Important Consideration:
The games Dodos Riding Dinos Base Game, Dodo Dash, War for Chicken Island, and Kiwi Chow Down are only available in their German, French, and Italian versions for customers in Europe.
If you are ordering from outside Europe, you may either receive an available version or your order may be canceled when the campaign concludes.
Please review the risks and conditions of this campaign carefully.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Backerkit surveys - Smoke test sent
about 2 months ago
– Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 06:56:02 AM
Hello Dodino island!
We just sent the smoke test for the Backerkit surveys, a random 5% of you received an email invite in advance. Please let us know if you find anything odd so that we can fix it before sending the rest of the surveys tomorrow.
If this is your first time answering a Backerkit survey, keep reading to learn what to expect.
Early access
We are almost ready to move to file verification. Before that, you all are invited for early access to the rulebook in case you spot any improvements (you can comment on the file).
We would also like to invite you for a proofreading pass of the cards included in the add-ons (Miniatures and Star projectile) which are language dependent.
Thanks in advance for sharing your cosmic dodo wisdom with us on this final proofreading pass!
How to answer your survey
In your Backerkit survey you are able to change tiers, confirm your add-ons selection or even include more optional buys, and privately share your shipping information with us so that we can ship your rewards when the time comes.
This is what you can expect:
1. Check your inbox for an email with a link to your personal survey. Smoke test was just sent today to 5% so that they can report any issues. After fixing those, we will send the rest of the surveys tomorrow.
2. Confirm or update your country and pledge level. You can change those here before proceeding.
3. You will be taken to the questions tied to your pledge level.
4. In the add-ons section you can add extra copies, other items or more games from the Creature Kingdoms series.
5. The shipping section requires you to add your mailing address where we need to send your rewards. Don't worry if you have to update it later, this can still be modified for a few more months but it is best if you can fill it already and update later if needed.
(Spanish note about Local pickup) Si eres de México, puedes recoger directamente con nosotros para un costo de envío reducido. Sigue estos pasos:
Selecciona "Local Pickup" en vez de "México" como país.
Añade en el campo "State" uno de los estados disponibles para entrega. Debido a aprendizajes en proyectos pasados estamos habilitando únicamente GDL, CDMX, PUE, QRO.
Añade tu nombre y número telefónico, de lo contrario, nos dificulta contactarte e identificar tu pedido.
Llena el resto de los campos con tu dirección, para que en caso de cualquier eventualidad que impida entregar personalmente, podamos tener tus datos para enviar tus recompensas.
Coordinar Local Pickup es más complejo que realizar envíos. Hemos aprendido de experiencias pasadas y seremos muy cautelosos con la fecha de entrega hasta que se haya confirmado su llegada a cada zona de entrega. Deberás comprometerte a pasar por tu copia lo antes posible con miembros del equipo y estaremos en contacto para indicarte fechas y dirección.
La tarifa reducida es de 5 dólares fijos, asociado al costo de importación y mover los juegos dentro del territorio nacional.
6. Once completed, make sure to agree our Terms and Conditions and click on the green button "Place My Order". If you don't click this button, your order will not be marked as completed.
You will still be able to modify your pledge during the month of November, even if you have already placed your order. Starting on December, you will only be able to update your mailing address until we start fulfillment.
We appreciate your timely response so that we can estimate final numbers and start production in the coming weeks.
Polaris launching tomorrow
After fulfilling Sea Dragons, we are partnering again with our friends from Chile, Fractal Juegos, to bring another great gateway game from Simone Luciani and Andrea Mainini.
If you would like to learn more about how the game works, you can visit the landing page here and be notified on launch if you decide to opt-in:
End of campaign!
5 months ago
– Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 01:00:21 PM
THANK YOU!!! FIRST RACE IS FUNDED!!
Once again you have made it! Together, the support from 1278 backers is enabling us to to create this new spin-off for our most popular title.
We are also extra thankful for the 200+ backers from Mexico, our home country where crowdfunding is still uncommon. Thanks for your local encouragement and constantly showing us your growing support!
Once Dodos Riding Dinos: First Race arrives to you, it will be the version that will be available through distribution, which means that the original deluxe version of Dodos Riding Dinos as well as the Dodo Dash sequel are going out of print and vaulted. We still have plans for 2025-2026 to release a third and final sequel with miniatures to unleash the Dodosaurus but we don't have any plans to reprint the previous editions and it is likely that they will go out of print. We wanted to share the news with you first so that you get first right of grabbing a copy of them in the Pledge Manager. We will be sharing a proper article about it with more details on our website soon.
This campaign overlapped with Gen Con, the largest tabletop event in North America, which is why there were no updates in a while...
We had a fantastic time at Gen Con and we are so happy to have met with backers from this and previous campaigns. We hope to see you next year! Essen Spiel is our next stop for 2024.
