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Knowing Your AEGIS Robot Board Game
2 months ago
– Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 01:11:10 PM
Thank you all so much. I'm happy to say that everyone on Earth has gotten their copies of AEGIS by now (because I wrote this update in August and fell into a psychic prison for 4 months)
Today I have TWO UPDATES for you, one of them being this overview of everything in your pledges. I realize the humor in posting this so long after fulfillment, but many of you probably haven't opened your boxes anyway, since that's how Kickstarters go.
What Happened in 2025
Happy New Year! This OTHER very robust update is on our website, and highlights the numerous games I worked on last year. Slambo! Florafiora! ...Cyberpunk? And all the new AEGIS things we're working on. It was a very busy year!
But AEGIS still reached the finish line, your doorstep! If it didn't, there's a problem, and you should contact us!
Digital Items Distributed!!
In the Fall, I finally fulfilled the digital parts of your pledges:
Scenario Book PDFs!
Arozell Solo Mini STL file! Make and send us pics!
SURPRISE BONUS: A printable PDF with energy trackers for the Kickstarter Promo characters
This effectively completed fulfillment for this Kickstarter! 2.5 years later! We did it, yay!
Time to Play the Game!
We've got a NEW How To video, hot off the presses, for all your AEGIS-ing needs in 2026:
But now, let's talk about what you actually got in your box, since there's like an 80% chance you forgot what you backed in Jan 2023.
1. AEGIS: Second Ignition
An all-new AEGIS game!
Play this first!
It has a Solo Mode in the box!
It has the all-new Starpoint Arena mode, which lets your robots respawn, plays with alternating turns, and you compete for points and spots on the map! Great for players who don't just wanna deathmatch smash and is a mode built based on OG AEGIS feedback!
2. AEGIS Season 2 Archives Book
A 10-Game 2-Player Campaign that shows you most of the stuff in the AEGIS: Second Ignition Box! It also fits inside the box!
Plus 10 more scenarios for weird solo, co-op, 2p, 3p and 4p modes!
Has 26 pages of art, lore, and production notes!
3. AEGIS: Second Ignition Kaiju Expansion
10 alternate robot cards in AEGIS Second Ignition!
5 spicy alternate cards feature for existing commander characters!
5 cards are Kaiju robots featuring the Emerge ability, which lets you pay a flat 10 Energy to combine your bots from anywhere and jumpscare your opponent in their start zone.
They mostly all have prebuilt team labels! Feel free to play your first games with them!
4. AEGIS Solo Expansion
Adds 4 new solo bosses to AEGIS Second Ignition!
Adds 8 bosses and all the solo materials if you only own AEGIS1!
Also has a Solo Rulebook! More convenient than referencing the main rulebook!
The Solo Mode is very cool and you should try it and give us feedback on it imo
Fight AROZELL SOL on Normal Difficulty first!
5. AEGIS Second Ignition Kickstarter Promo Pack
Adds crossover characters from ICONOCLASH and SPACE LION, and also Ezork, who is the backbone of all AEGIS Lore (see: the A2 scenario book). These are usable with either AEGIS game.
Adds the FANCY STAR DIE!!!! Which is only used for Starpoint Arena Mode and robot #191, AHMNI-001 in AEGIS: Second Ignition. It's also just a spiffy d6.
6. AEGIS: Reprint Edition
A refurbished version of the original 2018 game!
Has a larger, customizable board with wall tiles!
!! EMBARRASSING TYPOS ALERT !!
We accidentally left 'LASER' and 'MELEE' tags on 2 robot cards' attacks. 'LASER' is just 'PIERCING'. MELEE does nothing, ignore it.
A couple robots also have the wrong prebuilt team label (but are numbered/ordered correctly)
The rulebook has solo mode components listed on its components page, but there are no solo components in this box
20 game scenarios that show you most of the stuff in the AEGIS: Reprint Edition Box! It also fits inside the box!
Featuring 2p, 3p, 4p and 6p scenarios, with 20 different maps using A1's wall tile pieces!
Has 26 pages of art, lore, and production notes!
8. AEGIS 2018 Errata Pack
ONLY FOR THE ORIGINAL 2018 printing of the game!
