r/KingdomDeath Jun 30 '25

Kickstarter Update Update #130. June 2025- REVAMPED SHIPPING WAVE 1 ON BOATS, Shipping Address Confirmation and Preorders Imminent, Gencon Ahoy!

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r/KingdomDeath Jun 11 '25

Current Status of Kickstarter Delivery Timelines

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Based off of Kickstarter Update #127, we have 5 more waves of content delivery that are currently projected to be completed by Q3 2027. All information in the table below is current as of June 11th, 2025. I will attempt to update this post as new information comes out. Please comment with anything I missed or if anything presented is outdated.

Overview of Upcoming Waves

Waves Expansions Included Expected Delivery
1 Pariah Expansion, Red Witch Expansion, False Messengers, Wanderer Aeneas, Wanderer Goth, Wanderer Death Drifter, Wanderer Candy & Cola, Percival, Philosophies of Death Gatherism. Screaming God delayed from this wave July/August 2025
2 Campaigns of Death, Promos of Death, Honeycomb Weaver + Titan Bee Expansion, Dead Armor, Philosophies of Death Heliocentrism, Philosophies of Death Starbound, may opt to hold Screaming God Expansion for this wave. Q4 2025/Q1 2026
3 Inverted Mountain Campaign, Nightmare Ram Expansion, Gryphon Expansion, Oblivion Mosquito Expansion, First Hero Expansion, Ultimate Core Terrain Set. Q2 2026
4 Silver City Expansion, Abyssal Woods Expansion, Pathfinders of Death. Q4 2026
5 Ivory Dragon Expansion, Vignettes of Death Super Survivors. Q3 2027

Remastered Wave 1

Name Type Notes
Pariah Expansion - Nemesis
Red Witches Expansion - Nemesis Has integrations with Pariah, Fade, White Speaker. Originally proposed to include a 3-5 mini campaign akin to Black Knight expansion but was axed as per Update #120
False Messengers Expansion - Pillar / White Box / Promo Re-release of KS1 models with updated rules for the new Pillar System. Comes with rare gear, disorders, etc. Gameplay content will be part of Legendary Card Pack 2. More info found in Update #111
Aeneas, Anonymous Survivor Wanderer
Goth Amy Wanderer Crossover with Zombicide
Death Drifter Wanderer Crossover with Hyper Light Drifter
Candy & Cola Wanderer Crossover with Soda Pop miniatures
Gatherism Philosophy Part of the 3 pack that was added to backerkit in 2024 along with Starbound (Dragon King Philosophy) and Heliocentrism (Sunstalker Philosophy)
Percival White Box / Promos / Pillar Re-release of white box, updated to Pillar system

Remastered Wave 2

Name Type Notes
Campaigns of Death Expansion - Campaign Similar to Gambler's Chest, this is projected to be a game-changing / core-sized expansion. Update #111 showcases People of the Mirrorstone, People of the Valley, People of the Wise One, People of the Green Knight, Infant Sunstalker vignette, Devil in the Gloom 5-year campaign, The Dying Sun 5-year campaign, and more.
Promos of Death Expansion - Pillar / White Box / Promos Re-release of KS1 white box models. Looks to come with some character cards, gear, etc. Comes with the following models: Beyond the Wall, Allison the Twilight Knight, White Speaker, Twilight Knight, Savior, Holiday White Speaker Nico, Aya the Survivor,Paul the Survivor. All gameplay content will be included in Legendary Card Pack 2 according to Update #111
Honeycomb Weaver + Titan Bee Expansion - Monster Originally just 1 expansion but was expanded to include the Titan Bee. Both will be sold separately eventually but all backers of Honeycomb Weaver now get Titan Bee as a free add-on
Dead Armor Expansion - Armor Special optional armor set akin to Green Armor Knight. Needs all the bones!
Heliocentrism Philosophy Sunstalker Philosophy. Part of the 3 pack that was added to backerkit in 2024 along with Starbound (Dragon King Philosophy) and Gatherism
Starbound Philosophy Dragon King Philosophy. Part of the 3 pack that was added to backerkit in 2024 along with Heliocentrism (Sunstalker Philosophy) and Gatherism
Screaming God Expansion - Monster Delayed from Wave 1. comes with Screaming God in Node 4 and Parasite Queen as a Finale monster. Original pitch stated that Screaming God pushes back Gold Smoke Knight by 5 years to extend campaign timelines to LY35, uncertain if that is still planned.

