New ETA / Rulebooks / Announcing US National Championship
over 1 year ago – Wed, May 10, 2023 at 09:08:36 AM

Hello Dodino Island!

A dino-sized apology for the delay on this update! Pam had the draft in the oven waiting for me (Will) to proofread and add notes but with some events but I got swamped with prepress and editing work on the rules & cards, events from April, and of course, still adjusting to the new working hours due to paternity —which I'm loving beyond words but it is impressive the impact it has on the prior routine; from all-day office to work sprints spread throughout the 24 hours (bonus points for those sprints in zombie-sleep-depravation mode). Arya is 5-months old now!

 Fortunately, our graphic design team has been progressing non-stop on prepress and translations and I prioritize revisions and direction. So here's the current project status.

Project status

• Panda GM (our manufacturer) is currently in the sampling process and file verification for English pre-production copy. 
• Spanish files are almost finished.
• Translation for French, German, and Italian is still in process. 
• We expect to finish files in all languages while the pre-production copy takes place. 
• The factory is currently working on the miniatures samples, which usually takes longer than any other component.
• We are working with Panda to achieve an impressive result with several treatments on the game board for Dodo Dash. We want this new board to be even more amazing than the holographic one on the original Dodos Riding Dinos. 

Here are some pictures of the factory samples, with more coming soon. 

The revision of the other plushie is finished too and looks way better than the first approach!

You can also check the English rulebook here

We will be adding the translated rulebooks soon to BoardGameGeek and to our site. The Spanish rules are ready here.

Timeline (Updated estimated delivery)

TL;DR: We expect fulfillment to start in September.

As mentioned in a previous update, development took a bit longer because we felt some dynamics of the game were not good enough and we wanted them to be outstanding. Some of this included the Drifting on the Dodorado Temple board and the new "Rally mode" (now called Egg-Hunting mode). Dodo idol and movement cards were great and because of that we wanted to add more, MORE, MOAAAAAR!! So that also increased development time. Now we are also taking a bit longer than expected because we are trying some different treatments for the components to make them shine (literally! you'll see).

If you have backed any of our previous games in the past, you know that we prioritize quality over speed. 

As a backer myself, I know delays are not great, but it is always fantastic when the game arrives and it is a very fun game with top production quality. I hope you agree with me from a backer perspective.

Please do let us know your concerns, we are here thanks to you. If you need support updating your address within the next few months, you can still do so in your Backerkit survey or just reach out to [email protected] and we will help you out. 

We have an incredible track record of fulfillment with over 25 projects fulfilled between Detestable Games, Draco Studios and subsidiary brands. Recently we started fulfillment for Kiwi Chow Down and we are glad to see great ratings and praise for it at BoardGameGeek or from content creators. I'm sure that we will exceed your expectations with Dodo Dash!

FAQ: Why I'm seeing the original Dodos Riding Dinos available at retail?

That's a fair question and the answer is a simple one.

This Kickstarter project intends to make a reality a new standalone expansion (Dodo Dash) as well as reprinting all the Dodos Riding Dinos content (including previous Kickstarter promos such as Babbey & Kux) and create new promos. 

The original Dodos Riding Dinos that retail stores are getting are part of a regular reprint for distributors that started even before we knew we would be creating Dodo Dash. Note that this is only for the original game, which was kickstarted on 2020. Not the Dodo Dash expansion or any promos.

This is not something atypical for the games industry; games already published get reprinted, and sometimes a game gets a new expansion which is launched in Kickstarter along with a reprint of the game so that you can get a very appealing bundled price.  

In the same way, once Dodo Dash and this whole campaign is fulfilled, it is likely that we will reprint the games afterwards. And for 2024, when the third miniatures expansion is released, we will also offer past titles in order for new backers to get good deal and bundled price.

National Championship at Gen Con

This year we started organized play for Dodos Riding Dinos! 

We have partnered with great heralds from the Envoy program by Double Exposure to host a US Championship at Gen Con! 

The winner will get a roundtrip flight, hotel nights, and a badge for the worldwide championship at Roll a Game Expo in Guadalajara for December 16th – 17th! It will be great to meet in person!

There are limited seats available so hurry up! Here's the link to the event: https://www.gencon.com/events/235518

And in case you just want to play some of our games at Gen Con, you can check our full event list here.

We are already running qualifiers at Mexico and other Latin American countries (thanks to Mar Ludico). These pictures are from April 30th at Roll a Day in Guadalajara (in preparation for Roll a Game Expo). 

For our backers near Mexico City: prepare your dexterity skills because we will also host a regional tournament at MegaXP to qualify for the Worldwide championship at Roll a Game Expo.

