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Legends Untold

Created by Inspiring Games

As deep as an RPG, as fast as a card game! A Co-operative Adventure card game that allows a party of 1-4 players (1-8 with both starter sets) to explore a deep and colourful world, populated by strange curiosities, challenging trials and intelligent foes.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Escapism and the current environment
about 4 years ago – Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 12:19:18 AM

Hi guys,

I'm not sure about you guys but I certainly need some escapism in my life just now! 

I figured I would try my best to show you some of the things we are working on just now and that may lift some spirits?

The teaser above gives you a few more hints at things to come in Deepsorrow. Wait is this now Legends Untold Steampunk? No (well not just now anyway), maybe a new term called Ichorpunk might be appropriate though...

Deepsorrow is not all doom and gloom by any means. You will learn more about the name in due course. I am determined to show off some cuteness to try and raise a smile just now and would like to introduce you to one of the new Companions that will be available. I love this little guy so much!

Right now we are finishing off some of the development work so we can get the prototypes ordered up. That means checking mechanical balance, lore integrity, and interaction across the sets for all the cards. In particular we are spending time cracking the conundrum over what you would encounter in the Cold Lands compared to the Warm Lands.  We go to this effort because we want you to enjoy the maximum possible variety in your gaming experience but don't want to break that immersion by having something seriously out of place turn up in the wrong environment (unless of course you choose to make it that way).  

Sometimes it can be a head scratcher, but mostly it is good fun. We just end up working really closely with our portfolio of artists to make sure that the lore remains immersive. The process drives out some interesting questions ('why would X be wandering around this environment?') but ultimately this is a game and our golden rule is that it has to be fun. With this in mind we make sure we add in a few cards that I would call 'tension relievers' for lack of a better description. I thought you might like a look at this cheeky wee chappy for example:

Availability during Covid-19 lockdown.

We have seen a spike in orders over the past week or so.

Please be patient with us, the extraordinary events happening around the world just now are making it very challenging for our logistics partners to ship to some countries.

We very much want you all to join the family and escape to another world at this difficult time.

We will ship out goods as quick as our partners are able to.
 

I hope this update may in some way raise spirits. We will continue at our end to make content and get those new adventuring experiences ready for you to play. In the meantime we hope that you are all safe and offer our best wishes to you and your families during this difficult period.

Cheers

Kev and Hugh

A little bit more about Deepsorrow
about 4 years ago – Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:30:42 PM

https://mailchi.mp/921038c2cc29/welcome-to-inspiring-games-4859673 

Hi guys,

Please see the link to the latest mailing list update I just sent out. Apologies to those that get multiple notifications, we're just trying to make everyone gets the news whether they are backers or otherwise.

Best wishes to you all

Cheers

IG 

Just sharing a 'Welcome to IG' letter I sent out to the mailing list
about 4 years ago – Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 11:43:27 PM

https://mailchi.mp/1d3acf7d1242/welcome-to-inspiring-games

Hi guys,

I sent the content in the link above out a wee while ago to those on the mailing list. I thought it best to share the link for those that have not seen it.

Peter - it's not a Liche but that merchant is definitely in need of some Vitamin D, well actually all of the nutrients really, oxygen, a pulse, possibly some adventurers to gnaw on...

Best wishes to you all  - more soon!

Cheers

IG

Thank you and World building WIP
about 4 years ago – Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:51:24 PM

Hey guys, here is a super quick one today to say thank you so much for all the sign-ups to the Deepsorrow release Newsletter.

We went up from 450 to just shy of 600 in 10 days, that is amazing!  We are immensely grateful, this helps us build confidence as we move towards the launch of Deepsorrow. 

To say thanks I want to share two images with you and do a little bit of world building.

1) This is an Iceni Fenwalker, she has travelled far from the western portion of Ridaru (the Celti Royal Lands) and has been hired for her special talents to work in The Great Sewer of Dun Mordhain. This is part of an NPC card we want to make for you in Deepsorrow (the other half has been cut off to avoid spoilers for now hence the portrait orientation rather than the usual landscape orientation for a Discovery card).

2) Here is a WIP shot of the northern portion of the map I previously mentioned. This shows the very tip of the Realm known as Frozen Breath at the top (underneath the Title Bar), then the Cold Sea (marked as S2).  The rest of this portion shows you the Realm of the Cold Lands. 

Please notes the location codes are deliberately marked in high contrast cyan, magenta etc. to help our cartographer Pieter. All of the codes will be changes into beautiful script on the map (you can see some on the far left have been done already). And then the Cold Lands (amongst other Realms we told you about) will be born in map form giving you lots of places to explore and us lots of places to describe in some future supplements we hope.

It's a massive undertaking, but we think building an immersive world for you all to explore makes it totally worth it.

Finally, in case you are wondering, our Fenwalker comes from (roughly) #61 and earns her living keeping #80 clear of nasty things.

Please bear in mind this is still WIP and requires lots of labels to be added and settlement icons etc. There is only one settlement icon on there just now, Dun Mordhain, to at least help you get your bearings.

Hopefully that gets some of you inspired to go adventuring!

Best wishes to you and all your families.

Cheers

IG

PS - In case anyone asks! If you do wish to sign up and make sure you get the launch notification the link is available at:

www.inspiringgames.com

Deepsorrow Update
about 4 years ago – Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 12:54:06 AM

A new year and a new adventure!

Hey folks, a belated Happy New Year to you all!

Here is a quick update from us on Deepsorrow.

Artwork

A significant amount of the card art has now been collected.

The box art is still being worked through, we have one important hurdle to overcome (character design on one of the new Occupations) which we need to get right to ensure that the box art reflects the card art correctly. Getting this right takes time. The box art will be another 5 weeks I believe before it is ready.

Mechanics and Testing

Hugh and I are just checking out a few tweaks we had the other day to make sure they wash through correctly. Probably the most exciting hints I can give are that we want to make sure that:

1) The new Treasure deck and any Locked/Sealed items work correctly  and enhance the exploration concept as per your feedback.

2) That the new Apothecary Reagents work in harmony with the plant based Alchemy Reagents so that you have further occupation choices both in terms of breadth and depth.

World building and Cinematic Campaign

The new extended map is now at the labelling stage which means we can share something with you in due course with place names on it. This will make it far easier to visualise how the parallel campaign arcs of the Weeping Caves, The Great Sewers, and Illumination of Deepsorrow integrate with one another. For those that are asking about the Legends Tabletop RPG, this is also potentially the beginning of that project.

The exploration entries for the Deepsorrow Campaign book are being written and extended. These will help you have an enriched exploration experience as well as learn more about Mor Nadar as you play.

Timing of Launch?

Alas is is still too early to confirm that yet, I will keep you posted though! We need to get prototypes back to ensure it all works correctly before we launch. Given that we will have in the order of 300+ new cards to check it is really important we get those prototypes back first.

Deepsorrow Launch sign up

I wanted to thank everybody who has signed up to the list so far. When we launched the first campaign we had a sign up list of about 230 which we deleted last year to ensure compliance with GDPR. I am now pleased to say that from a standing start we are now at over 450 people who have signed up. This is really appreciated and helps build our confidence for what we hope will be a successful launch. We are nearly at double the initial numbers. Thank you!

If you do wish to sign up and make sure you get the launch notification the link is available at:

 www.inspiringgames.com 

I know a number of you are keen to know more, I hope that helps for now.


Best wishes to you all.

Kev and Hugh

IG