NOT by default inside the Everything Bundle!
Features 20 rebalanced robot cards! And 10 compiled promos!
All these contents are included by default in AEGIS: Reprint Edition
9. AEGIS 6-Player Mat
Great for 6-player games!
And 3-player games!
And your other grid-based combat games!
10. 10-Pack o' Dice
They're beautiful d6s!
No, the colors don't matter in AEGIS, they're just neat!
11. Digital Rewards
These were finally sent out in early September!
11a. Scenario Book PDFs
Two .pdfs for the scenario books for everyone who had the Everything Bundle or otherwise purchased them. They're basically 8.5x11-sized, so print em out!
11b. Bonus Energy Trackers!!
A surprise lil gift for basically all backers. A PDF of 4 Energy Trackers for Wanted Ashla and the Kickstarter Promo characters: Ezork, Lilac, and Mr. F.
11c. Arozell Sol Mini .stl
For those who purchased this individually! This contains two versions of the 3D printable mini file, a PDF of its solo boss card, and an illustration for color reference.
New Stuff!
We made a couple new digital things for you:
12. 3D-Printable Robot Pieces (!!!!!)
Do you hate searching for standees for each robot? Well good news! If you have a 3D Printer of any kind, you can print these doodads to move on the board instead! Assign them to each of your robots, and stack them when you combine!
This is what we've been using to playtest new bots IRL. If you have more than one A, etc on your team, double-stack 2 A pieces for your ARK, and 1 A piece for your ARLY, etc.
You can print a ton of these all at once, pretty quickly, and speed up the setup of your games! Grab them from our online store.
13 a & b: New Giant Robot Minis (!!!!!!!!!!)
Everyone loves minis, so we're making more - Artist Arzeloth is tackling these two and they're coming out pretty good! These will again be 3D printable, playable game pieces that are 80mm tall. Great for solo mode or multiplayer games!
ENDER GANSHAH from AEGIS: Second Ignition:
IKASAUR from AEGIS Second Ignition:
Both of these robots have pretty elaborate designs, and we're making sure the models are both cool and not a nightmare to print and assemble.
You can pre-order both mini STL files from our online store:
And that's all the AEGIS Things! Now you have a nice reference post for all the stuff in your box. But yeah, just open AEGIS Second Ignition and do Ashla vs Ganith, and go from there.
Thank you again for backing this game 3 years ago. It was a long road, but we got to the ending. I look forward to hearing your robot fightin' stories and seeing you around the country at conventions!
Fight and Unite
The Final* Fulfillment Update, Gen Con, and BoardGameGeek...
9 months ago
– Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 12:39:38 PM
Yay! We did it! This will be a short one, as the longer update I'm writing is going to be a "primer" that goes over all the stuff everyone's received.
US Fulfillment
Ideally, by now, all US backers have received their AEGIS packages in the mail. If you haven't received anything, not even a shipping notification (from "ASG"/IndiePro or PirateShip), then let me know.
CANADA
All Canadian backer packages have been boxed and as of two days ago, were about to be sent to our Canadian shipping hub. So that should be commencing soon.
UK & EUROPE
As of today, Zatu Games has let me know that all backers have been processed and everything is underway.
However I got an email this morning saying the games were just unloaded from the boat today when they were scheduled to arrive 2 weeks ago, and no one told me of that delay lmao. so since I've received fulfillment updates and invoices across the last two weeks, I've been operating under the assumption they had them in-hand for a while. normal stuff
But yeah either way, the games are now coming!
ASIA & AUSTRALIA
VFI has been sending me updates right along, and as of today, all games have reached their shipping hub in Malaysia. So these are making their way through the mailing system(s) and should be on their way.
And then the misc backers in South America have been sent their stuff from the US, and the Middle East is being handled by VFI
Digital Fulfillment
I owe a bunch of you Scenario Book PDFs and Minis .STLs!! I have those, but just need to hook them up to BackerKit's digital item fulfillmentmabob, so expect those soon. If you need them imminently, I can send you a link(s) directly if you PM me.
Further updates on fulfillment will be posted, but we're in the home stretch!
Send me pics! Post pics!!
