BattleCON: War Remastered

A project in Albuquerque, NM by David B. Talton Jr.
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BattleCON brings the tension of 2D fighting games to life as a card game with 18 playable characters and tons of extras!
Backers: 1860
Average Pledge Per Backer: $135

Funded: $250,284 of $30,000
Dates: May 30th -> Jun 29th (30 days)
Project By: David B. Talton Jr.
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Latest News

Final Countdown!

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Come join me, Fábio, Noko, and a host of other colorful characters as we count down the final 2 hours of the Kickstarter project! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu18xC3ohfQ Leave us comments on youtube and we'll answer them as they come up! See you... (Read More)

Share Goal Unlocked!

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, everyone! Just a quick update to let you know that we've broken the 1000 share goal, maxing out the roster for votable characters! Even though we've reached the goal, please give us a share if you have the time and let's break through the... (Read More)

6 Hours to do, closing in on $250k!

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
 Greetings duelists! We've smashed through the $225k stretch goal to bring the total number of characters in Fate of Indines up to 10 (I'm almost 100% sure the share goal is cleared, though I haven't checked recently). It looks like 250 and beyond... (Read More)

Last 12 hours! Drawing live with Fontes!

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings everyone, we're down to the wire now! Please lend us your support by joining us to post on your forum of choice and announce the final 12-hour mark! Join us for tonight's countdown!Tonight, in about 10 more hours (about the time when the... (Read More)

Your Fate is Sealed! (or unsealed, I guess, is more appropriate...)

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
 FATE - Free for backers getting Extended Edition! A friend told me once that "what's most important is to make the coolest thing possible, regardless of all other factors." I think that's really what this Kickstarter has been about for me--having... (Read More)

...and now a word from our Sponsors! (New promos, plus drawing live with Noko!)

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
 Greetings, Duelists! The time has come to announce the final 2 promotional fighters, as well as to take a look back and say thanks to the sponsors who have backed this project with their companies and characters. I'm especially grateful to these... (Read More)

Stretch Goals for the Home Stretch!

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
 Character Spotlight - Magdelina Larington “Solar Saint, let your light shine through me, that I might deliver Justice by your sword!" A spiritualist and descendant of the Legendary Solar Saint Avenlia, Magdelina uses the rituals of a battle... (Read More)

Live chatting now! Come join us!

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Attention Duelists! We are now chatting live with Ninja Info Cast! Join now and chat with us! Leave comments in the youtube comments section, and we'll answer them as we talk! If you are one of the people who submitted readings for me, we want to... (Read More)

Live Hangout Tonight at 4pm CST

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
That's about it--just a quick note that we'll be doing a live google hangout with CW Reynolds and the Ninja Info cast at 4pm CST tonight (that's about 3 hours from now). I'll post another update then to remind you to hop in and chat with us. See you... (Read More)

Delayed reading for a day, art previews, and drawing Live with Fontes!

June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Character Spotlight: Kehrolyn Ross Kehrolyn is a shape-changing homunculus created by the eminent Doctor Aaron Ross. After his research was banned in his homeland of Willat, Ross was killed and Kehrolyn barely escaped from the country with her life... (Read More)

On the edge of the Expanded Art Gallery, and Drawing Live with Noko!

June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, things have already started to explode and we're not even at the 48-hour mark! Thanks so much to everyone who's gotten involved with us on Twitter and Facebook in the past day. We haven't taken an exact tally yet, but I can feel we're much... (Read More)

New Promo Character Revealed! Drawing Live with Fontes!

June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Duelists! BattleCON: War is officially the most successful Level 99 Games Kickstarter to date! In celebration of this, we're revealing the 7th promotional fighter, Eliza! New Promo character revealed - Eliza!  There was some speculation... (Read More)

19 Backers until we reveal the next promo fighter! Drawing Live with Nokomento!

June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
 Greetings and good morning! We only need 19 more backers before we reveal the new promotional fighter! I hope to show her off in tonight's updates! Also, we are drawing with Nokomento this morning! Come get a preview of another promotional... (Read More)

A new High Score! Fiction Contest Ends Tomorrow! Drawing live with Fontes!

June 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
 Character Spotlight - Khadath Ahemusei A prince among his tribal people, Khadath cast off his wealth and status to become a scholar, and study Planar Magic at the distant Argent University. Now, a curse from the gods has stricken his people, and... (Read More)

Last Week, here we come!

June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Congratulations, Duelists! Everyone who gets a box in the mail from us from this project will find a free copy of NOIR inside! "What is NOIR?" You might be asking. Here's Tom Vasel to tell you how it works: NOIR is an excellent pocket-sized game... (Read More)

Promo Fighter #6: Yes, it's THE Bruce Lee!

June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I don't really have much to follow this one with. If this doesn't get you excited, then nothing I can say will fix it. XD How? What?!Artistic Justice Games is bringing a new game to Kickstarter next week, Dragon Tides, a 1-7 Player Miniatures... (Read More)

Art Gallery, Backers' Choice Playtesting, Dungeons, More Stretch Goals, and a Fanfiction Contest?!

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Note from Brad: Wow, this update got gigantic--but there's a lot of fun stuff here! I just wanted to encourage you to sit down, grab a drink, and enjoy it. It's a bit long, but definitely worth reading through! :)  Character Spotlight: Zaamassal... (Read More)

Character Notes, Promo Previews, Drawing Live with Fontes!

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
 Character Spotlight: Lixis Ran Kanda "I will defy nature, and master it, and I will live!" The western desert of Sanghalim grows several miles every year, slowly eating away at the lush central forests of Jeffreys. Seeing the expansion of the... (Read More)

New Votable Fighters, Tweet for more fighters, Drawing with Fontes!

