Oldest Child, a Cooperative Storytelling Vampire Card Game

Shipping soon + Sickest Witch RPG System coming in March
over 1 year ago – Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 09:22:27 AM

HIHI!

Oldest Child should be shipping in a few weeks. Al the games are scheduled to arrive at the warehouse on Friday and we will be put into the fulfillment center's queue. :)

In the meantime, did you see that we're writing our first system? I waited a long time to do it right and this is what we've got: 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/justinsirois/sickest-witch-core-rulebook-rpg

Pledge within the first 72 hours, and you get a free Hayride adventure zine with exclusive cover and an exclusive Sickest Witch wood mini.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] 

Pledge Manager is Open! BACKERKIT + Philly Area Gaming Expo
almost 2 years ago – Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 06:42:11 AM

HI HI!

Just a quick one. The Backerkit pledge manager is open. You should be able to go over to Backerkit and enter your address as well as add on coins and other such radical things. 

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] -- that's the only way we can track questions and answer you thoughtfully. 

Hope to see you at the Philly Area Gaming Expo next week! Check out this WILD guest list. 

Production almost done - Pics of the prototype - See you at Philly Area Gaming Expo?
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 05:07:24 AM

Just a quick update, production is nearly done and the factory said they'd have these shipped before Chinese New Year. I'm not hopeful on that, but we'll see. My best guess is these will ship in March which would put us a month ahead of our original ETA, but we'll see. 

I'm very pleased with the prototypes. We went with a magnetic closed box that is thick and sturdy. We're going with no commercial markings so this will feel like an artifact and not a "product". 

We will have preorders up soon on our site. 

We have not sent out the survey yet. Since this was a modest campaign, I'm thinking about using Kickstarter's new pledge manager, but I need to think about that a bit more before we proceed. I'll have more details soon. 

We will have a booth at the Philly Area Gaming Expo next week. Maybe see ya there?

Check out the guest list. 

YES! Samples are on their way - video on BlueSky
almost 2 years ago – Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 05:10:38 AM

Hi all. This is a super exciting update. Here's a video of the sample box and cards (it should be one of the top posts here):

https://bsky.app/profile/justinsirois.bsky.social

We're aiming to ship in March if all goes as planned. The pledge manager will be going out soon. 

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This is the last day of our holiday sale! All orders over $50 get 25% off and free shipping in the US. 

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If you are going to be at PAX Unplugged, come check us out at Booth 4065:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1081753080082099 

Upgrades!
about 2 years ago – Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 06:41:19 AM

Just a quick update. 

Everything is nearly ready for the manufacturer and we've decided to upgrade the packaging to a magnetic clasp enclosed box. This is something I've always wanted to produce and I feel like this is the perfect project for it. 

Here's the outside of the box with will be silver or gold foil (depending on the version) on matte black 2mm (thick) card stock. I want the inside of the box to be surprise, but it's getting design treatments as well. 

What is key to this project is making it feel and appear old. I'm going to try my hardest to balance that with industry expectations, but first and foremost, Oldest Child is an experience and not a typical "game".

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this real. I love you for it. Oldest Child really is one of my favorite projects I've ever done and I know, after hearing all the play testing feedback, that it has some real magic to it. 

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] -- this is the only way we can answer your questions. 

Justin