Steampunked Time Machine - The Mad Scientist's Card Game

A project in Santa Cruz, CA by Nord Games
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Be the first to assemble a steam powered Time Machine by whatever means necessary. Steal, break and thwart your way to victory!
Backers: 250
Average Pledge Per Backer: $53

Funded: $13,132 of $2,000
Dates: Feb 28th -> Mar 24th (24 days)
Project By: Nord Games
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Latest News

2 Hours To Go! Share With Your Friends!

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We have passed our $12,500 stretch goal and we're headed to the $13,000 stretch goal. We are posting everywhere we can to get the word out to new people. Villains and AlliesIf you have been eying either of these pledge levels please upgrade your... (Read More)

12 Hours To Go, Lots of Important Updates

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
What a crazy ride! We've been able to cross off all of our stretch goals so far, but over the night we came up with 4 more! We also figured out a way to give extra rewards to the Mad Scientist, Villain, and Ally pledge levels. We want all of those to... (Read More)

Packaging Prototypes are In Progress

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Being gamers, we at Nord Games are conscience of common game issues. One of the biggest ones is packaging and the lack of logical packaging in board and card gaming. The biggest issue we've found is not being able to fit all of the game materials in... (Read More)

All Stretch Goals Achieved!

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, It's been an exciting three weeks! As our campaign comes to a close we are working hard to get all of the new artwork for the Mad Scientist, Villain, and Ally pledge levels completed. If you intend to pledge at any of these levels, do so... (Read More)

Nikola Tesla Card In Final Stages

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Don't mind the watermark, it won't be on the final version obviously.  (Read More)

Thomas Edison Card In Final Stages

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Don't mind the watermark, it won't be on the final version obviously.  (Read More)

Special Pledge Levels Available

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
For any of you who were interested in being in the game, we have the following special pledge levels open: 1 Mad Scientist (in the core set) 5 Villains 4 Allies Get them while they last!  (Read More)

$8500 passed with flying colors!

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Each day we seem to cross off another stretch goal. At this rate we might need more! We were thinking about original artwork prints for each of you to keep as a memento of this campaign and your involvement in it. Any thoughts? Sneak Peeks Edison... (Read More)

We've passed $8000 and unlocked 2 of the 3 booster packs!

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, We are very pleased with the response we've had from our post yesterday. In a matter of hours we were able to cross off a stretch goal and get within reach of another. We do have a question however. We are noticing that a lot of people are... (Read More)

Heading Into the Final Days!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Okay folks, we are headed into our last 5 days of the campaign. This is a key time for Kickstarter projects, especially gaming projects. It is during this time that we will cross off all of our remaining stretch goals and collect all the source... (Read More)

Cornelius Fellingsworth is in progress...

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
mockup image source image  (Read More)

Professor Zorba Diablo is in progress...

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Check out another one of our custom mad scientist mockups! w00t! If you want in on the custom cards we have some Villains and Allies left to pledge on, so act now! mockup image source images  (Read More)

We've passed $6000 and unlocked two new pledge levels!

March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
To celebrate this accomplishment, we've decided to open up two new pledge levels: Villains and Allies. These two pledge levels allow the backers to be immortalized for all time in the first edition of Steampunked Time Machine! These new cards will... (Read More)

Dr. Tilton is in progress

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, Thank you all who have submitted your source images for your custom mad scientist. Here is an example of one of our custom mad scientists sponsored by one of our backers. You can see how we used a few key features from Shane's source images... (Read More)

It's Time To Make Mad Scientist Artwork!

March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, This campaign has been going great so far but things are starting to slow down. That's pretty typical of games on Kickstarter, but we have a lot of posts, ads and email blasts going out over the next two weeks. We expect a large influx of... (Read More)

Passing $5000!!!

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, Thank you all for your support! We are hard at work finalizing the artwork for the booster packs and we're getting ready to start the custom mad scientist cards. We've noticed that almost all of you have shared our project on Facebook. That's... (Read More)

The game is growing! It's alive! Bwahahaha!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, As we expected, Steampunked is taking on a life of its own! As we open up more Special Pledge Levels and achieve our various stretch goals we are adding more and more cards to the game. the core set and both expansions are well on their way... (Read More)

New Pledge Level - Mad Scientist

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, In the spirit of creativity and customization, we've decided to add 6 new playable characters to the core set of Steampunked Time Machine. The only twist is that we want you to be those characters! 6 lucky backers will be transformed from... (Read More)

Instructional Videos and Sneak Peeks

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, We've added two Instructional Videos to the main page and we'll include them in this update. We've also managed to put together a pdf that shows all of the cards in the core set and both expansions. The link to that can be found at the bottom... (Read More)

We Have Funded!!!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, We are very excited to announce that we have funded in one day! w00t! Thank you all for your support! Please remember to share our project page with your friends. We are well on our way to crossing off all of our stretch goals! We are working... (Read More)

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