The Apocrypha Adventure Card Game

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A card game and roleplaying game in one box, from Mike Selinker and the designers of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game.
Backers: 2477
Average Pledge Per Backer: $135

Funded: $333,662 of $66,666
Dates: Apr 14th -> May 13th (30 days)
Project By: Lone Shark Games
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Latest News

The Best Kickstarter Tabletop Games of 2015

January 8th - via: geekdad.com
These are the best Kickstarter board games we reviewed this year. Most of the games on this list are still in production. There are a few that have delivered to backers and are now available for purchase, but we didn’t get a chance to write up the finished product yet. (Read More)

Previews from Lone Shark Games — Apocrypha Adventure Card Game and The Ninth World: A Skillbuilding Game for Numenera | BoardGameGeek News | RPGGeek

December 10th - via: rpggeek.com
You might have already heard of the Apocrypha Adventure Card Game from Lone Shark Games, given that it funded to the tune of $330k in mid-2015 on Kickstarter, but did you know that it's the precursor to what became the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game? (Read More)

Update #18: Our Final Hours on Earth, A Promo Card Update, and a Highly Singular Character

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We're down to the final hours and we have one stretch goal left. This one's exciting: Every Kickstarter backer will receive a "Day Zero" promo card that is available exclusively to Kickstarter backers, retailers, and at conventions where members of... (Read More)

Last Day to Back 'Apocrypha'

May 13th - via: geekdad.com
Well, folks, just in case you didn’t back Apocrypha on the first day when I recommended it, here’s one more chance. (Read More)

Update #17: Final Stretch Goals, A Shark Frenzy, and Doctor Zeez's Conclusions

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had a bit of a surge in the last couple days, and we appreciate all the support for our strange little game (okay, our strange big game). We've been grateful for all the publicity we've gotten from sites like this interview on GamingTrend.... (Read More)

Update #16: The Forty-Eight Hour Checklist, a Gamemastering Guide, and the Final Gameplay Video

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
At the 48-hour mark, Kickstarter alerts people in various ways that the campaign is coming to a close. So people who've either not seen the campaign or haven't looked at it for a month are checking it out. If that's you, read on!  A lot has changed... (Read More)

Update #15: Our #FragmentFriday Faves, A Critical Question from One of Our Backers, and Doctor Zeez's Prescriptions

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
It's Mother's Day! And because we don't want to make Mother Gaia angry, we don't have any news about stretch goals or add-ons for Apocrypha backers today. What we have is a whole lot of nightmares, just like Mom used to make. To recap, we dubbed... (Read More)

Update #14: Fragments of Many Hues, The Master's Insides, and a Little Kickstarter for Mr. Bear

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We had an amazing #FragmentFriday! So many twisted people contributed so many twisted memories. We're compiling them and will post about it tomorrow or Monday.  Speaking of fragments, we unlocked the multicolor fragment set of nine promo cards.... (Read More)

Update #13: An Essay on Design, #FragmentFriday, the Retailer Crate, and Doctor Zeez's Symbologies

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We're very excited to have topped $200,000 and unlocked the cross-chapter rule set. We're now looking to unlock that set of 9 multicolor fragment promo cards, which will be sent for free to all backers who get a box of the game during this campaign.... (Read More)

Crazy Eights: Eight Questions with Mike Selinker about Apocrypha

May 7th - via: gamingtrend.com
Mike Selinker is a major developer in the board game world. His most recent large success is the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game system, but he’s had plenty other titles under his belt. He will be coming out with a game in the Titan Series of gaming from Calliope. Right now as President of Lone Shark Games he’s using Kickstarter to publish Apocrypha, a game reminiscent of the Adventure Card Game system. I wanted to find out more, and got him to answer eight questions on it. (Read More)

What Else Is Out There?