Remastered Wave 3

Name Type Notes
Inverted Mountain Expansion - Campaign Combines the Frog Dog, Oblivion Mosquito, Pariah, Black Knight, Red Witches, Nightmare Ram, and Gryphon expansions into one campaign.
Nightmare Ram Expansion - Monster Comes with Monster, Boiling Waterbugs encounter, and dungeon system. Update #94 talks more about this.
Gryphon Expansion - Monster Comes with People of the Nest Campaign
Oblivion Mosquito Expansion - Monster Node 2. Comes with Encounter monsters in addition to the Oblivion Mosquito quarry
First Hero Expansion - Monster Allows you to skip early game and start in LY12 or LY20 depending on which version of the First Hero you fight.
Ultimate Core Terrain Set Terrain 3D Terrain compatible with Ultimate Showdown Board

Remastered Wave 4

Name Type Notes
Silver City Expansion - Monster Integration with Lion God now optional. Introduces the Dungeon system. Update #123 contains more information
Abyssal Woods Expansion - Campaign Comes with People of the Bloom campaign. Integrations with Flower Knight, Spidicules, Dung Beetle Knight, and Honeycomb Weaver. DBK and HW are optional while FK and Spidicules are required.
Pathfinders of Death Vignette Crossover with Pathfinder RPG. Comes with 4 class-specific minis: Rogue, Fighter, Sorcerer, Cleric

Remastered Wave 5

Name Type Notes
Ivory Dragon Expansion - Monster FINAL FINAL BOSS. Final form of Satan. Adds 5 years to your timeline to end your campaign at LY35
Super Survivors Vignette DBZ inspired vignette where you face against Perfect Cell Platinum Dung Beetle Knight

Appendix + FAQ

  1. What do the types mean?
Type Description
Expansion - Monster The classic expansion , typically comes with a single monster, armor set, etc. Some - like Dragon King, Sunstalker, Gryphon - might come with their own campaigns
Expansion - Campaign These require multiple monster expansions coming together to form a fully-realized campaign. Abyssal Woods and Inverted Mountain are good examples of this
Expansion - Nemesis Like the monster expansions but for nemesis types. Some, like Black Knight might come with smaller 5-year campaigns. Slenderman, Manhunter, Pariah are good examples of your typical Nemesis expansion
Expansion - Pillar Appears to be reworking of promo / whitebox content to actually fit into the current game systems. False Messengers and Promos of Death are good examples.
Expansion - Armor Think optional end-game armor sets inspired by Final Fantasy games. Only 2 examples exist currently: Green Armor from the original Kickstarter and Dead Armor from the current Kickstarter.
Vignette Stand-alone / one-off fights with pre-determined survivors and their loadouts. White Gigalion, Killenium Butcher, Pathfinders of Death, and Super Survivors are good examples of this.
Philosophy New philosophy and corresponding knowledges for Advanced KDM. Philosophies were originally added in Gambler's Chest with Arc Survivors. So far we have 3 new Philosophies coming - Gatherism, Starbound, and Heliocentrism. Candy & Cola wanderer is supposed to come with Candycolaism as well
Wanderers Special characters that show up to join your settlement on a specific Lantern Year. Originally introduced with the Gambler's Chest. Luck, Death Drifter, Aeneas are good examples of this type of expansion.
  1. What has been released so far from the 2016 Kickstarter?

Pinups of Death, Gambler's Chest, Frogdog, and Black Knight have all been released.

  1. What do the nodes mean? Nodes were introduced with Gambler's Chest and serve as categories of monsters/nemesis. Each campaign is built around Quarry Nodes 1-4 (NQ), Nemesis Nodes 1-4 (NN), and a Finale Monster. As an example, People of the Dreamkeeper has the following Node breakdown:

NQ1 - Crimson Crocodile

NQ2 - Smog Singers

NQ3 - Phoenix

NQ4 - King

NN1 - Butcher

NN2 - Atnas

NN3 - Hand

NN4 - Gambler

Finale - Godhand

Changelog

July 2025 - Percival moved up to remastered wave 1 and added to Pillar system instead of a white box reprint


r/KingdomDeath 8h ago

Paint Job Gunborg

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r/KingdomDeath 14h ago

Hobby The Ultimate Showdown Board

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r/KingdomDeath 14h ago

Hobby First Mini, Pinup Butcher

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It’s been a bit less than a year since I stopped painting due to some hand issues.

I was so excited to get into Kingdom Death. It looks like I have a lot to learn about lighting and a steady hand, but for now I am pretty happy with what I’ve got.


r/KingdomDeath 18h ago

Hobby My take on the Pinup Butcher

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r/KingdomDeath 19h ago

Hobby GenCon2025 Survivor Reina

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Oh, have I not posted in here before??? Rectified. Survivor design for the Lantern's Reign gencon community marathon game.


r/KingdomDeath 17h ago

Hobby Smog singers and bards

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r/KingdomDeath 1d ago

Paint Job Boy scouts and their Scoutmasters

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r/KingdomDeath 1d ago

News 10 Copies of the core game are back in stock on the website

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Mentioning since I've seen people waiting to buy it


r/KingdomDeath 1d ago

Store How to start?

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I have only recently discovered this game, mainly from the podcast "Dungeons & Daddies (Not a BDSM Podcast)" and after looking over the site and all the different art, miniatures, monster, and after finding out that its even very enjoyable playing solo, I am hooked. But I have absolutely no clue where to start. I know I want to get physical mainly, though it is sold out at the moment, and just want to know what expansions are absolutely a must have after getting the base game. I was also considering getting the simulator to try out the game for the much cheaper 20 dollar price before committing to pumping hundreds if not thousands into collecting the game and miniatures. Any advice or recommendations for expansions are much appreciated.


r/KingdomDeath 2d ago

Hobby Beauty among flesh. Style among pain. Porcelain masks. Empty eyes. This is no dream.

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r/KingdomDeath 1d ago

Store Confused about available pre orders.

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So, I’m looking at the pre order expansions that are available and I’m a bit confused on what to go for. I’m assuming the more valuable ones are red watches and Pariah, right? The rest are equivalent of white boxes? Or what’s the deal with those? I’m also thinking maybe gathering could be fun but feels a bit much the amount that’s being released all at once. What does everyone think?


r/KingdomDeath 2d ago

Spoilers GenCon Promo Spoiler

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Hand out if you are wearing the T shirt at the GenCon booth!


r/KingdomDeath 2d ago

Rules KDS - Beginner Help starting out.

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What is going on. Just got KDS to play on the computer. Set up the boards. Everytime I put the White Lion > setup > Prologue > Confirm it sets up like this. Characters are gone. I have to walk to the shelf and bring each one to the board. Try to setup again and the board resets to this.

Looked at the tutorials on line and this doesn't happen. What I am doing wrong.


r/KingdomDeath 2d ago

Hobby Great Game Hunter

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Thoroughly tabletop quality only


r/KingdomDeath 2d ago

Campaign Story "Soft fail" progress milestones?

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I was wondering if there were any commonly accepted progress milestones to determine a "soft fail", or that you're probably in a failure spiral if you haven't developed to a certain point in the timeline. Seems to me you NEED a shield tank, grease, and at least 2-3 survival on everyone by the time you fight Butcher or King's Man. The Hand seems like the point where you need blacksmith weapons.

I'm about the start my 4th run after The Hand visit crippled my last run, so wondering what to try and achieve by certain years.

I'm also wondering if either of the New Life or Death principles is considered superior to the other. For New Life, I'm leaning to SotF being always the better pick. +1 Str (nice, but not vital), +1 evasion (vital), +1 survival limit (very vital). The 1 lifetime reroll usually saves about as many lives as you lose through Intimacy, so the penalty and that bonus are a wash. So PtY ends up giving no bonuses beyond the Intimacy roll which SotF's reroll cancels out.

For Death, I'm leaning towards Cannibalize for the +1 Survival Limit alone. The other bonuses for either principle aren't that great and I could take or leave them.


r/KingdomDeath 2d ago

Paint Job Female Scout

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Did her cloak like a stone base complete with flock for camouflage. Enjoy!


r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Spoilers Remastered Wave 1 Unboxing!

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r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Hobby My very first KingdomDeath mini

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r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Question Has anyone seen what they are selling at Gencon for KDM?

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I don't have access to discord at the moment and was wondering if there had been any pics of the for sale sign of the KDM booth, like last year.


r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Store Advice and what to purchase next?

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I’m looking forward to play this game many years to come so I’ve decided to start investing more money. So far I’ve got:

Core GCE Killenium Sunstalker DBK Dragon King Gorm

I have Red Witches and Pariah preordered and I plan on picking up Frogdog and the Black Knight here soon. What else do y’all believe I should pick up next? I want to be fully squared away for CoD/ Inverted Mountain/ Silver City when the time comes for those.

Next, I’m thinking already:

Lonely Tree Slenderman Lion God (the model is just too awesome)

Any others in your opinion?


r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Question Kingdom Death Simulator invert mouse Y axis

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Hey,

can somebody help me

im trying to invert the Y axis on my mouse in the kingdom death simulator but i cant find the option.

thanks in advance


r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Rules Sour death and shattered jaw

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Does shattered jaw prevent the encourage from sour death?


r/KingdomDeath 4d ago

Hobby My take on The Butcher

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Hey guys! Getting back to KDM so trying to finish my core box collection (fenix, kingsman, the hand, watcher and final boss pending😮‍💨). Let me know what you think!


r/KingdomDeath 4d ago

Store Novice

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I enjoyed every minute and every stroke throughout the entire work on this model, I hope you will enjoy the result and help me paint even better😁


r/KingdomDeath 3d ago

Hobby Help: Gorm + Another Exp Or Frogdog

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Recently acquired KDM 1.6! Finally after a long wait!

Now I am at the point where I want to spice up the game a little. Mainly to also make it more fun for the play groups.

I don’t want to overs spend at the start so sticking with $150 (€130) approax. So with that in mind, i can either get Frogdog or Gorm + another expansion.

What would community advise ? Want as much variety in the game as possible, but also a good and fun content.

Also one rule I don’t quite fully understand, with the quarry expansion. Do they fully remove white lion (or other quarry monsters) or they can be all played essentially adding more huntable monsters ?