The Fight for Galmenni Isn't Over
After the unsuccessful Kickstarter find out what's next for Junkyard Juggernauts
It’s not what I was hoping for, but this is definitely not the end
First off, if you backed Junkyard Juggernauts on Kickstarter, I am so truly thankful to you for believing in this game and how it would help Fire Joy Studios grow!
And for those who shared the project over and over again with your friends on social media, I imagine we would not have gotten to the support we did without that 🥰
So where do we go from here?
Here is the roadmap for Junkyard Juggernauts through the end of 2025:
The first hurdle JJ has to clear now is to getting a passing score on a Sanity Test from The Game Crafter, which I plan to submit the game to again this coming week. The game was not successful in it’s first attempt, and with the feedback received from that test, I have updated the rules to a place where I think they are even more polished and clear (let’s hope TGC agrees 😅). Once this test is passed JJ a few things will happen.
I will be purchasing a new proof copy and if it looks good opening up the shop page for purchase of the deluxe game at it’s retail price of $120.
This proof copy will then become a review copy to send out to several reviewers that let me know they were interested in covering JJ while the Kickstarter was happening. (Quick shout out to Christian Geek Central, Geeks Plus Media, and One Board Family for their previews - if you haven’t checked out their content, please do and give the videos/articles some love.)
Toward the end of September 2025 I am hoping to have at least two more reviews, but regardless, this will be the latest I will be running a Crowd Sale on The Game Crafter:
Crowd Sales are a form of crowd funding. Instead of stretch goals, backers get a cheaper price for the game for every 10 copies sold, no matter when in the campaign they back.
And regardless of how many copies are backed, everyone who backs will get a game, hopefully by Christmas time 🤞
In parallel with the above I have begun brainstorming an expansion to JJ that can be played stand-alone as well as added into the main game. The current idea is that it would feature the Mageineer’s tutor Dobern, and be a dungeon crawler of sorts. The rule book illustrator Paul J. Powers and I also have to talk about possibly still releasing an art book for JJ.
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Thank you again Mageineers and Godspeed to our next chapters together.