May 7th - via: keith-baker.com
The Phoenix: Dawn Command Kickstarter campaign wrapped up at 8 AM this morning (Wednesday, May 6th). (Read More)

The Apocrypha ACG Kickstarter

May 5th - via: forbeck.com
If you’re into tabletop games, you may have already heard about the Apocrypha Adventure Card Game, which is featured on Kickstarter right now. It’s a new game from my pals at Lone Shark Games, but it’s based on the mechanics found in the bestselling, award-winning Pathfinder Adventure Card Game designed by the same people. It’s set in a dark and horrific modern world which I helped bring to life. (Read More)

Update #12: A New Hope (And New Dooms Too!), Storytime with Mr. Forbeck, the Beast Box, and Dr. Zeez's Sensibilities

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We hope everyone is enjoying Star Wars Day! We've got some bold goals for the day, so read on if you'd like to hear about them. Thanks to everyone for helping us unlock the cross-chapter missions! We hope to get them in promo card form not long from... (Read More)

Update #11: A Mission Playmat, Boxes of Hope and Doom, Shipping in Multiples, and 1,500 Fantastic People

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We are very happy to have reached 1,500 backers today. Thanks to everyone for that! Special thanks to Jon Bolding at the Escapist for this great piece about Apocrypha and to all our supporters on BoardGameGeek. If you're on the Geek, please take some... (Read More)

Apocrypha Adventure Card Game Interview With Mike Selinker

April 30th - via: escapistmagazine.com
Betrayal at House on the Hill and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game designer Mike Selinker's new game sounds like an apocalyptically good time. (Read More)

Update #10: The Funding of All Chapters, Mr. Rothfuss Invades Candlepoint, and Cross-Chapter Missions

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
There's a lot of cool things in this update, but one thing is the coolest of the cool: Thanks for funding all the chapters of Apocrypha!This is great news. We are now able to make the entire story of Apocrypha, with chapters for all nine of the Novem... (Read More)

MIKE SELINKER'S 'APOCRYPHA' - IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!

April 28th - via: monkeyswithfire.com
Combination Card Game / RPG From All-Star Design Team (Read More)

Update #9: An Apocrypha Soulbinder, The Serpents Slither Out, The Physicians, Mr. Straub, and Doctor Zeez's Communications

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you guys for speeding us past $160,000 and unlocking The Book of the Serpents. Just one more stretch goal to go before we complete the chapters. You might enjoy listening to our rambling discussing of Apocrypha and animated dinosaurs on The... (Read More)

Gaby Weidling on Co-designing Apocrypha

April 26th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Gaby Weidling is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Gaby five game design questions. Here's what she said! (Read More)

Chad Brown on Co-designing Apocrypha

April 26th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Chad Brown is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Chad five game design questions. Here's what he said! (Read More)

Mike Selinker on Co-designing Apocrypha

April 26th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Mike Selinker is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Mike five game design questions. Here's what he said! (Read More)

Paul Peterson on Co-designing Apocrypha

April 26th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Paul Peterson is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Paul five game design questions. Here's what he said! (Read More)

Josh's Kickstarter Korner

April 26th - via: supernerdfactory.com
Well I am glad you asked! Lets face the facts. Kickstarter has a lot of crap on it. So much crap that it can be hard to see some of the amazing things people are trying to create. (Read More)

Update #8: The Serpents, Mr. Baur, Gameplay Notes, and a Major Award™

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We received some news overnight that I think backers of this project will enjoy: the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, which uses a similar game system as Apocrypha, won the 2015 Vanguard Award, along with Marvel Dice Masters. Given out by the Academy... (Read More)

Creative Colleagues: Mike Selinker

April 24th - via: frabjousdave.com
Every now and then, I pester my creative colleagues with five questions about their work. Most of these folks are friends, a few are secret enemies, and one has been blackmailing me for years. (Read More)

Mike Selinker's 'Apocrypha'

April 24th - via: icv2.com
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Tanis O'Connor on Designing Apocrypha

April 24th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Tanis O'Connor is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Tanis five game design questions. Here's what he said! (Read More)

Liz Spain on Designing Apocrypha

April 24th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Liz Spain is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Liz five game design questions. Here's what she said! (Read More)