Finally, I just wanted to share some pictures from GAMA Trade Show, one of my favorite industry events where we get the chance to talk with retailers and distributors from North America. Pepe, Cury and I had an amazing show and it was great to see players having a blast and laughing while playing Dodos Riding Dinos at the Game nights. 

That's it for now! Today is Mother's Day in Mexico so we hope all our Mexican backers have a lovely time with their mothers and play some fun games. And we wish the same for our backers in the US and CA for this Sunday! ROAAAAAR! 

Development progress!
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 12:12:01 PM

Hola Dodino Island! 

 We hope this update finds you and your loved ones well and playing tons of games! We have some exciting news regarding the add-ons. 

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What's on this update? 

• Rulebook & Punchboard 
• Coloring book
• Crossover cards 

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Rulebook & Punchboard 

We are a few steps away from finishing the rulebook in English, minor details rise when passing everything to layout and final changes are done before the final version. 

Once the final layout is finished, the files are sent to our translation partners and then upload them to Panda to start production. 

Our goal is to fulfill the PnP files within March. 

And even though the minis are fantastic, we just love the custom dinomeeples with their dodos. In the original Dodos Riding Dinos you use them to keep track of fans in Cup Mode, so in Dodo Dash, you also use your meeple to mark your boost value in Egg Hunting Mode (previously called Rally mode or Battle mode).

You'll learn more about Boost cards in the rulebook and Egg Hunting Mode but in addition of marking the boost value, you can arrange them to form a small mini track.

Coloring book

We have been working on the coloring book and we are so excited to hear the experience from your kids painting this. The way we planned it was, having the character in one side and a movement card with those characters on the right. 

Will is super excited to see our baby dodo, Arya, drawing and having fun with this book! (In a couple of years when she is old enough)

Crossover cards 

Are you ready to use all your minis in the avian archipelago? Over 100 cards to choose from! Kiwi and Chickens racing to sit in the Dodosaurus throne, Kiwi and Dodos waging war on Chicken Island and Dodos and Chickens feeding endlessly to establish dominance on Kiwi island, what a blast! 

 Here are some previews:

Will is super excited about this pack because each crossover group offers a new taste for the games. Here's an overview about what to expect with the Avian trilogy crossover cards:

• Place dinomeeples to wander on Kiwi island or add dexterity to the game with Dodino racers.
• Play with chicken leaders to build special units in Dodos Riding Dinos or Kiwi Chow Down.
• Pile on the lead racer with kiwi on Dodos Riding Dinos.
• Deploy dinosaur units in War for Chicken Island that get more powerful with the +1 strength bonus die result.
• Encourage becoming enraged in Dodos Riding Dinos with some chicken characters to gain a benefit.
• Try kiwi leaders in War for Chicken Island to use their pushing skills or to build outside of your territory.
• Or unleash madness and power in your games with Cluckthulhu, Yolk-Sothoth, Aureus Fulgen and Kuxcoatl!

You can still get these add-ons via Backerkit, if you already finished your survey and want to add something, please send an email to [email protected] and we can manually add it to your order. 

Until next update! 

ROAAAAR! 

Game design + art finished!
about 2 years ago – Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 03:43:31 AM

Hello Dodino Island! 

First of all, ROAAAAAAAR! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Secondly, we are truly sorry for the slight delay on this update, our lives were a rollercoaster during the past month...

As mentioned previously, our baby dodo (our baby girl Arya) was on her way to this world and she arrived on December 2nd at 2am in the morning, she broke my water and the journey began. Unfortunately, she was born with breathing difficulties and we needed to stay at the hospital for 3 weeks until she was able to breath without oxygen. Good news, the 3 of us went home on December 24th (our Christmas Eve miracle!). Now, Will and I are adapting to this amazing new life of being a parent. 

Thank you all for the good wishes! 

Even though we were a bit off, Will never stopped working in Dodo Dash with Pepe (game design) and Ivan (art) so we have fun previews to share with you. 

At this point, game design (dynamics, content and balance) and art are finished and we are working on the layout (graphics) to have the prepress files ready for the factory after Chinese New Year. 

47 new illustrations were created for the movement cards in Dodo Dash to show different art than the orignal game. In addition to that, we decided to include 84 cards in the deck to reduce the amoung of shuffling in games with several players. 

Dash cards (yellow) are a new type of Movement cards which are hard to block and allow you to throw your Dodo as a projectile and get Dodo idol cards with a unique power...

Your games include 12 Dodo idol cards and 6 Idol Curse cards. Curse cards have a chance to activate in the Dodorado Temple game board whenever a player completes half of the track. You roll a die for an effect and on 5 or 6 a Curse card is activated and discarded.