Some backers have been sending me lil pics of their games arriving. I never get tired of seeing them. If you're in group chats, facebook groups, discords, etc, show your friends the color rainbow robot game you got.
AEGIS is niche and we don't have a marketing team lmao, so word of mouth is always nice!
I'm continuously in awe and proud of the thing this campaign has wrought. It's truly a lot of stuff.
Also, many backers have commented on how the box was totally destroyed in the mail, but luckily, I've only had one or two backers with actual damage to their games. Three cheers for LongPack's box testers.
If you've gotten your game...
And you have a BoardGameGeek account, please give the game some love there:
If you're planning on being in Indianapolis this Summer for everyone's favorite cardboard thunderdome, we've got events happening! and per usual, they're mostly filled up!
But if you'd like to do a 6p game guided by my fabulous team, let's throw down.
And gasp what are those events at the top? Could it be me, being a glutton for punishment? You bet! I've got some goofy new ideas that've been in testing for a few months, and you could be some of the first people to play them (and certainly the first to play them at 6 players!) There's only one A3 slot left, but I may add another event or two.
And a shout out to MECHROMANCERS!
AEGIS illustrator and all-around wonderfully nice guy Eric Streed has launched his first game!!!!
It's a Shaman King x Medabots hybrid deckbuilder that he's making like 100 copies of. It truly takes me back to the earliest days of AEGIS when we were at the Indie Megabooth with only a couple dozen hand-assembled games.
He even made an anime opening for it!!!! The absolute madman
god i love eric
Next Time: The AEGIS Primer
Our Discordians have been deep-diving the game for the last couple weeks and have identified myriad minor typos and rules clarifications, so next time will be an overview of that stuff and a general refresher on what's in the grand cube you got in the mail, how exciting!
Until then, hit me with questions you have, or dive into our Discord where the peeps have been very helpful at all hours of the day with even the most obscure inquiries.
Hope y'all have fun!
Fight and Unite
FULFILLMENT HATH BEGUN
10 months ago
– Fri, May 02, 2025 at 05:47:08 PM
TWENTY
THOUSAND
POUNDS
of robot game!
Have!!! ARRIVED!!!!!!
It's true! The games touched down in our warehouse at IndiPro last week! Years of work, taken form into thousands of boxes! Isn't that cool? I got to process it for a few minutes, and then my friends and I became very exhausted after moving a ton of them into our house lol
The dread of tariffs has been replaced by the dread of launching the game and selling all these, but I'm very confident that we will. Between now and that step though is...
TARIFFS
I haven't charged these yet, but you'll be charged for them next week. Everything's all set up and you should get a notification ahead of time. The way I set these up is kind of jank, so if you're charged twice or something weird, just let me know and I will rectify it immediately.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our tariff sale the other day, the response was immense and overwhelming!
FULFILLMENT
US Fulfillment: We've begun sending games out! If you had just an Everything Bundle, congrats, yours is on its way as we speak! 210 orders were sent out yesterday!
Hopefully everything will be sent out before the end of this month!
EU Fulfillment: Still on its way! Correct your addresses while you can!
ASIA-AU-NZ Fulfillment: I've delivered and corrected a bunch of data for this back and forth, so this should be commencing next week too.
And that's it! The games are coming!
DIGITAL ITEMS: I'm going to send out the pdfs and stls all at the same time near the end of fulfillment, so wait on those a little bit.
We're Not at PAX East!
This was always a stretch, given how close the boat arrived to the convention, but I tried nonetheless. Sadly it's just too close to ship games to/buy flights for. I hope my northeastern homies have a great time this year.
But!!! Go check out this cool, colorful marble fighting game by Brother Ming Games at booth 11094! He basically killed himself making it. This game didn't exist 6 months ago (well, it sort of did, for those who remember the never-to-be-released SENTO: Arcade Fighter) and he brute forced it into existence in time for this show. I envy his power
(Also there is another cool marble fighter called Power Well nearby but don't mention them around each other lmao)
Wow Cool Robot
Our buddy eyetypher did another chibi AEGIS bot, this time it's Echo Glaive from AEGIS2!
This bot is in Deck 2 of AEGIS2, on Team Ethrael! It's an AEGI-type and will shred anything on the table with 100% accuracy (also, itself).
