Black Rose Wars: Rebirth

Pledge Manager is coming!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 07:01:34 PM

Hello, Magisters!

A short update to remind you that next Monday, Jan 17th, we will open the Rebirth Pledge Manager!

On Monday, we will publish a useful update to guide you in managing your pledge, especially for those of you who have never done a pledge manager before. 

In the meantime, we give you some information about actions we already performed to facilitate some steps.

Missed Early Bird

We noticed that some backers did their pledge during the first project 48 hours but did not select the EB pledge, even if they had the possibility. Whether it is a misclick or an act of generosity towards the project (!!!), nevertheless we have assigned to all these backers an EB pledge!

They will find it already loaded in their order without the need for any action on their side.

BRW Returning Backers Bonus

As promised, all BRW backers who have confirmed their loyalty to the Black Rose by doing a Rebirth pledge will receive 19 fantastic Schools Dividers for free, to keep BRW schools in order. All returning backers who used the same email address for both projects will find the "BRW Schools Cards Dividers" already in their orders, for free without taking any action (yes, it's a kind of magic!).

If you are a Returning Backer, but to do the Rebirth pledge, you used a different email address from the one used for the first BRW, you must contact our Support Center, and after a simple check, we will add the dividers to you too!

Cosmetic Add-ons

The BRW School Dividers will also be available in the Rebirth pledge manager, with also those for the new Rebirth schools, and with much other items, such as custom cards sleeves and a brand new "Rebirth Playmat", but, for now, we will not spoil you anything else.

About card sleeves, we have prepared two bundles (Black and White) that, with a single shot, will let you get all the sleeves you need to protect ALL Rebirth cards with style, including Rotas stretch goal box and and all expansions!

BRW veterans need not worry! Both versions of the Custom Standard Sleeves are identical to those already on our webstore for BRW!

#ReleaseThe... Fire!

A small surprise that we will describe more in-depth in the next future. We can anticipate that, among the add-ons, you will find a new and flamboyant expansion! Inside it, you will find some of the daily SGs that were not unlocked during the KS campaign, during Irene's Quest inside the ruined Lodge!

What will this expansion contain? Well, you'll have to wait until Monday to find out! ;)

Before saying goodbye, we are pleased to update you about a fantastic project currently online on Gamefound: "Ancient Blood - The Order of Vampire Hunters," published by our friends Dark Gate Games!

Ancient Blood - The Order of Vampire Hunters is a cooperative story-driven game for 1 to 4 players that can be played as solo mode, as standalone games, or as a campaign.

So get ready to challenge hordes of vampires in a cool gothic setting and meet one of the Lodge's Mages in a decidedly more... evil guise!

Landolfo II, the terrible Black Mage you know well, has just landed as an add-on in Ancient Blood as well. Landolfo II is a terrifying foe, and his abilities will strongly recall the spells he uses in the Lodge, creating a nice crossover between the two games! This add-on does not add gameplay material for Rebirth, but of course, the Landolfo miniature can be used as an alternative sculpt in your games of BRW: Rebirth!

Ancient Blood is about to enter the last 48 hours of the Gamefound campaign, check it out!

That's all for today! See you on Monday for the Pledge Manager opening!

Fireball!!

Christmas in the Lodge!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 05:04:26 AM

Hello, Magisters!

A quick update to say goodbye before the Christmas holidays!

The work on Rebirth is continuing at full speed both from the point of view of the materials as well the rules.

For the materials, the miniatures have been fully sculpted, and its underway the preparation process for printing that precedes mass production. Today we show you one of Rebirth's big guys, The Sphinx!

This mighty and wise creature will be included in the Rotas Box in the "The Last Dynasty" set and she can be summoned thanks to her Forgotten Spell, to unleash her powers against your opponents.

The miniature is really impressive, and you will have a lot of fun if you love to paint your own models!

Meanwhile, the Great Magister Marco Montanaro has finished work on the Apocalypse expansion, which is enjoying great success in the playtests! We will soon reveal new details to convince you (if ever needed) that it will be indispensable in your BRW or BRW:R collection!!

In the meantime, we have released our Web App, where you will find all the updated rulebooks, faqs, and other material for our games. At the moment, the BRW section includes the contents of the first chapter, but soon we will start publishing everything related to BRW: R as well so that your gaming experience will be always better! Take a look at it!

