With the conclusion of the second Kickstarter for The 7th Continent (2nd Edition of the base game and a new expansion What Goes Up, Must Come Down) Serious Poulp yesterday sent some rather exciting news to fans of the game.
Let’s start with the game they are famous for. The one you can only get from Kickstarter campaigns because the game is too costly to produce for mainstream distribution, The 7th Continent.
Firstly from mid-July extra production copies of the game will be on sale from their website. “These “Collector” base boxes, expansions and game accessories will be available for sale whilst stocks last, which will vary for each geographical area. These same geographical areas may also influence when products become available.” So a chance for those that missed the Kickstarter or missed bits for whatever reason have a chance to correct that.
Next it appears that Serious Poulp have heard those contacting them about those on the internet via sites like eBay taking advantage of the games exclusivity. Or that people missed the Kickstarter’s for whatever reason and would love to be able to buy the game but can’t.
So Serious Poulp have come up with a solution that will allow them to print the game and make it cost effective to put out through regular channels. Yes that means buy it from your FLGS. Below is the image they produced showing the difference between the Kickstarter Edition aka Collector Edition and this new Classic Edition.
Some of the expansions naturally will also available and this is what they said about that.
“Parallel to this release, three expansions will also be available: “The Icy Maze”, “The Forbidden Sanctuary” and a mini expansion that will contain the introductory “The Crystal Song” curse as well as the new games modes from the “What Goes Up, Must Come Down.” Collector box.
It goes without saying that the Kickstarter exclusive expansion “Swamp of Madness” will not be reprinted.”
So when can you get your hands on this Classic Edition? Sometime in Q4 is the plan.
That’s pretty big news. And a reasonable compromise. Hopefully fans that don’t have the game will be happy with that. But I can imagine some complaining it’s not everything. You can’t please everyone all the time.
But what of the future plans of the company? What’s next? How do Serious Poulp follow up The 7th Continent? The expansion What Goes Up, Must Come Down was their encore after all.
Well they have this awesome game engine now called Choose Your Own Path. So the natural thing to do is use it again. And that’s what Serious Poulp are doing. Their next project using the system is called The 7th Citadel.
From the email this is all the information that has been shared so far.
“The 7th Citadel will take place in a new unique “Dark Fantasy” world whose gameplay will be significantly enhanced compared to that of The 7th Continent.
The game will be coming to Kickstarter in 2020 to allow us to continue its development and prepare a campaign that we hope will be just as exciting as those of The 7th Continent!
We’ll be back this autumn to tell you more about the game’s world and mechanics!”
This is pretty awesome news. The new theme appeals to me. I’m a fantasy fan in all it’s forms. And it will be interesting to see what enhancements they have made to the engine and game play.
As you can see that’s an exciting way to conclude a kickstarter and get fans excited about future projects. What do you think of this news?