Welcome Commander,

Martin here, trying my hand at this wonderful website. The article will go on BGG at a later time, but I thought it would be nice to have it debut here.

Talya Paranis is a young changeling with a skillset in high demand. This spotlight will hopefully make you see why.

Illustrators: Original concept by Angelita Ramos. Character by Dinulescu Alexandru, Action cards by Gunship Revolution. Note that Emil is the original writer of Talya and her mechanics, but I have taken over her story.

DESIGNER NOTES
Changelings have a very adaptable and extreme metabolism. Maybe that is why their life cycle is quite short. But this can be compensated for with intense lives At 16 years, Talya is fully grown and has experienced more than most adults of other species – also more than she would have preferred. Her talents for tinkering, which are also reflected in her action cards, have gotten her out of (and into) countless situations.

“I can build that”

DETAILS & ORIGIN
Full name: Talya Paranis
Species: Changeling
Gender: (fluid, currently female)
Date of birth: 984 ATA
Place of birth: Eva Arielle
Affiliation: (unknown)
Former work: Demolition specialist

The following section contains slight spoilers all found on the first page of Talya’s legacy folder.

Continue reading “Character reveal #9 – Talya” →

This was the first time I visited the Room and Board channel, but did enjoy it. Very chatty, but informative at the same time!

=> 1 minute with Room and Board

Snapshot from this video clip (you can click on the image):

This will be another thing to watch for once the game is out. Etsy likely will have someone making 3D walls for the game, similar to these:

=> Etsy Walls and Doors (for Mansions of Madness)

However … after thinking about this for a week or two, I think that I just might be able to make my own walls from folded pieces of manila file folders! I am NOT a very handy nor crafty person, but I can imagine cutting a piece out from a file folder… folding it in half… folding small tabs out from both ends and then stapling (or gluing) the folded area together! The small tabs at the bottom will get it to “stand up” on the map :)

=> Official Update #18

Highlights:

1. We passed through TWO stretch goals since the last update, adding:
   • 6 new maps and setups (110K Euros)
   • 4 new Bosses (115K Euros)
   • Here is what Emil had to say about those “bosses”:
     Now, Rogue Angels is not a boss battler but there are boss fights. It all depends on the mission, the opponents, and of course your choices. Like everything else in this game, I want it to matter, and I want it to be special. No grinding, no “yet another fight”, it should always be engaging to go back into Rogue Angels. 
     
2. Rogue Angels Online
   • A nice overview / review of Rogue Angels (written by S C) made it to the front page of Board Game Geek:
     => A Masterclass in Superior Scandinavian Design
   • Board Game Officer posted a review of 47 Rogue Angel reviews! Amazing!
     => Review of Reviews
     [Len’s note: his review of reviews was so good I wrote an article about it=> Video Summarizing 47 Review Videos ]
   • Board Game Officer also posted his playthough of Mission 5A
     => Mission 5A
3. Rambling!
   
   • New to this campaign? Then look at Update 15 to get your free eBook gift!
   • Saturday livestream with Eike (creator of Midhalla) at 19:00 CEST/13:00 EST
     => Facebook Event
   • Emil had some good words for this website too:
     Len, a wonderful fan of our passion project, has created this amazing fan site for Rogue Angels -> MyRogueAngels.com – be sure to check it out (there are guides to sleeves, characters, etc.). 

As you may or may not know, I also had a prototype of ISS Vanguard over a year before the final game hit backers doorsteps. I created and managed a website for it, just like I am doing now for Rogue Angels. I haven’t been doing much with the MyISSVanguard website the past few months, but I checked and there are 650 articles posted on it (we might get there with this MyRogueAngels website – we are at 57 articles right now after just twelve days).

One thing I learned while playing with the ISS Vanguard prototype is that cardboard tokens in a bag are NOT fun. They don’t really mix around well. They don’t make a nice clinky sound when you shake the bag. Running your hand through the cardboard tokens did not bring enjoyment (to me any way).

Then I discovered Coin Capsules!

And now … inserting each token inside a hard plastic coin capsule made a phenomenal difference. They mixed around in the bag great. Shaking the bag made lots of NOISE. And running your hand around inside the bag was actually fun feeling all the tokens (inside those hard plastic coin capsules) sliding between your fingers!

Here is the article I wrote for MyISSVanguard about this new discovery of mine:
=> Transform Your Cardboard Tokens

And here is what the tokens looked like inside coin capsules (dumping out of the bag):

The nice thing about this (for Emil’s sake) is that it was the game players who decided if they wanted to upgrade their token experience. Awaken Realms didn’t need to do anything (other than specify what the size of the tokens would be).

Of course, coin capsules is not the only way to upgrade a bag of cardboard tokens. I can imagine someone on Etsy making thick plastic chips matching the four types of interact tokens.

