Critical Kit

Hey there,

I'm thrilled to announce that we hit the 100k stretch goal in what has been our most successful campaign to date. Look, Simon rewarded us all with one of his lovely unlocked padlock graphics!

We couldn't keep producing these strange little games without the help of an amazing community and to everyone who has helped us get here, both long-time supporters and new ones, thank you.

Both physical and PDF backers will see a set of 36 artefacts in the back of the book! For digital backers, this will be a printable page with full colour artefact artwork. For physical backers this will be a perforated page with cut marks for creating your own set of artefacts.

Once again, thank you for getting us here. We are some way off our next stretch goal, and who knows if we will make that. Regardless, we are still over the moon.

If you haven't backed yet, now is a great time to get on board as we have unlocked loads of stretch goals, so everyone gets a little extra! If you aren't in a position to back yet, we understand and you can still help by telling a friend about the game.

Four days to go. Let's see where this journey takes us!

Tim (&, as always Simon).

Hey there,

Let me tell you a little bit about the free game that digital and physical backers will receive in PDF format.

All Night Breakfast at The Midnight Owl is a solo podcasting game.... woah... back up.

Okay, so the premise of the game is that you have come into some money (how is part of the game) and now you can tell your boss where to shove it and head off to the Pacific Northwest to start your own podcast investigating everything that's slightly off-tilt in the world.

We're talking cryptids, UFOs, government consipracies, forest cults and the rest. Think X-Files, Twin Peaks, True Detective etc.

The game uses a deck of cards and some dice to reveal locations and clues as you go off on the hunt for weird, wonderful and possibly dangerous things. Each night you will head out on your investigations, returning to the relative safety of a 24 hour cafe, The Midnight Owl, where you can collect your thoughts and create your podcast.

The game has two creative elements:

1. Journaling your investigations.
2. (optional) Create your podcast script and record it if you like!

I think this game is going to scratch that weird stuff itch you might have, but also encourage you to be creative in other areas. If you know my general undercurrent to games, you know that's a really important thing for me: games that push the players creatively.

I really can't wait to get Wires in the Woods and All Night Breakfast at The Midnight Owl into your hands and see what you do with them.

As always, please let me know in the comments if you have any questions!

Tim (& Simon, who is hearing many of these details for the first time in this update, though he is aware of the game!)