Funded in 26hrs
over 4 years ago – Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 01:13:36 PM

Hey guys! 

This is literally a dream come true for me and our small little team here at Senior Games. In many ways it’s still hard to believe that it’s happening, we reached 95% funding by the end of day 1, and now 2hrs into day 2 we're FUNDED! thanks to all of you. We can't wait to bring Heroes of the Shire to your tables. 

You can see the first 4 stretch goals on our Kickstarter page. Each time a stretch goal is achieved, a new one will be added. Almost all of our stretch goals will be available to all pledges so you need not worry you're missing out. 

We’ve got lots scheduled for this campaign, so be sure to sure to check out our updates, live gameplay, streams with the creators, hero reveals, community challenges and so much more!

To celebrate, we’re going to kick it all off by highlighting our exclusive hero.

The Shieldmaiden 

The fierce and ruthless Shieldmaiden is a guileful Viking warrior. Watch out for her swift weaponry changes during combat, enabling her to gain the advantage over her opponents.

Our Shieldmaiden hero has a unique board layout, the Warrior being the only other Hero to share this layout. At the beginning of each turn the Shieldmaiden may equip a weapon by adding the correct card to her ability tab. She may choose from her mighty Sword,  bludgeoned Axe or her trusty Spear. With her weapon of choice equipped she dives into her main phase. The Shieldmaiden can only cast spells related to the weapon she has attached to her ability tab. On her first turn if she chooses to equip her Mighty Sword! She can only cast the 4 spells in the bottom left of her Hero board. These are Helix Strike, Swords Presence, Maidens Call and Culling Blade.  The Shieldmaiden also has x2 spells on each of her Weapon cards. These spells can only be cast if that weapon is equipped. In the above example with her Mighty Sword equipped she now has an additional 2 spells, War Paint and Gracious Swing that she can cast. A total of 6 cast-able spells with the Mighty Sword Equipped. This is also true for the bludgeoned Axe, having a total of 6 spells, but only 4 with her trusty Spear. You may notice in the bottom right of her board there are only 2 spells in her Spear column,  Spear Throw and Impale, not 4. The Shieldmaiden spells don't look very powerful in comparison to other Hero boards, but we'll spoil her weapons very soon and you'll see why! Comment your guesses down below.

We'll be back tomorrow with another update! In the meantime, we will be doing our best to keep up with you in the comments section, as well as in our Discord Channel. As always, a huge thank you goes out to the fans who help each other out with the most frequently asked questions.

We're getting close to completing our social goals. Don't forget to check them out near the bottom of the campaign to help every get more epic goodies :) 

Thank you all for all your support! This is going to be a great campaign! 

Damian

Heroes of the Shire creator