Lazy duplicate write-ups continue… Moving to a new home, travel, planting a garden, and getting settled have taken my time! Argh!! 🏡🔧🪴✅🙄
Basic download on the bundle… before I wax poetic about non game related things… 😉
Another INSANE production, with some SOLID gameplay, by the team at Awaken Realms! Wow… just WOW!
The Upstart offering here is the Dreadnaught Gameplay All-in Pledge with SUNDROP wash – at a SOLID price point (or at least I think so)!
Bantering commences about life and gardening and time…
(Scroll down to “Bundle Details” if you have no patience for my meandering prose 😆)
Hello all! OK… let’s see. First, let me admit that nothing has TAKEN my time (as I noted above)… hehe. I have chosen to apply my time to those things.. and well, I wanted to at least be honest about that. 😉 I am the pilot of my spaceship… or at least the co-pilot… haha. 🚀👽❓
Although, with that admission complete, I will also admit that it is very difficult to sit inside and generate game write ups when the weather is gorgeous and I want to be outside.
Sooooo… I guess I have chosen to make less time for write ups… which is painful to admit to myself… but I promise that eventually, I will get back to my side-splitting commentary and banter. HONEST! Until then, if you’re missing my poetic yarns… shoot me a text and we can chat directly for a minute. I’m always happy to hear from a fellow Upstart! ☺️❤️
Also, I should note that planting a garden is insanely fun! Sure, it was also a lot of work and sweat… and bug bites… haha. But it was SO worth it! Everything is starting to grow… and I am especially excited to see that the corn and sunflower seeds given to me by one of my favorite LITRPG authors, Terry W. Ervin II, have started to grow!
Random side note… I am a HUGE fan of LITRPG and I am always on the hunt for the latest and greatest in that genre. I played D&D as a teenager and well.. that adventurer storyline still appeals to me a great deal.
<seriously… if this is painful to read… scroll down to see the bundle deets!>
<ohhh… I should grow beets! Darn you A.D.D.>
Anyhoo… I stumbled across Terry’s “Monsters, Maces and Magic” series a year or two ago and I read every book in the series! SO GOOD!!!
He mentioned something about planting corn in his newsletter and I wrote back and the next thing you know he was sending me some seed samples. The first batch got lost on their way through the mail… so he sent a second batch… all at his cost! He is a wonderful human and I sincerely appreciated that he pressed on with a second batch to try and get them through!!
So for me, seeing those seeds bloom is especially gratifying! 🌱😃
Also, if you’re a fan of LITRPG… check out his series… I promise you.. it will not disappoint! Here’s a link to his site –> LINK TO TERRY W. ERVIN II WEBSITE <– the books are all available on amazon and are part of Kindle Unlimited. I do not gain anything monetary or otherwise by you clicking that link. I am just super excited by LITRPG and I know it can be hard to find a new author in the genre…
See… I still have some bantering in me! Hahaha…
OK… OK… moving along… 😉
**Bundle details**
This Upstart offering is just one bundle – no more and no less.
This bundle is the Dreadnaught Gameplay All-in pledge in SUNDROP which features the Core Game, the Close Encounters Miniatures Expansion, The Personnel Files Expansion, the Deadly Frontier Campaign, The Lost Fleet Campaign, all the unlocked stretch goals, and the upgraded starry dice – ALL in SUNDROP (where applicable… I mean, I don’t think the dice are sundrop treated… hehe).
What more can I possibly say?
ISS VANGUARD has an outstanding ranking on BGG and it’s up there for a reason! SOLID game… incredible production… oozing theme at every turn! This is a FANTASTIC game… and if you missed out on the Gamefound campaign… and you want to get the sundrop version for essentially the same price that everyone is selling the non sun drop for right now… this is your moment! Game On, Upstarts… Game ON!
Original campaign link!
You can visit the original campaign HERE to see all the juicy bits that are included with this fantastic game!
If you have ANY questions.. please reach out! I am here to help! 😊
I’m usually available unless I’m driving, flying (usually in a jet) or asleep! 😅🚗✈️💤
Moving, gardening, summering Upstart signing off! ❤️
Ages: | 13+ |
Players: | 1 – 4 |
Play Time: | 90 – 120 minutes |
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SKU: | Awaken Realms 008 |
MSRP: |
At the time of this listing (JUNE 2024) this bundle
*WITHOUT the sundrop* was selling for $450 and up!
on a few different sites.
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Upstart Price: | $425.00 – IN SUNDROP, people! SUNDROP! |
Links to BGG: |
1 in stock
Description
Another INSANE production with some SOLID gameplay by the team at Awaken Realms! Wow… just WOW!
And, here at Upstart, I’ve got the Dreadnaught Gameplay All-in Pledge with SUNDROP wash for you at what I think is a SOLID price point!
That includes the Core Game, the Close Encounters Miniatures Expansion, The Personnel Files Expansion, the Deadly Frontier Campaign, The Lost Fleet Campaign, all the unlocked stretch goals, and the upgraded starry dice – ALL in SUNDROP (where applicable… I mean, I don’t think the dice are sundrop treated… hehe). 😊🚀❤️🎉👍
MIKEDROP. Boom.
The Lost Fleet is a continuation of the best-selling board game ISS Vanguard, offering players multiple new options and a complex, intriguing plot.
Many years after Vanguard’s initial journey, the global government is shocked by frightening news: Earth’s most modern ships have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. The sole remaining interstellar spaceship, the good-old Vanguard, is swiftly refitted to embark on a rescue mission. Little do the crew know that they are about to stumble upon one of the Universe’s darkest secrets.
Lost Fleet campaign is a stretch goal reached during the ISS Vanguard Crowdfunding. This box increases the replayability and variance of ISS Vanguard. This Stretch Goal campaign takes place decades after the original Vanguard mission. With three much newer Earth’s star ships mysteriously gone, it is up to the ageing ISS Vanguard to take flight once again in a daring mission on the far fringes of the known galaxy.
This expansion ships in 2nd wave
Includes:
– New System Maps book with 10 Outer Arm Star Systems with over 35 places to visit
– New 26-page Planetopedia with new and exciting planet types to play on
– Logbook – a 58-page journal with a thrilling story full of investigation, adventure and narrow escapes
– New Threats
– New 9 high-quality custom dice
– New equipment and abilities
– New technology and discoveries
– Ship Book upgrades
– New Projects
Deadly Frontier is full add-on campaign centered on a group of survivors who build a new home in the far reaches of the galaxy.
Includes:
– Over 700 cards
– 12 models
– 12+ cardboard Ship Book pages
– New galactic map with 30+ systems
– New Planetopedia with 18+ boards
– A new Log Book with 80+ pages of an exciting story
Personnel Files is a gameplay expansion, adding more character depth to all of the 90 crew members – learn their personal stories as well as unlock “veteran” state after meeting special requirements.
The cards offer personal quests for every crew member that may join the ranks of “your” ISS Vanguard crew. These give additional “powers” for every crew member.
Includes:
- 90 Veteran cards
- Book with 180 extra personal stories
—description from the publisher and a BGG user summary (Personnel Files)
Additional information
Weight | 34.8 lbs |
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Dimensions | 18 × 18 × 18 in |
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