Until next time
More updates coming soon!
Fight and Unite
Fulfillment, Tariffs, and You: Part 2
11 months ago
– Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 05:23:17 PM
Boat's Docked!
Yay! As of the night of the 19th, AEGIS's US container has been unloaded from the ship, and will hopefully be arriving at our warehouse at IndiPro on Thursday.
If you remember from the previous update, ocean freight is extremely... volatile right now, and anyone whose boat left after 4/9 is apparently going to be subjected to a 145% bill on their production cost.
Luckily, ours left on 4/2, and thus our bill is "only" 20%, which is $9000. A week later and it would've been $75,000 - really dodged a bullet there.
Now, the Big Truck of AEGIS is arriving at the warehouse on Thursday morning!
Paying the Tariffs
Alright, this means that your AEGIS fulfillment is imminent! The games are here!!!
We've had a good amount of support, new orders, add-ons, etc in the last few weeks that have offset this bill a bit, and basically I'm just going to divide the remainder among the backers.
US Backers:
As per this chart, y'all are gonna be charged a couple bucks automatically via BackerKit in 7 days. I will make an additional update beforehand.
!! HOWEVER !!
You will not be charged tariffs if you add something(s) worth ~$7-12 or more to your pledge since I'd rather give you something for money, instead of just taking it and handing it to Customs. (Yes, if you've already done this, you're exempt)
Don't abuse it though! Remember, backers at $79 or more have a huge discount compared to MSRP already, plus generally discounted shipping, and if a ton of people ask for exemptions, then it'll be a reduction rather than an exemption!
As always you can always reach out to me about this if needed.
PRE-ORDER PEOPLE
I can't auto-charge you for technical reasons, so paying tariffs is optional - feel free to still add some stuff to your order above, or make a voluntary contribution.(If you're a KS backer reading this, know that the pre-order prices are higher than the Kickstarter tiers and there are no bundles, so they're not getting a 'big discount' or over you or anything)
CANADIAN Backers
We're still finalizing Canadian fulfillment, where the plan has changed a bit from when we did the campaign. We have a partner and a processed lined up, but that process will take a few extra weeks of shipping boxes around.
Due to tariffs and this process, this means we may have to charge you some extra dollars, but those numbers will come in a little bit when I have correct estimates.
If you'd like your game imminently, I can just send it to you directly from the US if you don't mind paying duty fees. Message me and let me know!
ASIA - AUS - NZ Backers
I'm delivering the final backer data to VFI today!
If you have any changes to your addresses, please tell me directly.
EUROPE - UK Backers
The pallet to Zatu Games in the UK will be arriving on or around May 22nd, sorry that this is apparently going to take longer than I thought! So if you're moving before then, adjust accordingly!
That's all!!
Looking forward to getting this done. Expect several subsequent updates in the coming weeks as fulfillment rolls out.
Fight and Unite
Fulfillment, Tariffs, and You: Part 1
11 months ago
– Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 04:42:15 PM
Hello everyone!
I hope you're doing well. Recently I've been lax on updates, since there has been very little too report on. Well, that's changed!
~ This is also the fourthtime I've had to rewrite this update since the world is in chaos and new information keeps arising. ~
The Good News
AEGIS is officially on the water! It's on a boat!!! Finally!!! It departed on the 2nd and is en route and scheduled to arrive here on the 18th.
It was meant to depart earlier, but got bumped by "overbooking" and other nonsense.
We're Fulfilling it With Our Bare Hands
From there, it will go down to our warehouse, local in WA, to be fulfilled by our friends at IndiPro... and us!
That's right, to save money and to commit to the bit that is making this game, my cohorts and yours truly will be handling your boxes personally.
FIX YOUR ADDRESSES AAAAAAHHH
...If they need to be fixed. Your games are very likely being sent out THIS MONTH so we need to make sure they are sent to the right place.
But as it relates to our favorite robot game, this is the summary:
AEGIS files were submitted 8 months ago
It took forever for them to be finalized
It took forever for the game to be printed
It took forever for it to be be approved and QA'd
10% tariffs were implemented, which is several thousand dollars. I was going to eat this because I love you.