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Attention Duelists! Each backer currently has six votes to cast for fighters to include in the Extended Edition Stretch Goal Content! New votable fighters are viewable up on the pledge overview site (linked here). You can check out and discuss some... (Read More)

Playtesting! Stretch Goals! Drawing live with Nokomento!

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Duelists! We're hard at work getting BattleCON's base game ready for press, as well as working on the stretch goal content and votable fighters. We're going to have the votables and promo fighters ready for testing soon, so if you're not... (Read More)

Saturday Afternoon Greetings!

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings friends! I'm here for the 2nd-to-last day of Origins, and things have been a lot of fun :) I'm still catching up slowly on all of the emails that have been coming in--especially if you sent me a complex question, suggestion, or request, I... (Read More)

A New Challenger Appears!

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We're excited to welcome Vincent Grey of UFS fame to our growing cast of all-star promotional fighters appearing in BattleCON! For those not familiar, the Universal Fighting System is a Trading Card Game that emulates the aggression and speed of... (Read More)

Chat live with Brad! New Share Goals!

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! I'm here at Origins Game Fair and it's a blast :D JR Honeycutt of the Nerd Nighters asked me to appear for a live interview and chat session tonight. You can join us and talk with me and JR right now with this link! Leave comments on... (Read More)

Drawing Live with Nokomento!

June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Character Spotlight: Luc Von Gott - A legendary hero from the past, Luc has traveled forward in time to protect Indines once more from old threats that have returned to the land. In combat, he uses his fists and the assistance of a time manipulation... (Read More)

More Stretch Goals, and an explanation of the Force Gauge!

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Fighter Spotlight: Regicide Heketch is one of the most feared figures in all of Indines. As a creature of living shadow, he can slip silently beneath doors and along ceilings, sliding in and out of the darkness to strike with deadly force. In... (Read More)

Greetings to our 1000th Backer! Drawing tonight with Fábio!

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Drawing with Nokomento: Celebrity Guest Stars!

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Join us to draw today with Nokomento! We're working on an upcoming promo fighter! No, I won't say who it is. You just have to click the link. No spoilers please!  (Read More)

Drawing Live with Fábio Fontes!

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick update: we're drawing and chatting live with Fábio Fontes. Come join us! It's been kind of a slow day so far. Please take a minute to share BattleCON with a friend if you haven't yet, and I'll get back to announcing exciting stretch... (Read More)

New Backers' Choice Votable Fighters are uploaded! Preview of new art!

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
New Backers' Choice Fighters are now on the roster! Expect more in the next few days as well! In case you're new to the project and wondering what the hype is about, the Backers' Choice Fighters are a set of 6 extra playable, tournament-legal... (Read More)

Summoner Wars Crossover Fighter Revealed!

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
In celebration of the upcoming Alliances Master Set for Summoner Wars, Plaid Hat Games and Level 99 have teamed up to bring you a BattleCON Promo Fighter: Prince Elien! After his alliance with the Fallen Kingdoms, Elien has gained new dark powers... (Read More)

Musings on stretch goals, collecting games, and silly sketches! Drawing with Nokomento!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Above: Brad sacrifices more trees to the Dark Stretch Goal Gods Thoughts about Stretch Goals I wanted to chat a bit about the reaction to digital and non-deliverable stretch goals we had in comments yesterday and the day before. As things go on, we... (Read More)

Pledge Explainer is here! Also, drawing with Fontes!

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
As many of you know (and have let me know) there's a lot of BattleCON stuff and figuring out everything can be a bit daunting. I've been working for the past 2 days on a Pledge Overview Site, which you can find here! The new site has a few cool... (Read More)

100k -- It's a Secret to Everybody (Drawing with Noko)

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a pretty wild first week so far for the project! I'm looking forward to unveiling our first promotional character this Friday. I hope you guys are excited as well :D In other exciting news, here's the $100k Stretch Goal that we've been... (Read More)

On the edge of Updated Base art! Drawing Live with Fábio!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
 Join us tonight for livestreaming with Fábio Fontes, as we work on new Alternate costumes! Don't forget that you can also get announcements for livestream by checking out our Tumblr feed: http://level99games.tumblr.com/ I won't be around... (Read More)

Breaking the Art Ceiling at 95k!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everyone! We have some cool new stretch goals for another day. These are some that I'm really excited about :D New StuffFirst off, we now have Armory available as an add-on. This is the last Add-on I have planned for the project, so... (Read More)

Drawing Live with Fábio Fontes!

June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Today we worked hard on the introduction page that describes all of the different things you can get in detail, but unfortunately we didn't manage to get it to a working state just yet (there are some missing styling and descriptions). I think it... (Read More)

Monday Updates! FAQs! Make your own character!

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings friends!  Today I'd like to share with you a bit about what's available in the project. There have been a lot of inbox questions, and I'm slowly working through these, but hopefully this post should resolve most people's questions... War... (Read More)

Two more stretch goals broken overnight!

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
You guys are unlocking these faster than I can make the banners for them! I'll be updating the front page, working on the pledge calculator, and more when I get back to the office tomorrow, so don't worry! And we do have some rather cool Stretch... (Read More)

Drawing Live with Fábio Fontes!

May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
I went into the office today to get all my cool graphics and stretch goal banners, then loaded them onto my portable drive so I could post updates at home. Naturally, I left that drive at work, and so this update has no cool graphics -_- Fábio... (Read More)

Day 2! More Stretch Goals! Drawing with Nokomento!

May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
What a day! To not only break the base funding goal but also the first major stretch goal is really incredible! If we do get anywhere near what Kicktraq predicts, I'm going to have to come up with some truly ridiculous stretch goals! XD I'm working... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1

May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Funded on Day 1! Stretch Goals!

May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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