stretch Goal added!

December 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to prior EAOD Backers and Gallerist Backers for pledging over $5,000 in the past two hours and taking us over $90,000 in pledges.  I took a look at the upcoming Stretch Goal for $100K and decided that wasn't good enough to make it the $100K... (Read More)

Independent Planets faction added! $90,000 stretch goal is next!

December 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 The 10 red Heroes (#4) replace 10 generic hero #1's and Player Boards (which will look something like this will be added as well:  Next up, the Orange Faction, aka -- The Mechoids! Thanks for your great support Backers!  Many more great stretch... (Read More)

Art style and Kickstarter Feedback (We're listening!)

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! We’ve heard all the concerns and feedback about art style and design…so let’s talk about it! Empires: Galactic Rebellion was designed to mimic the intense over-the-top style of 80's science fiction. Many (including myself) seem to... (Read More)

We are a Kickstarter Staff Pick! (a message from Glenn Drover)

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Thanks so much for your support for Empires: Galactic Rebellion! I am very excited to share that GR (as we call it) has just been named as a Kickstarter Staff Pick. This is not only a great honor, but creates great additional awareness,... (Read More)

One True Dynasty faction added!

December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We just hit $60,000 in pledges!  Thanks Backers. That means that the 10 yellow heroes of the One True Dynasty faction will replace the generic #1 heroes:  It also means that we are now headed towards our next Stretch Goal at $75,000 in pledges,... (Read More)

The Differences between Empires: Age of Discovery (AoD) and Empires: Galactic Rebellion (GR)

December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Many of you have asked for a list comparing the differences between the first two games in the Empires series.  Well here it is: 1) AoD has 9 territories and all are used regardless of the number of players. GR has 8 territories (planets) than are... (Read More)

Tabletopia - Play Empires: Galactic Rebellion Online!

December 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Backers! We wanted to take a quick moment to draw a focus on Tabletopia! This is our first time using the Tabletopia platform to provide Backers with the ability to play and test Empires: Galactic Rebellion Online during the campaign! We think... (Read More)

One True Dynasty!

December 14th - via: kickstarter.com
 We are within $4,000 in pledges away from hitting $60,000 and officially including the yellow One True Dynasty faction in the Galactic Rebellion game!  We are working on combining most of the elements of the Faction Board above (no use in the... (Read More)

First Stretch Goal Achieved! ............... AND How to Pledge for Extra Games

December 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks Backers!  In just exactly the first 24 hours of our KS campaign we have not only covered our original goal but also achieved the first stretch goal as well. So the Blue Hero #2 (the Utopists) and a corresponding player board is now included... (Read More)

First Stretch Goal is in sight!

December 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I am really pleased to announce that that first Stretch Goal (at $45K in pledges) is in sight! I will try to get you a graphic showing this more clearly later today (weekends are a bit more of a challenge for this sort of thing).  When we hit $45K,... (Read More)

Thanks for the great support Backers!

December 13th - via: kickstarter.com
On behalf of Glenn Drover, Paul Niemeyer, Taylor Cuthbertson and myself, thanks for the great support!  We are really happy to see the level of interest in Empires: Galactic Rebellion that you have shown by putting it over the top in ten hours... (Read More)

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