We take advantage of this update to remind you that on January 17, 2022, we will open the Rebirth pledge manager, so get ready for a fantastic start to the year, full of surprises!

That's all for today! The LMS team wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, thanking you again for the super support you are giving us!

See you next year!

Fireball!

Pledge Manager Update!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 03:43:27 AM

Hello, Magisters!

In today's update, we will talk about the next important step of the Rebirth project, the Pledge Manager!

For those of you who are new to Kickstarter, within the Pledge Manager, you will be able to finalize your order: choose all the items you like to receive, choose languages, indicate your shipping address, and finalize payments.

The official opening date of the Pledge Manager is set for January 17th, 2022!

We preferred to move forward a bit the opening of the Pledge Manager for two reasons:

1. The opening date initially thought overlapped with Black Friday, which now seems to have evolved into a Black November-Mid December thing... with this new trend, moving forward meant overlapping with Christmas, so we preferred to bypass the Christmas Holiday period to let your wallets survive this period with greater serenity XD!!

2. We are completing a small addition, after receiving many requests from you, these extra days allow us to present it to you in the fiercest way possible!

The Survey will then remain open until the period currently scheduled for the start of mass production (May 2022). You will then have 4 months to finalize your pledge!

Obviously, before the opening of the PM, we will update you, giving precise instructions on how to complete it.

Meanwhile, the Great Magister Marco Montanaro is continuing his hard work! After closing the work on the Core Box and making the last adjustments, he is now working on Apocalypse. For the PM opening, we will be able to give you a rich update on this fantastic expansion, letting you know better the 4 Horsemen and their lethal Schools of Magic!

As every year, we have reached the long-awaited Black Friday, and LMS will not hold back in offering juicy stuff. 

For Rebirth backers who did not participate in the first Black Rose Wars KS, this could be a great way to grab all the material necessary to complete the collection and pass the time by playing the first chapter of the BRW Saga.

Furthermore, as already announced, it will be possible to purchase the special issue of Ashes with the tender Pet Cthully attached. 

We remind you that Ashes and Cthully will also be available within the Pledge Manager, so you just have to decide whether to have it now or together with your pledge later!

You can take a look at our Black Friday offers on our web store, starting at 3:00 pm (CET)!

That's all for today! We will come back for a Christmas-themed update with news and surprises!

Fireball!

Back from the German Lodge!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 01:07:31 AM

Hello, Magisters!

After the amazing German trip to Spiel'21, here we are back to you to tell you how it went!

We can tell you right away that, despite the restrictions for COVID19, the convention was once again a great experience!

We met many players, many had the opportunity to try the Rebirth Core Box, led by the Great Magister Marco Montanaro himself!

We played dozens of games in the new lodge and all the lucky ones who got to try Rebirth were thrilled! We clearly took the opportunity to collect notes and make small improvements to the cards of the various schools as emerged from the games played together with all of you.

Those who stopped by to say hello had the opportunity to take a look at the Rebirth miniatures, displayed in our showcases, among which the 4 Horsemen protagonists of the Apocalypse expansion certainly stood out, beautifully painted by Rogland Studio.

For the LMS team it was an injection of energy to come back to meet our players and experience the atmosphere of a convention together, it was also an excellent opportunity to meet our partners and discuss with many new important publishers, who showed a keen interest in both chapters of the Black Rose Wars saga. We can't spoil it yet but there will soon be great news, because the promised versions in the various European languages ​​will also benefit from these partnerships, as the translations and related quality controls will be handled directly by these publishers.

Finally we want to thank Oliver, Kevin and Jannis for the help they have given us, especially with all the German players!

One of the protagonists of our boot was undoubtedly the little Cthully, the promo-pet created just for the occasion. He and the issue of Ashes he was attached to sold out in just over a fair day!

We know most of you weren't able to attend the convention and we know many of you don't want to miss the chance to have this little pet, so let's get straight to explaining...

How to get Cthully

In November, Cthully and Ashes magazine (which contains a mini version of Rebirth for two players "The Rose Duel", cut & play), will be available on our Web Store at the same price as they were sold at Spiel (15 euros). Cthully has his Forgotten Spell to summon him and a Pet card, the miniature is printed in resin. This will allow you to have Cthully and Ashes in a very short time.

