Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game, 1-4 heroes, 1-3 hrs

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The complete, epic, RPG-based adventure card game of gothic high fantasy for 1-4 heroes by multi-award nominated designer Tristan Hall.
Backers: 1481
Average Pledge Per Backer: £51

Funded: £75,249 of £48,200
Dates: Aug 27th -> Sep 26th (30 days)
Project By: Tristan Hall
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Latest News

Fylde games inventor to release his second hit

January 1st - via: blackpoolgazette.co.uk
Tristan Hall of St Annes, who works as a video producer in Manchester, is set to release his second game and is planning to reprint his first after once again smashing his online fundraising target due to demand from customers. (Read More)

Attention all £1 backers!!

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey y'all! Just to confirm that there will be no pledge manager so this is your last opportunity to upgrade your pledge to hero level or beyond and join the club of excited gamers who are going to get their hands on one of the most beautiful looking... (Read More)

Pledges of £50 or above will get a Print and Play pdf of the game

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
It will not have the art (which won't be finished by then anyway), just the graphics, but it will be available much earlier than the actual game. Cheers! Tristan  (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 29 - Penultimate Day!!

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening y'all!! And a gigantic arms-wide welcome to the hundreds of new souls pouring through our doorway.  To you guys, the new guys, I apologise if the rest of us are looking weary, a little battle-scarred and teary or bleary-eyed and nearly... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 28

September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning wanderers in darkness, crusaders of justice, adventurers in the Gloom, and persecutors of random innocents - yes, I had to append that last qualifier after playing a thoroughly brutal demo with some of our lovely friends at Blackpool... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 27 AKA Funding Day!!!

September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Good Evening you lovely lovely people.  Lovely people.  I mean it, really lovely. We did it. Thank you.   Thank. You. STATS £49,639 pledged 102% funded 980 backers 3 days to go!Having only recently regained basic mastery of the English language... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 26

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Good Morrow yon lost wanderers from beyond the Veil, STATSOPHERIC! £46,672 pledged, 96% funded, 927 backers, 4 days to go, 4 flippin' days to go!  :OOkay, so I get it now - the last pledge is going to come through at 11.59pm on Saturday, right?... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 25

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening one and all, Excuse me whilst I jam matches into my orbits to prop my eyelids open and plug into my screen once more! First up, the United STATS of Kilforthia: £44,690 pledged 92% funded 889 backers, including 53 Legends + 10 Marketeers... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 24

September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening once again gentle readers. Even Jack Bauer never stayed awake for this long!! I trust that you all had a wonderful weekend with your families and friends and are fully recharged and excited about the possibilities of the week ahead -... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 23

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Good eventide brave souls and hardy adventurers! Another exhausting day once again pitching the dream to people, makes me feel so good to come back to you guys who are already proudly holding that dream aloft.  Which, along with listening to the new... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 22

September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
I ain't got nothin' but love, babe, Eight days a week... Well, 8 days, a week, that's about how much time we've got left to kick this campaign into orbit.  Think we can do it guys?  Was it ever really in doubt??  Raise your hands if you thought it... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 21

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everyone, for it is now 2am here in gloomy England, and all is quiet outside, so I'm going to keep it short and sweet tonight - plus it's gonna be hard to follow up on last night's big new design reveal! It's my own silly fault for being... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 20

September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Preface: Guys, we've had another lovely demo session with the nice geezahs over at Element Games tonight with lots of interest in the game and lots of fliers handed out, and we've seen tons of great, renewed activity and threads in the BGG forums,... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 19

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space, STATSAROONIES!! £37,773 pledged, 78% funded, 763 backers, 1,184 Facebook Likes, 47 Legends, 7 Marketeers, 10 days to go!We're all like busy dwarves chipping away at the coalface for that hidden vein of... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 18

September 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello ladies and gentlemen of the sore thumbs and prolific Likes! STATS!  Absolutely mental crazy stats that no one including me really understands but STATS nonetheless: £36,912 pledged, 76% funded, 742 backers, 6 Market Backers, 48 Legends, 12... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 17

