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Kurafan Project’s Japanese version board game “Slay the Spire” reached the target amount in 10 minutes from the start

Kenville Co., Ltd., which develops Japanese localization of foreign board games and mail order business, is a board game based on a popular roguelike card game.『Slay the Spire: The Board Game』ohCrowdfunding project for the Japanese versionstarting at 18:00 on Tuesday, January 10. of this projectThe target amount of 5 million yen was achieved in 10 minutes from the startCurrently, more than 16.5 million yen has been invested by over 700 supporters.

This project runs until 21:59 on Monday, January 30th. All sales plans at the early bird price are sold out, and we are accepting investments from the Slayer Plan (Standard), which costs 16,500 yen including shipping and tax.

Slay the Spire: The Board Game, produced by Contention Games in Los Angeles, USA, is a deck-building roguelike card game distributed by MegaCrit in 2019.‘Slay the Spire’It is a work equivalent to the board game version of.Implemented in November 2022The English version of the crowdfunding project, which was launched, received 1 million dollars in investment on the start date, and finally managed to raise money equivalent to 3,939,337 dollars (550 million yen).

This work, which has also been decided to be translated into Japanese, is a cooperative deck building game. Unlike the original, which is for single play only, up to 4 people can play in one game of around 90 minutes. Also included are over 700 cards and figures of familiar characters. In addition, higher plans will come with special benefits such as metal coins, character mats, and special cases.

A streamer specializing in indie games for Japanese localizationTier QMr. and digital board games『Gremlins, Inc.planning the game forTAICHI NAIKITranslator for the Steam version of Slay the SpireGrezzzMr. participates as an advisor, and it seems that the quality of the localization will be sufficient.

The crowdfunding project for “Slay the Spire: The Board Game Japanese Edition” is open until 21:59 on Monday, January 30th. When the final stretch goal of 17.5 million yen is reached, 28 foil cards will be included, so if you’re interested, consider buying one.

The full press release is below.


“Slay the Spire: The Board Game version” has been crowdfunded.

Kenville Co., Ltd. started. the project “Slay the Spire: The Board Game Japanese version” on January 10, 2023 (Tuesday) at 18:00 on the crowdfunding service “Kibidango”. The target amount of 5 million yen was achieved on the same day, and domestic distribution has been confirmed.

The work is the Japanese version of “Slay the Spire: The Board Game”, which collected 3.9 million dollars (about 530 million yen) through overseas crowdfunding. As a board game based on a popular digital game, it has attracted the attention of domestic digital game fans and board game fans.
The original is “Slay the Spire”, a single-player adventure digital card game (distributed on Steam / Nintendo Switch, etc.) where you defeat enemies along the way, strengthen your deck, and aim for defeat the final boss. Highly addictive and has many fans.

“Slay the Spire: The Board Game” is a cooperative game that up to four people can enjoy while faithfully reproducing that system. Let’s hold the stage while consulting at the party in the tension of an instant game over if even one of your friends falls.
From January 10, 2023 (Tuesday) 18:00 to January 30, 2023 (Monday) 22:00, we will accept support for the Japanese version on the crowdfunding website “Kibidango”. Three plans with different contents (¥16,500 / ¥22,000 / ¥34,500 each, all including tax and shipping) are being developed, and additional contents will be charged depending on total support.
Crowdfunding URL: https://kibidango.com/2313


Click here for the crowdfunding project page (Kibidango) of “Slay the Spire: The Board Game Japanese version”