Ready to fight? BattleCON V4's been out and we hope you've all been enjoying your duels. Let's celebrate a fight well fought with some more wallpapers and avatars of some of your favorite BattleCON characters!
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Greetings friends,
I have some general news from Level 99 Games, as well as some specific news to this project to share with you today.
Empyreal: Far Corners is now live on Kickstarter. This project is for a reprint of Empyreal: Spells & Steam, along with some new content. I hope that you'll join us for the new project!
Bullet 🍊 (Bullet: Orange) is now available in our online store. If you're outside of the USA, our Launch 99 Program offers an opportunity to get this game at a cheaper shipping rate than buying from the USA. We're offering this until April 20th.
We are now shipping out BlazBlue Exceed from our online store. If you order the new season of Exceed today, you can be playing as early as next week!
Graphic Design is ongoing for the Grand Chronicle. Davy is doing a brilliant job with the project, and I wanted to share some of the spreads from the book.
If you missed out on the Grand Chronicle, you will still have an option to pre-order it with reduced-cost international shipping through Empyreal: Far Corners, either with that project or as an add on.
We are also planning to use the Empyreal: Far Corners project to distribute errata for Unleashed. I'll post more info on that soon, as I'm still working on the precise details with Pledge Manager.
With the dust settled from Millennium Blades and Bullet, we are now preparing to address the final few shortfalls from Unleashed. If you're still waiting on any items, we will reach out to you directly next week to let you know what to expect.
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I hope that you are enjoying BattleCON 4th Edition!
We recently posted a very cool customs kit. I look forward to seeing how you will expand the game now that it's in your hands!
We're now considering what's next for this illustrious series. I hope to share some ideas with you soon and hear your feedback in a future update!
]]>Greetings everyone. I have some updates today on errata issues, missing pledge items, and the Grand Chronicle.
We are currently discussing the option of producing printed copies of the major errata and distributing these to backers of Unleashed around the world.
We hope to have a decision on this in the next few weeks. I'm optimistic that we can make the costs work out and avoid the need for fans to order from DriveThruCards.
If we are able to do this, we will distribute these errata along with the Grand Chronicle later this year.
We are still in the process of color matching the printable DriveThruCards, just in case we do need to fall back on this option.
The BattleCON Soundtrack is now available to listen or download just about anywhere music is sold!
You can enjoy 27 tracks of exciting music first featured in BattleCON Online.
Fans who purchase the album on Bandcamp will have access to 3 never-before-released bonus tracks!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4sMUzbRchdlB5fqvI2X8pP?si=TrbjNakySEyYAM352PCuAA
Bandcamp: https://level99games.bandcamp.com/album/battlecon-original-soundtrack-megamix-1-2-bonus
We are working on getting missing items for Unleashed (other than Grand Chronicle) out sooner than expected. We are bundling together these items in the USA to send to fulfillment centers around the world now, and should have news soon on this front.
Graphic Design is ongoing for the Grand Chronicle. Davy is doing a brilliant job with the project, and I wanted to share some of the spreads from the book.
All images represent a Work In Progress
If you missed out on the Grand Chronicle, you will still have an option to pre-order it with reduced-cost international shipping.
We'll announce this as soon as it's available.
I'll continue posting updates here as things develop, particularly in regards to missing pledge add-ons and errata. I hope to have a full resolution to both of these issues very soon.
In the meantime, I hope that you are enjoying BattleCON 4th Edition! We recently posted a very cool customs kit. I look forward to seeing how you will expand the game now that it's in your hands!
]]>Enjoy 27 tracks of exciting music first featured in BattleCON Online.
Fans who purchase the album on Bandcamp will have access to 3 never-before-released bonus tracks!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4sMUzbRchdlB5fqvI2X8pP?si=TrbjNakySEyYAM352PCuAA
Bandcamp: https://level99games.bandcamp.com/album/battlecon-original-soundtrack-megamix-1-2-bonus
]]>In order to use these custom templates, you'll need to download Magic Set Editor, a program designed for creating custom cards. You can find that here.
Next, download the custom installer here.
With these two tools, you should be able to open up Magic Set Editor and begin creating your very own BattleCON fighters!
Once you've created your fighter, make sure to share it with us, you can join the #battlecon-fan-made channel on our Discord, or post in customs on BoardGameGeek or Reddit BattleCON communities. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!
This template was provided to us by fan community member Stephen Hero Separa. If you enjoy the template, make sure to say thanks!
]]>Greetings everyone,
I'm happy to announce that project fulfillment is complete in all zones!
If you're still missing any games or replacement parts, please go ahead and reach out to our contact form so that we can put things in motion to get you anything you need.
