JunKing
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Play as a Scavenger Imp searching through the Junklands for prestigious pieces of junk! A 2-4 Player strategy card game for all ages.
Backers: 838
Average Pledge Per Backer: $34
Funded: $28,519 of $12,000
Dates: Apr 6th -> May 9th (33 days)
Project By: David Gerrard
Backers: 838
Average Pledge Per Backer: $34
Funded: $28,519 of $12,000
Dates: Apr 6th -> May 9th (33 days)
Project By: David Gerrard
$28,519
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 9 @ 01:01 -0400 GMT
237%
of goal
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Latest News
Welcome all you Final 48-hour Backers! 
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
If you are joining us late in this campaign, here are some highlights of what you have missed and some things to consider: Flavor Text ContestsWe've been running Flavor Text Contests through updates in the JunKing campaign. Winners get their flavor... (Read More)
Flavor Text Contest #10 - Tasty Sponge
May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #10 - Tasty SpongeContest to End at 6:00 pm PST on May 8, 2015 My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text will become the Flavor Text for the card and we will then send you a Mini Print of this card signed... (Read More)
$20,000 Stretch Goal Unlocked! Four New Charac.....make it SIX New Characters
May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
6 New Characters added to the Mini-Expansion Justin draws so fast that he couldn't stop himself making 2 more characters for our $20,000 Stretch Goal. We didn't even have time to name them... So, we have 6 characters joining the other Scavenger... (Read More)
Stretch Goal Closer Look - $22,000
May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Two new Crowns to be introduced when we hit $22,000 Since we are so close to our next Stretch Goal, I thought I'd give you all a sneak peak at the art for the $22,000 goal, along with a gameplay explanation. Once we hit $22,000, we will be adding 2... (Read More)
Flavor Text Contest #9
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #9 - Lil' Slimy CroakerContest to End at 6:00 pm PST on May 4, 2015 Today's subject is this confused little guy. Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text will become... (Read More)
Flavor Text Contest #8 - Drill Arm Winner
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Flavor Text Contest #8 - Drill Arm WinnerHey all, just a quick note that we have selected the last Flavor Text Contest winner. Checking with BGG and in the updates section here, we ultimately went with Jayson Clury's Entry from BGG: "DON'T PANIC.... (Read More)
$18,000 Stretch Goal Unlocked & $20,000 Goal Closer Look
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
12 New Junk Items....No wait... make that 24.Hey all, with our $18,000 Stretch Goal knocked down, we add 12 Junk items to the Mini Expansion.....nah.... Let's just make it 24! We've DOUBLED this Stretch Goal's rewards. Every backer at the $25... (Read More)
JunKing's Final Week - Let's close out some Stretch Goals
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Our Final Week Begins! Hey all, as many of you know we have only 7 days on the JunKing campaign. It's been crazy, in a good way, and a lot of fun. Let's finish strong and chop out some of these stretch goals! How can we hit the Stretch Goal(s)... (Read More)
EU backers rejoice! EU shipping will be from within Europe.
April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We are very happy to report that we (finally) got it all figured out and are able to offer better shipping rates to Europe with EU-friendly Shipping! We've updated the Campaign page as well with a shipping section, detailing out our shipping rates. ... (Read More)
Flavor Text Contest #8 and a Podcast interview
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #8 - Drill Arm Contest to End at 6:00 pm PST on April 30, 2015 Today's subject is similar to the last contest, but with a different attachment. Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best... (Read More)
Social Avatars Re-done
April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Social Avatars for all of your advertising glory!Show pride in backing JunKing with our Social Media Avatars: Use these for Facebook or Twitter or whatever and when people ask you, "WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING??!!?!?" you can let them know you... (Read More)
Big Update - Full Stretch Goal Map Available!
April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
10 Days to Go, Let's show our end game!The JunKing campaign is going strong and we thought we would show our full stretch goal map so you can see what we are thinking of adding to the gameplay along with some of the fun things we are hoping to bring... (Read More)
Flavor Contest #7 Winner
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We almost forgot to Crown a winner!Hey all, just a quick note that Flavor Text Contest #7 for the Robot Claw card was won with Paul Hoar's entry: Play until you win. We had another similar entry, but Paul was first with it. Get me your address... (Read More)
To Linen or Not to Linen?
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Are Linen cards preferred by our Backers?We are working on our last set of Stretch Goals and should be posting them all in the next couple of days with some good looking graphics. One of the ideas that we are not entirely sure on is adding a Linen... (Read More)
More Event Cards unlocked through the $16,000 Stretch Goal
April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
JunKing's Second Stretch Goal is Unlocked! We hit $16,000 today on our JunKing Campaign, which unlocks 5 new event cards that will be added to the Mini-Expansion for all backers at the $25 pledge tier or above. Some of these cards will be repeated... (Read More)
Collections Variant Cards and Explanation
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
From the Mini-Expansion - The Collections Variant Each Collections set is in pairs, as you can see above. At the beginning of a 3 or 4 player game, you shuffle the Collections deck and then deal out all of the cards evenly to each player. You keep... (Read More)
Flavor Text Contest #7 - Robot Claw
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #7 - Robot ClawContest to End at 6:00 pm PST on April 26, 2015 Today's subject is all about the claw. Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text will become the... (Read More)
5-6 Player rules being added to the Mini Expansion!
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
FREE 5-6 player rules and cards for JunKing! We had a number of backers suggest a 5-6 player expansion and we thought it was a great idea. We've been working on how to include this in the campaign, leaning towards an add-on or a stretch goal.... (Read More)
For the Justin Hillgrove fans out there in internet land!
