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January has been a busy month with a very successful release on PlayStation and the team working hard on Season 02 content. February looks to be just as exciting with the launch of the Deep Rock Galactic Board Game Kickstarter, the 4th year anniversary of DRG. We will also be revealing more of the secondary weapons you will get to use once Season 02 lands. So, let’s dive into all these events, shall we?
Last week we revealed the coming-soon page for the Kickstarter and now we can reveal that the Kickstarter campaign is just around the corner as it will launch on February 10. We have previously told you about the development of the board game here and here, and since then, there has been extensive playtesting and rules refinement. We have added a Deep Dive variant, introduced Hazard levels, adjusted pacing, clarified the rules, and tweaked numbers and card texts.
And just to be clear, once again, all the work on the board game is done by MOOD Publishing and the designer, Ole Steiness, with us acting as IP stakeholders and playtesters. The internal production team at Ghost Ship is hard at work on Season 02.
The Kickstarter will offer several pledge levels and will ship worldwide with local distribution hubs to minimize transport costs. The base pledge level will provide the standard box of the game where the four dwarves are sculpted miniatures and all enemies are cardboard standees. The Deluxe pledge level replaces all the cardboard enemies with 34 high-quality miniatures. And finally, the collector’s edition consists of the Deluxe box with a bunch of merch and other extras thrown into the mix. Pricing will be revealed when the Kickstarter goes live – we have tried our best to price it reasonably and in line with similar Kickstarters.
Go sign up for the Kickstarter here and join thousands of dice-loving dwarves!
It’s hard to fathom but we are soon reaching 4 years in orbit since the Early Access launch of DRG back in 2018, February 28th. Since this is almost tradition now, we will celebrate this with both an in-game event and live-streaming from the office of Ghost Ship Games (here is last year’s stream). The current plan is to start the event on February 24th and run it for a week with the live-streaming taking place in the afternoon on Friday the 25th of February (central European time). We will have more details on this when we get close to the date.
Everything is moving along nicely with the content for Season 02. Last week we revealed the first of the new secondary weapons, The Nishanka Boltshark X-80, and we will reveal the next one in our weekly developer stream on Thursday next week (February 10th). As promised in the roadmap post, the new season will of course also include a new Performance Pass chuck full with cosmetics to unlock. On top of this, we are working on a new season Event and a special season-themed Warning Mutator.
We do not have a specific release date yet, but it looks like April is a likely target. This means you still have time to complete the Season 01 Performance Pass. And should you miss out then fret not: all the unclaimed content from the Season 01 Performance Pass will go back into the game to be obtained through Cargo Crates, Lost Packs, Cosmetic Matrix Cores, and the Shop.
With love
Ghost Ship Games