As you might recall, while the campaign was live, you shared in the comments your ideas for new cards effects. We collected all of them and after evaluation and some tweaking, many of them became the effects on Dodo Idol or Curse cards. Thanks so much for helping us shape the final game!

The Dodorado Temple game board features drifts. Once a player enters into the tight curves, they can roll the dice to have bonus movement and other benefits. 

Due to the symmetry of this board, the new game mode unlocked by stretch goals (previously called Rally or battle mode) has been finalized. Once the rulebook has been finished we will share all the details with you! Here are some of the tokens used on this game board:

With the stretch goals you are getting  9 characters in your game, here are some previews...

In the pledge manager you can find some add-ons such as the Mayhem crossover pack, which includes 3 characters that are playable in Dodos Riding Dinos, and on their own games War for Chicken Island, Kiwi Chow Down and the upcoming game Party Panda Pirates are done too! Crossover packs are printed in limited quantities.

 Finally, we are making some test prints for the miniatures and still adjusting the final size for them in order to have them all fit in the box. Just as in the original game, we aim for a plastic tray that is able to hold the promo characters from the Mayhem crossover and Dragonbond (Aureus) as well. 

Once we finish layout, we will proceed with distributing the Print and Play files (English version) and start translation for language versions. 

Once again, thank you for making this possible, until next update ROAAAR!

Charging cards on November 15th!
about 2 years ago – Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 12:28:46 AM

Hola Dodino Island!

I missed you! I have been caught with a lot of Dragonbond stuff but I'm back to Dodino Island. What to expect on this update?

• Miniatures' racers 
• Cards being charged on the 15th of November (for shipping and pledge manager addons)
•  Art & Game dev progress   

Lots had happened since the last update, with a lot of playtesting by our team (Pepe, Moy, Gabo and Will), final twitches were done to the cards.

Miniatures' racers 

We are so happy to share with you all that all miniatures have been finished. Your Dodo Dash standalone expansion includes 9 racers! Remember that each racer will come in a unique color. 

The Mayhem pack has been finished too, take a look at them! 

Remember that the Mayhem crossover pack includes these 3 miniatures and their respective cards to be played on their games and as racers in Dodos Riding Dinos and Dodo Dash. 

We haven't decided a final name on the last two, would you like to help us? Comment your ideas. 

The panda pirate with the magical beverage riding a Megalodon is a crossover from our upcoming game Party Panda Pirates. What would be a cool name for them?

The 3 chickens on a triceratops were the very first promotional image of Dodos Riding Dinos back in 2018 when we finished development of War for Chicken Island and included a teaser about our next game. Since them, many backers who have been with us all these years asked us to sculpt it, even if the triceratops is repeated (remember this is a promo).  What name would you suggest either for the entity of the 3 chickens + triceratops or to the individual chickens and the dinosaur?

Cards being charged on November 15th 

Time flies, and with that the time for us to charge cards on pledge manager for shipping and any add-ons or upgrades you selected in Backerkit. On November 15th we will charge all surveys that were completed previously and are ready to be locked. On November 13th we will send a 48-hr reminder to lock orders and finalize item count.  

What does that mean? 

It means that we will finalize item count and after that, some add-ons might just be available on limited quantities. This also includes checking which add-ons were not unlocked (from the two plushies and coloring book) we hope we can unlock all of them but we need your help. You will still be able to update your address in the next months (until we start freight shipping).

Now, the pledge manager will remain open for a couple of extra months (end of February 2023) and we will also enable PayPal on November 16th in case your card errored, you will be able to try through PayPal.

What happens if you haven't filled it? No worries, you can still fill it later next year.  However, we strongly recommend to complete your surveys as soon as possible. This is also preferred because of past experiences, if you forget to fill your survey by the time of fulfillment, you might have to wait for a 2nd production or fulfillment wave or might be charged extra shipping fees because we may have to send your product from a different continent if no longer available on the warehouse closest to your region.

If you have filled it already, you don't have to worry, just sit, relax and wait until the games arrive at your home. Also, if you have any issues filling it or need help changing your shipping address, please send an email to [email protected] and we will gladly help you.  

Art & Game Design progress 

As we enter the last months of the year, our team is tweaking last details and the game is almost ready to pass to the layout process. Gnomosapiens worked in new art for the expansion with Will's direction and here's an art dump for you to appreciate! 

The team has been working hard to create new art on all movement cards from Dodo Dash and even different cards with new effects. And we have great news! Next week all the art will be done and with that we will move to layout stage.

Pepe is finalizing the rulebook this week too for the team to proofread and start layout.

Next update will have more previews about the cards and gameplay content so stay tuned! 

 ROAAAAAAR! 

All surveys sent + LOCAL PICKUP INFO
about 2 years ago – Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 02:18:25 AM

ROOOOARR!!!