To give you all the option to access this promo-pet, after listening to your feedback, we decided to include Cthully and Ashes magazine in the Pledge Manager, when it opens at the end of November. Of course this means it will be shipped with your pledge when the fullfiment of Rebirth will begin, in about a year.

You can then choose the way you prefer to get Cthully!

What happens now?

After the efforts of the Spiel were archived, together with Marco Montanaro we immediately got back to work on Rebirth. In the coming months, with our updates, we will update you on the design work of all the components unlocked during the KS. We can tell you that the plan worked out with Marco aims to complete all the development of the expansions and stretch goals by the month of April. As you know we have a lot of material to show in the next updates, including new schools, Avatars and expansions we will surely keep you busy and involved for the next few months.

As for the miniatures, the sculpting work is almost completed, we are already working with the factory for the changes necessary for the transition to production. 

Today we offer you the beautiful Maelice model, which you can admire both in its spectacular render and in the printed version.

In short, it will be a real pleasure to keep you busy and updated while you wait!

That's all for today! see you at the end of November for the opening of the Pledge Manager! Stay tuned!

Fireball!

PS: As many have noticed, the Rebirth project page has a bug that Kickstarter has yet to solve: the two images illustrating the contents of two of the six thematic boxes of the stretch goals, namely "Antiquities" and "Once Upon a Time". While waiting for Kickstarter to fix the page, we put all six boxes below, so that we can leave you a complete reference.

#ReleaseThePhoenix

Welcome Back, Magisters!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:38:07 AM

Hello, Magisters!

We have arrived at the first long-awaited update after the closure of this glorious KS!

It has been almost a month since we said goodbye and after a little rest, the LMS team has resumed work starting the preparation of the Pledge Manager and the long-awaited Essen Spiel 2021 convention!

After this really difficult year and a half due to Covid19, it is really wonderful for us to be able to participate in this great event and to be able to meet those of you who will be able to join the party in Essen!

To celebrate the event, we have prepared a couple of surprises for BRW and Rebirth fans!

We have produced a new special issue of our Ashes magazine, which will be on sale at our boot and later on our Web Store. 

One piece of content that will delight all of you is "The Rose Duel" minigame! Inside the magazine you will find all the "cut & play" printed material, to play a special two-player version of BRW Rebirth! Arianna and Rikkart will compete in a reduced version of the Lodge, always using the rules of Rebirth. A perfect way to pass the time in the months that separate us from delivery, you can have fun trying the new mechanics, one of the new schools (Agony), and become familiar with the game. You can also use it to introduce your "skeptical" friends to the world of Black Rose Wars!

In this special issue, you will also find articles dedicated to the ongoing projects of LMS, two previews on our projects for 2022, and a point on the distribution of our games around the world thanks to the agreements we are entering into with many large publishers who will contribute to increasing the quality of our products and, over time, to spread our games all over the world!

But the surprises don't stop there! To celebrate the return of the convention after last year's stop, you will find Cthuly attached to the magazine! This "tender" mascot of the event, vaguely inspired by ancient and forgotten myths, is a new Promo Forgotten Evocation. Comes with his Forgotten Spell and Evocation card, and a fantastic resin miniature! Of course, Cthuly can also be used in both BRW and Rebirth!

Those who cannot physically be at the Spiel need not worry! Ashes and Cthuly will be available on our Web Store after the convention.

We look forward to meeting you at our 2E112 boot, where in addition to having a chat with us you will have the opportunity to try Rebirth, Nova Aetas Renaissance, Divide Et Impera, and Chambers of Wonders, as well as being able to admire the many miniatures that we will show during the 4 days of the convention!

We are waiting for you!

As for Rebirth, we are working to close all the miniatures unlocked during the campaign and therefore be able to stop the production prices with the factory (these days it becomes a fundamental step ...). We are also working to open the Pledge Manager at the end of November, we don't have an exact day to give you yet, but rest assured that we will give you the information in time.

Even the Great Magister Marco Montanaro is already working on the rules of the material unlocked during the campaign and on the expansions. In the next updates, we will show you in detail the progress of the work, dedicating a lot of space to the Schools of Magic to make you appreciate their mechanics, and showing you the miniatures that have not been seen during the KS Campaign.

That's all for today! Also, keep an eye on our Social channels to get updates on the Spiel and join us in this new adventure!

See you in Essen!