Catching up - bit by bit
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 08:07:27 AM
We're all still a bit in shock at Sauna Game HQ after an incredible experience at Spiel in Essen!
The reception for our team and our game was so amazingly positive and warm, we really felt welcomed by the board gaming community and given our chance to share our laughter with the whole convention!
We met and demoed with hundreds and hundreds of awesome and unique people who shared their enthusiasm for the game with us. As well as collected a whole bunch of contacts we still need to work our way through - sorry if you're waiting to hear from us, we're a little behind but catching up.
This has also had a huge impact on our campaign, boosting us well over the 20k mark and unlocking stretch goals we hadn't had the chance to even announce!
On that note, we're really excited to be picking up the demo quickplay version of the game we made for Spiel and turning it into a Party Mode for the game with simplified rules and a shorter playtime. It's almost there, so with a little more playtesting it should be ready to add to the game.
Next up at 25k we'll be introducing a customisable player board giving your free choice of role, kinks and likes for the adventure to come.
We've said it a lot, but we need to keep saying it - THANK YOU!!!!! We're so grateful to every single one of our backers who has supported this project, all the people who have helped us spread the word to make this campaign way bigger than we could have wished for, as well as all of our new friends we met at Essen who welcomed us with all the laughter we could hope for!
A special mention has to go to Johno - for being an incredible friend and supporter, giving priceless advice and spending time helping me despite being so busy with BarPig. Thank you for helping us make this all happen!
Btw - the latest and greatest 3rd release of BarPig: The Great Festival is also live on Kickstarter now
Finally a massive thank you to the Gay Sauna the Board Game Team at Spiel! Craig my (straight) brother, who flew in from the UK, got us to Essen before tirelessly promoted the gayest game Essen has ever seen. To Yaron my Husband who has supported this project for all these years yet continues to find the enthusiasm to come and work your ass off with demos. And to Miko and Estefano for being awesome and putting your hearts into every single demo. We couldn't have made this event so special without all of you.
Day 2 of SPIEL!
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 11:46:58 PM
What an amazing day 1 - gunna be an aeesome day 2!
Live at SPIEL Messe-Essen!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 11:55:57 PM
Hey folks we’re all ready for the festivities to begin today at SPIEL!
We’re all ready to talk sauna and play some games with all these fun gamers this weekend!
Come drop by to see us at 6K108!
In other news, we’re speedily getting closer to our next stretch goal (even more gorgeous visitors to join us at the sauna!).
With just under 2 weeks left of the campaign - let’s see how many more stretch goals we can unlock! Please help us - sharing is caring ;)
Take care all and happy gaming!
10k! What a milestone!
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Oct 01, 2022 at 04:17:47 AM
When we started this campaign only 11 days ago, I was secretly hoping we would reach 10k by the end of the campaign, but I didn't really expect to reach it, and certainly not with so much time left to go.
We're so very very thankful to everyone who has backed, shared and talked about Gay Sauna the Board Game. We're on track to make this huge and we (obviously) wouldn't be where we are now without you all.
Our most recent unlocked stretch goal is the campaign favourite for Jose: Engraved Dice! Everyone loves cool dice, and we're thrilled to be at the point we can include this in the game for everyone. It makes me wonder if anyone might make their own games using these dice - I mean how often do you get dice with bums and willies on them eh?
We're now steaming ahead to add even more visitor art. Keep your eyes peeled for the next chance to win your own place in the game.
We also revealed our next Stretch Goal: The Gay Sauna Guidebook! This is a small project I've been working on for a little while including some backstory on the world of Gay Saunas, as well as insights into the various tribes, kinks and cruising areas included in the game. It will be included as a separate booklet in the game. Not needed for the game, but educational and informative to read before or after you play.
A lot of our time right now is spent preparing for SPIEL, Essen - we've got some pretty awesome visuals planned out for our stand. We'll be demoing the game for anyone who wants to try it out so please drop by. We'll be in hall 6, booth K108 (6K108).
We hope you enjoy your weekends everyone!
Bigger than last time!
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 11:11:16 AM
Hi everyone
We hit a big milestone today - not any stretch goal, but we exceeded the total we made in our 2019 campaign! Not only have we raised more, we’ve done in a week what it took 30 days to raise last time - and we’ve still got plenty more time to grow even bigger and better!
We’re spending a lot of time at the moment preparing for Spiel, ordering the last things we need for our booth - getting very excited to share the game with such a big audience!
Would be great to hear we’ll be seeing any of you at Spiel - we’re at booth 6K108 so come by for a game and a chat!
Take care and thank you all again for all the support you’ve given us! 😘