The long-awaited Deluxe Pantheon Edition plus a brand new cooperative expansion!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Pledge Manager Update: It's taking a bit longer than expected. Will launch next week.
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 01:00:36 PM
Greetings, Sphinxy Pantheon backers!
In our last update, we shared that the Pledge Manager for this campaign would be launching within a week, and that week has since turned into two. Our apologies for not checking in sooner!
As it turns out, adding the Santorini Turntable has required a bit more setup time than we first anticipated. We've asked BackerKit to help us make the pledge manager launch as smooth and painless as possible, which is taking a touch more time. However, we expect the pledge manager to launch early next week, and we'll send another update as soon as it's ready for everyone to climb aboard!
As with most other campaigns, we'll send out a "smoke test" to a small subset of backers to double-check that everything is flowing as anticipated, after which the entire backer community will be invited to join!
Thank you for your patience and support! And until then...
Spinning the Update Machine!
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:15:01 AM
Greetings from Team Roxley!
We're back, and bouncing off the walls to share some new developments regarding Santorini Pantheon Edition and Riddle of the Sphinx!
Initially, we expected to have the BackerKit pledge manager launched by now, but we had an exciting development to bake into the PM before launching. We're now expecting to launch the pledge manager next week, with this fantastic addition as an option.
Okay, we've teased you enough! Let's dive right into the good stuff...
What is this spherical wonder, you ask?
Let us introduce you to ... the Santorini Turntable!
The ultimate upgrade for city-building citizens will bring a new level of convenience, as you peek at what your opponents are up to from every possible angle!
When we launch the pledge manager next week, you will be able to add just the Santorini Turntable by itself to any existing pledge or go for the all-inclusive "Pantheon Collector's Edition," which will include:
Pantheon Edition
Synth Cards
Acrylic Tokens
The Santorini Turntable
Along with a modified box and insert so that it all packs together.
We are still locking down the pricing for the Turntable and Pantheon Collectors Edition, but we'll have those final details sorted so that it can be announced next week.
In other news, Team Roxley will be at Game Con Canada, right in our beloved backyard of Calgary! The event takes place this coming weekend, from June 23rd to 25th! Join us at our booth to experience game demos of Santorini and Riddle of the Sphinx, as well as Skyrise, Radlands, Dice Throne, and more!
And before we sign off ... How about one more stunning render of that amazing Santorini Turntable?
Thank you again for your continued support! And until next time ...
Pledge Manager Coming Soon + Team Q&A
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 12:35:19 PM
Greetings from Team Roxley!
We hope this update finds you well and filled with excitement for the progress of Santorini: Pantheon Edition. We have some exciting news to share with you today, so let's dive right in!
⭐️ Pledge Manager Launching Soon ⭐️
We know that many of you have been eagerly awaiting the launch of our pledge manager, and at this time we can let you know that it will be launching later this month! The pledge manager will allow you to customize your rewards, add any extras you desire, and provide us with the necessary information for shipping.
We appreciate your patience in this regard and are committed to ensuring a smooth and seamless experience for everyone.
⭐️ Upcoming: Creative Team Q&A ⭐️
In the campaign updates over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be featuring members the creative team behind Santorini: Pantheon Edition and Riddle of the Sphinx, grilling them with questions about Kickstarter, game development, and so much more!
Let us know who you want to hear from first:
Santorini Designer: Dr. Gordon Hamilton
Sphinx Co-Designer: Paul Saxberg
Sphinx Co-Designer: James Van Niekerk
Artist: Mr. Cuddington (Lina and David)
Artist: Damien Mammoliti
We’ll be back again in 2ish weeks with another Pantheon Edition / Riddle of the Sphinx update!
Thank you all for your unwavering support and enthusiasm. We couldn't have come this far without you, and we look forward to bringing you through all the various steps of this production and fulfillment journey!
3 May 2023 - The Infinite Pickle Closes Soon! KS Payment Processing, Spotlight on The Pythia
over 1 year ago
– Wed, May 03, 2023 at 08:38:29 AM
TL;DR: Pledge manager is being worked on for the next few weeks. The Infinite Pickle Kickstarter is almost funded - check it out if you haven't seen it yet. Spotlight on the new god card Pythia below.
Kickstarter Payment Processing
Kickstarter should by now have billed your pledge to the credit card associated with your Kickstarter account, and if there were any issues, automatically tried to resolve them with your credit card company. This process usually takes care of itself, but if something went wrong and their support department was unable to help, Team Roxley will soon be able to assist further: please message us at [email protected] for further assistance.
