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A Shot from the Guntower, August 2025

  • Guntower Mike
  • Aug 5
  • 4 min read

PANDORA FULFILMENT IS ALMOST COMPLETE!!!! 🥳


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Yes, that’s right Crewmies,

We got a note from Zatu today telling us that they have sent out all packages on their list for delivery to UK/EU, along with tracking numbers; and ShipTop have delivered all but one parcel in Canada/USA.  So if you haven’t got it already, you should receive Pandora in the post some time this week.

 

If you don’t have anything by next Monday (11th August), email us at info@guntowergames.com and we’ll chase it up for you.


Those of you who are getting their game delivered by hand from us (mainly reviewers and those local to us in Kent), we’ll be reaching out to you individually to arrange how to get the game to you.  So don’t worry: it’s all in-hand.

 

PLEASE SUPPORT US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

This is really important to us.  We’re a tiny little indy and it’s almost impossible to get heard over the babble of the bigger beasts out there in the gaming world. So while we love reading your Comments on Gamefound or our Facebook page, if you post there you are preaching to the converted.  If you want to help us get the word out, please, please, please do one (or more 😁) of the following:

  • Post a ‘look what I’m playing!’ pic on your favourite boardgame site – Dice Tower, the Boardgame Group, Boardgame Revolution, BGG Facebook page.  Anywhere where people who may not have heard of the game can see it.

  • Click the ❤️ Fan button on BoardgameGeek – it’s quick, it’s simple and we’ve been told that it really does make a difference!

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  • Rate us here on BoardgameGeek, or better still, rate us and leave a nice comment.

  • And if you have the time and inclination, write a review on BoardgameGeek.

     

    In the rest of this Newsletter, I’m going to talk about these things:

    ·       Canterbury Games Convention

    ·       Component FAQs for Pandora Celeste.

    ·       How to Play videos

    ·       How to buy extra Add-Ons etc.

    ·       Pandora’s Pirates & Salvage Expansion.

     

    If you’re here for Carta Imperia, I’m afraid I don’t have much to say at the moment,

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    other than that playtesting is still ongoing and we’ll be running demos at Canterbury Games Con (see below).  It’s coming along well, and I hope to have more info for you in later Newsletters. But right now we are up to our eyeballs in Pandora Fulfilment.

     


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CANTERBURY GAMING CONVENTION:

This weekend we’ll be at Stall 35 in Canterbury on the 9th & 10th August.  We’ll be demoing Pandora: Pirates & Salvage at our stall as well as Carta Imperia.  Do come and try out the new expansion – or just say ‘hi’ and tell us how you’re getting on with the game.  We’d love to see you.



COMPONENT FAQ:

We’ve had a few queries about components over the last few days, so I’ve put together an FAQ answering the most common questions, which you can find here on BoardgameGeek.


HOW TO PLAY VIDEOS:

As I’m sure you already know, the Learn to Play Booklet is designed to teach you the game as you play along.  But if you don’t like reading instructions, here are links to How to Play videos for the Prologue and Scenarios 1-3 of the Learning Campaign:

Scenario 2 (including a ‘How to attach the Vent Stickers’ at 02.30 in the video: https://youtu.be/KFY8mW5WNVQ

 

As you play, you are bound to encounter edge-cases because the rules can’t cover everything.  They are a framework designed to create a space where you can become the hero or villain in your own emergent sci-fi monster movie.  But rather than obsessing over whether the designer meant ‘this’ or ‘that’ when writing the rule, I urge you to follow the Movie Rule – ask yourself: “How would it work if this was a movie?” and interpret the rule like that.  Because that’s how it’s supposed to work – it’s intended to let you create your own monster movie the way you’d like it to be and have fun doing it! 😆

 

But if you ever do get stuck on a rule, post a question on the BGG Forums and I’ll answer as soon as I can.

 

HOW DO I GET THE ADD-ONS?

Several of you have asked us this – and some of you are keen to find out where to buy the game now that the Crowdfunder is over.  We are in the process of setting up an online store, where you’ll be able not only to buy the game but also get extra add-ons like Keni & Marina or the extra mini set for the add-ons.

 

Stay subscribed to this Newsletter and we’ll let you know when it’s up and running.


 PIRATES & SALVAGE

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Now that Fulfilment is almost done and dusted, we can start to concentrate on the Crowdfunding campaign for our Pirates & Salvage Expansion, which we hope to launch in October/November.  This will bring 3 new Pirate Crew and 3 more Big Nasties stalking the dark corridors of the CSS Pandora.  We also hope to introduce a special Guest Crew-member if the campaign goes well. 


Watch out for the Preview Page on Gamefound – we’d love you to Follow it when we have it up and running. 

 

Until then, have fun in those dark corners... 🌚

Mike & Lynn

 
 
 

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