Created by Dwellings of Eldervale by Breaking Games
An epic worker placement fantasy game designed by Luke Laurie. Fight the beasts! Dwell the land! Claim the Magic!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Dwellings of Eldervale: Moving Forward
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 06:39:07 PM
Hello Everyone!
Chris here to deliver your August update!
Game Update:
Assembly and loading is almost complete. They’ll start putting them on boats within the next week. We understand that Canada will be the first to launch, followed quickly by the US. The UK isn’t too far behind that with the rest of the world following soon.
Remember, this part usually takes weeks. Hopefully, COVID, weather, customs, Croc attack, and other unexpected events won’t cause any further issues in timing, but they are factors to consider. We will, of course, notify you if that is the case. Thank you for your patience.
Add-On Updates:
Screen Printed Wooden Resources
All Screen Printed Wooden Resources have been shipped out by Meeple Source. Many of you have received them already, but more are on the way.
Custom Game Mats
The Game Toppers Mats shipping is about to begin. US and Canada mats may be arriving earlier than the game, near the end of September at our current estimate. The rest of the Mats will ship with the game.
Custom Dice Trays
Dogmight has started Production on these awesome trays with 9 different colors and a variety of woods!
Wooden Treasure Tokens, Minotaurs, Shirts, and Sleeves
These are complete, and will be shipped with the game.
Conclusion:
There are a lot of moving parts to Dwellings, but everything is moving forward. We’re excited to get this game out to you as soon as possible!
Dwellings of Eldervale - Release the Kraken (Almost!)
over 4 years ago
– Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 03:24:04 AM
Hello!
I wanted to write a quick update on both production and also add an important personal note. Thanks for reading!
Yes, that's a bucket 'o dread crocs! Amazing!
Production Update - the Water Elements
We are sooooooo close to a boat, I know how much everyone is waiting on this news. In game terms - we are in the adjacent hex, waiting to place our next worker.
We did run into a monster... as we neared the end of production on sound bases and miniatures, we tested the sound bases and found that they are all a bit snug (which is ultimately great for play), but found that the Kraken (and sometimes the Croc) did not fit in the sound base! Noooooooo! Not the water beasts! The only answer was to remake these minis (just the bases) pronto. This started earlier in July, and they are almost done.
This is a wee delay, but I assure you it's the only thing in production before full assembly. All the pieces are coming together! Before we celebrate the sea element just yet, please also realize the plant then needs about 2 weeks of assembly and then getting the port and papers could be a couple weeks too. And it's creeping up on holiday season shipping already for freight, but I do believe we will be sailing in August, and we are pushing for it every day, calling all vendors and staying on it.
The Iron Golem resists magic, and yet it is oddly magical to behold this many at once!
PLEDGE MANAGER wraps up! Final Addresses!
We have locked the shipping addresses now because we really mean it when we say we're going to go ASAP. Pre-order closed this month and backerkit locked! Games sold in final days of the pre-order soared and many orders doubled, upgrades for many. Everyone cannot wait - us either! We are sending final numbers to our amazing partners Game Toppers, Meeple Source and Dog Might, as well as to all the fulfillment teams we have ready to go worldwide. There are less than 50 people now with credit card issues or incomplete surveys!
LASTMINUTEADDRESS changes - Do not stress out! If you have an address change that comes up, please email Breaking Games customer service right away:hello AT breakinggames DOT com. Please understand that if we have already sent shipping lists to vendors, you may be get your copy in an immediately following second wave, but we WILL get you your game.
The Charging Earth is ready to stomp into Eldervale. Game on!