The Pledge Manager
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be preparing the pledge manager. When this is finished, you'll be automatically sent a survey link; in that survey, you'll have the option to confirm or upgrade your pledge, add any upgrades, add-ons, or additional copies, provide your shipping address, and confirm your shipping charge and any taxes that apply. Roxley will use a reputable and secure pledge management platform for this.
As long as you pledged for at least the Upgrade Edition, Pantheon Edition, or Riddle Of the Sphinx, you will receive a survey link and will have all the options that were available during the Kickstarter for upgrades and add-ons, or increasing your pledge to a bundle, etc. (As stated throughout the campaign and in the FAQ, backers who pledged only $1 will not automatically be sent a survey link, but can still come back later to join as a late backer when the pledge manager is ready.)
Ongoing Updates
As with our other Kickstarter projects, we want to keep our supporters up to date with all the news, so we will be publishing continuing updates until the games have been fulfilled (even if there's sometimes no real news to report, we still want to stay in touch; it's what we would prefer in your shoes).
Those of you who follow our social media channels already know we post regular images of our games and components; we'll be adding new images of Santorini will join to these when we are able, so you'll be able to catch regular glimpses of additional content from the game by following us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We'd love to see you joining the conversation at Boardgamegeek, and for all the news about our upcoming future projects, you can sign up for our newsletter at roxley.com, follow us right here on Kickstarter, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And for Santorini in particular, we also have our own dedicated Discord Server and Facebook Community group!
The Infinite Pickle!
Dr. Gordon Hamilton's newest project, The Infinite Pickle, closes this weekend, and is very close to funding - but he could still use your support!
An Infinite Pickle is an open-ended math problem, which might be solved already... but still may have a better solution out there waiting to be discovered. THE Infinite Pickle, is a collection of 14 of Gord's favorite Infinite Pickles, assembled into a single, beautiful book. You can download this for free, or you can support Gord's Kickstarter for the physical edition, which is rapidly closing in on its modest funding goal and could use your support, if you're so inclined.
From Gord's latest update:
I've experimented with Infinite Pickles in classrooms in many countries. Here is a 2011 video of an Infinite Pickle that I now call "Bubbling Cauldrons." It is the second last one in the book.
No word of a lie - this is one of three maxims that adorned a column in the forecourt of the Temple Of Apollo, where the Delphic Oracle was located! The other two were "Know Thyself" and "Nothing To Excess". (We're assuming this wasn't a warning against using Kickstarter... but we're knocking on wood, just in case.)
The word Pythia wasn't a name, but instead was a title used by a line of priestesses dedicated to being a voice of Apollo's wisdom here on earth. Over 500 of their oracular statements survive from various sources, many of which are anecodotal or ambiguous, but a high percentage of which are in fact accurate (although often in convoluted or unintuitive ways). One such record is of King Croesus, legendarily wealthy king of Lydia in the sixth century B.C., who supposedly consulted two different oracles to foresee his fate, should he invade the Persian empire under Cyrus the Great. Both told him, if he invaded the Persians, he would destroy a mighty empire... which turned out to be true (although the empire he destroyed was his own).
In the game of Santorini, Pythia's oracular powers allow you to partially foresee your opponent's moves before they make them! At the beginning of your turn, you will first decide which of your two workers you're going to move, and indicate this to your opponent(s). Then, before you actually move and build, they must tell you which of *their* workers they plan to move on their next turn (or to move first, if they're able to move more than one).
Once they've announced this, their decision is locked in and can't take it back, even if it means they will lose the game because of it. So use this information well when making your own moving and building decisions!
*Note* - while many people suggested oracular powers, including several similar to this, we'd like to send a special shoutout to Philipp Achtelik, who submitted a particularly elegant version to the contest we held in 2018 for character idea submissions. Congratulations, Philipp - your oracular vision has finally come true!
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THANK YOU For a MILESTONE Finish! What Comes Next?
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 11:02:16 AM
TL;DR: THANK YOU, from Gavan, and the rest of Team Roxley. More Dev Diary below, plus What Comes Next.
Hello, backers!
What a thrill ride this campaign has been for our whole team. With over $2 million Canadian raised, Santorini has surpassed Brass to become Roxley's most-funded Kickstarter campaign! (We didn't quite catch up to our Dice Throne partners' record-setting Marvel Dice Throne campaign... but we got close!)
Santorini is a very special game that anyone with even a remote interest in board games can sit down and enjoy. Now, thanks to you, you can also play it cooperatively. 🙂
THANK YOU, to each and every one of you for supporting the campaign, and an even bigger thank you to any of you who encouraged our team with a positive note in the comments. Making board games is hard, and running a Kickstarter is even harder. It's your positivity and constructive comments throughout this campaign are what inspire us to continually push forward to the finish line.
