Dawn: Rise of the Occulites
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A unique and thematic miniatures board game featuring tribes of endearingly quirky creatures called Occulites!
Backers: 220
Average Pledge Per Backer: $227
Funded: $50,008 of $25,000
Dates: Sep 30th -> Nov 8th (40 days)
Project By: Eagle Games
Backers: 220
Average Pledge Per Backer: $227
Funded: $50,008 of $25,000
Dates: Sep 30th -> Nov 8th (40 days)
Project By: Eagle Games
$50,008
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 8 @ 01:01 -0500 GMT
200%
of goal
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Latest News
Board Game News 33: Towers, Tin Cans and Thingamabobs
November 17th - via: unboxedtheboardgameblog.com
Well, we have some really exciting projects for you this week. King’s Armory brings Tower Defence to the table, while Dreaming Spires allows you to build your own Oxford College, I kid you not! As well as that we have Fortress Moon finally on Kickstarter and Iron and Ale coming back for a second go around. And as the head of the UK Gaming Media Network, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the little UK start up Dog-Eared Games who are working to bring an expansion to their card game Stak Bots to a table near you. (Read More)
19 Hours until the Dawn KS ends... 
November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
The air was cool now as the purple sky darkened. The stars shone down upon Crepusculum like protectors, watching over the land during the Long Dark that was to come. Random splashes of warm, red light glowed eerily, dotting the landscape. The huge,... (Read More)
3 Days to Go and 3 Things You Can Do
November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, here we are at the tail end of the campaign for Dawn - Rise of the Occulites with 3 days left on the clock. We are successfully funded and have unlocked all three expansion Tribes and an extra Luftle Pack. I would like to personally extend a... (Read More)
Spotlight - Podmothine and a Sneak Peek into the Future
November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Podmothine are huge, sentient plants that are found in areas of mineral rich soil. They collect these rich minerals and then use the sun's rays to help form Sungems all over its body. These Sungems then in turn capture the sun's ultraviolet radiation... (Read More)
$50K Stretch Goal Broken!
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Luftle Swarm!The $50K Stretch Goal is broken which means that another 9 Luftles will be making their way into the hands of backers that are at Tribesman or above. This brings the total Luftles in a Sunmaster or Puscual Hunter pledge to 36! That truly... (Read More)
Dawn gets big support from Eagle Games and several distributors!
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers-- As our talented designer Ben Boersma has mentioned, I have personally been at the well-attended Essen, Germany Games (Spiel) Fair for the past two weeks (one week of meeting with retailers and distributors and a second week of hosting... (Read More)
Another Photo and another Video Review
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Another PhotoLet me just open with another photo of our Puscual and Nymphlet figures standing next to one of the Palaudis Occulites for scale. I really, really love these guys. Bob has done an awesome job and they fit into the Occulite world... (Read More)
Nymphlets and Puscuals oh my!
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Before we jump into details about our tasty treats the Nymphlets, I received an email from Bob Olley that had some quick photos of a couple of new figures... that's right, we have images of both the Puscual green and the Nymphlet green that will be... (Read More)
Spotlight - Puscuals
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
"...looking down on what appears to be an Occulite similar to the first one I saw, running across a vast wetland through the stone. Behind it I can see another creature, one like I have never seen before, chasing it down. The Occulite’s eye is wide... (Read More)
Searching for Luftles
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
$50K Stretch GoalLuftles are integral to your Tribe's survival, whether used as genuine members like the Palaudis do or chump blockers as the Floris do, they can help your Tribe. Each Tribe has the option of recruiting up to 9 Luftles, including a... (Read More)
The Nimbus have landed!
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
The purple mountains stood firm against the oncoming storm. Lightning violently split the sky, light flashing snapshot style at the caves cut deep into the high ridges. The wind whipped the brightly coloured, but sparse vegetation. Huge flowers... (Read More)
Play it your Style!
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Dawn is a game that scales to your preferred complexity. It is a game that can be played for fun with kids or more seriously with those who enjoy more depth and tactical options. Let's have a brief look at options you have when cracking open your... (Read More)
New SUNMASTER level added!
