After a decade of dungeon-building fun, Boss Monster is leveling up with SUPER BOSS MONSTER! Brand new mechanics, all new art, but 100% backward compatible!
If you missed the campaign but still want to pre-order, this is your chance to make a "late pledge." Enjoy everything we unlocked on Kickstarter, as well as the same pricing that was featured during the campaign!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
What an amazing campaign! And what comes next...
8 months ago
– Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 09:55:32 PM
Happy final day, Boss Monsters! We are headed into the final hour of this campaign and we've had over two thousand backers join us in the last 24 hours. For those of you just joining us, we have posted an update almost every single day of this campaign where we covered some of the most requested topics. Here is a list of the important updates:
Update #2: Game play changes from Boss Monster to Super Boss Monster
Update #6: We unlocked all of our planned stretch goals!
Update #7: What add-ons will we have? What is the Reprints Pack?
This has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for the team at Brotherwise. We've mentioned before that we were hoping this campaign would make at most $500k...but we beat that within the first 4 days! Here is a screenshot of the core team celebrating the $1 million milestone, where we all couldn't stop smiling (you'll just have to trust us that Matt is smiling):
We hit another cool milestone today when we passed $1,215,056 ...a million dollars more than our original campaign in 2012!
With all that being said, we are ready to put our heads down and work on getting this great game ready for production! So, let's talk about what's next...
What's Next?
We'll open up our BackerKit pledge manager in just a couple of weeks. That is where you'll be able to edit your pledge, pay for shipping, and add more content from the Brotherwise catalog! We'll send out another update when we open the pledge manager, and you'll also get an email from BackerKit, so keep your eye out later this month! For those of you that are new to Kickstarter and the crowdfunding process, don't worry. We'll provide detailed instructions for the pledge manager. We also have a great customer support team and if you ever have questions or need help, please reach out to [email protected].
We will keep the pledge manager open for a few months, and close it down once manufacturing is finished. So you'll be able to adjust your pledge and add on products for a while! For your friends and family that might have missed this campaign, let them know that once the pledge manager is open, we will be accepting late pledges! We can also handle address changes for quite a while. You'll put in your address when you first take the BackerKit survey, but know that you can go back into Backerkit and update your address all the way up until we lock addresses down; and that won't happen until very close to fulfillment.
Updates Every 4-6 Weeks
With the campaign coming to a close, we turn our focus to prepping the files for a smooth and quick handover to our production partners. From there, they'll begin printing, and we'll share more information on that process. You can expect status updates every 4 to 6 weeks. While things can get a little quiet in the comments, we'll try to keep an eye on them. If you need to reach us more directly, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] where our customer service manager is eager to assist!
Thanks again for such a wonderful campaign. We are truly grateful for you all and cannot wait to get Super Boss Monster in your hands!
A Campaign Review: Stretch Goals, Bonus Cards, Hidden Upgrades
8 months ago
– Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 01:54:51 PM
Happy Wednesday everyone,
Yesterday was a special day for us here at Brotherwise HQ. We gathered together to watch the campaign pass $1 Million with cheers and applause. Wow! What an amazing campaign. You amazing people have already unlocked all our stretch goals, so we thought we'd spend today's update looking back at everything that you've added to this game. We also wanted to call out a couple "hidden" upgrades. These aren't stretch goals, per se, but the success of the campaign made them no brainers as quality upgrades to the game.
A Horde of Stretch Goals
We crafted this campaign expecting to unlock about one stretch goal per day. You guys had different plans and for much of the campaign we were unlocking three or four stretch goals per day. That added up fast and we really think the additions you've allowed us to make have added value to the game. Let's review what we've unlocked.
There's so much fun stuff going on here that it's hard to keep track of, but the bottom line is that we've added...
Four Bosses and four rooms to the base game
6 Bosses, 1 holofoil Boss, 2 epic heroes, and 5 spells to the promo pack
4 Minibosses, 4 rooms, and 2 Bosses to the Big Box pack
A Bonus pack of 1 Dungeon Kart spell, 1 Adulthood career card, and 1 Overboss Duel Boss
Along with a legion of fun upgrades like metal level up tokens, neoprene mats, and extra wooden tokens.
What's this Bonus Pack?
