Lazer Ryderz! The Totally Rad Tabletop Racing Game!

Visionary! $40K! Stretch Goals! Exclamation Points!
over 7 years ago – Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 03:45:44 PM

Whoa! We hit the $40,000 goal yesterday! That means everyone who pledges for a copy of Lazer Ryderz will also get a new promo Ryder! Pat yourselves on the back, everyone.

Vanessa Long has traveled through time and space as The Visionary! Now, she takes to the cosmos in search of prizms of power to aid her and her allies on earth. Her mental powers allow her to neutralize prizms, making her a psychic force to be reckoned with. Through a combination of psychic befuddlement and raw telekinetic force, The Visionary can move a power prizm she controls out of the grasp of her enemies.

The Visionary, just like Captain Cosmic, will fit into her matching color's tray along with the components for the other character of that color.

Oh, but we're not done. There is so much more in store. In fact, since you've all been so great at supporting us and talking up this project, why don't we take a look at the full list of stretch goals!

 We already know about that sweet, sweet foil action from a previous update. But it looks like there are some super great things coming up a little later, too.

At $60k and $80k, we'll be including another promo character crossing over from Sentinel Comics. That'll bring us up to eight characters total! And what's that at $70k? Some sort of glow-in-the-dark numbered cube? Wicked!

We'll wait until we get a little closer to talk more in detail about those. But I have to say, they're pretty amazing. Let's get 'em!

We're loving all the reports coming in of people playing Lazer Ryderz at shows and at home. If you've made yourself a print-and-play (or you stumbled into/ruthlessly hunted down Nicole and/or Anthony at a show), we'd love to see photos! Feel free to tweet those to us at @GTGamesLLC and Cardboard Fortress Games at @CBFort!

Have a totally righteous day!

Lazer Shark smells blood in the water!
over 7 years ago – Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:22:20 PM

Hey, Ryderz! I hope your weekend was great! Did anyone get a chance to play?

Anyway, today we have a little more information on a character who really needs this campaign to keep moving. Lazer Shark!

The Carchonian Empire, once located deep within the Sphyrnidae Galaxy, was a horrible blight on the universe. This aggressive empire expanded and destroyed civilizations, their monstrous reavers demolishing entire worlds. After years of suffering, a universal coalition formed and finally eradicated them.

One lone survivor, equipped in her cybernetic battlesuit, escaped the massacre: the Lazer Shark, a mercilessly insatiable predator. Always on the hunt, she plies the space ways in search of the fabled Blood Nebula. She holds within her the last remaining hope for her species, and only there can she lay her eggs. The power prizms are her final key to find this legendary place.

With a burst of speed, the Lazer Shark can tear forward faster than any other Lazer Ryder, putting it all on the line to nab a power prizm. Her RIP ability launches her into incredible movement, allowing her to place a 5th gear lazer piece after taking her normal turn. This doesn’t change her current gear. However, if she is unable to capture a prizm, she burns up and crashes. The strategy can work two ways: allowing her to jump ahead and devour a prizm, or giving her the chance to crash and escape an unfavorable position.

Stay tuned for more in the future!

Ryde the Wavez of Player Powers!
over 7 years ago – Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:07:23 AM

'Sup, Kickstarter posse?

So, what's the 411 today?

First off, individual player powers! In Lazer Ryderz, each Ryder has one use of a unique power. Once used this power is only recharged when someone steals one of their power prizms! If that happens, their power is recharged, and they can use it again. These powers express each characters' unique personas through abilities such as enhanced movement, attacking your enemies, changing the board, and ignoring the very rules of the game. These powerful and exciting abilities can be activated at just the right moment to get the advantage over your opponents. Since they recharge when an opponent steals your prizm, the trick is activating them at the raddest opportunity for maximum gnarlitude! We'll be unveiling more about these in later updates!

Next up, there's a new PnP up with updated chevron-ized track pieces. Check it out!

Finally, let's meet one of the Ryderz! The Galactic Waveryder!

Murad Rings. The Amato Gravity Well. J1407B. What do all of these locations have in common? They've all been shredded by the Galactic Waveryder, the raddest solar rider in the known universe. Ten-time champion of the Grand Kahuna Award, he hails from the beach world of Paradise 3, the heart of the Kulture's pleasure planets. Long bored of the mundane thrills of diving headfirst into exploding suns and spinning off the edges of a white hole, he now seeks experiences beyond even the limits of the High Gnarly Council's understanding. With his experimental hyperboard underfoot, the Galactic Waveryder surfs the outer reaches in search of the power prizms. He believes they can unlock the Omega Wave, the ultimate curl, and surely the most tubular experience of all time. The Galactic Waveryder can use his ability, FLY, to take two sweet double-curves at once, allowing him to pull a radical u-turn or shred an awesome S. He may place two hard turns of the speed he is currently in without rolling for success. His maneuverability is unrivaled, allowing him to double back to grab a prizm behind him or work his way around other players to get to his goal.

50K Foil Friday!
over 7 years ago – Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:07:13 AM

Hey, everyone!

As a special Friday gift, we wanted to give you a little sneak peek ahead in the stretch goals!

Once we unlock the 50K stretch goal, we will be working with the factory to add areas of spot foil on components in the game to really make those lazer lines look SUPER RAD! We'll be including foil on items such as the the prizms, the track, and areas of the box art. Here's a little idea of what this might look like.

 Isn't that great? We really want this to be a special game, and that extra little shine would go a long way.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Put on some Saturday morning cartoons and play Lazer Ryderz!

Some... Visionary Track Updates!
over 7 years ago – Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:50:13 AM

Hey, everyone!

The week is off to a great start, and we're well on our way to the first stretch goal!

First of all, we have been paying close attention to all your comments, and we've seen several concerns about the flat ends of the tracks. Well, we have a solution: chevrons! Each piece will now slot into the next/previous piece. You can see how that'll look with this totally tubular animation.

 That's so cool! This should keep the pieces from being quite so haphazard on the table.

We also have a little art reveal for our $40k stretch goal. Who's this? Looks like maybe Captain Cosmic brought one of his friends from Sentinels of the Multiverse! It's Visionary!

 Just like Captain Cosmic, Visionary will come with her own standee and special character power. She won't increase the maximum player count or add another set of track pieces, unfortunately, but she'll fit in the packaging just fine!

We've updated the stretch goal chart on the main page to show Visionary and get everyone excited. Let's do this!