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
In an effort to create some momentum and move us solidly past the $45,000 stretch goal ASAP, we have created a new "Almost the Early Bird Sunmaster Level" at $246. That's only $1 more than the prior (and most popular) Early Bird Sunmaster Level... (Read More)
Spotlight - Advancing Your Tribe
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's Spotlight is going to shed a little bit of light onto advancing your Tribe through a campaign. The nice thing about campaigns in Dawn - Rise of the Occulites is that your Tribe learns from their mistakes, which means whether you win or lose,... (Read More)
Spotlight - Luftles
October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Luftles, plant-like bulbous helper creatures of Crepusculum, Bulbus auxilium, Bulba or Gumnut. Whatever you call these little creatures, they are all sorts of awesome... You cannot create an all Luftle Tribe... yet, but during a Campaign, you may... (Read More)
Tribe Spotlight - Hydris
October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Here we are at the Tribe Spotlight on the Hydris, our finned friends from the water. The Hydris are an adaptable Tribe that has a knack for using their watery surroundings. They are also the only Tribe so far (spoilers) to begin a campaign with a... (Read More)
Tribe Spotlight - Palaudis
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Ahh, Palaudis, the first Occulite Tribe that Darwin ever witnessed and my personal favourite. The Palaudis play very differently to any of the other Tribes and have a large focus on their interaction with the Luftles. So, let's explore the Tribe's... (Read More)
Tribe Spotlight - Nimbus
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to the Tribe Spotlight for our avian Occulite friends, the Nimbus. Innate Abilities. Every Nimbus Occulite starts with the following abilities. Masters of the Air Nimbus Occulites have, over time, developed ways to live successfully amongst... (Read More)
Tribe Spotlight - Ignis
October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
News update: At the moment, we are hovering around $42K / $43K. Remembering that the Puscual Hunter and Sunmaster levels don't kick in until $45K is hit, this is a pretty huge milestone for a lot of our backers. The sooner we hit it, the sooner that... (Read More)
Tribe Spotlight - Floris
October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
You will notice in the rulebook that is available to download, there are the full rules for both the Palaudis and Hydris Tribes. The rules for the Floris, Ignis and Nimbus expansion Tribes are in their respective boxed expansions. Here is a preview... (Read More)
A Closer Look at the Prepaints
October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
While we await the unlocking of the $45K stretch goal, we thought you might enjoy seeing the prepaints up a bit closer and in more detail. What we would really like is for people to jump on BGG and if they like the photo, please consider giving it a... (Read More)
Where there is smoke, there is Ignis...
October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
A dark volcanic smoke hung menacingly on the air, the rumbling sound of the nearby volcano was interrupted intermittently by steam vents releasing their pent up energy. Through the smoke, the outline of a creature began to materialize as it came... (Read More)
Flower Power!
October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
A stealthy rustle was all the warning the poor Luftle Scout had before there was an explosion of leaves and the Floris Tribe burst forth, flails buzzing in the still, bush air. The Floris had been unleashed! Wow! That's our $35K stretch goals... (Read More)
$30K Stretch Goal Unlocked!
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Congratulations everyone, we have beaten the $30K stretch goal! So 20 Objective Cards (10 for Palaudis and 10 for Hydris) will now be included in every game! So that is the main $25K goal and then the $30K stretch goal in 22 hours. That is unreal!... (Read More)
What a lovely thing to wake up to!
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! To wake up to see that we have hit our target already!? That's amazing. I am truly humbled guys. Thanks to all who have backed, shared and talked about Dawn so far. It is lovely to see so many familiar faces and many new ones as well. Thank you... (Read More)
Very, very cool--over the $25K goal in just 15 hours!
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks Backers for a great start to this campaign. You are a terrific group to have the faith you have already shown in Ben and Eagle Games. We promise to do a great job for you on this game. Now onward to $45K and the full-fledged version... (Read More)
Welcome and Thank You to all!
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
As we tick over the six hour mark for this campaign, I was both excited and proud to see us hit 51% funding. Thank you to everyone that has made the relaunch of Dawn - Rise of the Occulites an already successful one. We would like to extend a huge... (Read More)
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