Slaughter: The Horror Movie-Making Card Game

A project in Sydney, AU by StoryWeaver Games
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Putting Laughter in Slaughter: a fast, fun, deadly collaborate tabletop storytelling game where everyone's expendable!
Backers: 151
Average Pledge Per Backer: $109 AUD

Funded: $16,509 AUD of $20,000 AUD
Dates: Oct 1st -> Nov 2nd (32 days)
Project By: StoryWeaver Games
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Latest News

Nine hours to go and 80% funded... soooooo close!

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
So close... what about the expansion decks? Wow!  Slaughter has had a flood of new backers in the last two days and in the last 24 hours in particular. We are just within reach of the funding target... but like a great horror movie, it's gonna keep... (Read More)

May your Halloween be full of candy!

October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
No tricks here. Only sweet, sweet fun. Over the past few days, I've been working on the Monster cards and on promotion, so not really too much to report.  So I did a silly and obligatory Halloween video. I'm a mad doctor, after all. How to Make a... (Read More)

The movie post art artpipline - a speed run.

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi folks,  I've not been idle this weekend. Because idle hands are the devil's playground... I have been messing with the prototypes for the new monster cards. Here's two speed run of the prototyping process so you can see how this all works. Each... (Read More)

We've slowed... slowed to a crawl... can we be saved? Also, meet me in USA on the 7th Nov!

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi folks, Despite a great start and many avid fans, backers for Slaughter have slowed to a crawl.  We still have 4 days to go, but unless we get a rush (which is often possible in the last few days of a project), we will not our funding goal. So,... (Read More)

Who won the Horde Monster Battle - and who goes in the box? Also, a free RPG? Why yes! Yes, indeed!

October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Lucky 888 and the Rapture I was a bit down and out this past weekend, with some minor but painful health issues. (Oh, my back!)   But that was offset by some wonderful news - we just reached 888 followers on the StoryWeaver Facebook page.  Many of... (Read More)

Print-proof cards arrived in the post... wanna' check 'em out?

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday a pack of POD print-proof cards turned up in my postbox. This seems like a good time to talk about how the decks of cards are structured, what's in each deck, and what you'll get in the Kickstarter.  (Read More)

An embarrassing look back

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
While it's the "lull phase" (tm) of the Kickstarter, I took 90min to clean up my messy office and pack away all the game con packs.  While doing so, I found the *old* prototype cards for Slaughter.  Check them out.  Oh my!  How far we've come!  (Read More)

Live Play Demo Game Now Online

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
It took a while, but the full, uncut recording of the Slaughter demo game session is now live! In this game session, we create a surviving the horde movie called: "CROC" Watch and laugh as we riff an off-the-wall modern Australian horror movie,... (Read More)

Take a peek at how the monster cards will work

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
A quick update to my last update. Get a sneak peek at how the new Movie Monster Cards will work and what they will look like. You can also click on the QC code for yourself... User you phone to test out how the Movie Monster Cards will work. And... (Read More)

Movie Monster Cards and Online Resources - a Survey

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey gang,  As promised, I am going to introduce 20 new cards to the Starter Edition Boxed set - the will be Monster Cards. While not essential to the game, the cards will help a busy Director quickly create a monster as the movie's plot unfolds.... (Read More)

Passed the magic 50% mark... plus do you want Monster Cards?(Yes, yes you do!)

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Yippy!  We've passed that magical half-way funding mark.  In this video I give a quick update on what I've been up to - mostly video editing, and URL fixes. In addition, I talk about adding 'monster cards' to the boxed set. These are an idea that... (Read More)

What we've been up to, plus more questions answered!

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Today I'm trying a video update.   I'm hoping the live video format will be a little more personal.  I'm even thinking I can schedule some live Q&A sessions like this in the near future.  Let me know if this works for you. In this update, I... (Read More)

Questions, questions, questions... and here's the answers

October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Over the last 24 hours I got a heap of questions and suggestions from our community.  Most are issues I overlooked or did just not think of, or misunderstood the way Kickstarter worked.  Here are my responses to the big questions that have been... (Read More)

Clarification: Early Backer Rewards & The London Horror Cards

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone. I've had a few questions about who get's the London Horror cards.  My intention was for the first 250 people to get the exclusive London Horror Festival cards.  That did not come through well in the way I created the reward levels.... (Read More)

How did Slaughter get it's groove on?

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
The roots of chaos... Work on Slaughter was begun almost four years ago. Well, in truth, it has it's roots in a game I wrote almost 14 years ago... Rapture: The End of Days. Rapture is an RPG of hard-science fiction meeting dark horror. It was... (Read More)

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