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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:

Shipping update and other things
almost 5 years ago – Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 11:36:57 PM

Hi guys, quick update from me:

Americas Lane Fulfilment

US Shipping

QML have now sent out the packages to all addresses for all backers. QML have also sent out their games to The Game Steward for those who purchase via our friends there.

Many of you have been sharing that you have received your games already - thank you!

Depending on your proximity to Florida the rest of you should be receiving your game next week or with some exceptions slightly later than that. 


Canadian Shipping

Snakes & Lattes have confirmed that the shipment has arrived with them safely - they will be sending out packages to those who backed and pre-ordered the game in the week commencing 21 April.


Other Shipping in the Americas

QML have sent out the packages. These will be with you but please allow for a period of time for it to arrive from Florida in line with normal expectations for such a journey.


UK/Europe/RoW

This has been an incredible source of frustration for us at IG, our distribution partners and most importantly to you our backers and pre-order clients. Once again I am sorry, I will try to explain what has happened. Please rest assured we are very frustrated at the situation also, particularly given how smooth the Oceania and Americas shipping has been.

As you know the Al Zubara was carrying the container from Shanghai via the Suez Cannal to Rotterdam, where it was due to be transferred to another ship for onwards shipping to Grangemouth in Scotland where we at IG will complete fulfilment for you.

The ship which OTX arranged to collect the ship from Rotterdam has been rescheduled by the shipping company twice, they tell me that this is an extremely unusual situation, but that the feeder ships had to be rebooked because of 'stability issues'. I am told the container is now on the Andromeda J (Cypriot flag).

Looking at this ship on Vesselfinder suggests the ship is currently in Hull and due in to Grangemouth this week.  In my experience of this whole thing be very wary of trusting the eta date on Vesselfinder, the Al Zubara date moved by a week easily as it sat outside Rotterdam and also moved to different ports.

To be fair there is not much between Hull and Grangemouth in terms of likely port calls but I am putting the caveat to you all that I will await final confirmation that the container has arrived rather than say to you we will definitely have the games on XX day. It just seems to be a less exact science than I imagined it would be.

We know you want your games, we really want you to join the party and get your games. We will absolutely turn them around and get them out to you as soon as we can guys.

Once again I apologise for the delay.


Promo cards

A few of you have been asking about the cards marked 'NP' in the Caves box. The card code stands for Novice Promo and is a gift from us to you. The four Locations are based on rooms/areas of the NEC where the UKGE takes place. The three loot cards represent potential hints of things to come and also a pet Molog. We wanted to give you a fluffy Molog but it just not feasible, this was the next best thing. We tied all this together with two adventures to make a total of 8 promo cards for you. This therefore is the UKGE2017/2018 Novice Promo set (card code NP). We know that not everybody can make it to UKGE so this is our way of saying thanks to ALL of you.

You can use the cards as part of the Novice Promo Adventures and also intermix them with any other adventures as you wish.


FAQ

For now we want to retain one version of this, it is placed here as many of you use BGG and it is easy to retain and modify. I know that you do not all use BGG, in due course we will create a copy on the IG Download Centre section when it settles down and seems stable.

 https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2153176/legends-untold-faq  


Environments

A few of you have been asking about ASID. Here is an update of the master model showing how the environments mesh together. It is still a WIP just now and very much subject to change guys. This is us modelling out how potentially all the environments from Novice, ASID, Apprentice and Journeyman join together in a 3D environment:

Cool arty Dragon Dice picture!

A quick shout out to Vader Van Odin for this photograph on Instagram. Thank you so much, you have really captured those dice in a beautiful way!

That's all for now folks, I will be in touch next week when I hear more from OTX.

Wishing you and all your families the very best.

Cheers

IG

Shipping update
almost 5 years ago – Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 01:21:26 AM

Hey guys super quick one from me today:


Shipping update

Asia - as per my previous update I was somewhat overzealous in my expectations as to how long it takes things to reach the various parts of Asia from China.  I am told that everything has been sent out and should be arriving this week. If you have not received your games by the end of this week please let me know.

Oceania - everything has been posted out. We had one issue in NZ which turned up two days later. If any of you have not received your game please let me know. 

Americas - I'm pleased to say all the paperwork has been completed and the test packages have been approved. We are in a queue behind Gloom of Kilforth and Microbrew (two UK Indy Publishers whom I know well ironically), I'm told they should begin fulfilment in this coming week folks.

UK/Europe/RoW - The Al Zubara reached Rotterdam today - at last! Please note this is a further 4 days behind schedule from my last update and will impact on deliveries accordingly.  Apparently me shouting at the screen on Vesselfinder makes no impact on international container shipping...

