Slay the Spire Board Game Expansion Downfall Hits Goal in 3 Minutes
The Japanese crowdfunding for a board game expansion based on a fan mod replicated the explosive demand seen in the overseas Kickstarter campaign.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer.
Kenbill launched a CAMPFIRE campaign for the Japanese version of the Slay the Spire board game expansion Downfall on May 15. The crowdfunding reached its 5 million yen goal in 3 minutes, passed 10 million yen at 5 minutes, 20 million yen at 17 minutes, and collected over 44 million yen in about two hours. The expansion is based on the fan-made mod of the same name.
The Japanese version of the Slay the Spire board game expansion Downfall opened its crowdfunding campaign on CAMPFIRE at 20:00 on May 15. Kenbill, the company handling the Japanese release, reported that the campaign achieved its 5 million yen target within three minutes. Supporters pushed the total past 10 million yen at five minutes, 20 million yen at 17 minutes, and over 44 million yen roughly two hours after launch.
The expansion adapts the popular Downfall mod created by the fan community of the original deck-building roguelike video game. In the board game version, players control boss characters from the base game-Slime Boss, Guardian, Hexaghost, and Hermit-alongside the standard playable characters to defeat Neow. The overseas Kickstarter for the expansion raised about $2.3 million after hitting its $50,000 goal in 10 minutes, but did not offer a Japanese edition, prompting Kenbill to run a separate domestic campaign.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.