But then again … the “stackable” 4 colored plastic components that came with the prototype for interact tokens do have their own air of deluxification!

Our Burning Suns Community is going strong! We just achieved the 115,000 Euros Stretch Goal.

The game will now come with 4 more enemy bosses! Each will be a new type of enemy and each will include it’s own illustrated standee.

Here are the stretch goals ahead of us now:

So now we are looking forward to:

• Four one-shot scenarios (with 8 extra pages)
• Six new object standees (2 new types)
• Four new boss Enemy Behavior Cards (unique to each of them)

UPDATE December 16, 2023 from Emil – the article and video are still good, but here is his quick summary to save you time reading the article (but, yeah, read both:)

Here are the amount of cards in the game (including stretch goals):

• • Enemy Behavior Card: max 40 (size: 120x80mm / 4.72×3.15 inches)
  • Damage Cards: max 40 (size 88x63mm, poker / 3.46×2.48 inches)
  • Action Cards: max 200 (size 88x63mm, poker / 3.46×2.48 inches)
  • All other cards: max 140 (size 88x63mm, poker / 3.46×2.48 inches)

Len’s added note: this should be the maximum needed:

• • 120x80mm size: 40 sleeves
  • 88x63mm/poker size: 380 sleeves

For those who wish to sleeve all the cards in the game, Emil let us know that most of the cards will be standard bridge / poker sized cards (so you have many sleeve options). The exception is the Enemy Behavior Cards which are slightly bigger (120 x 80 mm). More info about the sleeves is below the video window (where I show you the two types of cards and example sleeves for them):

(You can tell from the video that I do it all on my own – nobody here to run the camera for me … sorry about the ending, but I didn’t fit into the screen anymore :)

Here is a snapshot from the video (click to see the 1 minute clip):

Here is some background to sleeving your cards.

1. It can make it easier to shuffle
   • With a small deck, this is very handy
2. If you place a deck of cards on the table (ie, a draw deck), they may tend to slide off the stack
   • With a substantially large deck, cards sleeved with normal sleeves tended to slide/tip over (ie, sleeves made it harder to actually play with the cards)
3. They make your cards thicker (and bit taller and wider) which can affect storing them in the original game inserts.
   • However, there is one sleeve that is very thin and designed to be a tight fit on the cards. In my experience, cards sleeved with regular type sleeves that would NOT fit back into the game insert, DID fit back into the game insert if sleeved with these! The brand is called KMC Perfect. I got mine on Amazon.
     => KMC Perfect 100 standard size sleeves
     
4. You need to be sure you are getting the correct size sleeves. Read the specs on the card sleeves you are considering. It should specify the sleeve size, but often it will note what size cards will fit in the sleeves. Here is an example that specifies the Sleeve Size at the top (81x122mm), and in smaller font the size cards it will fit (79x120mm).
   
   Note: The actual width of the Enemy Behavior Card in the prototype is 80mm. These sleeves state that they will work with cards up to 79mm wide. However, if you want a tight fit, the cards WILL fit into these sleeves. If you want a looser fit sleeve, you can ask your local game store to help find them for you :)

As the Kickstarter is drawing to a close (just two more days), here are the TEN most recently posted videos about Rogue Angels.

I include a link to a ONE MINUTE video clip for each, so you can watch all of them in less than 10 minutes (because some actually are less than 1 minute). If you like what you see in a clip, just click on the supplied link to the full video and watch the whole thing!

List of Ten Most Recent Videos:

1. Board Game Officer (playthrough part 4 Scenario 5) => 1min clip (Sep 29 2023)
2. Learn to Play (How To Play review) => 1min clip (Sep 28 2023)
3. My Rogue Angels (unboxing) => 1min clip (Sep 27 2023)
4. Board Game Officer (playthrough part 3 Scenario 4) => 1min clip (Sep 27 2023)
5. Critical Fail (Kickstarter preview) => 1min clip (Sep 27 2023)
6. Gettin Jiggly Wit It (playthrough) => 1min clip (Sep 26 2023)
7. Room and Board (Kickstarter preview) => 1min clip (Sep 25 2023)
8. OwlDragon Adventures (preview) => 1min clip (Sep 25 2023)
9. Boxed Meeples (2nd look review) => 1min clip (Sep 24 2023)
10. King of Average (Kickstarter previews) => 1min clip (Sep 21 2023)

Funding has surpassed 110,000 Euros giving us the next stretch goal!

This will add SIX new maps PLUS all the setups to utilize them! We also now have three more stretch goals to aim for:

The next three will add:

• 4 more unique enemies (with illustrated standees)
• 4 one-shot scenarios (8 extra pages in the Training Manual with scenarios we can enjoy alongside the main campaign)
• 6 new object standees (2 new types of objects / 6 illustrated standees)