Even though we were away, we kept running art livestreams with your ideas! Check out some of the final illustrations finished by our artist Ivan Escalante!
Dinosaur laser party with robots. Idea shared by VKLink
Guanajuato Mummy riding an alebrije. Idea shared by Jorge
Prehistoric giant sloth ridden by a modern sloth. Idea shared by Juan Pablo Villaseñor
Medusa Riding a golem and throwing stones. Idea shared by Edgar Yair
An earth worm with a roma attire riding a caterpillar in a cart with wheels. The worm has ropes to ride. Idea shared by Wild Life Games.
Eagle riding a beagle, quite reagle (Idea by Chicken Nicholas). Chicken on a phoenix (Idea by Edgar Nereo De La Peña Navarro). Gecko riding a Dung beetle (Idea by Jay Breitkreutz).
And also, one of the most popular ideas shared by many of you.
A little kid riding on top of their fathers back!! Could also be in costume for game theme (Idea shared first by Philip).
There are more art pieces coming! You are helping us create a very unique pack of cards with alternate art and we couldn't be happier because this deck was meant to be something special developed alongside the community. Thank you!
Painted by Alan Castellanos from Bicefalo Art Studio
What's next? / What's a pledge manager?
For those who are not familiar with Kickstarter, here's what you should do or expect in the next weeks:
Kickstarter will process payments this week and will deposit funds to our account in 2 weeks. Backers with errored pledges must fix their payment (more about that below) within the next 7 days after the campaign ends.
We are already setting up ourchosen Pledge Manager (Backerkit) to send your surveys in around 8 weeks. Here, you will be able to add extra items and let us know your mailing address where we will send your rewards when the games are ready. You will also pay for shipping feesand VAT (where applicable) in the pledge manager.
Please note that as a backer, you should not start a pre-order in that link because it will duplicate your pledge. Your time to fill the survey will come in a couple months.
Errored pledges
If you received an email about having issues with Kickstarter charging your credit or debit card, follow this steps:
On a web browser (not in the app) go to https://www.kickstarter.com/ and log into your account.
You will see a red banner at the top of the website saying you have an errored pledge. Click on "Fix Payment"
Enter card details and proceed.
Most of the times, especially for foreign countries, you need to try a couple times until it works (once, a backer reported that it worked on the 5th attempt). Other cards require a digital PIN.
If the issue persists after multiple attempts, identify if there's another problem:
If the issue persists after multiple attempts, identify if there's another problem:
1. Your card has insufficient funds: Transfer funds to it.
2. Another Kickstarter project you backed ended on the same day: Your bank blocked the card for security by thinking it was a duplicated charge.
3. Your card is incompatible with Kickstarter US charge hub: Try using a different card (yours or from a friend).
Backers with errored pledges have 7 days to fix it and Kickstarter will automatically retry at the end of the 7-day window. If you are not able to fix it within that time, your pledge will be automatically marked as dropped. Don't worry, you will still have 2 opportunities to fix it in the pledge manager:
The first will be when we send the surveys (in about 8 weeks).
The next will be some months after the surveys are sent, once we enable PayPal.
We are here to provide support. Rest assured that your pledge info is still on record and you will have some opportunities to fix payment in the future. However, it is better to fix the payment in Kickstarter so that you still receive the project updates directly.
This project was promoted by jellop
This project was featured on the First Backer Newsletter, which is sent to a growing community of Kickstarter backers receiving fresh projects with news of early birds. If you are interested, you can subscribe here.
Thank you!
On behalf of everyone from Detestable Games and Draco Studios, we want to thank you once again from the bottom of our hearts for joining the Kickstarter. We are sure you are going to love this game. We will be in touch soon once the pledge manager is ready.
Community Goals!
6 months ago
– Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 04:45:14 PM
Hello Dodino Island!
Thanks again for joining us and sharing your enthusiasm for Dodos Riding Dinos! We have great news to share.
Let's start with the announcement of Community Goals! Another way to add more content to your rewards, particularly to the alternate art holofoil cards.
We posted these on the campaign description and you have already achieved 2. So that's 2 more cards to the holofoil pack, bringing the total to: 36 (34 + 2)
Here are the links so you can participate in achieving more community goals:
We have had tons of fun seeing your ideas in the general comment section to sketch them during our Instagram Livestreams with Iván. Here's another batch of sketches from the past livestreams:
Here's a full-color one that was first requested by backer Jaime Alexander Arenas C. which involved doing a small dino on top of a huge bird (which has been the most popular request) but Jaime also suggested to have it in the style of a kid's drawing. So here's what Ivan illustrated:
Please keep your ideas coming! For the final selection, remember that for these alternate-art cards we want to steer away from dinosaurs and dodos so that they are truly different. Also, if you describe a scene or more details, that's even better!
An animated series of Dodos Riding Dinos maybe??
