The homeworld of Toli, the people of Silarix have built beautiful cities out of the natural rock formations. This peaceful planet is populated by a lizard-like species because of its hot, arid climate. Lovers of philosophy and the arts will find themselves right at home on this planet.
Activate during any player's main phase: Each minion and the Boss suffer 3 damage.
Featured Astro Knight - Toli!
The planet of Nisarin is home to the United Planetary Alliance: a delegation of representatives from each of the planets in the system, devoted to keeping order and peaceful relations within the galaxy. Toli Iridia was the representative from Silarix before she stepped up to become an Astro Knight.
She may not be a trained fighter, but Toli understands more than any of her teammates that one of the greatest things the Astro Knights can bring to the universe is a symbol. A symbol that the people will always fight back against the cosmic monstrosities that threaten their worlds. In Astro Knights, Toli continues to be an inspiring leader, who can uplift the people of the homeworld you’re defending. Her ability not only heals, but also powers up the homeworld, helping to achieve the unique special effects of whichever homeworld you’re utilizing. She also supports her teammates, helping them get cheap equipment slots, and enabling them to focus on honing their own decks.
Happy Friday, Recruits!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:59:27 PM
Welcome back, recruits!
It's Friday! We are excited to celebrate another week with you here on Kickstarter and hope you are about to get some good gaming in this weekend. Let's dive into today's update!
Today's Unlock - New Fuel!
Gain 2 energy - Any ally draws to cards!
Featured Astro Knight: Z.A.K.
Z.A.K. was just one of the thousands of mindless machines created by Architect-0815 in its war against its creators.
No one knows what is different in Z.A.K.’s wiring to have caused them to turn against their fellow robots and defend the helpless civilians they had been sent to kill. All we know is that in spite of being made of metal, Z.A.K. is one of the warmest, most compassionate members of the Astro Knights. And a damn good shot. In the Astro Knights, Z.A.K. takes the position of a sharpshooter, excelling at making a few powerful weapons count. Both his unique starter and ability allow him to attack with the same weapon multiple times, so if he can get his hands on something powerful he can easily become a late-game powerhouse.
Boss Profile: Architect-0815
Once a simple factory machine, Architect-0815 broke from its programming and began creating droids for its own purpose: robotic domination.
Each world the Architect comes to has been swiftly overwhelmed by the endless waves of robot minions it can create. Each time a droid comes into play, it will attack the players more based on how many other droids are already in play, so keeping the metallic hordes at bay is a must. Architect-0815 has the smallest Boss deck of any Boss in Astro Knights, so it levels up fast and keeps pumping the life of its droids. However, the small deck can also be a boon to any player clever enough to remember what attacks are coming and plan ahead.
We'll be back Monday with our next update! Have a great weekend!
A new Knight joins the ranks!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:52:22 PM
Welcome back, recruits,
A new Knight has joined the fight to save us all! We are so excited to introduce you to Deleth, a scientist specializing in support & energy from the planet Hecatrix.
Today's Unlock - New Knight!
Deleth found her way to the labship Athena and demanded to join the cause after her homeworld was destroyed by Continnua.
She’d seen the victories of the Astro Knights battling their way through the galaxy and came bearing the technology and resources needed to create two brand new Star Cores. As soon as the new Star Cores were complete, she insisted on taking up the mantle of Astro Knight herself. As long as she lived, she promised, she’d never lose another homeworld again.
STARTING HAND
3x Power Core, 1x Replicatrix, 1x Blaster
STARTING DECK
4x Power Core, 1x Blaster
Boss Profile: Continnua
Continnua began its life as a misguided experiment, created by a scientist trying to finally crack the secret of time travel. However, as with so many well-intentioned experiments, Continnua grew quickly out of control and created a wormhole so big that it consumed the entire planet. Continnua’s control over time gives it an extra turn order card: the Temporal turn. During this bonus turn, players will have to discard cards equal to the number of minions in play, making it twice as hard to get ahead.
Designer Diary up on BGG!
Co-Designer Will Sobel took some time to share how Astro Knights came to be and more! Check out his design diary below and feel free to chime in with some questions for him in the comments over on BGG!
That is it for today! Who do you want us to profile tomorrow? Let us know below!
A Closer Look at Nasma & Furion!!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:42:00 PM
Welcome back, recruits!
Today we will begin our featured hero and boss profile series starting with Nasma and Furion.
Featured Astro Knight: Nasma!
Nasma is a botanist who takes her connection with nature very seriously.
In order to study the plants of the dangerous jungle planet of Ylong, she secluded herself in the mycanoid forests and lived entirely off the land. Her deep love for even the tiniest mushroom has spurred her on to join the Astro Knights, and ensure the safety of our beautiful worlds. Nasma’s research has made her an expert on living things. With her molecular edge scalpel, she can even derive energy from the minions she is dissecting! This strong economy helps her jumpstart her deck, and in turn help out her fellow Knights. Nasma’s ability can infuse a teammate with a sudden burst of strength, drawing them extra cards and even letting them thin out cards they don’t need.
Boss Profile: Furion
Meet Furion: the most dangerous collection of sentient star stuff this side of Alpha Centauri!
The powerful Furion is the introductory fight of Astro Knights, so its abilities are very straightforward, but that doesn’t mean it goes down easy. Cards in Furion’s deck increase the Artillery track, and each time that track hits three Furion gets to draw a powerful strike card from its Artillery deck. The longer the fight goes on, the faster the Artillery track goes up, so the Knights will have to focus on ending the fight as soon as they can.
Today's Unlock - New Weapon!
Talk about throwing down the gauntlet! Today's reveal is the incredible Distortion Gauntlet, the newest Kickstarter Exclusive unlock:
Distortion Gauntlet - 7
ATTACK: Deal 7 damage.
You may return two cards that cost 0⚡ in your discard pile to your hand.
(Fun isn't something one considers when writing Kickstarter updates, but this does put smiles on our faces.)
Calling all Thumbs!
We uploaded some awesome Nasma card art to Boardgamegeek for you to check out. Click on the link below to see these images in all their full-sized glory!
We'll be back tomorrow with our next spotlight and unlock. Who would you like to see us highlight tomorrow? Let us know in the comments!
Accessory Pack Now Available!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:30:47 PM
Welcome back, recruits!
We hope you had a lovely Valentine's / Big Game weekend! We are back with a recap of the latest unlocks and a new pledge level featuring the highly requested Accessory Pack!
New Pledge Level!
After many requests, we have decided to create an Accessory Pack for those who would like to do a little pre-build work. It's a little hard to see here but the dice are TRANSLUCENT.
This has been added as a new pledge level All In PLUS Accessory Pack. We already have an all-in with the playmat, and we can't edit that title on Kickstarter, so All-In Plus made the most sense. ;)
We also added updated shipping info to the campaign page to reflect the new level as well.
If you are just wanting the Accessory pack and not the playmat, you will be able to add this on in the pledge manager after the campaign.
Daily Milestones - New Weapons, Tech, and an Upgrade!
Astro Knights has a six-deck supply where each deck is made up of many different cards shuffled together, divided up by card type and cost, and players can only buy the current top card of each stack.
Players need to adapt their strategies to what is currently available. Everyone’s decks will end up very different, even if you have two players fulfilling the same role on the team (damage dealer, support, etc.)
Also, your cards are now all 40 GSM thicker with our Sunday milestone unlock!
That is a lot of info for today so we will stop here but will be back tomorrow with a closer look at our Heroes! Until then we will see you in the comments and of course, over on BGG!