We still have to finish up the Grand Chronicle, and there are a number of add-ons which we weren't able to ship at this time. Because these are still a ways off, and in order to better coordinate our delivery and logistics, we are going to open a new Pledge Manager for this second half of the project.
That will be opening up next month, and we'll post another update when it's live.
We will import your pledge if you are missing any items, and you'll be able to check in to update your address as necessary.
There won't be any extra charges on this new Pledge Manager. However, we would appreciate it if everyone who is awaiting the Grand Chronicle or a missing play mat in Asia/UK/Australia would log in and verify their items and address when the time comes.
Please don't take any action at this time. Just stay tuned for an upcoming update on this issue.
There are a few cards in Unleashed which have typos or ambiguities. These weren't explained well in the last update, so I'll try again.
First off, here is the FAQ/errata sheet.
Most of these are just FAQs, where the intent is not 100% clear from the text or in some corner cases.
Only a handful of the nearly 2000 cards in the new edition have textual or numeric typos (excluding reference cards).
I recommend printing this sheet and putting it in your box in case any of these situations come up.
The above list of cases constitutes the 'major' errata we mentioned in our last update.
These are real ambiguities or misprints which might affect your gameplay experience. However, the sheet above should resolve such questions without fuss.
Our list of minor errata will include all cards which have minor templating issues or graphical glitches. These aren't going to affect your gameplay or introduce questions. Here's an example:
You could be forgiven for not noticing that reminder text is supposed to be italicized, and that it should not have highlighted keywords, as in the example above. This is one of the more noticeable examples of a minor errata.
We are still working on creating the printable files for both major and minor errata, for those who want to sleeve or sticker them over existing cards.
Unfortunately, the process took a little longer than we expected. We are working on both of these Print-and-Play documents over the weekend and should have them soon.
Before making Print on Demand cards available, we want to take some time to ensure we have a good color match for card backs, so we will also test that out next week. Even cards within the same print run can have slight coloration difference, but we'll do our best to get them matched as nearly as possible.
I'll continue to post updates as we get those ready. In the meantime, the sheet above should resolve any questions that prevent you from fully enjoying your new BattleCON set.
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Thanks, and have a great weekend!
- Brad
BattleCON is a head-to-head fighting card game published by Level 99 Games. BattleCON captures the magic of arcade fighting games with a unique system of combining cards together to form new attacks. Furthermore, each fighter in the game has their own Unique Ability, a special mechanic that grants them new ways to fight.
With over one hundred fighters to play, the interaction of Unique Abilities and custom attacks means that no two games will ever be quite the same.
BattleCON was Level 99 Games' first (and thus oldest) title, with four different editions and five game boxes released over the course of a decade. It can be tough to figure out the right place to start.
In order to help with that, here’s our definitive Guide to Buying BattleCON!
And don't forget to look out for a discount towards your first BattleCON game at the end of this article!
The most important consideration for buying BattleCON is your play group. Think about who is going to play with you and what kind of experience will excite them. Will they want a huge tableau of characters? Will they want to start small and explore more fighters over time? Are modes like cooperative play and solo play important?
BattleCON is a game that depends heavily on the circle playing it. So the most important thing is to find the starting point that is the right match for your gaming group.
As you make your decision, here are two things to keep in mind...
If you're curious, but you want to dip your toes into BattleCON without much risk, Print and Play is for you!
Print and Play is a system where publishers make a small, free version of a game available for download and print. You can print the game at home or at your local office store, then try it out. This is great for gamers on a budget, or for crafty types who want to make something by hand.
To get the print and play, visit try.battleconfightingsystem.com! This link will bring you to a page detailing what BattleCON is all about. You will get a FREE download for the Print and Play Edition in your inbox if you sign up for our mailing list here!
This option lets you try out BattleCON with friends at relatively no cost (just some time and printer ink)!
Perhaps, you’ve seen the exciting gameplay or read the rave reviews. You’ve made the decision: you are getting a box of BattleCON. But which one?
BattleCON: Trials and BattleCON: Wanderers are both great places to start! Both Trials and Wanderers feature a cast of ten fighters with lots of archetypes to explore.
The range of play styles ensures that there’s something for players who just want to slug it out, as well as for those who want deep tactics.
Check out the rosters of both games by clicking the links above and see which fighters resonate with you and may become favorites in your playgroup.
BattleCON: Devastation is for you. Devastation is the biggest box in the series, and comes with 32 fighters, plus solo and cooperative play modes.
It goes without saying that this is the game for the the BattleCON aficionado. For the definitive BattleCON experience, this is it.
Hopefully this blog has given you all the tools you need to make a decision on where to start and what to buy. All that’s left now is to get in the game and FIGHT!
If you've gotten this far and you're ready to buy, use the code SWITCH-STYLE at checkout to get $10 off of your first BattleCON purchase!
As always, happy gaming!