The City of Kings: A Cooperative Adventure for 1 - 4 Heroes

A project in Bristol, UK by Frank West
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You and up to three friends must try to reclaim the realms. Explore, gather, trade and customise your hero to prepare for battle!
Backers: 3131
Average Pledge Per Backer: £91

Funded: £283,361 of £28,500
Dates: Mar 28th -> Apr 27th (31 days)
Project By: Frank West
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Latest News

The Scorched

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
When Vesh first gained his powers, he disappeared into the Cluwesh Depths and began to create a new army, a force of darkness. He only ever had one goal, to make his own Risen creatures... No matter what he tried the creatures wouldn’t survive,... (Read More)

The sun starts to set

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
It has been a long adventure, and as the sun starts to set our heroes look for a place to rest.   Little do they know just how terrifying the armies of Vesh have become, or what exactly they will need to do to defeat them.     All they know is,... (Read More)

The Okol | Quest unlocked: Oh! That’s the, umm.. hmm!

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Did you know it's world penguin day today? It seems rather fitting... Stretch goalsToday we have unlocked 2 more stretch goals! So the Jamba and 2 more factions will be added to every game! With just over 48 hours to go things are really starting to... (Read More)

Did someone say Orcs? (+ T'Lorra the Blessed!)

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We have just broken the £200,000 milestone, that’s a quarter of a million dollars…  Thank you. You've blown me away. We are over 700% funded and things just keep on getting better! We have unlocked our 29th stretch goal which adds another... (Read More)

Live today & Thralir

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
In just a few hours time I will be going live on our Kickstarter campaign page to answer any questions you might have and to walk you through the game. You can join me here at 18:00 BST | 13:00 ET. The cooperative adventureFor the past 10 days we... (Read More)

Seharra

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
The internet plays The City of KingsThank you to everyone who joined me last night on YouTube and guided Vyliria across the Ageless Realms. It was a lot of fun and the video is now online, I'll be streaming again soon. Quick setup traysA few people... (Read More)

Meet the Jamba & Brutius the Broken

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The internet plays The City of Kings: Today!At 18:30 BST | 13:30 ET I will be live streaming on YouTube and letting you decide where our adventure goes. You can set a notification & watch the stream here. New stretch goalsAs the Grimnir is soon... (Read More)

Vyliria Ellion

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Reddit AMA now live!Join me on Reddit where I'm answering your questions and talking about the game, designing worlds, Kickstarter, penguins and World of Warcraft (2004 –... (Read More)

Calamis Earthshaker

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Calamis was brought to life when a drop of blood from the last of the Fallen hit the ground, and it was there to hear the Fallen’s dying words (although it has never told anyone what they were). Calamis Earthshaker cares about one thing only; the... (Read More)

Eagle Eye

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
You have unlocked the ability Eagle Eye. All teams have 6 hours to decide on which card they would like to turn over, each team can only turn over 1 card. If there is no clear winner after 6 hours then Eagle Eye will have no effect.  Which card... (Read More)

The big picture

April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone,It's nearly Easter and I wanted to take a moment to thank you all. Every day the campaign continues to gain new backers and this is thanks to all of you, so thank you. We have just under 2 weeks left and there's still a lot more I want... (Read More)

A cooperative adventure

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Engraved diceWe have just passed the half way point of the campaign and unlocked our 22nd stretch goal: Engraved Dice! Thank you for continuing to make this game even better, I can't wait for these to get made. A cooperative adventureToday a new... (Read More)

Quest unlocked: Ouch! That hurt.

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Fire falls from the sky as hounds chase your workers into Oak Wood, a Grimnir teleports to your location and begins its attack. Earlier today we unlocked our ‘create your own’ stretch goal and we are now well on our way towards unlocking those... (Read More)

The story

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Monday everyone! I have returned from Stabcon and I wanted to thank everyone who came and said hello, it was great to meet you. I also had the pleasure of watching Mike from Who Dares Rolls play The City of Kings and he said "it took him back... (Read More)

Stabcon, creatures and dice

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I'm going to do a slightly different type of update today so forgive the unusual format! Stabcon I am about to jump on a train to Stabcon, a UK board game convention in Southampton and will be taking a copy of The City of Kings with me.... (Read More)

Quest unlocked: A great artist

April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
The Sakura love to paint stories on the walls of their caves, where do you like to paint? Today we passed the 500% funded mark and things don't seem to be slowing down, the troll is nearly here!   @DoodleDemmy sent in some fan art featuring... (Read More)

The Lost Blade has been found!

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
After days of looking the Lost Blade has finally be found!   We have also increased the size of the scenario cards and gained 6 more stat bars, allowing us to add more lore and more creatures to the game. With 19 stretch goals unlocked (crazy!) I... (Read More)

Quest unlocked: What’s that over there?

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
What a strange looking creature, I’ve not seen anything like that before… Do you know what it is? As the end of our first weekend approaches I continue to be amazed by the way the project is growing, we are now over 400% funded! We are sitting in... (Read More)

Hoodrah Kelraz has captured Cloud Keep

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
It hasn’t been long since we opened the city gates but it looks like something has gotten the attention of Vesh! Perhaps it was the 1,100 of you who decided to all turn up at the same time? Nice planning guys... We have just passed the £100,000... (Read More)

Quest unlocked: Who wants to go first?

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Over 800 people have joined us on our adventure and there is one burning question, who gets to go first?Earlier today we reached the 24 hour mark having raised over £70,000 with 800 backers, incredible! Thank you to everyone who has helped to spread... (Read More)

The city gates have opened!

March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
When I asked Earthshaker if we could let a few more people into the city I didn’t realise we would have 500 new residents within 8 hours, we might need some more food! We funded in 3 hours and 6 minutes, we hit 500 backers after 8 hours and we’re... (Read More)

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