Spaceships on Janus + New Unlocked Stretch Goals!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 12:32:31 AM

What types of spaceships can be found on Janus?

Players traverse the frozen frontier of Janus in airships called carriers, but they are not the only ships in the grand scope of the game. The three main types are the carriers, highliners, and orbital shuttles–each with its unique designs based on different methodologies.

Let’s start with carriers since each player has a carrier miniature to move settlers around Janus throughout the game. Due to convection currents, high-altitude and hypersonic flights along ballistic trajectories over Janus are difficult and unsafe–so that means low and slow is the name of the game. Additionally, the dense atmosphere would tear the wings off of any aircraft, so we developed sleek airships inspired by KNARR™ and AIRLANDER 10 to give our settlers the best chance of getting safely from a to b on Janus.

Next, we have the highliners, which only appear in illustrations. Every generation (once per round), one of these massive highliners arrives from Earth. Each highliner drops off new colonists and picks up the resources prepared by the players. They must make the ten-year journey to Janus through a wormhole near the orbit of Neptune: five years on ion engines to the wormhole–one dizzy second inside–then five years to Janus. The entire route to Earth and back takes over 20 years. So, one round is a long, long story.

And finally, we have our nifty orbital shuttles, which only appear in illustrations. Since carriers can only move along the surface, orbital shuttles are required to deliver resources and personnel to and from the highliners.

Would you take a job on a twenty-year mission through space? Why or why not? What’s the coolest spaceship you’ve seen in a sci-fi story before?

 Upgrade Pack 03

Another corporation board will be added to each Deluxe Edition box! The choices before the game are getting harder 😜

Player markers have looked just fine so far. Now it is time to make them look awesome! 

Unfortunately, the time of the campaign is slipping away. Though, there are still three days to jump in and unlock as many stretch goals as possible. So share the Kickstarter page with all your friends, and let's make it a reality together!

UPGRADE PACK 02 IS FULLY UNLOCKED
over 2 years ago – Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:19:25 AM

Like you, we want to make Frozen Frontier as full of content as possible. That is why today we are unlocking the Upgrade Pack 02 — as a thank you for your participation in the campaign. All the stretch goals from the Pack will be added to your boxes. And look at these upgrades!  

Another corporation board is unlocked. Now there is an even wider range of corporations to choose from. And don't forget — these boards are not just pretty; they all have unique abilities. So choose wisely 👀

The aesthetics of the game is something that we also paid a lot of attention to. One of the game's main features can be tiny meeples inserted into the indents of two-layered city tiles. Now each meeple will have two skins — different on each of two sides. Choose the side you like more and discover Janus with an even deeper immersive experience.

Probably the most anticipated upgrade is finally here! No comments — just watch the video and look at these fantastic removable organizers and plastic trays 🤘

On the frozen side of Janus, even cards feel differently. Just like these — with an awesome texture!

Another Kickstarter exclusive! The subsidies from the Base Game give simple bonuses (qubits, resources) and may be very valuable in the game, but these... They will provide you with more strategic actions (for example, the opportunity to increase control in the city). Isn't it cool (pun is intended)? 

Are any descriptions needed here? It is beautiful and perfectly fits the newest trays ❤️

So, these are our new unlocked stretch goals! Do you like them? Let us know in the comments. And don't forget that there is still much content waiting for you. Please share the project with your friends, and let's unlock everything ⭐️

Funded! + Final Daily Goal Character + Upgrade Pack 01 is UNLOCKED!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 04:31:42 AM

It was a tough battle, but together, we made Frozen Frontier funded! Thank you for your support and attention to the game 🤘

There is not much time left, so let's roll through the stretch goals (there are still many of them locked)!

ALL DAILY GOAL CHARACTERS ARE UNLOCKED

Fifteen days of the marathon are now over. Fifteen unique chief officers with special abilities and deep backgrounds are ready to join your Deluxe Edition boxes. The final one is the third Kickstarter exclusive.

