Adventurer's Kit Update #11 - Stretch Goal Unlocked! 4 Exclusive World Wonder Cards
almost 9 years ago – Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 09:34:30 AM

Exclusive World Wonder Cards Unlocked!

Thanks for all your support, Adventurer's Kit has entered a new level of 30K. We are offering everyone a bonus set of cards!

At this level, we are adding 4 exclusive world wonder cards to all the backers of Adventurer's Kit. This includes Great Wall of China, Pyramids of Giza, Parthenon of Greece, and Tikal of Maya.

Hope you like our choice, and please leave a comment and tell us you thoughts :)

Adventurer's Kit Update #7 - Important Correction of Our Artifact
almost 9 years ago – Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 09:38:46 AM

Maya or Aztec? That is a question.

Last week, as we launched our campaign for a couple of days, we received this message:

"The Aztec calendar artifact is presented as Mayan. As Mexican parents it is very important to us that our children learn about their heritage and culture and we really hope that it is not too late to make the correction in regards to the calendar artifact. " 

It will be a shocking news to us if proved true, since the Maya Calendar from our game is chosen as one of the 4 major artifact for excavation. Most importantly, we did do some research and we thought we were correct.

After days of research, and contacting a Maya expert, we were sure that we made a mistake. The image we chose (a very famous one) for the artifact, was actually called the Aztec Calendar Stone, aka Sun Stone. We also found out that this was an often mistake made by designers, gamers, and bloggers. For example, a really popular game called Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar got it totally wrong. 
(Sad to know that it may have misled millions of player around the world :/ )

Here we found a present a depiction of the two calendars:

Please also note that Aztec and Maya are two separated civilizations, neither one is the ancestor of the other, so they should not be linked together.

Cultural Education

To us, information correctness is our top priority when it comes to education. 

Every civilization deserves a correct interpretation from others. Such correctness is the basics of respect and cultural education. So we spend some time updating our Kickstarter page, changing the description from Maya Calendar to Aztec Calendar, and also updating this information to the factories making Adventurer's Kit.

In the ending of this update, we would like to say thanks to our Mexican friend for reminding us before production, so that we could have a chance to make it right : )

Reference

1. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_calendar_stone

2. National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/ancient/enlarge/aztec-stone.html

3. Exhibited in National Anthropology Museum Mexico:
http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/coleccion/pieza-243/ficha-basica.html

Adventurer's Kit Update #10 - Media Coverage From The Toy Insider
almost 9 years ago – Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 09:38:13 AM

Media Coverage From The Toy Insider

Today we just found out that Adventurer's Kit was on the blog page of The Toy Insider , one of the most well-known toy Media in US!

The Toy Insider usually covers the most popular and interesting new stuff for kids, and we are proud to be presented on their page. We're sharing this news with you guys who  have been supporting us from the very beginning :)

Read more from: http://www.thetoyinsider.com/get-excited-about-the-past-with-adventurers-kit/

Adventurer's Kit Update #8 - Full Color Guidebook +12 Pages
almost 9 years ago – Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:02:10 AM

A Better Guidebook

Hey guys, thanks for all the support! With your help, we unlocked the guidebook upgrade, meaning an extra 12 full color pages will be added to your guidebook, with a total of 36 pages (in both Chinese and English versions).

We are not merely creating a rule book, but instead adding a full picture story and extra background knowledge of the game in it!

Our next goal is to unlock the four World Wonder cards. Excited?

Team Shepherd Kit

Adventurer's Kit Update #8 - Treasure Chest Boards Added + Easier Stretch Goals
almost 9 years ago – Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:01:42 AM

We just want to make a better game!

Less than 3 weeks to go, right now we are doing everything to make our game better. 

To fulfill the advanced rule requirements, we decided to add 4 Treasure Chest Boards into each of our game.

In addition, we are making our stretch goals easier to achieve! 

The closest one is to +50% of our full color guidebook pages (in both languages). Share the good news with your families and friends, because we're gonna be there soon!