You all make it possible for this lucky ragtag gang of artists to make cool games that we hope you play for years to come, and we are so grateful for your continued trust and support.
Keep Rollin' Sixes,
Gavan
Our workers tend to get a bit existential when they're in their feels.
Due to an incredible effort from our supporters over the course of the campaign, and especially in the last few days, EVERY single Funding Quest we announced was achieved! Because of you, we were able to add a host of upgrades to the Pantheon Edition and Riddle of the Sphinx, including...
The Giant Die!
Prototype rendering only. Final may vary. (Final may also not be able to hypnotically attract the entire population of your island.)
PLUS, three more maps beautifully illustrated by Damien Mammoliti ... including The Circling Predator!
Dev Diary - The Circling Predator
OK who put the Wanderer on watch? With a name like that, how can we expect them to stay at their post?
This scenario opens as our citizens spot the Sphinx closing in on the city. We must quickly pull together the city's defenses before she arrives to threaten us!
Don't look now, but I think something is following you...
This scenario is a time-based puzzle, because after every player's turn, they must roll the die and move the Sphinx according to their result. The Sphinx will circle back and forth along the map, rising up by 1 row every time she reaches the map's edge. If she ever lands on a worker, she will stop her move and have a tasty snack! (Suffice it to say that worker is destroyed.) There are a few other things the players can do to slow the sphinx's progress - for example, if she ever encounters a dome, or one of the adorable sheepies on the hillside, she will also stop for a tasty nom.
Drone footage from above
The neat thing about this design is that it places a new value on specific god cards that may be less valuable in other missions. For example, initially, it is very important to utilize movement gods to get your workers out of the path of the sphinx. Later on in this scenario, builder gods become crucial as you only have a small window of time to complete the wall you will require for victory, so any god like Demeter or Hephaestus, which allows you to build more than one block in a turn, becomes critical!
Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time!
It has been very fun to take the core framework of the Santorini rules and to develop new ways to flip the puzzles around so that you have to look at each puzzle with fresh eyes!
Let's see - that's one riddle for you, one for you, one for you, and one for you!
What Comes Now?
The buddy buys have been organized. The questions have been answered. The conversations at BGG have been conversated... and we are all so grateful to all of you for helping us make our most backed Kickstarter ever happen.
So what comes next?
Before the city of Santorini can be built, Team Roxley will take a few days off to catch up on sleep, visit with our families and recover our energy, so we can be bright and fresh when we return to work next week. In the meantime:
Kickstarter Payment Processing
Kickstarter should by now have billed your pledge to the credit card associated to your Kickstarter account. If there are any issues, they will automatically try to resolve them for several days; this process takes care of itself in most cases, but you can try to reach their support department if necessary at support (at) kickstarter.com if you have something special that needs to be asked or addressed.
NOTE: Team Roxley does not have access to their payment and support portal during this time. We'll be happy to support you with any issues you have, but we can't do anything for most cases until Kickstarter has finished this process and exports the final backer data to us.
The Pledge Manager
Over the next few weeks, we will be finalizing and testing the pledge manager. (Once we have this setup, we can start assisting backers with any issues Kickstarter could not resolve.) When this is finished, you'll be automatically sent a survey link; in that survey, you'll have the option to confirm or upgrade your pledge, add any add-ons or additional copies, provide your shipping address, and confirm your shipping charge and any taxes that apply. Roxley will use a reputable and secure pledge management platform for this.
Note: As stated throughout the campaign and in the FAQ, backers who backed for only $1 will not receive a survey link. You can still purchase Santorini & Riddle of the Sphinx as a Pre-order when that option becomes available.
Ongoing Updates
As with our other Kickstarter projects, we want to keep our supporters up to date with all the news, so we will be publishing continuing updates until the games have been fulfilled (even if there's sometimes no real news to report, we still want to stay in touch; it's what we would prefer in your shoes).
Those of you who follow our social media channels already know we post regular images of our games and components; Santorini & Riddle of the Sphinx will be added to the mix of those, so you'll be able to catch regular glimpses of additional content from the game by following us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. For all the news about our upcoming projects, you can sign up for our newsletter at roxley.com, follow us on Kickstarter, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
If you are reading this after the campaign and missed out, then sign up HERE for an alert when Preorder sales go live! Preorders placed before fulfillment begins will have their order shipped at the same time as regular backers and will have access to all Kickstarter content unless specified in the Preorder item description (although we will not be able to offer the same pricing and shipping as we did for campaign backers).
