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Dark Rituals: Malleus Maleficarum

Created by Dark Gate Games

1-4 Heroes battle the Witch Master in this miniatures based board game set in a magic infused Middle Ages realm.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Calling all Crew!
over 3 years ago – Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:08:24 AM

Once again, we need to get creative on how to lift the spirits of our Crew! And when it comes to lifting spirits...a nice bundle always gets the job done.

However, we want to make sure to give back to the backers who believe in this project enough to give up other games and choose Neo-Morphosis! So, instead of providing a bundle in the pledge manager, we are going to open a new pledge level!

This new pledge saves you $10 if you have selected a Hive pledge and it saves $15 if you are here with a $1 pledge and aim to get a late pledge later on. Is this tempting enough?

You can do a lot with those $10! You can get a set of the marble dice or another Ella Ridley. You can also get one XXXXX [DOCUMENT REDACTED BY THE SYNDICATE]!

US Container and Solo Mode
over 3 years ago – Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 06:43:06 PM

Hello Heroes!

We have a very short update today. The shipment to our US Hub, Quartermaster, has been unloaded and is in Customs as we speak. If there are no further delays, Quartermaster will start shipping on 16th November.

Addresses are now locked for all locales. We cannot change any addresses at this time.

We have posted the Solo Rules and Encounters on the Dark Gate Games website:

Solo Mode 

It’s ready for you to download, review and play. We will wait a little time for feedback and make some adjustments if necessary, then send it for translation.

Stay safe, stay sane, and pick a side!

Neo-Morphosis: Infestation is LIVE and FUNDED on Kickstarter! Early birds available for a limited time.
over 3 years ago – Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:41:06 AM

Welcome Witch Masters!


How about a leap into the future with Neo-Morphosis: Infestation?

We are excited to announce that our re-launch for Neo-Morphosis: Infestation has funded in less than 2 hours and is now live on Kickstarter! Neo-Morphosis: Infestation is a Sci-Fi fast-paced fully co-operative survival game for 1-4 players.


In this re-launch, we have changed the artistic style of the game for a darker mood and improved the gameplay with new thrilling mechanics that will make the experience even more challenging!

For this campaign, we have a 48 hours Early Bird period during which you get a free Kickstarter Exclusive Crew Member, Ella Ridley, for Hatchery ($90), Hive ($135), and Retail ($540) pledges. If you are interested in backing, we would hate for you to miss this opportunity.


Our Early Bird offer ends on October 29 at 4pm CET / 11am EDT

Visit our Kickstarter page to discover all about details, stretch goals, pledge tiers, and the latest news!

Click here for our new campaign.

A small delay for EU backers and a typo
over 3 years ago – Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 01:04:54 AM

Welcome Witch Masters!


Filippo, CEO and game designer here with flash news on fulfillment for our backers in Europe.


Today we received the news that EU orders will suffer a small delay. GamesQuest will begin shipping Dark Rituals on 16th November and will ship all 2000+ European orders within 10 working days.


What happened?

 As I am sure you have heard, there is a lot of shipping at the moment. Shipping lanes, docks, customs and fulfillment centers are very busy, not only with the extra volume, but because workers have to manage with new protocols and some are off sick.

You already saw a delay with our UK shipment getting into the docks, now there has been a delay in clearing customs. Customs is the nemesis of so many Kickstarter projects! As a result, we have lost our window with GamesQuest to ship at the end of October. Since they did not have Dark Rituals: Malleus Maleficarum on hand, they could not start mailing out rewards and moved on to another project that had arrived in their warehouse. While this is understandable, it’s clearly unfortunate.

So where do we stand? Our rewards have cleared customs now and have been delivered to GamesQuest. They are in the process of unloading them; there are three containers, two are done and the last one will be unloaded tomorrow. Unfortunately, because we lost our window, we have to wait for them to finish their current project. We have already contacted them to see if they can overlap the two projects, or otherwise move us up, and we will continue to apply pressure. However, we need to be realistic and accept that this date might not change.

The HELSINKI BRIDGE arrives in the US today. We will monitor its progress through the system.  In the past Quartermaster was able to receive and ship the rewards much faster than the EU orders, so the target of a shipment in early November is still possible.


A small typo


We admit this one is our fault and hope it does not cause too much confusion. The Kickstarter “What’s in the Box” graphics, the rulebook and the graphics on the bottom of the Dark Rituals: Malleus Maleficarum box all have the correct number of miniatures; both the totals and number of each type of mini are correct. These all match the number of miniatures actually in the box. But there is a text box on the bottom of the core box listing the contents, which has the wrong total number of miniatures in the box. It says 50, even though all the other lists, even the graphic on the box bottom, show 44 miniatures. 

 Be assured that you are getting all the miniatures that we promised you and the error is a typo in the text that you have probably not seen yet on the bottom of the box. We suggest you just open the box and play! One more time, sorry for any confusion.


You are out of time to update your addresses. Addresses are locked in the PM and have been exported to all fulfillment centers. Contact support, ask us to change your address immediately if you absolutely must change your address and we’ll do our best. However, it needs to be an essential change.

Stay safe, stay sane, and pick a side!

Fulfillment
over 3 years ago – Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 01:13:17 PM

Hello Heroes!

Fulfillment is really moving along. Here’s a quick recap and some new information.

  • Aetherworks have started shipping. Backers should receive an e-mail from Aetherworks (before shipping) and Auspost (after shipping starts).
  • VFI have also started shipping in Asia. VFI will send you an e-mail when your package is sent.
  • Good news for EU backers. The container ship has arrived and will be unloaded today. Of course there are a few steps to go through, customs, repackaging, etc, but we are hoping that Games Quest will start mailing packages in the first week of November. As always, we’ll keep you informed as we get firm dates and timelines.
  • And finally Quartermaster, our hub in the US, is expected to get the shipment by the end of October. We’ll know more once it clears customs, but Quartermaster says they will start shipping soon after it arrives.

Now for something completely different: we have released a Tabletop Simulator (TTS) Mod on Steam. If you can’t get together with your friends to play Dark Rituals: Malleus Maleficarum, you might be able play virtually with them. We’d like to extend our thanks to Ken Cunningham for his dedication and invaluable help in bringing this project to life.

First you will need to own a copy of Tabletop Simulator. Although our module is free, the Tabletop Simulator itself is not. Like many PC games, you can buy it through Steam.

You can find our module in the Workshop tab for Tabletop Simulator in Steam, or just use this handy link:

Dark Rituals: Malleus Maleficarum on Steam 

Click the bright green “Subscribe” button and Steam will download the module for you.

From the Main TTS Menu you will need to Create a room and then, from the Games menu, you will see Dark Rituals in your Workshop row.  Have fun!

Addresses are locked in the PM and exported to the fulfillment centres. We can only changes addresses for backers using the US hub and this will end very soon. Contact us now if you need to change your address.

Remember, once the hubs start packing and sending your rewards, we cannot change your address.

Stay safe, stay sane, and pick a side!