PotionSlingers

🎃 ~Happy Halloween!~ 🎃
over 4 years ago – Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 03:51:24 PM

Because it's my favorite day of the year, I'm revealing a completely weird new unique card that "doesn't" do anything? 

As for why I included it: When a bunch of kids were playtesting the game, they asked me if I could include among other things "Hats" in the game. I asked them what that meant, and they told me that a character could wear one, and looked at me like I have never heard of a hat before. "Well, does it do anything?" I ask, an absolute fool. They respond with the obvious, "No, I don't think they do anything." 

Well, that was that. 

So of COURSE I needed to add a hat to the game. I have spent an unholy amount of time trying to design a card that 'does NOTHING,' when I realized that the core point of its gameplay mechanic is that it 'DOES nothing,' which is almost the opposite. When you buy a hat, you can put it on ANY player's deck. Will you sabotage someone's carefully orchestrated plans, and ruin their draw on their turn? Or will you flex and put it on your OWN head, lording over everyone, now shivering with windswept hair (if they have any)? YOU are in control. 

Can you think of any hats that should eventually be in the game? Let me know in the comments!

Also for anyone asking the actual size of this hat, it's probably magic. When I was a kid my dad used to pocket the "witch hats" so I could wear them on my fingers, but I would love to see an actual size one someday.  Happy Halloween?

Love, the Great Pumpkin

PotionSlingers has a Guest List?! + New Cards!
over 4 years ago – Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:05:50 AM

Hello everyone! I've been coordinating this reveal for a while, and I am excited to finally share it with you! 

A little background:

During the finishing touches of PotionSlingers, I started working on a weird collaborative art project with a good friend. We ended up with an extremely collaborative game, where the cards were designed FIRST, before a solidified rules list, by ANYONE who wanted to submit! It was extremely unusual, but got me thinking about what collaboration means in the context of a game. Games really are wonderful at creating a space for a community to play, communicate, and create with each other; they are a fantastic social construct. 

For PotionSlingers, I wanted to do something special that evoked that same feeling. That's why I created the "Guest List."

Each of these cards are what we have considered the items that best represent the games they came from, and I couldn't be happier to have them represented in full PotionSlingers form! Please give their respective games a look (like their pages and social media!); I'm so glad to have been able to talk to these designers and play with their cards. Especially from other potion games! Now, a couple of these cameo cards have ALREADY been sneakily put in the base game, but you'll see them in due time, along with upcoming collaborations!

I'm trying to make this game the best it can possibly be; and I'm working around the clock to sneak more little treats throughout the Kickstarter campaign (keep an eye out for Halloween)! 

If you would like to help me; I would LOVE it if you commented on the main page about your favorite thing I've added so far or vote on the newest character unlocked! If you are feeling REALLY adventurous, SHARE this Kickstarter with another gamer, or find PotionSlingers on BoardGameGeek or social media and shower it in hearts! Every little thing you do is PRECIOUS to me, and your activity involving this project is CRUCIAL. I legitimately cannot understate this. 

Thank you so much for being here with me on this!

Love, Anthony

9k Stretch Goals UNLOCKED!
over 4 years ago – Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 10:27:51 PM

Thanks to all of you, the next set of stretch goals have already been met! I am EXCITED! 

I am EXCITED to also announce that not only does the game have a 9th character, but YOU get to decide!

Who are your options, you ask? I'm afraid there is EVEN MORE MYSTERY afoot. Choose between 6 names and I will take care of the rest! These are prototype characters that I have designed but still remain untested, so I have some work cut out for me; including finalizing their looks! 

Below are the names, and if you have any questions, let me know in the comments!

 Any of these fine alchemists are raring to go, and they all deserve a spot in the game.

Vote on WHO YOU want the most by commenting the name on the main page, or clicking the "vote on the next character" button at -----> linktr.ee/potionslingers

Thank you again for everything! I hope these updates are as fun for you as they are for me to come up with; I can hardly keep up!

Love, Anthony

PotionSlingers has reached 10K! New Stretch Goal Unlocked!
over 4 years ago – Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 10:04:05 PM

It's been 3 days and I've had to update the stretch goals 3 times now! I can barely keep my cool! 

What else can't keep cool? One of the 5 new cards unlocked! 

The 10k Stretch goal contains 5 new cards:

2 Potions, 1 Artifact, 1 Vessel, and one Ring, all with completely new mechanics to PotionSlingers!

I would spoil the rest, but the others cards don't have art quite yet! Trust me when I say I selected some really fun and unique ones that I will show off in the coming days; alongside other surprises.

If you have any guesses as to the theme, shout it out in the comments!

Thank you again so much for your support! Not just for backing it but every share, like on social media, comment, or question really goes further than you think, and I do appreciate you.

More surprises on the way!

Love, Anthony

Stretch Goals added!
over 4 years ago – Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 08:24:27 PM

I can't believe you all! I am incredibly thankful of the support! ALSO, I had just finished coming up with cool stretch goals to aim for as rewards, and before I could post the new image all of you SMASHED THROUGH THE FIRST GOAL! I can't keep up with you, and had to quickly edit the sheet again to update the first unlocked reward! 

Previously, all of the market cards had unique card art for every single card, but the cards you begin the game with were intended to be very simple and unremarkable. They looked like this:

Tutorial cards! Well, I figured a COOL first goal would be to redesign the duplicates! Every starter potion will have at least a cute alternate color to it other than good ol' red! The artifacts, vessels, and rings will all get their own unique names, art and flavortext to make them just a WEE bit more special! They will be functionally the same, but I would say it adds quite the extra variety! I would love to know what everyone's favorites are after all of this!

One more note:

Here is a close up of the card everyone earned for smashing the funding goal in LESS THAN NINE HOURS! I am STILL so so so amazed and humbled by this. You were supposed to get this card if the goal was met after FORTY EIGHT! I am still coming up with something special for surprising me almost 40 hours early!

Thank you again. I cannot overstate how much your support means to me. I'm busting my buns on this game, but I couldn't make it a reality without YOU!

Love, Anthony