Mini Boss Box Add-Ons
Stormsunder has a lot of characters throughout the story, many that have cards but don't have miniatures. You may not even fight with some of these one-off villains and allies, so it was hard to justify putting a mini for them in the box. Some of them made it in as strech goals (like Davor and Lord Gregor), but there were plenty more. Currently, they use their character card (with a unique illustration and skills) and a substitute miniature. It works great but we *really* wanted these characters to be available (especially the rest of the vampire high council, since folks were asking for them).
Our solution is the three mini boss boxes, one for each game/expansion. They will be in the pledge manager for $49 each. We don't have the sculpts finished for all of them, but a little bit below is a taste of what each box will contain (we'll have more to show by the time the PM launches as well as exact sculpt/miniature numbers). Since these boxes will only contain miniatures, they will be "language-neutral." They are also 100% not required to play/enjoy Stormsunder. The characters are already in the game boxes; this just makes them fancier.
The mini boss boxes will also replace the cardboard tokens we have for civilians. Civilians are bystanders and (in some cases) combatants with simple AI for the heroes to protect (or slaughter) depending on the scenario and your party's temperament. I don't think we've talked much about civilians, as they are a spoilerific part of Stormsunder and there for some very important story events.