 I would hope therefore that the games will now be with IG on 12th April at the latest. 


How to get the Sewers and Dragon Dice

A number of you in Asia and Oceania have got in touch to ask how you can now buy the Sewers set and or Dragon Dice.  These can be purchased via your local gaming shops who should get in touch with a distributor to source the produce. 

For Asia this is VFI.

For Australia/NZ this is VR Distribution. 


ASID

There has been a series of questions around the forthcoming ASID expansion and what it will include. I am also grateful to the comments here and for the thread on BGG which has outlined your wishlist.

Please note nothing is set in stone, we are still confirming our thoughts on future direction however many of our existing design decisions anticipated a number of your 'wishlist' items.

For now I will refresh your memories with this diagram showing you the two existing novice ranks environments alongside the three planned apprentice rank environments.


In due course we intend to share a revised version of this diagram showing you how the ASID content fits in to the world you have seen so far.


For now, best wishes to you and all your families.

And for those celebrating it - Happy Mother's Day!


Cheers

IG

Delivery update, Rules Errata
about 5 years ago – Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 02:47:39 AM

Hi guys,

Shipping Update

Rules Errata

a super quick update from me on shipping and our first rules errata.


Shipping Update

Oceania - 

Games have been received in Australia and now in New Zealand. Thank you very much for all of the notifications telling us you have received your games. Also thank you for the kind words and ratings on BGG. 


Asia - 

Games have been received in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. They should be reaching Singapore and Thailand next week, with other destinations the week after at the latest. Apologies I got a bit overenthusiastic in the last update and thought they would all be with you by now.  VFI have been a great shipping partner to work with, I was inaccurate in my prediction on how long it would take mail to get across Asia.


Americas - 

The games are all with QML and they should start reaching some of you next week depending upon your proximity to Florida. I have 4 outstanding backers who have not supplied me with an address. I have tried to contact you via KS, BGG, Facebook and email. If you have received a message from me please respond.

Please note two of you are seasoned backers, having backed well over 200 projects each. Please do check your spam inboxes.


UK/RoW - 

For those of you following the Al Zubara, you may have noticed it came through the Bay of Biscay and then docked at Southampton. This was not unexpected however my understanding from there was that the ship would dock at Rotterdam and then we would receive a feeder vessel from Rotterdam due to get in to Grangemouth on 21 March. I then allowed for 7 days customs/onward transportation to IG and hence stated 28 March as the date the games would reach us for final fulfilment to you.

This has not happened. The ship left Southampton, then sailed for Le Havre and is currently in Hamburg. OTX tell me that the container will now arrive in Rotterdam on 27 March with the ETA of the vessel at Grangemouth revised to 1st April. I would hope therefore that the games will now be with IG on 8th April at the latest.

I totally get that many of you in the UK/Europe/RoW fulfilment lane will be disappointed with the shipping news, I share your frustration. Unfortunately I do not have much control over the shipping company OTX, however I will most definitely give you updates as soon as I know more. Our other shipping destinations (Australia and America) arranged by OTX have been on schedule with no hassle. To me the right thing to do is let you know now so that you are aware there is a currently an 11 day shipping delay caused via the freight shipping.


Rules Errata

I have been adding to the FAQ on BGG as we go. We now have our first rules errata - thanks to Nic Faussett for the query around Plot cards. 

Plot cards were introduced as a further surprise by us, a gift to the backers/purchasers. Plot cards are included for three reasons:

1) To represent how much of the Weeping Caves you uncover in the Campaign, you keep a tally of the amount you find and what that means will be revealed in a future expansion (if we fund).

2) They serve a specific purpose in a couple of the supplied Adventures.

3) They are there to encourage creativity in a homebrew Adventure. The idea is that these are omni cards that can be used to represent anything (hostages, devious traps, mystical spells that you set off). They are only bound by your own imagination really.

This should have been explained better by us in the book, it has been a genuine oversight. My apologies to you all. 


ERRATA FOR PAGE 24 of the Weeping Caves Campaign Book.
The last paragraph should read as follows:
Shuffle three Plot cards into the Adventure deck for each Episode in the Weeping Caves Campaign, except for WC-EP07 where they are not used. Plot cards are simply found and collected. Whenever you draw a Plot card from the Adventure deck always immediately draw the next card in the Adventure deck in line with the normal rules. The 'Plot Cards Found' column is used to write down how many Plot cards you find during a given Episode, these will be important at a later point.
 

For now I wish you and your families all the best.

Cheers

IG

Delivery has begun, a glimpse of the future
about 5 years ago – Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 11:55:24 PM

Hi guys, 

I've been waiting to write this for a long time - but by now, some of you have got your games!

