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Latest Updates from Our Project:
Voting day 12 is up!
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 09:49:03 AM
Oh boy oh man oh dear, things did NOT go as I thought yesterday. You all voted for additional Production Company cards, which is awesome (we've got some really interesting scenario designs drafted for them) - but now I fear our film is going to have a tragic ending. In a way, it makes sense - from the first act, our story was one of redemption, and redemption often costs the highest price - especially if the opportunity for it is refused. Maybe that's what happened to our protagonist here. If we stubbornly refuse to change, there can be dire consequences.
Voting day 11 is up! Final stretch, folks!
about 3 years ago
– Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 06:15:26 PM
This is it!
In a few short days, this amazing campaign will be over - I can't believe how much you've raised so far. We blasted past both my previous campaigns - can we crack $200k?? Would be incredible. I didn't think we'd get that far so I didn't prepare a crazy far-off stretch goal like the clapper box from the first campaign - any ideas? The crazier the better!
Regarding the filmreel insert tweaksfor sleeved cards, by the way - I'm talking to GameTrayz about it. I don't think it'll be a problem but we haven't nailed any details down yet. I'll keep you posted.
Our story is entering the endgame, and first we have to knock our hero/ine down before they can stand up for themselves. The worst has to happen before they can earn their finale. The night has to get to its darkest point before the dawn can come.
The most delightful online board game convention is back - AwSHUX, and we'll be there. We've got a "booth" in "hall" 3, where you can "come by" and "play the game" (no actually you really can - I will be demoing Roll Camera and the B-Movie Expansion on Tabletop Simulator!).
Also note that tomorrow Matt Capocci of the Silver Medal Tavern will be livestreaming a playthrough of Roll Camera and the B-Movie Expansion with a couple of his Twitch buddies. Should be fun!
So...I heard your comments yesterday loud and clear, and today's vote is informed thusly! It'll be a nice surprise, I'm sure.Â
Our story now enters its final phase. Today we vote on the cliffhanger scene, and on Monday voting will be back to determine our film's explosive finale. Who knows what kind of b-movie madness will ensue??
See you online at AwSHUX, I hope!
Your pal,
Mal
Voting day 9 is up! Also: new premium addon and reward tier announcement!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 11:57:07 PM
Pictured: two. What you'll get: thirty.
The metaldice were so popular that I got to thinking about other ways we could upgrade our Roll Camera games. I especially like when publishers make premium upgrades for components that you often touch or move during the game (you'd be surprised how often they choose the stuff that just sits there!). So the genre tokens seemed like the right expansion component to give the premium treatment.
These addon tokens will be the same designs and quantity as the regular expansion (6x of each of the 5 genre types: western, sci fi, fantasy, horror, crime) made out of wood and printed with color designs (I haven't settled on the printing method yet - screen printed or heat transfer - this will depend on playability, and I'll keep you updated in the months to come when I get samples), and they will be as thick as I can make them while still ensuring that they will fit in the base game tray along with everything else.
I've also created a new pledge tier where you can just get it all in one place:
Yes, I'm aware you don't get any savings for this pledge level "combo", but I want to make sure backers of the first Roll Camera campaign are not missing out on a deal. They made this whole thing possible, after all. This pledge level is basically just a place where you can have it all together - the addons cost the same if you add them separately through a different pledge level. Maybe that's a big dumb waste of time, or maybe it's an ingenious sales strategy to get new backers to plump for the addons - only time will tell!
Okay, back to set everyone! We've got cameras to roll:
It's quite a b-movie classic we're making here, wouldn't you agree? I'm loving how twisty and turny this movie is becoming - I would not be lying if I said I would pay full price to see this film in theaters. Seeing the editing room above is like seeing a trailer that doesn't give anything away - did the bumbling thief help the hero escape the spiders through a card game?? Who can say?
It's awesome! It's a satire of murder mysteries that somehow manages to be also an excellent example of one. And very stylistic, in a way that is not annoying. Style often gets in the way of substance, but not in this one. A good one to watch to take story notes for when you make your own crime b-movies with the Roll Camera expansion!
Your pal,
Mal
Voting day 8 is up! Spotlight: Middle Script Cards!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 07:00:44 AM
Voting day 8 is here - we voted for the bumbling thief yesterday. Today, how shall our story continue?!
Spotlight: Middle Script Cards
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Since we just upgraded the game to add 5 more middle Script cards to the B-Movie Expansion (bringing it to 20 total!), I thought we'd spotlight these little fellas in today's update.
In the base game of Roll Camera!, the Script cards have two halves - a top, and a bottom. You can see them in the image above - "Chocolate &" and "Broken Dreams." The script forms the title of your film, and also identifies the endgame bonus of Quality you'll have depending on the type of movie you've shot. In this case for example, the top half indicates you'd get +2 Quality for each green and yellow Scene in the Editing Room, and +3 Quality if you have three blue Scenes next to each other (the colors correspond to the Scene's emotional content).Â
However it is possible to have certain games of Roll Camera where you can ignore the Script completely. You don't NEED the endgame bonus Quality in every game - in most you do, but not all. Some people find this delightfully thematic for a scrappy independent film production willing to put finishing the film over the script itself, but some find it a bit of a loose point in the game's design, and I can understand that.
The B-Movie Expansion introduces a third "half" of the script: the middle! This card slides right between the top and bottom, and not only does it expand your film's title in whimsically genre-riffic ways, it also provides a new endgame wincondition. That means, unlike the top and bottom halves, you MUST fulfill the requirements of the middle Script in order to win.Â
The middle script provides genre requirements. In the image above, "Cosmic" indicates that you must have 4x horror (bat) tokens and 2x sci-fi (robot) tokens in your final film in order to win the game. If not, you lose. This is on top of staying on your budget and schedule and keeping your Quality out of the red zone of mediocrity! Of course, there are lots of ways to manage this - many of the new ideas, actions, player powers and Equipment cards can impact the genre tokens, both in the Storyboard and Editing Room (and new Problems will, too). Also, any action or power from the base game that impacts the Script, letting you change it out for another one, can also impact the middle half.
The middle scripts are awesome - they make the game more challenging, more complex, and more thematically hilarious with your films' new title possibilities. I mean, come on - who would not want to see a film called Chocolate & Cosmic Broken Dreams?? Good choice adding +5 of them to the expansion!