A Note from Peter
I wanted to let you all know that I am finishing up my projects with Breaking Games this summer! Therefore, I am turning over the updates here to our talented campaign lead, Chris Strain, and the comment wall as you know has always had Mike Vander Veen at the ready - for which we have all been so thankful! (CONTACT INFO REMINDER BELOW)
To be clear, I am still here, coordinating this game's final stages! You better believe I'm helping see Dwellings of Eldervale on a boat and delivered. I'll be making how-to-play videos and supporting rules questions of course, and joining Luke Laurie in forums. I will support Dwellings of Eldervale and the community that made it possible - FOREVER. It was an idea born in my head, after all. I will always remember the car ride where Luke and I began creating this world. I am so honored to have backed it, personally. :)
It feels a little bit odd to write this on a KS update, but Breaking Games and I felt you should know the latest news - you have shared this space with us and become our extended family and I am proud of our community here. Breaking Games continues to make amazing games on and off Kickstarter - and I too will be around on Kickstarter, so I'm sure we'll connect again beyond Eldervale.
I am thankful for the opportunity to represent Breaking Games on Kickstarter. You are in good hands with this company, and I believe that the game of the year is coming to your tabletop soon!
For ALL Dwellings of Eldervale campaign questions, please email:
hello AT breakinggames DOT com
Cheers all,
Peter Vaughan and the Breaking Games Dwellings of Eldervale team!
Dwellings of Eldervale is being made NOW!
over 4 years ago
– Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 01:26:06 AM
Sharpen your axe, another exciting update adventure awaits!
Let's talk about Dwellings of Eldervale. Actually, let's skip most of the talk and just show pics and video of NEARLY COMPLETE PRODUCTION.
MASS PRODUCTION
Everything is going well! Sound bases are estimated to be done this month. All meeples, dwellings other wood pieces and printed materials are done. Trays, boxes, rules are in progress. Minis are going a wee bit into July (but for good reason - the latest wash effect is coming out great, as hopefully you can see in this update). As soon as minis are loaded into trays, we're on to the next stage, shipping and fulfillment of this GAME!
Mass production copies exist!
Earth meets air. Let's open the lid and find out what is inside this box!
Ooooh, let's see how the player boards become the lids to the elemental trays!
Ahh, but we've discovered the portal to Eldervale, now what? Three great tomes shall help us out...
The riddles spoke of a Minotaur... let us hire it with gold and rush into battle with our new mercenary ally!
MINIS - WASH EFFECT
As mentioned above, the minis are in production, but took some time to get just right. We spent several months iterating, and just not satisfied with the look of the wash attempts. The look was coming out 'subtle' and/or loud color, flat base color. Also, it was unclear whether the decision to mold the minis in different colorful pvc (as opposed to grey) was going to hamper the effects we could achieve. In the end, we didn't give up, and neither did our manufacturing partner. The huge win came when we got to a look fitting of ancient Eldervale - now these monsters were ready to battle!
MEEPLE SOURCE
Painted resources are shipping - early! Some of you have received a notification that your painted MeepleSource resources have shipped! (Mostly international orders or direct orders). That wasn't supposed to happen yet without games in hand, but like many of us - MeepleSource cannot wait for this game! ;) International shipping rates are going up, so we understand the desire to get it done. We are of course, excited to have a piece of the game coming to some of you. Give 'em a whirl in other games if you have use for them - but don't lose those tools! Eldervale will be open soon enough.
PLEDGE MANAGER
ARE YOU READY TO SHIP THIS? - You're locked and loaded right? You have paid for shipping, selected add-ons, finalized your address? It's time to GO - we'll be charging any remaining balances tomorrow, June 15, and then working to finalize a shipping list by July 1. At that point, the pledge manager will lock down for addresses. The portal is opening!
If you need to reach us about your game order - please email peter AT breakinggames DOT com about your order.
RANDOM STUFF
Also, I just want to add - two team members key to this game and are fantastic designers with published games are celebrating! Sure, yes, the production of this game, sure, but also...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our good friends Chris Strain, co-designer of Asking for Trobils (today) and designer of Dwellings of Eldervale, Luke Laurie (yesterday). (and everyone else celebrating too - let's all play a game?) I broke quarantine to get Luke one of these very pre-production copies pictured above. He can finally play with the real thing - and you can soon too!
