Moby Dick, or, The Card Game

A project in New York, NY by King Post
000days 
:
00hours 
:
00minutes 

Funding Successful

A card game based on Herman Melville's classic novel. Draft Sailors, explore the Sea and survive the terror of the White Whale!
Backers: 2583
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40

Funded: $102,730 of $25,000
Dates: Apr 30th -> May 30th (30 days)
Project By: King Post
Tags:
card game +Suggest

Suggest Tags

Begin typing to search or pick from a list. You can add multiple tags at the same time!
SubmitCancel
Saving your suggestions...
Suggestion Saved Successfully
Thank you for your help! The Kicktraq gnomes will get to work on your suggestions very soon.

Please keep in mind not all suggestions may be used, and repeated re-submissions may result in being rejected automatically (and we don't want that to happen).

If you have any questions, have a good idea for a tag, or a more in-depth suggestion - please feel free to let us know!

Ok
Hrm... something went wrong.
Hey, bad things happen to the best of us. Don't worry, the gnomes have been dispatched. Maybe try again in a little while.

Ok

$102,730

current pledge level
Last Updated: May 30 @ 13:03 -0400 GMT

410%

of goal
funding period ended

$0

trending toward
Trends are not projections. Read More >>

0%

of goal

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

Now you can share!

Help your backers reach your daily goals and help others see how you're doing. It's easy, with Kicktraq Mini.

Here are a few quick snippits of code you can use to embed your personalized widget on your website, in your blog, and even on your favorite forum.

HTML for websites & blogs
Copy HTML

BBCode for forums
Copy BBCode

Reddit code for... well, Reddit
Copy Reddit Code

Special Note: Kickstarter recently disabled remote embedding for images on project pages, so embedding code doesn't work on project pages (yet) - just everywhere else.

You can read more about it here.
Latest News

Under an Hour to Go!!

May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our backers and friends! We want to thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for your unceasing, overwhelming support and enthusiasm for this project. When we were first envisioning this game and scribbling rules on decks of playing... (Read More)

24 hours to go & new tiers announced!

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our backers and friends! We've reached the final 24 hours of our campaign and we couldn't be more excited about how far we've all come together! During this final day, help us spread the word by sharing the link to our kickstarter with... (Read More)

Add-ons, Reddit, and THANK YOU!!!

May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest backers, It's been a long and wonderful journey through our first Kickstarter campaign and we're so thrilled at the support that our project has received. With your help we've turned our passion into a reality and we're looking forward to a... (Read More)

Sailor Day!

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! We hope you're enjoying this lovely holiday weekend! Today we'd like to ask you all to think of all the sailors in your life, both actual and metaphysical, and reach out to them about this game in our last 72 hours! This is a game we... (Read More)

Melville Weekend pt. 2

May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! Here's part 2 of Melville Weekend with our creative director Joel giving the low down on the sailors of Chapter 40 Midnight, Forecastle, and introducing Pip, and his complex relationship to Ahab both in the book, and in the game!... (Read More)

Melville Weekend pt. 1

May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! On this rainy holiday weekend we're bringing it back to the basics, and our creative director Joel is going to take you through some of the ways in which we adapted characters and themes from Moby-Dick (and Melville's work in general)... (Read More)

Press Round-Up!

May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again Backers! We're gearing up for an exciting weekend with a couple new videos and updates scheduled through Monday so stay tuned for a very Melville-themed Memorial Day Weekend! In the meantime, look below for a number of articles that were... (Read More)

REACH GOALS REVEALED!!!

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest Backers, It's been a long and wonderful road from this project's inception to where we stand now with just a few days left in our Kickstarter campaign. We've more than tripled our initial goal, giving us the chance to greatly improve the... (Read More)

VOTE ON OIL TOKEN DESIGN!

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our amazing backers and supporters! We're just one week away from the end of our campaign and we can't fully express just how honored and excited we are to have all of your support. We're doing everything we can to bring in new backers... (Read More)

Gameplay Video #3: Chapter Cards and the Final Chase

May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Backers! Gamers! Friends! The final gameplay video is here! Chapter cards and game progression are explained, and the players are drawn toward their inevitable destruction, the Final Chase, where the game will end and only one player will survive!... (Read More)

NEW REWARD TIER - QUEEQUEG'S COFFIN

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our bountiful backers and marvelous Melvilleans! We've been overwhelmed by the incredible support and attention our project has received. When we started designing this game a year ago we never dreamed that so many people would be as... (Read More)

Rulebook PDF!

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our awesome backers! We're very excited to share our nearly-final game rules with you all via PDF! We are still balancing some final values and making minor formatting tweaks so there will be some changes between this version and the... (Read More)

Custom Dice REVEALED!

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our amazing backers and new friends! We're super excited to reveal the official mock-up of the Custom Dice that will be included with every physical copy of the game! Our Art Director John designed each based on a common tool that was... (Read More)

Gameplay Video #2: Life Aboard The Pequod

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our amazing backers and curious clickers, We're very excited to share the second in our series of gameplay videos. Our first video explained how you'll hunt Whales to gain oil; the core mechanic of the game. In this video we take a look... (Read More)

Geek Haven: Kickass Games on Kickstarter

May 9th - via: nerdspan.com
the surface of it, Kickstarter (and any of its sister crowdfunding platforms) isn’t half so righteous or so revolutionary. However, the similarities are there, like submarine treasure, for those who seek them out. If you’ve spent any time among crowdfunders (or you are one yourself), and you have a working nose, it’ll detect more than a whiff of grassroots anti-establishmentarianism. (Read More)

Gameplay Video #1: Basic Hunt Mechanic

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Ye've asked for it, so here it is! In this video we're detailing basic hunting in our game. Hunting whales is what ye've shipped for, so hunt them! Please keep in mind that we are playing with a homemade test deck, and it's quality (or lack thereof)... (Read More)

A New Chapter Unfolds - Ports Of Call

May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all!We’re once again humbled and overjoyed to announce that we have reached our next Stretch Goal: An online, mobile-compatible companion to the Card Game! As we’ve mentioned previously, this web resource will give players further insight into... (Read More)

Happy Saturday!

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Saturday everyone, hope you're all enjoying your weekend!  Amazing! We've made it to $50,000 in only 4 days!!! We are so grateful for this outpouring of support, and ecstatic to be able to ship each and every copy of the game with custom dice!... (Read More)

First reach goal...reached!

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Backers! Kickstarter community! World at large! Wow. With your support we have hit our $35,000 reach goal in only three days. And it looks like we're getting close to those custom dice!!! Here's a little about 'Melville Mode' and the expanded... (Read More)

Thank you!!!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest Shipmates,  Just an hour ago, we hit our initial fundraising goal of $25,000!These words will fail to capture the intensity of our sentiments at this very moment. We are so full of gratitude and excitement for the journey to come.  You've... (Read More)

Announcing the BOSOM FRIEND Reward Tier

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Ahoy to all our wonderful backers! We've received a lot of requests from backers wanting to receive two physical copies of the game to gift to their friends and family and so we've created the BOSOM FRIEND tier!  At the BOSOM FRIEND tier you will... (Read More)

Halfway There!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Just wanted to send you all a quick update and our deep gratitude.  We've now passed the 50% mark towards our goal and we're only at the start of our second day! It's almost impossible for us to put the joy and excitement that we're feeling into... (Read More)

Ahoy!

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We just wanted to post a quick update to let you all know how excited we are to have your early support of the project.  Thank you all so much!  We just survived our first (of hopefully few) Amazon Flexible Payments malfunctions affecting most of... (Read More)

If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!