Space Frontier

A project in Seattle, WA by John Mathison
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In Space Frontier, players compete for galactic influence over an uncharted star system and search for ancient technologies.
Backers: 156
Average Pledge Per Backer: $79

Funded: $12,279 of $35,000
Dates: May 21st -> Jun 28th (39 days)
Project By: John Mathison
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Latest News

Cancelation And Plans For Relaunch

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
As soon as I'm done writing this post, I am going to cancel this Kickstarter. That is, I admit, somewhat sad. However I remain optimistic for Space Frontier's future. One thing this Kickstarter did with amazing success was get more people to play... (Read More)

Double Demo Day Weekend

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
This weekend I've been traveling around the Seattle area and hosting game demonstrations for Space Frontier. Last Saturday, I went over to Maltby to teach the rules to a particularly friendly gaming group. Mike, our host, had offered a free meal and... (Read More)

$10,000 and a Call to Action!

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Space Frontier's pledges have skyrocketed up past $10,000! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped the project get this far. This brings us just shy of $10,500, which is 30% of our $35,00 total. Why is that number significant? Well, I'll tell... (Read More)

Prototype Miniatures and NVS Gameplays Interview

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Prototype Miniatures, a Second Look I have been hard at work with blade and brush over the last few days preparing our prototype miniatures. While Space Frontier does not currently have miniatures as part of the base game, we are always looking... (Read More)

100 Backers and Awesome Miniatures

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you over 100 timesThank you to everyone who has pledged and brought our total number of backers to over 100! You are all super awesome people who deserve a cookie. Demo Day at Card Kingdom Demo Day is about to begin Another first was a Space... (Read More)

New Reviews, Rulebook Updates, and Reddit Post

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Backers and anyone who may happen to read this, Aaron here. I wanted to bring to your attention several interesting tidbits of news from the last few days. NEW REVIEW: NVS GAMEPLAYS First off, Space Frontier has a new Review from NVS over... (Read More)

Space Frontier Featured on Kick the Box

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Troll in the Corner is a board game website that contains many gaming podcasts, reviews, articles and news segments. One of their these news segments is called Kick the Box, written by Jason Hancock. Kick the Box is a weekly news article that... (Read More)

New Pledge Reward Level, PIRATE KING!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
One thing that pleasantly surprised John and I was the speed at which the premium $100 reward levels were taken. As of right now, virtually all of them are gone. We are very happy about this because it means our backers will be able to leave a piece... (Read More)

We hit $5,000!

June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
A big thank you to all our backers for pledging a total of over $5,000! This is a big milestone that we've really been looking forward to. We continue to appreciate your efforts in supporting the project. -Aaron Dona, Freeze Dried Games  (Read More)

In Depth Review by UndeadViking

May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
John and I knew that with the launch of our campaign we wanted someone whose review of Space Frontier, even in its prototype form, people could trust as an authority.  For that review, we chose UndeadViking.  With over 250 board game reviews under... (Read More)

Quick Reference Guide for Rulebook

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
There's always a few hiccups when trying to learn a new game. The first trial run of a game often sees new players making silly mistakes or remembering the rules wrong. Space Frontier is complicated enough that memorizing every rule during your first... (Read More)

Updated Project Video

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
I wanted everyone to know that I have been hard at work adding a game summary portion to the Space Frontier project video. Finally, the video is now complete and has replaced the old one. This new video should now give potential backers a nice... (Read More)

1 week in

May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Today marks the end of our Kickstarter Campaign's first week.  During that time, we've had over 50 backers generously pledge over $4,000. John and I are very thankful for their confidence and hope we can repay them by making Space Frontier a... (Read More)

Space Frontier Demo Day at Card Kingdom

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
From 12:00-4:00 PM on Sunday, June 8th Aaron and I will be at Card Kingdom in Seattle, WA to show off the current prototype of the game and give anyone in the Seattle area a chance to try out the game. Come on down and give us a visit! Card Kingdom... (Read More)

Print and play PDFs for all Backers

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Rulebook and print and play PDFs now available

May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings all.  Space Frontier's Rulebook PDF is now available for all to see. You can find the link at the bottom of "The Game" section, just under the project video. Just in case you can' be bothered, here's the link for you. SPACE FRONTIER... (Read More)

Thank you to all of our early backers!

May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, Aaron here.  I just wanted to make sure everyone knew how much John and I appreciated the people who have backed our project.  We've been live for just over 36 hours and have already gotten almost $2,500 in pledges.  That's over 7%... (Read More)

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