Thanks for supporting this game - we love to keep in touch with you in the comments and on our Facebook page!
There's still lots to do - we're going to wrap up production and then we'll be back in July with an update on the final stages of manufacturing minis, loading the games for delivery and preparing a lot of big boxes to cross the water realms!
Cheers,
Peter and the Breaking Games Dwellings of Eldervale team!
Dwellings of Eldervale MAIN Rulebook Update
over 4 years ago
– Mon, May 11, 2020 at 02:11:13 AM
Hi Dwellers!
Firstly, a very Happy Mother's Day to the mothers out there for doing the hardest job in all the Realms. We celebrate you, and we promise... we will not push you into the Dragon's Den to meet the Mother of all Dragons on this day.
We are on schedule and have an update on the Dwellings main rulebook! It is ready to preview, if anyone would like to look it over before it joins the battle with the rest of the files printing. A few notes/caveats are below! Thank you everyone!
A special thanks to Luke Laurie, Jeff Fraser, Wes Straub and Chris Strain for helping me reign in this 24 page monster.
Our biggest need is catching capitalization shifts on keywords. On the cards and player boards, we always capitalize keywords like “Battle Dice,” “Magic Cards,” or Treasure Tokens.” In the rules, we are not using many such capitalizations for readable paragraphs, but are still keeping keywords like “Units,” “Element, “Realm” and others capitalized always. So, we’re looking for anything inconsistent from a page to another page.
Spelling, grammar edits always welcome.
Of course, anything that is unclear/not easy to follow is good feedback. Ideally, we’d like to keep the overall layout, graphic examples.
The book is 66mb, the lowest possible to keep graphics in tact. Some graphics may appear less crisp than will print.
Some graphics may still change, and components may not reflect final.
The solo book and appendix book are still pending, coming up.
TRANSLATIONS: Since this book is not final text, we are still going to wait one more cycle until all three booklets are locked, then we'll begin the google doc for community translations. You are more than welcome to get a head start, if so inclined. :)
We are also uploading the booklet with separate pages to BGG and it will be there soon. We highly encourage discussion there if you want to ask the designer questions.
Stay tuned for more rulebook and production updates this month. Cheers all!
Peter and the Breaking Games Dwellings of Eldervale Team!
Dwellings Production Schedule and Pre-Press Pictures
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 01:28:39 AM
Hello Eldervale!
We hope that this update continues to find you safe and healthy! We are continuing to make Dwellings! The game is about to move into mass production!
In this update, you'll find information on our projected timeline, key dates, production pictures and even information about our next KS project, Rise of Tribes:Beasts and Bronze! (April 28)!
TIMELINE
As we share this timeline, please understand that a) some pieces are still getting approvals and b) some factors are still not entirely under our control with International trade, particularly at the end of the schedule with shipping, packing, freight and fulfillment. This is our best current estimate on game delivery, and we'll be here every step of the way to talk it through, answer questions, share the game until we can all have it on the tabletop!
In this chart, we show the various elements of production for this game. There are a lot of moving parts to Dwellings of Eldervale! Every single miniature, print file and tray has been poured over for a great game experience. The great news for us now is that all the loose parts are coming together full production is about to begin.
KEY INFO & DATES
You'll notice some dates mentioned at the bottom of the chart, which applies to orders and address changes, detailed below:
ORDER CHANGES - if you have anything you need to add, you may find your cart is locked already or you may now be finishing that survey (thank you!) If you have any questions, you can follow up with [email protected]
April 15 (tomorrow) - We will process latest orders/updates to orders that have come in since last wave of credit cards was charged. All backers should have filled out pledges, and we will now encourage retailers to final orders.
May 15- ORDERS FULLY LOCKED - We will process all final final orders/updates that happen between April 15 and May 15. We will give retailers a final call for orders to coincide with this date. Lock all order changes at this time.