Delivery update

No more address changes

A glimpse of the future


Delivery update

Asia - VFI have now shipped out all of their games. If you live in Asia and have not received your game by the end of this week please get in touch.

Oceania - VR distribution have now shipped out all of their games. If you live in Australia, New Zealand or French Polynesia and have not received your game by the end of this week please get in touch.

Americas - The ship landed at Jacksonville, has passed through customs and arrived at QML today! Games will begin shipping out immediately.

Europe/RoW - The ship is currently in Southampton, it still needs to visit Rotterdam and then Grangemouth. We are due to receive the game at IG on Mar 28 (subject to customs clearance and shipping delays), we will then commence shipping them out to you after that.


No more address changes

We have tried to be as flexible as possible but we can not make any more address changes for you at this stage. Everybody who has been in touch has been accommodated, however we need to crack on with the final posting.


A glimpse of the future

I have put together some graphics below to give you a taste of what we are developing and an insight into the vision. I wanted to mention Peter "Apple Head" Anderson at this point. In the same way that Rene is obsessed with Dragon Dice, Peter is particularly vocal about us making the Ancient Crypts environment (Liches are particularly high on the wish list). It is our long term vision to deliver the Ancient Crypts in the Apprentice rank content, for those that are unsure of what I mean I will give a super quick recap here:

There is a place just outside Dun Mordhain known as Seann Aite or 'Old Place' by the Celti. The Brethren simply refer to it is as the Ancient Crypts. For centuries the Druids would not permit the Celti to enter the dark halls for they said there were things inside that were older, much older, than even they could fathom. But when the Newcomers arrived the number of dead increased rapidly and, reluctantly, to avoid the spread of disease, the Celti began to bury their loved ones inside.

Scared dwellers of the great city now complain that at night they can hear the clash of arms, the blare of the carnyx and the screams of ancient tongues long forgotten. Here are two of the concept pieces for the Ancient Crypts that I have shared before:

And as for Liches...well in the Age of Dreams there once walked a race so ancient and powerful the Celti simply refer to them as the Dia Fir or 'God-men':

Why am I telling you this here?  Are we making the Ancient Crypts just now?

No, (sorry Peter), and for good reason. The Apprentice rank content will materially move forward the difficulty level for Legends and we want to include a number of new design concepts at that point. 

However the Ancient Crypts environment does provide a perfect launchpad of explaining the vision and in particular allows me to explain one of the cards you will have received or will shortly receive from us.  When your game is delivered you will all receive a set of 8 promo cards. One of these is the 'Hall of Heroes' (based on the rpg room at UKGE). This Location gives you a taste of what is to come.  The diagram below shows the  vision we have for Legends Untold, which is to let you interact with as many things as possible, to bring a world to life for you so that you can explore and enjoy it in bite sized chunks.  If you look below you will see the promo card along with the original concept art for the Hall and also a key showing interesting things that could potentially be found within.

Of course if we do make these cards, none of these items need to be used. Legends is your game to be played with as you wish. What we want to do is give you the options to say:

The floor of this chamber is glowing with pale spheres strewn among the skulls. Here you have found some Necro Fungi - do you want to try a sample or even brew a potion with it?

The great slab has some ornate carvings on them - wait could these be? Yes, indeed they are, this is a Silksign fragment! Will you try to harness the power of the Aether Silk within and control the wild magic of the Aetheru language?

A shiny gem sits encrusted on the massive throne of the Dia Fir warrior. Will you take it and use it for good luck? Perhaps you studied Petromagika with the Gnimshka Gemcutters and know how to use it's luster to an even greater effect!


Please note all of this is purely developmental just now and subject to change. I really just wanted to show you the wider world we have planned for Mor Nadar and how the planned ASID campaign may bring new gaming functionality for you to explore.

Importantly, your promo card does not have the coloured circles on it!  These are just to help explain the concept and vision to you.

Finally I wanted to thank all of you early receivers for your feedback to date. We now finally have a rank on BGG! 

Please do let us know when your games arrive. It is great to see you all receiving them as they turn up.

Best wishes to you and all your families.

Cheers

IG
















Shipping update
about 5 years ago – Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 01:10:44 AM

Shipping update

Download Centre

Future plans


A Bit of Fun

OK before I go any further I need to put this picture at the start of the post (so I can put another one further down).  If you don't want to play please just ignore this. If you want to play have a look at the picture here:

Caveat (This is much harder to do on a phone rather than a PC - please note this is just a bit of fun).