September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Yo yo yo, whassup???  STATs ya'll! £34,876 pledged, 72% funded, 711 backers, 41 Legends, 4th on Kicktraq, 13 days to goSo that's it, well on target, everything's awesome, good night!  :) Just kidding of course.  First off it's with great relief... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 16

September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening you beautiful free folk of Kilforth, wanderers and opportunists, poets and dreamers, lovers and fighters, warriors and rogues, and people of such quality and goodness overall that I feel honoured to be able to make these daily pledges of... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 15

September 11th - via: kickstarter.com
STATS FIRST! £32,515 pledged, 67% funded, 666 backers, 15 days to go!For those of you who haven't been eagerly keeping track, today has been something of a phenomenon, with nearly £3,000 raised in a single day.  But since the initial craziness of... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 14

September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening beautiful backers and kick-arse kickstarters, how's thou?? Yes, due to unpopular demand your regular host has returned from games night to Regale you with adventures high and tales tall.  Since you asked, tonight we kicked off with... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 13

September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening you declectable residents of Kilforth, Mrs NinjaDorg here. This evening I have been asked by The Squire to provided tonight's update in a radical, risky and frankly ill thought out attempt to provide some variety to the KS proceedings... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 12

September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening you gorgeous people, I hope you're all settling in for a cosy nightcap, or shutting down from a productive day at work, or getting ready to face a lovely new day, or, well, you could literally be anywhere at any time right around the... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 11

September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Stats first, questions later: £25,771 pledged, 53% funded, 544 backers, 31 Legend Level Super Heroes, 19 days to go...And we've kicked back into the top 10 on the Kicktraq Hot List too!  Anyone remember back when 50% seemed unattainably far from... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 10 - FIFTY PER CENT!!!

September 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Stats first peeps: £24,148 pledged, 50% funded, 515 backers, 20 days to goSo wait, you guys thought I was above posting this did you?? Take a look in the mirror and give yourselves the almightiest pat on the back that you can manage from that angle,... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 9

September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening gentle readers, purveyors of fine taste, and dwellers amongst the stars! Tonight I was going to talk to you about The Veil, an unfathomable mystical weave that lies upon the world, referenced in a few of the cards, and also the word we... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 8

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Well howdy friends, and welcome to another overcast evening in the misty lands of Kilforth. Pull up a seat by the fire, and pour yourself an ale for I have grave news. Outlying scouts send back reports that the Gloom appears to be back. So what is... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 7

September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Good Morning Tremendous Individuals of Judicious and Exquisite Taste!  Might I say you’re all looking gorgeous on this fine morning. It’s 1am here in rainy Manchester and I’d like to apologise for my tardiness in sending this out. I was going... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 6

September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Beautiful Folks of Kilforth, I hope this missive finds you in excellent health and spirit! I'd be lying if I said 'we've had a rubbish day, go to bed!' but at least it would mix things up, because we are still flying by the seat of our... (Read More)

Side Update: Stretch Goals introduced, Shipping not changing!!

September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi guys, just a quick but important one here. After lengthy discussions with the printers we’ve come up with what we feel is the most workable system regarding stretch goals and shipping. Firstly: the pledges are going to stay the same price, with... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 5

September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello you beauties!! Right let’s be quick and get on with it, you’ve all got your beautiful lives to be getting on with and I’ve taken up so much of your time and effort already, plus I need you to go back to thumbing and clicking and sharing... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 4

August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Kickers! What a spectacular day!  I've been told to be brief, so here are the stats: £14,712 pledged,  30% funded, 315 backers, and 25 days to go So, we've actually gone up again and had more pledges today than yesterday.  The BGG Hotness... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 3

August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening People of Most Excellent Taste!  I trust you’re all enjoying this beautiful weekend. I imagine a lot of you are tucked up in bed, snug as bugs in rugs as I hunch over my screen whilst firing this missive out to you across the interweb... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 2

August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Kickstarters, how are we all doing? I hope you’re all as excited as me! It’s been another mental day with another huge ramp in backers - guys, we have smashed the £10K mark with £11,190, already hitting nearly 25% of our target in the first... (Read More)

Gloom of Kilforth, Day 1

August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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