Speaking of the Bonus Pack, we didn't have those assets together in time to show them off when they unlocked, but we can show them off now! All three of these cards are promos for other Brotherwise games that are released or releasing this year:
Overboss Duel is already in stores, while Dungeon Kart and Adulthood will be coming out this year. All of them will be available in the Backerkit pledge manager when the campaign closes, so check them out there!
Hidden Upgrades: Better Playmats
One of the things a campaign like this lets you do is look for ways to make everything perfect, and one obvious area for some bells and whistles was the playmats. While we didn't call these stretch goals, we made some quality upgrades to the neoprene mat in response to backer feedback. We made it double-sided (with the Solo board on back) so you just need to carry the one neoprene mat around.
We also decided to do stitched edges on all the mats in the game. Stitched edges help mats avoid fraying and flaking, as well as providing a nice clean look to things. We think Super Boss Monster looks amazing out on the table, and now the mats will complete that picture.
Thanks again to everyone for making this campaign a truly wonderful event for us. We've got a day left. Let's see how high it can go!
One Million Dollars!
8 months ago
– Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 05:27:57 PM
Well, we honestly can't believe it! One million dollars! That's a big deal for us. It's our biggest campaign ever (that wasn't in partnership with Brandon Sanderson) and more importantly, it's a testament to the continuing appeal of Boss Monster, our first game and the one that made Brotherwise what it is today.
Thanks to all of you backers for helping us achieve this. It means so much to us, and it means so much for the brand. This Kickstarter ensures that Super Boss Monster will see more expansions, more content, and more fun for years to come.
Yesterday we teased the return of Kirax, our most powerful boss and our most requested reprint by far. We've brought her back with a few updates, including an amazing new look rendered in draconic gold by pixel artist Daniel Oliver Ortiz. Today we realized that we could do more to show off that gorgeous art, so in celebration of this amazing milestone, we're going to put a regular version of Kirax in every Kickstarter Pack AND a holofoil version. You'll have one to play with and one to proudly display as a memento of this campaign.
When we started this campaign, we had no inkling that we'd unlock all our planned stretch goals just 8 days into the Kickstarter. The team scrambled to make more, and you've bested us once again. Kirax will be our final stretch goal of the campaign, but we're excited to have her baleful red gaze guide us to the finish. We've unlocked SO much that we didn't expect to, and we're thrilled at how much better this game will be because of it.
And lest you think your card-acquiring days are over, never fear. In the pledge manager you'll have a chance to get the Reprints Pack, a collection of some of our best and hardest to find cards, with enhanced art, Super Boss Monster card frames, and updated abilities. It's an army of Boss Monster cards back from the dead, and they're yours to command!
Thank you again, and let's see how many more people we can bring into the last two days of the campaign! This campaign has inspired our design team to get right back to work on new Boss Monster expansions. The bigger this campaign gets, the more we'll be paving the way for more Boss Monster in the future.
If you haven't yet, you can help us share one of our latest social media posts with your followers on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Remember, there's always room for one more at the gaming table!
Big Box Pack & Final Stretch Goals
8 months ago
– Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 02:30:17 PM
Happy Monday, Boss Monsters! We're heading into the final days of the campaign, and we're looking to finish strong! Today we'll provide an exciting update on stretch goals and share more details about the exclusive pack of cards inside every Big Box. Let's get into it!
The Final Stretch
Today we unlocked the Bonus Pack stretch goal! Since day one, we've heard from past backers who hoped to see connections between this campaign and other Boss Monster spin-off titles. It's also a sentimental favorite for us because the success of Boss Monster was the foundation for our entire library of Brotherwise Games! The Bonus Pack includes:
Porkusdoom - a new Boss for our tile-laying game, Overboss Duel
Boss - a new Career card for our upcoming worker placement game, Adulthood
Super! - a new Spell card for our upcoming racing game, Dungeon Kart
All of these games will be available in our BackerKit pledge manager when the campaign ends. But even if you don't play the games, you can enjoy owning these cards as a fun piece of Boss Monster history!
We also just revealed our last stretch goal of the campaign. Last week we told you that our original plan for this campaign was 18 stretch goals: one "social" stretch goal and one for each day of the campaign. Since then, we've hustled to identify new stretch goals that we could add without slowing down our production timeline. You've now unlocked a total of 25 stretch goals, and today we have one more to show off!
