Welcome to the University of Rocca Civetta, the first of its kind which aims to study the natural habitat of several cultures in Italy. This is a university where even the best find it tough!
In Dungeonology the heroes will explore new places and their inhabitants with the aim of discussing their thesis and becoming the new professor in their own field of expertise.
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The Dark Lord is watching you!
about 6 years ago
– Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 11:04:15 PM
Hello scholars!
How are your studies going? Now that Wave 1 has been delivered, we are receiving much feedback from thousands of students from all over the world. It's a pleasure for us to receive many positive comments on Dungeonology both for the game system and components quality.
We are delighted with these results, and obviously, the merit of this success is yours too!
In this update, we will give you information on the progress of the work of wave 2, and we will start a series of articles to describe the expansion dedicated to the Dark Lord himself!
Wave 2 production report
Now that we have wave 1 behind us let's start talking about wave 2!
All the models of wave 2 have been finished, and the revision phase that precedes printing is in progress, as you can imagine, it is one of the most delicate processes. Still, given the excellent results of wave 1, we are confident that the final quality will be very high!
The graphic and artistic department is 80% ready, only a few rooms from the 2 expansions and the layouts of the manuals are missing.
On the development front also given the production stop of the Chinese New Year, Diego and Danilo are continuing the tests on the new rules, given the enthusiasm generated by Wave 1 they are the first to want to offer a playful experience full of new mechanics and fully playable!
As for ETA, we are evaluating production times with the factory, so we will be able to give you more information in February, probably already in the next update.
To conclude, the pledge manager will probably be opened in March, we still cannot tell you the exact day, since we are still working on its setup.
Aye! Dark Lord!
This is the first of a series of previews that will describe in detail this fantastic expansion!
Let's start by saying that it can be used in two different ways. You can use Rigor Mortis and his 4 (mistreated) Minions either as a single Boss inside his Dungeon, which will contain six new rooms (that you may merge with any other rooms you have, to form the Dungeon). Or you can use the Minions as "standard" Scholars and Rigor as a single boss in a similar way to those that you already know.
In the first case, you will have to deal with a boss consisting of 5 models that will put your research skills to the test. The 4 minions will wander around the Dungeon, annoying you with their unique skills, while Rigor will wait in his laboratory for the right moment to go out and inflict terrible punishments on you.
But the evil Dark Lord will not stand with his hands. While he is in his laboratory, he will periodically cast spells that, in addition to applying effects to the game, will also activate the 4 minions that with randomization will choose which of their actions to perform! You can never rest easy while browsing through the Rigor Mortis Dungeon!
As I said, you can also use the 4 minions as 4 new Scholars both in standard games and when playing against Rigor Mortis. Today we will get to know the first two members of this reckless group of Scholars in more detail: Zbugbok and Fluffy!
Zbugbok is the "favorite" explorer of Rigor Mortis (in the sense that he usually gets the best Punishment), and he can count on excellent movement characteristics and cards. It will be easy for him to Spy the Thesis topic! His explorative abilities allow him with "Compass" to discard a room he has just drawn (by placing it at the bottom of his pile) and draw another one, while instead with "Great Explorer" the Bonus Value of his Exploration cards will always be worth double!
In the Boss version, Zbugbok will make you draw new Students every time you are "lucky" to meet him, And with Raid 1 he will steal an Information Cube that will end up in the hands of Rigor Mortis ( and as we will see soon, recovering them will not be an easy thing). Raid is a skill common to all 4 minions!
Fluffy is the small furry pet of Rigor Mortis. Despite his harmless appearance, he has an awful temper but is smart enough to exploit hairiness to avoid the worst punishments! His characteristics are excellent in all fields, but for him, spying on the topic of the thesis is a reasonably tricky undertaking.
His "Puppy" ability allows him to choose whether to activate the effect of a room he enters and more since the bosses are too busy to pamper him, he can ignore their Alert modifier. "Gobball" instead allows him to sacrifice a Student when he succeeds in a study test to take the information cube he prefers (instead of the one on the left), but he will have to sacrifice 2 Students to take a "Caste" type cube.
In its Boss version, Fluffy will tend to hinder Scholars by distributing Stunned tokens on every occasion!
And for today, we have concluded this first look at this expansion!
That's all for this update! I apologize if it arrived a little late than usual, but between the aftermath of the Christmas holidays and my health a little weak, January was a complicated month; from the next one, we will resume the rhythm of 2/3 weeks.
I greet you by reminding that for any problem with your pledge you can contact me here:
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Christmas in Rocca Civetta!
over 6 years ago
– Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 01:06:57 AM
Hello, Scholars!
As in any school even at Rocca Civetta, the time to go on holiday is approaching, but not before having greeted all the students with an update to inform you about shipments, replacements, and better present a new "friend"!
but let's go with an order, and let's start with important things!