20% tariffs were implemented while I'm yelling at our factory to hurry up. This time I would need to charge backers a couple dollars to make up for this. A minor annoyance for everyone involved.
And now, with no warning, tariffs from China are an unprecedented 54%, or apparently, 104%!! These are going to kick in while our game is on the water, en route. According to Law-As-Written, we SHOULD still be under the 20% tariffs.
However, as things escalate between the US and China, things are liable to get significantly worse suddenly and for no reason and with no recourse. This is, of course, very cool and normal.
If we were to be hit with 104% tariffs, this would be a $50,000 bill dropped on my head. If our boat left a week later, this is what you and I would be dealing with. Again, when we printed the game, this bill was $0. Because the game was finalized last year, there was no way to react to production cost fuckin' doubling.
This is basically my full time job. I do not have a rich spouse, a trust fund, an investor, rich relatives, or a bitcoin hoard. This new trade policy is threatening to financially ruin me and many, MANY similarly sized publishers.
A majority of this industry is just "Some guy and his friends making a couple thousand copies of a niche game", and very few of them have the foresight or resources to deal with radical and unprecedented changes like this.
What does this mean?
Sob story aside, you all just want your game, and they're going to be delivered. I didn't work this hard for you all to not get this thing.
The Plan
Because everything keeps changing, I made an infographic for you:
ADDITIONAL CHARGES: FOR USA BACKERS there will be additional charges because of these tariffs. Think of them like the VAT fees other countries pay, I guess. They will be thoughtful and reasonable. We don't have any final numbers for these, because things keep changing by the hour.
After I have the actual import bill, crunch the numbers, and before fulfillment, I'll let you know what the charges are. They may be inconsequentially low! Or insurmountably high, but hopefully not!
Lower level pledges will be affected less, since as a backer myself, I'm not going to charge you half of MSRP for shipping, because that sucks.
Mid and higher level pledges will be charged more, because honestly, they are incredibly discounted to begin with. Even after tariffs and shipping, you will still be paying way less than MSRP!! For example, the Everything Bundle is worth about $250, and will be priced as such after fulfillment.
But...!
THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING: Eggs are still hella expensive out there and some of you have mouths to feed. There will be a form where you can simply request not to be charged extra, or at a lower amount, and I'll work with you.
FOR THE BENEVOLENT: If you do have the means and want to support AEGIS in this turbulent time, the same form will have info on how to give more.
Anyone who wants to upgrade or add to their pledge between now and then will have their tariff tax reduced, just let me know and I will adjust or unlock your order. All $ at this point counts towards reducing the tariff bill for everyone.
If at all possible I would like to lower or eliminate these costs on you as best I can.
In the last week I've been conversing with our factory, logistics partners, and my industry colleagues on how to mitigate these costs as effectively as I can. I've found a couple potential strategies to save or gain money to offset the costs. I'm monitoring the situation very closely.
I've also written emails and corresponded with news outlets and various forums to get more eyes on this situation and this game.
I've also written to my relevant politicians, but you know how useful they are.
I will not charge anyone anything until I absolutely have final numbers, and it won't be any more than the game needs to successfully get to you, and not drive me into bankruptcy.
The Good News (for everyone else)
To those who are fortunate enough to not live in the USA in the year 2025, your games are also en route.
ASIA / AUS / NZ: Your games have arrived at VFI and will be sent out promptly. You'll likely be first to receive your stuff. This is the last chance to adjust your addresses!!!!
UK AND EUROPE: We have set up freight and your games will be on the water soon. Please also check your addresses. Expected fulfillment is in a few weeks.
If you're frustrated by this, I understand. Call me all the names in the book. I also accept empathy too, however. This was supposed to be a smooth and painless fulfillment after years of work, but now it's one of the most irritating and miserable things I've ever experienced.
If you would like a refund, that is no longer possible this close to fulfillment where there are 0 available dollars to give back. If you want, maybe I can donate your game and you can write it off on your taxes. Or, put the game on ebay when it comes in! It'll be rare!
Thank you.
Tune in next week for more thrilling updates, and as always, ding me on Discord or here if you have anything to say.