We thought this last stretch goal would be the perfect time to reference our very first Boss Monster campaign ...a true "Final Boss!" Kirax was the last boss we unlocked in the original Boss Monster Kickstarter campaign, and we've never brought her back because she was so powerful. Now, to thank you for all the amazing support, we're presenting an updated version of Kirax with 1 million XP.
This campaign has completely exceeded our expectations, and we are extremely thankful for everybody who has joined this campaign! It means a lot to us that Boss Monster still brings joy to the table more than 10 years later.
Big Box Pack
As we head into the final days of the campaign, one thing we haven't described in detail is the set of all-new cards that comes exclusively with the Big Box. The goal of this pack is to help tie Super Boss Monster to some of the original Boss Monster expansions. We want to make sure that however you combine your Boss Monster sets, you'll have a Super experience. (And it's a great reminder that Super Boss Monster is completely compatible with every Boss Monster expansion!)
To help you play Super Boss Monster with Tools of Hero-Kind or Implements of Destruction, the Big Box includes 4 Item cards that interact with +1 counters and the Town board.
To tie into the coin mechanics of Rise of the Minibosses, this card set will include 4 Rooms and 2 Spells that interact with coins, along with the 4 Minibosses we've already revealed.
Finally, to make Super Boss Monster even more fun with the 5-6 player mode introduced in Crash Landing, the Big Box includes 2 Heroes, 2 Bosses, and 4 Rooms, plus another 1 Miniboss and 1 Item, which all use the "Explorer" (raygun) treasure type.
Just some of the 24 cards included in the Big Box!
We love how well all of these games play together. Have you played an "All Expansions In" super game of Boss Monster? If so, let us know in the comments. It's chaotic good fun.
As we're posting this update, we just hit 10,000 backers! A truly incredible result, and we can't wait to see if we can hit the million dollar mark in the final days of this campaign. Thanks for your support, and here's to a big final week!
A Basket Full of Stretch Goals
8 months ago
– Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 10:43:42 AM
Hello, Boss Monsters! Today at Brotherwise we're taking a break to celebrate Easter with our families, but we wanted to send a quick update to thank everyone for an awesome weekend!
Normally, weekends are the quietest days for a Kickstarter campaign, and holiday weekends are even slower. (Our theory is that weekdays are better funding days because folks browse Kickstarter when they're bored at work, wishing they could be playing games instead...)
But this weekend, our campaign has been hopping! Yesterday was our third-highest funding day yet, and we spent the day asking each other, "what's going on?" We're still not entirely sure why we saw such a spike in pledges, but we're very grateful!
Leaping Ahead
We kicked off the weekend by unlocking two thematically appropriate new cards for the Kickstarter Pack! Feaster, Ravenous Rabbit is a deadly Boss that will use his Level Up power to permanently add a -2 heart token to the last room in an opponent's dungeon. Easter Egg is a "tutor" spell that lets you search the spell deck for exactly what you need!
We were hoping that one would get unlocked by Easter, but instead, you made short work of that stretch goal! So we moved on to a request that we heard from lots of folks: upgrading the "extension board" in the Big Box to neoprene! While 5-6 player mode is an optional part of the Boss Monster experience (unlocked with the Crash Landing mini-expansion), it's nice to know you'll be able to do it in style!
And today we found another egg in our basket of stretch goals! You all unlocked this one so fast that the poll is still open. We'll give one classic Mage boss the Super treatment, but who's it gonna be? As we write this, sultry sorceress Seducia is in the lead, but the enigmatic Oculus is only a few votes behind. Cast your vote at BoardGameGeek!
That means it's time to introduce another stretch goal! This time, we're offering up something a bit different: never-before-seen cards for some of our other Brotherwise Games. The Bonus Pack, for every backer at the Minion pledge level and above, is a set of Brotherwise cards inspired by Super Boss Monster.
We'll send you a new Porkusdoom card for Overboss Duel, a "Boss" career card for Adulthood, and a "Super!" spell for Dungeon Kart. We think these three bonus cards are a lot of fun ...and we'd love it if they encourage folks to check out some of the other great titles from Brotherwise Games!
Thank You
We'd like to wish a happy Easter to all who celebrate, and a great big thank you to everyone who has joined this campaign so far. It's been an incredible one for all of us here at Brotherwise, and we look forward to celebrating the final days of the campaign in the week ahead!