Wave 1 Shipments
At the moment, the only shipments still to be made are those that concern some areas that fall under the Rest of the World (RoW) category, in particular, Latin America since the packages have departed from the European HUB and the journey by ship will take away a lot of time.
In the hope that the customs procedures for these countries do not take too long to release the goods, we hope that our South American students can also receive their game at the beginning of 2020.
For all the other areas, we know that there are individual cases in which Dungeonology has not yet arrived at its destination, mainly due to problems (of various types) in final shipments. We are solving the issues you have reported to us, but I invite you to contact us if you have not yet received your package!
Replacements
After we complained to our factory about the poor quality control suffered by Black Rose Wars and Sine Tempore, fortunately, we are not receiving the same amount of requests as for our previous games. This is an excellent result for us as well as the fact that we will not risk being overwhelmed by the demands for replacements as has happened in the last two months.
At the moment, we have received the first load of pieces to make the replacements, but some parts are still missing (for example, at the moment for the core box, we only have cards in English) and will arrive with the new year.
We have, however, started to satisfy the requests for which we had availability. For the others, we ask you a little more patience.
Both for shipping problems and information about replacements, please contact me at the link below! I guarantee you a quick reply within 48 hours ;)
With the start of the raids in the Dungeons, the first doubts about the rules arrived. So Diego and Danilo set to work to correct and clarify the rulebook parts that created doubts, also thanks to the contribution of many of you! Following this link, you will find the new versions of the rulebook in English and Italian and the document with all the FAQs collected so far!
Enjoy it!
...And finally, we introducing Scilla & Cariddi!
And as promised, here is the long-awaited preview on Wave 2, and to end this great year in beauty, we decided to present you the final model of Scilla & Cariddi and give you some information on how it works within your Dungeonology games!
Are you ready for Scilla & Cariddi?
This real mini-expansion will include the miniature of Scylla & Cariddi, their Boss Card, the 7 Tentacles miniatures, the Mega-Zone Cariddi's Den, 4 Divine Information Cubes (white), and 3 False Information Cubes (black), and various Door tokens.
When you decide to use S&C as a boss for your dungeon, you will need to place their Mega-Zone (20cmx20cm) adjacent to the Starting Room and place two covered Door tokens on the entrances.
To enter Cariddi's Den, you will need to have the information requested by these tokens, but you can only discover them when you try to open.
Then, in addition to Scylla, you will place the four Divine Information Cubes and the three False Information Cubes on the Cariddi's Den zone, and cover them with the seven Tentacle miniatures. Then mix them, leaving free the center of the zone.
Cariddi's Den it's really a Mega-Zone!
Once in the presence of Scylla, you can ask her to give you one of her Divine Information, either by sacrificing a Student or by taking a Stunned Token. At this point, you can raise one of her tentacles and find out what kind of information Scilla has decided to give you.
If the Information Cube under the tentacle will be white, you will have found a Divine Cube, and you can use it as a Joker giving it the color you prefer. If the Cube is black, it will mean that Scilla has given you Fake information, and the cube will be put on her Boss Card.
Scylla's skills will become more powerful as he collects Black Cubes, while empty tentacles will be placed randomly in the dungeon rooms. A room with a tentacle inside will contain it as if Scilla itself occupied it, and therefore, its Activation effects will be applied there too!
And finally the miniature!
S&C's skills range from Stun to Permanent Information Cubes loss, so you have to be very careful where you move if you don't want to look bad with the Rector!
The funniest thing about S&C is that you can use it together with another Boss, thus creating a game with 2 Bosses at the same time, significantly increasing the fun!
What do you think? Are you ready to face Scylla & Cariddi? You still have a few months to get prepared to face them!
That's all for this update! The whole LMS team wishes each of you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy new year, see you after the holidays for more spoilers about the wave 2!
And don't forget to study during the Holidays!
Wave 1 Shipment update!
over 6 years ago
– Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 01:11:17 AM
Hello Scholars!
A quick update to inform you about the status of shipments!
Last Friday, the last orders from Canada, the USA, and the EU were sent.
So it's very likely that practically all backers in these areas have already received or are about to receive their package within the very next days!
We have encountered a hitch concerning those countries which, although geographically in Europe, are not part of the EU, such as Switzerland and Norway.
Fulfillment Europe has entered these orders in the RoW (Rest of the World) category. Therefore at the moment, no backer from these countries has received Dungeonology since the shipments will depart today from the European Hub.
We can, therefore, reassure all backers from European-but-not-EU countries that you will receive your game for the next week!
For the other areas that fall into the RoW Category (Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East) the boxes left last week, there will be a little more waiting due to the journey the packages have to make and for the customs procedures that are slower than other zones.
Australia and Asia fulfillment is completed.
If you are from a zone where fulfillment is completed, and you still are waiting for your pledge, or if something is missing from your order, you can contact me here:
From the next update we will start talking about the game again (I hope) I know that these updates are not the best fun but are useful to keep everyone updated on the status of the shipments!