Hello Dodino Island!

Today's update will be short to keep it to the point:

• Surveys sent
• Info on apple id / guest profile
• Local pickup info (how to mark this in the survey)
• Timeline (lock surveys, charge cards)
• Contact support

All surveys are on their way

After a successful smoke test and minor corrections we are ready to send all surveys. 

I just hit the "SEND ALL SURVEYS" button on Backerkit.

Please allow some minutes for the server to send the 4000+ emails

You will receive 1 email to the address linked with your Kickstarter profile. There, you will find a button that directs to your personal survey.

If you need help or this is your first time with Backerkit, please check out this update.

If you used an apple id...

Your survey might have trouble to reach your inbox. Let us know by writing us to [email protected] with the subject "DRD change email" and let us know the email address you would like to use and your backer number for this project (which you can find on the email confirmation from Kickstarter when you backed this project, or on your Kickstarter account). We will verify that the backer number provided is indeed registered with an apple id.

Local Pickup info

Since this is for our friends in Mexico we will share the info in Spanish

Primero que nada estamos muy agradecidos por todos nuestros patrocinadores en México ¡muchas gracias por su apoyo! Han hecho de este proyecto uno de los juegos con más patrocinadores en México.

Para beneficiarte de no pagar envío, al llenar tu encuesta puedes seleccionar alguno de nuestros puntos de recolección local. Sigue estos pasos:

1. En la primera ventana, selecciona como país "Local Pickup" en vez de "Mexico".

(si ya avanzaste en la encuesta, lo más seguro es que el carrito te muestre un costo de envío pero no te preocupes, antes de pagar y completar la encuesta puedes cambiarlo nuevamente en la pestaña de Shipping).

2. Después de contestar las preguntas y añadir complementos (add-ons) debes indicarnos en donde recogerás tus recompensas dentro de las opciones disponibles.

En la sección derecha encontrarás una nota respecto a "local pickup" que dice:

Si eres Local Pick up, en la dirección de envío, coloca el nombre de la tienda y todos los demás campos en "N/A" 

Listado de ubicaciones disponibles: 

• CDMX: Draco Forge (Draco Studios Resin Cast Workshop)
• CDMX: El Duende
• CDMX: Nalua Juegos
• CDMX: Orc Stories
• CDMX: Raven Folks 
• Guadalajara: Detestable Games HQ 
• Guadalajara: Juega + Jug
• Querétaro: Troya Juegos 
• Monterrey: Ami Comi 
• La Paz: Amukiri

Por favor introduce tu nombre, el nombre de la tienda, la ciudad y tu teléfono para que podamos contactarte y ubicar tus recompensas. El campo de Ciudad y Código Postal los puedes llenar con "NA"

Una vez confirmado, verás que el costo de envío se reduce a $0

En esta ocasión, decidimos hacer más accesible el juego en nuestro país y estamos absorbiendo los costos de importación relacionados al envío (lo cual no siempre es posible ¡pero esta vez sí!)

¡Gracias por todo su apoyo!

Timeline

In case you are wondering how much time you have to fill your survey or include add-ons...

• Nov 11: 48hrs-left reminder to lock surveys
• Nov 13: Locking surveys and finalize item count
• Nov 15: Charge Credit cards
• Mar 31: Locking addresses

Now, the pledge manager will remain open for a couple of extra months (end of February 2023) and we will also enable PayPal on November 16th in case your card errored.

After November 13th we will finalize item count and after that, some add-ons might just be available on limited quantities. This also includes checking which add-ons were not unlocked (from the two plushies and coloring book) we hope we can unlock all of them but we need your help!

You can keep doing changes freely from today to November 13th, after that, you will only be able to update your shipping address on your end. Any other changes will require support on our end.

IMPORTANT!

We highly prefer that you complete your surveys as soon as possible.

This is also preferred because of past experiences, if you forget to fill your survey by the time of fulfillment, you might have to wait for a 2nd production or fulfillment wave or be charged extra shipping fees because we may have to send your product from a different continent if no longer available on our warehouse.

However, we understand if you can't finalize your survey at the time being. 

You can start your survey without finalizing and the progress will be saved for when you return to complete it. This will help us know that you are planning to get add-ons but are not ready to pay yet. 

Contact support

We are here to help! If you need anything, please reach out via email to [email protected] with the subject "DRD support" and we will gladly help you!

If you do not received an email with your survey in the next 2 hours, you can go to https://drd-dodo-dash.backerkit.com/ to retrieve it manually by entering your email address linked with your Kickstarter profile.

That's all for now! Next update will have a lot more development news, we promise! Thanks so much for all your support and let's get those plushies and coloring book unlocked!!