This is doing a bit of a digital LARP for the ASID expansion. You are looking for four runes written in a mysterious language known as Aetheru. The runes are known as Silksign, they are deliberately very faint, almost like the trail of a snail left on a path. On which four lettered stones do you think you can see the runes?

Right I will come to that later in the update!


Shipping update

OK exciting news folks I have more details from our shipping partner OTX and can confirm the following

Backers in Asia

The games have been collected by VFI and will begin shipping next week. This will take between two to three weeks depending on where you are in Asia. Please note I have updated all address changes that you have sent to me. I can not make any more address changes at this stage.


Backers in Oceania

The games have arrived at VR Distribution in Adelaide and will begin shipping next week. This will take about two weeks for Australia, another week or so for New Zealand and up to another week after that for French Polynesia.  Please note I have updated all address changes that you have sent to me. I can not make any more address changes at this stage.


Backers in the Americas

The CMA CGM DALILA recently docked in Houston, Texas and is now heading for Mobile, Alabama. It is due in to Jacksonville, Florida on March 10. Please note the shipment then needs customs clearance, and for Quartermaster Logistics to complete fulfillment so that your games can reach you. I would estimate you should have it early April depending on your proximity to QML in Florida. Please note I have updated all address changes that you have sent to me. I only have a few more days left to make any address changes, after that I can not make any more changes I'm afraid.


Backers in Europe and the Rest of the World

The AL ZUBARA is just about to enter the Suez Canal!  It is due to get into Grangemouth, Scotland on March 21. Please note it then needs customs clearance, and for the games to get to Inspiring Games to complete fulfillment. This week we helped out a fellow creator fulfill their game 'Wreck and Ruin' so that we could see exactly what was required. We are getting everything in place now to get the games out to you as soon as we receive them. I would estimate that you will all have your games from Mid to late April. Please note I have updated all address changes that you have sent to me. I only have a few more days left to make any address changes, after that I can not make any more changes I'm afraid.


Download Centre

I have uploaded Player Aids in A4 and in A5 Friendly format (the latter so you can fit them inside the Caves or Sewers Box.  I have also uploaded the Cinematic Campaign Record Sheets for you so that if you wish to play the Cinematic Campaign you can record your progress on these sheets.

You can find them on a new Inspiring Games Download Centre here:

 https://www.inspiringgames.com/legends-untold-download-centre/ 

And also on BGG here:

 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/198832/legends-untold 

Please note the Campaign Sheets await approval from Admins on BGG but should show up in the next day or so.


Future plans

Here's a bit of a fun intro to our next planned expansion: A Step Into Darkness (ASID) for those that are interested. I will caveat this right away by saying, as I have said before, this expansion will not launch until you all have your games and we have had some time to digest your feedback. Equally so a lot of you have asked for some more information about ASID so hopefully this gets you in the mood!

Before the Newcomers brought their strange new art called Arcana there existed a (now mostly forgotten) wilder form of magic known as Aetheru.

The true masters of Aetheru were the ancient race known as the Areten, innately magical beings who had the ability to scribe the magical Aether Silk directly on to stones. The marks or 'Silksigns' were a way of communicating among one another however most of the Areten have perished and left this world. A few folk in Mor Nadar claim to have seen the Areten in the wild mountains west of Na Glinn but they are mostly dismissed as drunks or attention seekers. Note if you go right back to the original KS Campaign Map you will see the Areten mentioned.

The Aegyptoi, however, are rumoured to have a much deeper understanding of both the Areten and the Aetheru language. Their Librarians have told travelers that Silksigns can lay dormant for centuries and that the Aether Silk can be reactivated by a Reader with the correct knowledge and understanding of Aetheru. Silksigns are extremely difficult to see and when found they are much prized by an adventuring Scribe.

Remember the picture you saw above - what letters did you pick?

The correct answer is  - K, L, G, D.  Here they are with a more pronounced marking for you:

This is just concept stuff. You won't be trying to find Silksigns like this in the game!

One thing we want to introduce in ASID is the Aetheru language. If you choose to follow the path of the Scribe you will carry with you a number of scrolls which will in turn power spells. These spells will work in a very different way to the Arcana based Talents you will find in the Caves and Sewers sets. For one thing Aetheru is much more wild and unpredictable, it also requires the Reader (the person using the scroll) to have access to Aether Silk to be able to power the spell. The Aether Silk can be found in fragments during your adventures, you will be trying to find these fragments to further your knowledge of Aetheru and your ability to use scrolls accordingly.

This is just one of the many things we want to introduce in the planned ASID expansion. This is why a character from Memf (on the map below), may be of interest to some of you.

In the meantime we are back to focusing on getting you your games.

Best wishes to you and your families.

Cheers

IG