Crownfell: Grimoire cover art; logo at the top. A three-colour (black, white, red) illustration of hands holding a magical book, on a black background. Expansion by Mike Berg Illustrated by Strega Wolf van den Berg
#Crownfell: Grimoire now has a cover! Original art by @stregawolf.art 😍
This upcoming expansion adds "rite" cards that can be cast from your hand, targeting any of your own characters, offering unique abilities at critical times.
I just discovered that I published a rules error in the #Crownfell Last Stand hookbox. 🤦
You start with THREE cards in the enemy home row, not two. Details:
A friend dropped of her son just now to hang out with my son and when she came into the kitchen she said, "So, the reason we are late is actually... #Crownfell. We just recently got it and the kids were playing it and didn't want to stop."
BEST REASON TO BE LATE EVER
A screenshot of my TGC store, showing ExoBase, ExoShip, Crownfell, and Dice Deck as being on sale.
🥳 The sale at The Game Crafter is now live!
Most of my games are discounted. If you missed out on the #Crownfell crowd sale, or had your eye on any of these other games, now is a great time:
www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/we...
Thinking about starting up a weekly solo #Crownfell challenge, playable online, with ranked difficulty. Any interest in that kind of thing?
I'm working on a new #Crownfell expansion called Grimoire, which has extra ability cards that you hold in your hand, to use instead of taking a normal turn. Played cards go to a centre row, and are then available for your opponent to pick up.
James and I playtested the 1st draft of the cards:
Only the people who managed to snag the Metal Edition have the game, but… people are starting to play #Crownfell…! 😍
The Crownfell box stands politely to one side, watching a game being played on the playmat.
Recruit and command a unique squad of skirmishing warriors to seize the crown.
#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player chess-like card game. Control the crown space to rally the troops and revive fallen heroes!
www.thegamecrafter.com/games/crownf...
Congrats on the successful crowd sale, Mike! Crownfell's compelling art, clear structure, and small form factor make it an easy purchase—they give space for strategic depth and instant immersion, drawing in both seasoned hobbyists and new gamers alike. I'm excited to share and learn with my wife, my coworkers, and anyone else I have the pleasure to show it off to! Thank you for your hard work and creativity. The kudos are well earned!
Just got this lovely comment on the #Crownfell sale page! 🧡
#Crownfell crowd sale over, and a big success! 425 items sold, between the base game, playmat, and solo expansion.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to all the buyers; I'm so excited for you all to play my little game. 🧡
#Crownfell printed on credit cards…! 😍😍😍
I want it! 😆
A selection of Crownfell cards, printed on 30mil PVC.
@weheart.games very kindly resized the beautiful #Crownfell cards to fit the PVC credit-card-like cards that the Emerson Print Shop have. They came out great! The black and white with flashes of red/blue really suits this, I think.
Now I have to play it!
#boardgames
The entirety of #Crownfell 's existence was triggered by a throwaway joke...
With just 8 hours left in the crowd sale, here's the story of how it got started, and where it went from there. 🎲✂️
#Crownfell Crowd Sale milestone! All three items are now up to a 25% discount! 🎉👑🍾
Less than four days left to get in on the action:
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
It took quite a bit of development to get it tuned just right, but I'm very happy with how #Crownfell: Last Stand turned out. Each turn is a bit of a puzzle of its own, but contained within a larger, continuous game.
4/5
Four more days to get #Crownfell at a steep discount!
1-2 player asymmetric chess-like card game with 17 unique pieces and stunning artwork by @stregawolf.art (solo play with expansion)
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
Some Crownfell playmats on a table with the “Metal Edition is SOLD OUT” sign sitting on them.
I’ve just been informed that #Crownfell: Metal Edition is SOLD OUT!
Looks like a few mats left, which come with free PNP files. Thank you @marcelineleiman.bsky.social !! You’re a rock star. 🧡
Tonight is your only chance to snag #Crownfell: Metal Edition, at Marceline's table...!
Be sure to grab a copy of Heavenly Bodies, too. 🌌
Marceline’s table is also where you’ll find #Crownfell: Metal Edition; you can grab it AND Heavenly Bodies at the same time…! 🎉
A retro book cover titled "Mistakes Will Happen" by Grant Stewart. There's a guy moping about getting owned at a card game by a triumphant woman.
me playing #Crownfell with my 15yo son
Okay so basically I have loved Crownfell since I laid eyes on it, and not just for the art -- I been in gaming since 2000, pretty faces no longer impress me much -- but because this is basically a chesslike that actually does the promise of marrying with Magic in a way done *right*, with every card having a special (and unique) power that makes a significant impact, even for weaker pieces. (And as always for good chesslikes, a weak piece in the right situation is appropriately terrifying.) Crownfell also impressively makes full use of being cards -- the flipping of color for ownership purposes, sure, but it's just nice to be able to put special powers and movement diagrams on the "pieces" themselves, enabling every unit to be more intricate than your average molded piece figurine. And when the solo mode happened? Well, Crownfell is basically my perfect chesslike. Or indeed, my favorite abstract. Because good solo modes for abstracts are hard to come by -- and Crownfell's solo mode in the Last Stand expansion is easy to run, dynamic, and tough; all things that solo modes for abstracts can find so difficult to express. I really recommend Crownfell ^-^ and I am ofc very pleased to have an abstract with wonderful table presence packed in so tidy and small a package.
A mini #Crownfell review by @sinopiasaur.bsky.social, posted on the Button Shy discord server:
I loved Dan's perfectly succinct description of the #Crownfell playmat:
#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social!
No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*.
Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion.
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
The Crownfell box stands upright on the playmat with some cards in the background. Everything but the box is in soft focus.
Wide shot of the Crownfell playmat, the box, and all the cards.
The Crownfell box stands upright on the playmat in the middle of a game. Rude.
The Crownfell box stands politely to one side, watching a game being played on the playmat.
Took some new #Crownfell product shots today, for the big launch tomorrow...!
Here’s a full playthrough of a two player game of #Crownfell…!
I had #Crownfell: Metal Edition before I got the paper proofs, and this made me so happy when the paper cards finally arrived… that both editions feel special in their own way, rather than one being categorically “better”:
#Crownfell and its solo expansion Crownfell: Last Stand are now available on PNP Arcade…!
www.pnparcade.com/collections/...
Explosions, betrayals, and comebacks, oh my…!
Everything you need to know to play #Crownfell, in less than ten minutes:
