Dexterity racing game for 1-6 players with funny miniatures and art. Dodos and Dinos from the same universe as War for Chicken Island.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Rooaaarrrr!!! Happy 1-Year Dodino Island!!!
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 07:45:23 PM
Hi Dodino Island! How are you?
We're veeery happy!!! It has been a great year since we started this adventure. The Dodos riding Dinos campaign was launched in April 28, 2020. Nobody in the team expected the amazing response by you, our dodino community. We were in the first Covid-19 lockdown in México a year ago and running the campaign was a BIG experience, believe us, you, the Rooarmy, were (and already are) a safe zone and happy place during these hard times.
All the Creature Kingdoms family joined our celebration!!!
It has passed one year since we began the race. Together, we build a better game than our initial idea. Just a quick trip reminder with the highlights:
We unlocked 2 new tracks and they allowed us to create the Cup Mode, a bigger experience for becoming the fastest new ruler of the Dodino Island.
There was only 6 Dodino miniatures and we doubled that number, you helped us with the design of our community Dodino: Oberndorfer.
Finally, How could we forget that you made possible the most beautiful game board in the world? Wait for the amazing shiny Boreal track.
Remember you'll be able to see all this magic by yourself very soon!!! May 10 is the estimated date for the first Mass Production Copy and then, during June will start the shipping to the distribution centers around the world!
As is usual, this wouldn't be a serious update if we don't show you spoilers... don't you think? Ok ok, here're some photos of the plastic tray we received!
We read your comments about you liked the transparent version for the plastic tray in the last update. Your argument about that version being more eco-friendly for recycling purposes is great and it is a lesson learned that we'll put into action in our next games starting with: Kiwi Chow Down.
Wait!!! Are you serious and you haven't heard anything about Kiwi Chow Down!?
That's hard to believe Roooarmy!!! Kiwi Chow Down will be the Third game in the Creature Kingdom universe and it will close the Avian Archipelago Non flying Birds Trilogy. So, get up and subscribe to beamong the first ones notified about the launch: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/detestablegames/kiwi-chow-down
We will have alimited early kiwi (bird) reward tier!
This new journey will begin May the Fourth and we hope the force will be strong enough for being celebrating and unlocking stretch goals as Nicholas and Jhonny say with Tekila Kiwigaritas during the Cinco de Mayo. We count with your help for getting the best game Kiwi Chow Down could be, just as you did for Dodos Riding Dinos! There will be 4227 Early (Non Flying) Birds for the Rooarmy and when the Kiwi Tribe eat for 4228 pushing Kiwis... Who knows?... maybe we can ensure big surprises for the Creature Kingdoms universe during the campaign...
Kiwiiity... it seems I taw a putty spoiler down there!!
Thanks a lot Rooarmy, we send you a big anniversary huge and we hope to see you soon in Kiwi Island.
Roooaaarrr!!!
The Creature Kingdomverse
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 12:47:24 AM
Hi Dodino Island,
How have been your time in the Patience Zone? We're almost there, we have something to show you about the game components and an important date to share.
But first, we want to ask you something...
Which is the best future for the Creature Kingdomverse?
As you may already know, with Kiwi Chow Down nearly to be launched (there will be a lot of info about this in the next update), we'll finish the Avian Archipelago trilogy. The 3 games will be able to merge in a single gaming experience.
Originally we had an idea of how to achieve this, but with your amazing response in the comments here, in War for Chicken Island and in Draco Studios' social media, there are some new community-suggestions and ideas that we believe is worth exploring.
Here we go Roooarmy, we have an exclusive image, never seen before until now. And the final piece of the puzzle!
If you were thinking of how you'll order your game, here's the answer. Be our guests and take a look to the plastic tray prototype photo that Panda sent us a few days ago. We think is a great design! And you will be able to fit sleeved cards and even the promos available in this campaign.
This is a sample from China but of course your games will have a black tray instead of transparent.
WIP. The final plastic color will be black.
Our manufacturer (Panda GM) told us they will send us the First Mass Production Copy in May 10th, we hope we'll get it during May 17th and from there, we will see the unboxing for the advanced copy!!!
What would you like to see in the unboxing video?
We are delighted because this marks that we are already mid-way through production! With all molds and tooling prepared and ready to finish production for all the 7000 copies of Dodos Riding Dinos!
Here's our current estimate for timeline:
Mass production finishing in June 21st.
Freight shipping to fulfillment partners finishing in mid July 18th.
Fulfillment starting in late July 25th!
Just a couple of months more!!!
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Now that we are entering in the final stretch of production, Kiwi Chow Down is approaching to Kickstarter! Would you like to see a (very) preliminar preview? You will find a secret link once you submit yoursurvey response.
Make sure to click "Notify me on launch" in the secret link so you secure your seat for the early bird!