June 15 - ADDRESS CHANGE LAST CALL - Last call for address changes! You can change your address in backerkit easily until this time. Once again, that link is https://dwellings-of-eldervale.backerkit.com/
July 1 - ADDRESS LOCK- (date subject to change as we know more) will be approximately when we are sending the copies via freight, so we'll have final lists to fulfillment centers at this time.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS!
This is the part where we gush about components. There are so many amazing pieces to this game. We hope the pictures and video below do it justice. The last few items include the player board snap into tray and the minis wash, as well as the rulebooks, but everything is about to be approved in full.
Let's start with a Dwelling - new rooftops are done. This Worker is preparing for the end game.
Wait a minute, only certain workers can Dwell!
There's so many cool things to see! Here's a brief look at spot UV and punchboards. Shiny stuff and satisfying punch noises:
The cardboard resources as shown in the player tray:
The player boards, are just as thick and wonderful.
The Adventure cards look great in the Dungeon trays, along with the colorful treasure tokens. (cardboard varieties shown, wood versions fit great as well!) NOTE: The trayz fit SLEEVED cards too. :)
The mini Magic cards! The Spells, Quests and Prophecies of Eldervale are ready to shape your game plan.
Ooh, is that a mini in the shot? That's right, we're looking at miniatures in color with different base coat and wash effects.
There's a lot of color!
The Mother of Dragons and Frost Giant approve!
The Minotaur is going after the Iron Golem. It's about to be GAME ON for production!
And finally, this video of some sound fx bases was fun to make. NOTE: Final sound bases to minis will be snug fit. Also note, these bases do will fit some CMON minis too, ha!
COME VISIT ELDERVALE!
Stuck inside? Want to come see Eldervale? We're going to open up some live play and Q&A with dev on any topic in production. We're still working on when and what platform we'll host these, but here are a couple of dates and times we're looking at, trying to catch friends in different time zones:
April 16, 2pm PST Dwellings Production Q&A. (This should be 5pm on United States East Coast, 10pm in the UK and early AM Saturday in Australia) Join Peter to talk about Eldervale components, monsters, factions or anything - even other games we're all playing online.
Weekend of April 24-26 - Dwellings of Eldervale Play Testing. Peter will attempt to practice by this time running a game of Dwellings over video chat, and we'll see if that works. :) If not, we'll talk about gameplay. For more exact times on this, please comment on this video, contact Peter - Peter AT breakinggames DOT com, or visit our Facebook Dwellings of Eldervale group for coordinating.
The FIRST game we hosted on Kickstarter was Rise of Tribes. It's a Stone Age Civ game race for points in an hour! (Plastic minis did not exist in the Stone Age, but tons of awesome wooden bits and cool dice pushing mechanisms were all the rage). Also of note, it shares an artist with Dwellings of Eldervale - Sergio Chaves did all the gorgeous illustration in Rise of Tribes - thank you Sergio!
Rise of Tribes is easy to learn AND has plenty of strategy and modes of play for advanced gamers. Designer Brad Brooks has come up with even more - 3 new modes of play! There are new Beasts - which add a brand new deck of events and more fun wooden tokens. The Bronze Age is also added - as a new WIN condition that seamlessly mixes with the regular score track. The new solo mode pits you against a tough invader tribe, deciding what destructive powers the growing number of warlords have. And there will be a new faction and new terrains too!
If you've had fun on this campaign for Dwellings of Eldervale, we hope you'll join us for a new look or a second look at RISE OF TRIBES. The Rise of Tribes Facebook group is posting Kickstarter previews of the new content.
Thank you!
If you're reading this far, we just want to say thanks again for believing in this game! We look forward to this final stage of production and making Dwellings of Eldervale come to life.
Stay safe and healthy,
Peter and the Dwellings of Eldervale Breaking Games team