Elisa Teague on Co-designing Apocrypha

April 24th - via: meeplemechanic.com
Elisa Teague is a co-designer behind Apocrypha, a game on Kickstarter. We asked Elisa five game design questions. Here's what she said! (Read More)

Update #7: The Damned Released, The Golems, Ms. Kowal, and Our Humble Kickstarter Fund

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to you, we unlocked The Damned! (Say, that sounds safe.) That means our dear, devil-obsessed friend Erin M. Evans will be telling us all about the demons she finds in the real world. I think we all benefit when that happens. We did an AMA! It... (Read More)

Recover Memories Of Monsters Only You Can See To Survive Apocrypha

April 23rd - via: io9.com
In the Apocrypha Adventure Card Game, the world is beset by monsters only some people can see and a looming apocalypse only some people know about. We talked to creator Mike Selinker about Apocrypha’s connection to Pathfinder, how it can be both a card game and an RPG, and what The Cure’s Disintegration album has to do with it all. (Read More)

Update #6: Gaia Unleashed on Earth Day, The Dreamers Sleep, The Damned, Ms. Evans, Australian Shipping, and Doctor Zeez's Decapitations

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was Earth Day! What a perfect day to unleash the fury of Mother Gaia and her horde of nature spirits on an unsuspecting human populace. And that's just what we did! The Book of the Animus, with memories by Kij Johnson, is now unlocked. ... (Read More)

Update #5: Your Chance to Ask Us Anything, The Book of the Dreamers, Mr. Baker, and A Six-Figure Thank You

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone for helping us reach $100,000! We've now unlocked the Book of the Fae. In part due to his fans hearing about it from a Penny Arcade Twitter post, Jerry Holkins is cranking out memories at lightning speed. He read me one that caused... (Read More)

Vorvax, The Forgotten

April 22nd - via: penny-arcade.com
I got these three frames in a text message a few nights ago, and I can’t prove it but I think he may have drawn them on a pile of spare printer paper, in his lap, while also playing Destiny. I mention it, because I can barely do one thing at a time. (Read More)

Apocrypha, Phoenix and Dreams

April 22nd - via: keith-baker.com
It was just a dream. Yet you can still smell the blood of the night watchman. You can still hear the raven’s whispers and feel the silver blade catching on bone. It was just a dream, but you knew he had to die and you had to kill him. It was just a dream. So why are your bedsheets covered in blood? (Read More)

Update #4: A Rulebook, New Stretch Goals, The Book of the Animus, Ms. Johnson, and Doctor Zeez's Intrusions

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is the current rulebook for the Apocrypha Adventure Card Game. It's our playtest document, and has not gone through editing or layout. But it should give you a solid idea of how we're playing the game today. Now, let me talk a bit about why... (Read More)

Update #3: Book of the Deathless Unlocked, and a Card Creator of Your Very Own

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks everyone for helping us reach the first stretch goal! The Book of the Deathless is now unlocked, so the all-chapters box and Master's Edition will contain at least one more chapter. We are confident our fans will unlock several more chapters... (Read More)

Update #2: Mr. Holkins, Mr. Rothfuss, and the Rest of the Remembrance Team. Plus Fragments, The Fae, and Doctor Zeez's Surgical Options

April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey, guys, we have some more gameplay for you here. Specifically, we're talking about how memory fragments work and who's writing them. I'm joined by my friend Jerry "Tycho" Holkins of Penny Arcade, who tells us a story and then asks me who else is... (Read More)

Update #1: News on Funding and Shipping, a Characters Video, the Deathless, Mr. Cordell, and Doctor Zeez's Diagnosis

April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all our backers for getting us to our goal in less than 24 hours! We have a long way to go on the campaign, but the key is that we are definitely making the Apocrypha Adventure Card Game. This is a vision we had almost four years ago, and... (Read More)

Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Mike Selinker Returns to 'Apocrypha'

April 14th - via: geekdad.com
Apocrypha is an adventure card game for 1 to 6 players, ages 13 and up, and takes about an hour per session. But it’s also a role-playing game, so you can add a gamemaster to the player count. (Read More)

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