We are eager to see how many of you complete this quest all the way until the Notify me on launch button.
What's happening in the patient zone?
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 08:09:46 PM
Hi Dodino Island. How are you?
As we already told you in the update #41, we're running in the patient zone. The production process still is going on. We eager to receive the Mass Production Copy to share it with you, maybe this week Panda give us a delivery date.
While there are no news for production some of you have been asking for the shipping dates, and while we have shared in past projects about delivery date being pushed, we prepared a visual dodino run with our updated timeline.
Finishing development and prepress took longer than expected so, we the project is delayed (which was mentioned in past updates) but now we have this updated timeline and we can assure you the game you receive will be worth the wait, the foil mat and the revisions on the component samples helped us shape a better game. While this is not a 12 month delay like our friends from Chicken Island, it is still almost 6 months, so we are committed to keep improving and deal with shorter delays in future projects.
There haven't been any issues in the production process... so keep your claws crossed. Rrroooaaarrr!!!
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Ok, ok, you win, we have something to show you. Do you remember this video?
We received the updated sample with the proper colors; first time, the factory sent both dice in the same tone of blue, while we promised different-colored dice. Please take a look.
Meanwhile, in the Kiwi Island
So, since there are not a lot of news to share at this moment, we want to show you some samples for Kiwi Chow Down.
Our 3D sculptor Heriberto has finished the Kiwi leaders and Adrian printed 2 of them. Each leader has a unique ability and they are very powerful. If you use it in the right moment, it could be a game changer during that round. We'll talk more about the gameplay very soon, for now, take a look to this sneak peek.
Burbus name is a placeholder
Which would be the right name for this Kiwi leader?
Feel free to propose names for these leaders in the comments section! We would love to have these characters named by you, our dear backers! Who knows? Maybe some of them will have a card to play in other game titles from Creature Kingdoms...
Remember, if you want to test Kiwi Chow Down on Tabletopia or Tabletop Simulator, join Draco Studios Discord server and stay tuned for news in some weeks. We already have a bunch of Kiwi contenders, we are updating the last topics with the simulation interface and we'll start the play dates very soon!!! Stay tuned.
Shoutout to another Draco Studios universe
As you know, Dodos Riding Dinos, War for Chicken Island, and Kiwi Chow Down are part of Draco Studios' universe Creature Kingdoms. But Draco Studios has other universes Eldritch Century and Dragonbond. If you are into 3D printing, take a look at the new Dragonbond release for 3D printable miniatures for an upcoming Dragonbond wargame.
Multilingual Dodinos
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 02:18:21 PM
Hi Dodino Island!
Finally, here're the rules in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. We've uploaded the files in Board Game Geek, please take a look in the following link to find the edited rulebooks.
Rules for all. Dodos riding Dinos rules!!!
In the same way, if you got the STL and PnP reward, you should already have an email for LAIR with the final Print & Play files available in all language versions. If you already printed the English files, don't worry, there were just some minor edits, mostly to the rulebook.
We eager to see your comments about your game experience. Please remember Cup Mode is the full game experience. So, choose your favorite Dodino and run for the Dodo Egg Throne.
If you added the Print and Play files for War for Chicken Island in the pledge manager, you will find them in your Lair library within the next few days.
Let's eat a Kiwi fruit for patience
As we told you in Update 41, right now the Panda production is pauseddue to the Chinese New Year. We hope we'll have news for you about this process during the final days of February. What do we do for not going bananas during this waiting? We're developing another great game for the Creature Kingdoms Universe!
We're preparing the physical prototypes for Kiwi Chow Down. We already have the 3D sculpts for two Kiwi leaders. Again, our friend Heriberto Valle is doing this fantastic job and you can expect the same great quality miniatures as Dodos Riding Dinos. We'll be ready to share some images in the next update... Wait... Do you want spoilers?... Ok, here's a sneak peak for the box cover art.
What do you think? Did you like it? Work in progress*
We have another good news. The game is ready in Tabletopia for testing sessions and it will be also available in Tabletop Simulator by the end of the week. If you are interested in giving Kiwi Chow Down a chance, let us know in the comments or send us a message!
Nice to see you Roooarmy! Stay safe!
We're Top 50! We want to be Top 20!! Help us!!! Roooaaaarrr!!!!
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 01:49:53 AM
Hi Roooarmy.
As you already know, we asked for your help for being one of the Top 50 most anticipated games in 2021 in Board Game Geek. We did it! Now we're in the second stage and we need you again.
In Mexico there is an old saying that goes: Horse that catches up with the lead runner, wins! So, let's make it happen. Help us with your vote in the followingcategories: Top 20 - Dice - Family. Please go to this link and let's do a new saying: Dodino that reaches wins!
See you next week with an updated about the new Digital proofs.
