Black Rose Wars: Rebirth

October Shipment Update
6 months ago – Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:22:52 AM

UPDATE CONTENTS:

• Shipments
• Report from Essen Spiel '23
• Nova Aetas Renaissance Last Chance

Hello, Magisters!

Once again, this year we have returned safely (well, more or less) from the Essen Spiel which, again, turned out to be an amazing experience!

Before I tell you how it went, let's look at the most important bit: production is completed in ALL languages, and shipments are underway.

As we informed you in the last update, the first batch of material is already on ships to Europe and North America. Here you have the names and ETAs of both ships:

• North America: YM WARMTH - ETA Savannah 17th Nov
• Europe: MOSCOW MAERSK - ETA Bremerhaven 9th Nov

The rest of the cargo has been picked up at the factory and we are waiting for ship names and departure dates, we are confident that everything will be on its way by the first week of November.

Depending on the areas, the fulfillment time will be different: Backers in Asia and Oceania will receive their pledge very shortly, as will backers in the EU and NA who will receive the first batch of goods.

As we told the many Rebirth fans we met during the Spiel days, we are very close now, the Lodge will soon reopen its doors!

Of course, Rebirth was one of the big stars of the German exhibition, with hundreds of old and new players having the opportunity to try it out with the Apocalypse expansion! And the lucky ones had the Great Magister Marco Montanaro as a demonstrator!

Once again this year's Spiel was a great success! You came to visit us in great numbers, and it was a great pleasure as always to have the chance to chat and tell you many behind-the-scenes stories about our work! The two new games presented: "Black Rose Wars: Duel - Lex" and "Haunted Lands" were a great success among players and industry insiders, managing to stand out for the quality of the components and the game mechanics... and we are proud of that!

We wholeheartedly thank everyone who stopped by to see us, but also everyone who would have liked to but couldn't! Your support motivates us to do better and better!

Before we say goodbye, we are happy to inform you that on October 31st on Gamefound we will start a special campaign that will allow you to pre-order the last available copies of Nova Aetas Renaissance, the "sibling" project of Rebirth, currently under fulfillment!

We have produced 1000 bundles of the English version, originally intended for our Webstore, but given the many requests we received after the pledge manager closed, we have decided to make 500 of these bundles available for this special campaign. 

 We want to inform you BRW and Rebirth fans, that this is a unique opportunity to take home our most ambitious and rich game, and one that contains so much "crossover" material that can be used with BRW and Rebirth, allowing you to add new mages and evocations to your collection and take two birds with one stone! You can check it out by clicking here!

That's all for today! See you in November with a new update!

Fireball!

September Production & Shipment Update
7 months ago – Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 07:57:17 AM

Hello Magisters!

We know you've all been anxiously awaiting news about the end of production and the start of shipments, and we've been waiting a few days to get some definite news from the factory about the status.

As you know, the factory gave us 15th Sep as completion date. Actually, they needed a few more days to complete the work and assembly of all the boxes, due to the huge volume.

To handle the large number of boxes and their volume (the Rotas box is huge!), the factory will release the goods into containers on two successive dates: Sept. 29th for the first pickup of English material, ship already booked for Oct. 7th (still waiting for ship name confirmation). Oct. 19th for the second pickup of all the remaining material in all languages. The time between the first and second pick-up is also due to the Chinese National Day, which will keep the factory closed from October 1 to 6.

Finally, we can officially start the fulfillment phase!!

Here you have a video of the assembly chain of the Core Box and Rotas Box.

And a juicy unboxing for the Core Box!

Rebirth will be present at Spiel '23 next week, with demo tables where you will also be able to try out the Apocalypse expansion and touch all the final materials with your own hands, thanks to the copies the factory is sending us in advance just for this big event!

We look forward to meeting those of you who will be at the convention, and stop by our booth #3B102 to see all of our upcoming titles, including the fantastic Black Rose Wars: Duel - Lex and the new issue of Ashes, our magazine, which, as always, has many surprises in store for you! We look forward to seeing you there!

That's all for today!  See you at Spiel or soon with a new update!

Fireball!

August Production Update
8 months ago – Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:50:33 AM

Update Contents:

•  Production & Shipping Update 
• Rulebooks in all Languages
• BLACK ROSE WARS: DUEL - LEX

Hello, Magisters!

Quick update to keep you informed about the progress of the production of Rebirth.

We are finally nearing the end of mass production: the factory has confirmed to us that everything will be ready for pickup and ship transport by mid-September 2023!

With this in mind, we will be closing shipping addresses at the end of next week, you will receive a final reminder from BackerKit via email to check and possibly change your shipping address.

By now, the Lodge is very close to reopening its doors! You will finally be able to try out all the new features of Rebirth!

To help everyone prepare, we are happy to announce that ALL of the Rebirth rulebooks are now available on our WEB APP in all of the languages planned for this project: ENG, ITA, GER, FR, and ESP!

Hurry now to download the rulebooks in your language and get ready for the return of the Black Rose!

Before we close this update, we would like to remind you that you can still pre-order Black Rose Wars: Duel - Lex. For those of you who missed the news, BRW: Duel - Lex is the latest addition to the Black Rose Wars world, eagerly welcomed by Black Rose fans, as well as those new to the world! 

If you want to learn more about it,click here and discover all its features!

Please note that you cannot combine this pre-order with the Rebirth order, as they have a different production line, different timelines, and therefore different logistics.

That's all for today, see you in the next September update!

🔥🔥🔥Fireball!

Summer in the Lodge!
10 months ago – Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 08:25:58 AM

Update Contents:

• Boxes from the Factory
• Production Update

Hello, Magisters!

