Orcs & Crafts Zine

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to keep you in the loop with this short update. We're working on the zine and everything seems on track. Kate has this great idea for super-easy-to-build farm fences made of cardboard and toothpicks, so I've decided to include toothpicks as a potential building material. I think they are well within the “cheap materials” range.


I'm currently creating a set of walls to illustrate the different effects you can achieve from the same basic technique to help you come up with your own custom styles.

I'll get back to you next month! 

Cheers, 
Martin from Game Machinery

Hey Everyone,

As promised, all the Backers will receive the Shrine of Hector guide today!

Thank you so much for backing the project. Orcs & Crafts Zine campaign has officially ended, and after the weekend, we're getting to work on the materials. We plan on sending you the printed copies of the zine in June, and the PDFs should reach you around a month earlier.

The campaign has reached the 9k Euro stretch goal in the final minutes, so you will be getting the Spotify Playlists, probably in early April (we'll be driving 40 hours by car at the end of March, so it's a perfect time to find a few additional interesting podcasts).

I had no idea how this project would go. It felt kinda weird to do something other than a role-playing game, but hey, apparently, there are some people interested in making stuff! I'm really over 300 of you decided to give Orcs a chance. I promise to do my best to deliver something interesting and useful to you.

I'm not much of an artist, but I do try to illustrate our games to the best of my abilities. A few months ago, I had an idea for a fantasy game about orcs with a bit of a retro, 80's cheesy B-movie vibe. No idea if I'll ever finish the project, but I made a few illustrations, and I think they're a right fit here.

So, here's your Orcish motivational poster!



If you've backed the project, your cards will probably be charged for the amounts you pledged in the next few hours.

Once we're closer to shipping, we'll open the Backer survey to collect your addresses and shipping fees (if you've chosen the physical reward pledge), but that's still months away, so you don't have to do anything right now. 

I'll look over the Hector Shrine guide files over the weekend for any typos and make them available to you next week. 

Now for a bit of work, and off to work on the zine! 

Thank you and cheers,
Martin
 

This is it, the Orcs & Crafts campaign ends today. With over 8600 Euro raised we're about 10 Backers away from the final stretch goal. 

If you still want to back the project, the time is now. If you're not sure, come have a look at the campaign and all the stuff we've managed to unlock! 

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/game-machinery/orcs-crafts-zine

Cheers, 
Martin from Game Machinery

Hey Everyone!


As the campaign enters its final few days, we've got a gift for you. In collaboration with the Familair Tower zine with created a cardboard tower build guide that you can download now, absolutely free!

Check it out here!

And if you haven't already, you can still back the Orcs & Crafts Zine, but time is running out...

Cheers,
Martin from Game Machinery