Juan-a Jose Maria Mersedes Vázquez was born in Argentina three decades before the start of the Perfect Storm. After graduating from the university in Spain, Juan-a Jose Maria finally decided two things: firstly, xe wanted to live to see the advent of biological immortality technologies, and secondly, the binary identity is nonsense for the future immortal posthuman. After receiving a master's degree, Juan-a got into biohacking to prolong life using the latest and most risky technologies. Pretty soon, xe became a media-successful post-persona, basking in the attention of both followers and haters.

But the real recognition came with the pandemic of Supermarburg fever, which broke out during a Perfect storm. A group of biohackers under xir leadership developed a vaccine much faster than government and corporate laboratories. Despite violations of accepted medical research procedures, Juan-a became a global celebrity and hero because the vaccine saved millions of lives.

On Janus, Juan-a was sent to the forefront of human civilization, taking the proposed position of a laboratory auditor and an expert in assessing the prospects of ongoing research. 

 Upgrade Pack 01 is now UNLOCKED.

Today's unlocked stretch goal is a Kickstarter exclusive (again!), and we hope it will make you think about the strategy with a priority given to science during the game 😜

Also, we want to give you a sneak peek of the following Upgrade Pack. There is so much cool to unlock here ⭐️

Last Unlocked Stretch Goals + Daily Reveal #10
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 01:47:18 AM

Kickstarter Exclusive Stretch Goals

We have already unlocked three stretch goals, all of which are Kickstarter exclusives so far! In one of the updates, we wrote about the Deluxe Edition box, which is just gorgeous. Now — about the newest ones!

Alternative back for Development Board

The Development Board is a key component in the game — features two Tracks: the Industry Track and the Science Track. Most of the Buildings, upon construction, allow you to move your Player Markers on one or both of these Tracks.

When your Player Marker crosses a line indicating a bonus on any of two Tracks, you receive the

matching bonus immediately. You can receive several bonuses in the same turn.

With the new unlocked stretch goal, you will get a different set of bonuses on both tracks which will send the replayability into outer space!

Solomode 2

It doesn't matter whether you have company to play with, you will enjoy our solo mode! Read the rules here:

Solo variant rules

With solomode 2, you will expand the experience of solo mode as it includes an exclusive gameboard, a deck of 12 solo cards, and 9 special research cards. All these components will make the game even more challenging!

Daily Reveal #10 — Kickstarter Exclusive

In the sphere related to the policy of the “New Renaissance,” Central-Asian scientist Ulmas Bobodzhanov managed to achieve a lot, despite his progressive views (which were taken in Central Asian society with criticism because of traditional views which still were changing quite slowly, especially in his homeland). His scientific and administrative career in the corporation was cut short by sending him into irrevocable exile — an expedition into deep space.

Daily Reveal #12 & #13
over 2 years ago – Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 07:42:53 PM

We have unlocked almost all the characters! Isn’t it great? It should be so satisfying to see them as a whole pack!

By the way, some of you are still asking about the role the characters play in the game. Here are a few words from Open Borders Studio, the game’s developers:

The Chief officer board is a tile that would be added to your player board at the start of the game. It has a "Once per turn" condition effect, allowing you to alternate some of the standard game rules to lay the foundations for your strategy at the beginning of the game. Of course, their effects are different, so you may look at those already open and wait for new ones!

Now to the last unlocked chief officers:

Daily Reveal #12

Ester Castan has overcome difficulties all her life. She became a conflict specialist and a goodwill ambassador of the OC in the demilitarized lunar colonies. This was followed by a brilliant resolution of several crises among the multi-ethnic population of the New Colonies in the asteroid belt.

In one of the missions, after an accident in the ship's reactor, Ester found herself in outer space in a light spacesuit. A few hours later, she was rescued, but Ester lost her left arm below the elbow and almost the entire left leg. Her right leg was paralyzed – due to partial decompression and hypothermia.

Ester refused an expensive clone of prosthetics and nerve tissue repair stem cell donation. She believed that while these procedures were not available to most people, she could not afford such privileges.

Daily Reveal #13

Fraternal ties bind Arkady and Boris Efremov. A brilliant engineer and an equally brilliant financier and organizer have enjoyed each other's help and talents all their lives.

Analysts of competitors and detractors know that only thanks to the skills of their brothers, their corporation completed an ambitious project to build the first ship with a terawatt thermonuclear electric motor, sending it to look for new “wormholes.”