New update about the production of Rebirth! After the plastic trays, we showed you in the last update, it's time to show you the boxes!

Fantastic photos have arrived from the factory of the boxes of the 6 expansions that make up the Rotas Box, as well as those of Gaea Reborn, Dread Forge, and Seal of Fire!

We are very pleased with the final result, as you can see we kept the same size for all expansions with a similar amount of material. The expansions that will be different sizes are Irene and Jukas, which will be smaller because they only contain one miniature, and Deadly Mask and Apocalypse, which will be larger because of the materials they contain.

The 6 expansions from the Rotas, once placed in the box, will form the Rebirth logo with their short sides, we are sure they will look great on your shelves!

Apocalypse deserves an honorable mention with a box that will leave you speechless with its gorgeous cover!

With the creation of the boxes, the production is going on without any particular problems, now it's just a matter of waiting for the technical time of the factory for the completion.

At the moment, the factory estimates that the mass production of the material in ALL languages planned for this project will be completed by the first half of September 2023. With that in mind, we are looking for ships to begin shipments by the end of September.

That's all for now, as soon as we have new content to share with you or new production information, we will update you.

Stay tuned, the coming months will be full of surprises for all Black Rose Wars and Rebirth fans! 

In the meantime, keep in mind that many of the Rebirth rulebooks are already available in English on our Web App, and in the coming weeks, we will begin uploading all the other languages as well!

Fireball!

The Black Rose is awakening!
11 months ago – Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 07:23:59 AM

Update Contents

• Mass Production update: Plastic Trays & Miniatures
• Modena Play Report

Hello, Magisters!

We temporarily interrupt the series of updates dedicated to the Rotas Box expansions to tell you about the first production samples that have arrived at our studio from the Factory!

So, we can show you the first plastic trays and the miniatures they contain in their final version, that is, the first printed miniatures since the beginning of Mass production!

Currently, we have received the plastic trays of the Core Game and all the expansions, including the 6 that make up the Rotas Box!

In the Core Game, albeit with some changes, the plastic tray remained virtually the same as the one we used to create the prototypes for this Campaign; and so the 6 mini plastic trays (one per player) containing all the components divided by color have been confirmed.

All the Plastic Trays of the Rotas expansions are the same size, so they fit in the housing box (as we showed you during the KS campaign) but differ in the internal slots that allow for storage. Keeping the standard size for Antiquities particularly, due to the bulky Cacus, was really an engineering challenge!

You can feast your eyes on the images we show you, and rest assured that all the slots dedicated to the cards are designed to allow you to store them with their protective sleeves!

As for the miniatures, we can say that the final result is outstanding! We are going to show you some examples and in particular Jukas and Landolfo II, who with their green inserts are a first for our productions and give us a very good preview of what will be for The Breach, where all miniatures will have translucent colored plastic inserts.

As you see, we also received the new colored bases that you will need to label your Mage and your Evocations in the Lodge. 

Finally, we can show you a preview of the two sets of card dividers for the Schools of Magic of BRW and Rebirth!

As you may have guessed we are really excited about these first results of mass production, and we are sure you will go crazy (as we did) when you get this stuff on your tables. Our plan to begin Fulfillment of Rebirth before the end of the summer is still holding, and as mass production progresses we will be able to give you a more definite date for when the ships will be leaving China!

Of course, we look forward to your feedback on everything we are showing you! 

Moving on, let's talk about Game Conventions! A few days ago Modena Play 2023, the most important Italian convention ended, and LMS participated with a huge booth, where hundreds of players took turns on the tables of our games. Black Rose Wars was the star of the party, with demo tables of Rebirth and the first official tournament played with the new rules featured in Apocalypse.

The Rebirth Demo Tables let people try out a preview of all the core game material in its final form, giving a huge spoiler of what backers will be getting in a few months. The Tournament rules test was also very positive showing all of the game's potential, even playing with decks built with cards from the first BRW installment.

Another big star of the fair was the 7th special issue of our magazine Ashes which contained a new version of BRW Duel (a simplified version of BRW for 2 players) and a wonderful Deluxe box with a new Promotional Miniature: Cosma!

This dark character will be one of the protagonists of Requiem, a new LMS project that will see the light of day in Q4 of 2023 (after the delivery of Rebirth and Nova Aetas Renaissance). Cosma also happens to be a powerful Lodge Magister, and in addition to his stunning resin miniature, included in his elegant package were his Mage Card and 3 copies of his Personal Spell, so that you can include him in any BRW or Rebirth game! In addition, Cosma can also be encountered in your adventures in Nova Aetas Renaissance in the form of a new Boss Fight-flavored Hunt!

We know that most of you were unable to stop by Modena Play to secure Ashes #7, but fear not!

Here you have 2 options to buy the new issue of Ashes (only in English!) with Cosma:

1 - You can order Ashes #7 on our shop and have it shipped directly to your home, shipments will start from June 15.

2 - Until June 11, 2023, if you have a Rebirth Pledge or Late Pledge, you can order Ashes #7 on our shop and add it to your order, along with all the rest of the BRW:R items, without additional shipping costs! Simply, enter the "BACKERSREBIRTH" coupon at checkout.

Choose the best method for you and get ready to welcome Cosma to the Lodge!

Our booth was pretty much stormed for all 3 days of the Convention, and it was a pleasure to meet friends, old and new, and show the people all the material from the games being delivered in the upcoming months. 

 A giant THANK YOU to all of you who stopped by to meet us and to those who didn't stop by but would have liked to!

That's all for today! See you in about a month for new updates on Mass Production!

#fireball!