We are delighted to share that Dodos Riding Dinos was one of the 10 elected submissions for ideatoon24 by Pixelatl !!!
Pixelatl is a Mexican association dedicated to promoting the creation and dissemination of graphic and audiovisual narratives, to expand the Latin American offer and extend its audiences globally. Among the multiple initiatives they manage is Ideatoon, for the development of animated intellectual properties.
We are grateful and honored for this news with the prospect of an animated series and excited for what the future may bring!
You can see the Facebook post here in case you want to comment and spread the love for Dodos Riding Dinos!
See you at Gen Con!
Next week we will be at the largest tabletop convention in North America for the 5th time!
If you attend, please come to booth #905 to say hi! We'll have new enamel pins for the Pin Trade Bazaar. One for Dodos Riding Dinos and another for Dragonbond.
Art livestreams will still be running on our Instagram. Project updates might be briefer, but we will still be here on a daily basis!
If you are interested, get tickets to save your spot!
Thanks again for your support! It is all possible thanks to you.
Day 1 complete! Art livestream #2
6 months ago
– Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 01:36:42 PM
Hello Dodino island!
First day was exciting and fun!
With more than 680 backers and already several extra cards unlocked through stretch goals.
We are getting closer to that sweet box upgrade too and also closer to community goals (still working on them) and some other surprises we are preparing for the campaign... random question: do you like enamel pins? Let us know in the comments!
You can watch here some of the sketches created by Ivan from your ideas.
Remember that if yours get chosen after the campaign ends, it will make it into the Critter Riding Creatures cards with alternate art.
Please let us know your ideas about anything that steers away from dodos and dinos, we want these cards to really feel different and show other racer combinations.
FAQ
We are sharing in this update some of the most frequently asked questions although we have more on the FAQ section and will keep adding more as they are presented.
What’s the difference between Dodos Riding Dinos: First Race and the previous versions? First Race is language independent which makes it more accessible when learning to play. It is also more portable and streamlined so it plays faster than its predecessors offering the most frenetic experience since all green cards require the star projectile to resolve and red cards are no longer cancelled but have an extra cost to play them or a penalty for failing a projectile throw. The original game and its sequel Dodo Dash still have unique gameplay and more versatility on cards.
Will it be possible to get the promos and accessories from the previous versions in the campaign or pledge manager? No. For this campaign we are not offering the extras from the previous campaigns to keep it manageable but we are working on finishing our new webstore and include the stock left that we have at different warehouses. Stay tuned, we will be promoting the news with KS backers first.
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That's all for now, tomorrow we will have another livestream and share community goals. Thanks again for joining us on this new adventure!!
Funded!!!
6 months ago
– Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 08:20:34 AM
ROAAAAAR!!
You made it!! In under 1 hour! To be accurate, 49 minutes!
Thanks so much for being among the very first to join this First Race!!
We have completed the first lap, but the race keeps going for 17 days and we are delighted to be running this marathon with you. Your enthusiasm fuel our passion to publish another great and extremely fun game!
Art livestream
In 2 hours from now, (10:30 PT / 13:30 ET / 11:30 Mexico time) our illustrator Ivan and I will be hosting an art livestream to create new art for your holofoil deck based on your suggestions! So please comment your ideas in the main comment section already (notifications from comments in the updates get a bit lost)
This will be one of the main activities while the campaign is live. This alternate art cards will be a limited edition for you, the closest members of our community, with a few spare sets for events. We don't want anyone to feel left out and we understand that gameplay exclusives are frustrating for passionate fans who discover games after the Kickstarter, so these cards won't have a unique effect, they will just be unique in terms of aesthetic.
These cards will have a holofoil treatment and feature ANYTHING in their art, not just dodos and dinos, any creature or critter that you imagine could make it into the cards...
A pigeon astronaut riding a zombie armadillo?
A draconic pup riding a giant hamster?
You name it!
(We reserve the right to choose so that it stays family friendly).
Oh and if your idea is printed, your name will be printed at the footer of the card too!
Some cards are playable in Dodos Riding Dinos: First Race, others in the original game or Dodo Dash. So regardless of the version you have, you will be able to add these cards to the deck without replacing any other cards from it. They will have the proper back print to be shuffled in their respective deck.
Race towards Stretch Goals!!!
Now that we are funded, let's unlock more stretch goals! These include new cards included in Dodos Riding Dinos: First Race so that we can expand the original 60. We also have planned component upgrades and more goodies that you will be able to get.
You will note that upon funding we already included Heat transfer full color print for the character wooden tokens as well as double sided boards as seen on the prototype copies. These would normally be stretch goals but we wanted the game to feel premium already.
In the next update we will be sharing some Frequently Asked Questions and we will introduce community goals too, so that we all can have fun while promoting the campaign!
That's all for now! Please comment and join the conversation, we will love to chat with you! Thank you once again for being here!