April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Justin Hillgrove's cover art for JunKing and the Variants expansion are now up for sale on the Kickstarter as separate pledge levels. JunKing - 20″ x 32″ Original Acrylic Painting On Canvas. - $3000 Patrol - 14″ x 18″ Original Acrylic... (Read More)
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #6 - Broken Guitar
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #6 - Broken GuitarContest to End at 6:00 pm PST on April 23, 2015 Today's subject is a sad sight for music fans. Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text will become... (Read More)
Fan Pack Pledge gets a Bonus + Whu, Chu and Thu in all their full card glory
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Fan Pack Pledge for JunKing gets a Bonus Copy!Hey all, we've decided to make a major change to the $95 Fan Pack Tier. We've added a second copy of JunKing: A second copy of JunKing! You will also be receiving twice the amount of stretch goals as... (Read More)
Stretch Goal at $18,000 announced and Flavor Text Winner
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
$18,000 Stretch GoalSince we hit our first Stretch Goal this morning, we wanted to drop this graphic on you and announce that at $18,000 we will be adding 12 new Junk items with completely new abilities to the Mini-Expansion which then will be... (Read More)
Our First Stretch Goal! And an Amazing Review!
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The $14,000 Stretch Goal is unlocked! With this Stretch Goal, Whu, Chu, and Thu will be added to all pledges over $25. These guys were great fun to create and they add some cool new abilities with which to conquer the JunKing world. Cog Gaming... (Read More)
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #5 - Long Leg Robot
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #5 - Long Leg RobotContest to End at 6:00 pm PST on April 19, 2015 Today's subject is the tallest of our mounts. Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text will... (Read More)
New Events Stretch Goal Details
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
You know, I never got a chance to drop this graphic on you guys and further explain our $16,000 Stretch Goal: You can see our 5 new event cards shown above. Those will be added to Variants Expansion once we hit $16,000. These Events will be a... (Read More)
Casual Game Crowdfunding: Titans, Junk, and Siblings
April 16th - via: casualgamerevolution.com
This month Calliope Games has launched their ambitious Titan Series, which they've been talking about for the past several months. It is also the month for card games, with lots of great ones seeking funding. (Read More)
Flavor Contest #4 - Radar Dish
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #4 - Radar DishContest to End at 6:00 pm PST on April 17, 2015 This time we decided to give you all a real challenge! Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text... (Read More)
JunKing Bonus Stretch Goal - 'Deo' Scavenger Imp
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Junk Spirit Games - Like our Page! Click the Image to Like our Page! Junk Spirit Games is officially Official! To kick it off, we are starting a Bonus Stretch Goal for the JunKing kickstarter Campaign. Please like our page on Facebook by... (Read More)
New Stretch Goal Announced and More Original Art
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Earlier today we hit full funding, so the bulk of our day has been filled with a ridiculous amount of high fives. Thank you again for all of your support and encouragement! Stretch Goal - $16,000 - 5 New Event CardsOnce we hit $16,000 we will be... (Read More)
Ain't no party like a Junk Partay! (We're funded!)
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Celebrate! 100% Funded!We couldn't have done this without you! Thank you so much for your support. We are so excited that JunKing will become a real physical game that we can hold and hug. What's next then? Well, a lot really. We have... (Read More)
Add-Ons Detail Video
April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Rewards and Add-ons video is here!We've had some questions on the specific details of some of the rewards and most of the Add-ons so we decided to shoot a quick video for everyone to see what is available. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to... (Read More)
Flavor Contest #3 - Onehorn Mask
April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
FLAVOR TEXT CONTEST #3 - Onehorn Mask Contest to End at 6:00 pm PST on April 13, 2015 Write Flavor Text for the Card below: My team will argue and pick the best entry. The winning Flavor Text will become the Flavor Text for the card and we will then... (Read More)
Let's Talk Stretch Goals
April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Mornin' from Seattle!We are getting close to being funded here, so it's a great time to talk about stretch goals. We obviously have some milestones we'd like to hit with this campaign, and we'd love to pack as much as we can into the extras for... (Read More)
Free Print and Play Demo File + Other.....Junk
April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Great morning to everyone! We have a longer update today: 1) Free Print and Play Demo available!We have uploaded a Free Print and Play Demo of JunKing and added it to the Campaign page. You can also download it here: Free Print and Play Demo Zip... (Read More)
Flavor Contest #2 - Coinholder
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday's winner for the Egg-Shaped Ball is Wes M. with "You can only kick it once." His post was on the BGG forums Here. Thanks Wes! This contest worked out very well, many of the offered flavor texts were awesome, creating multiple arguments... (Read More)
Flavor Text Contest #1 - Egg-Shaped Ball
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
When we put together the campaign, we toyed with the idea of creating a tier where people could pay to write the flavor text of a card. After discussing it, we decided that we should offer YOU something for writing the flavor text of a card... (Read More)
50% funded! ....and Collections Variant sneak peek
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We are officially over the 50% mark, thank you to Myron McMillin for pushing us over the edge! This is our first campaign, our first game, and the feedback we have been receiving has been outstanding to say the least. We can't wait to get this... (Read More)
JunKing - 100+ backers and 1/3 funded in the first 12 hours!
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy Junkoley! ....? Thank you to everyone for helping us to hit these goals! As a first kickstarter project, we had no idea what to expect from the community. When we put JunKing together we figured we had something awesome, and the feedback... (Read More)
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