Philharmonix: Space Orchestra Management Board Game
Created by Archona Games
Become a space orchestra manager and perform magnificent concerts across the galaxy in this unique 1-4 player worker placement game.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Another Stretch Goal Unlocked + New Stretch Goals!
10 months ago
– Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 08:03:05 AM
Greetings maestros and managers!
Thanks to your awesome support during the last days of the campaign, we have unlocked yet another stretch goal - the Deluxe Player Plaques!
Two New Stretch Goals
In the meantime, we opened two more stretch goals and we believe we can unlock them together! Let's get this done on the final day and end this campaign with a fantastic crescendo!
Thank you so much for the fantastic support! Let's end the campaign on a high note. :)
All the best, Milan
Last 4 days of the campaign + Game Development info!
10 months ago
– Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 01:51:07 AM
Hello maestros and managers!
I hope you had a wonderful week and are preparing for a great weekend.
We just wanted to give a quick update as we are entering the final days of the campaign.
First of all, thank you all for your amazing support and for sticking with us until the end. Without you, this game will not be a reality. Please know that we appreciate your support a lot!
Now, let's check what we have done so far together!
As you can see, the stretch goal box is getting stuffed! We still have a few days left to unlock the final two stretch goals, and of course, if the tempo picks up, we will have even more stuff to include there!
Game Development is Finished!
We are happy to say that the development of the game is finished! Until the last minute, we were trying out some stuff that will streamline the gameplay even further and we think you are going to love it!
Some changes include how you get the "area control" bonus from the regions at the end of the game, now it's even more interactive by introducing the influence tracks on the board itself. Additional changes are mostly in regards to visual elements (icons etc), and rules and how they are explained, so we hope all of this will boil down to a great player experience. Of course, we will share the final rules with you once we have them ready.
We are also working on reducing the size of the main board, and we made it more compact so it can fit a regular table more easily! Check out the art of the board below, without icons, as we are going to add those and finish the board during the next week:
Finally, our plan is to have all the assets ready by the end of March/beginning of April so we cna send them to our factory, get a new sample of the game, and hopefully start manufacturing during April/May. With this said, we really believe we can have the game out to backers later this year! Hopefully, we won't have any huge unplanned delays.
We hope you like this update, and hope we gave you a good glimpse of what we were doing for the past few weeks. We are determined to have the most complete game and we worked hard to accomplish that over this period. We hope you can appreciate the effort and you will have fun with the final version of the game, once it arrives to your doorstep.
Have a great weekend and have fun playing lots of games! See you in the final stretch of the campaign! - Milan
Vote is over - let's see the winners!
11 months ago
– Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 04:36:36 AM
Hello managers and maestros!
Hope you all have a fantastic start of the week. :)
Thank you all for voting on which design of round marker and which patron art we should go with for the stretch goals.
After counting all the votes, we have a definitive winner for the round marker shape and that is shape E)!
So the next stretch goal will unlock this deluxe custom printed marker for the deluxe pack and is not that far! We only need around US$4200 until we unlock it!
That being said, we counted the votes for the Patron artworks, and the results are so close! Patron 2 leads by only one vote, but we didn't expect it to be that close!
So, to show you how much we appreciate your voting, commenting, and support for this project, we decided to include BOTH Patrons for that same stretch goal instead of one!
We hope you like this addition and hope that it will show you how thankful we are for you being here with us so far!
With almost a full week left until the end of the campaign, we would love to hear from you again if you have some new and cool ideas about the next stretch goals! Let us know about them in the comments below!
Thanks, and all the best! - Milan
New Stretch Goals + New Canadian Shipping rate!
11 months ago
– Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 08:12:57 AM
Hello managers and maestros!
We hope you are all doing well. Thank you for sticking with us through this campaign! We have exciting update for today, so let's dive in.
First, I would like to personally apologize for not providing this update sooner. My migraine knocked me out good for a couple of days during the past week, so I had a lot to catch up on in the following days, and since I am the one writing the updates, it took a bit longer. I sincerely hope you understand! Now, onto the news:
Canadian Shipping Rate
We are happy to inform you that we managed to get a better pricing for Canadian shipping!
So, we are moving Canada from Zone 4 to Zone 3 for both pledge levels respectively. Canadian backers, we hope you appreciate this news and put your mind more at ease when considering to back this game.
New Stretch Goals + Double Vote!
With that said, as we approach the US$100.000 (the Conductors stretch goal unlock), it's time to reveal the next stretch goals!
The next stretch goal is the custom deluxe screen-printed round marker! However, we need your help to choose which shape would look best! Our artist, Daniel, did a quick sketch, and we think we can put it now to vote!
Please vote in the comments on the main page so we can have the votes in one place! We also encourage you to vote for the final community-created Patron (please see more info below).
The stretch goal after is the deluxe screen-printed plaques representing that the players have gained either 50+ or 100+ points in the game! Very prestigious rewards indeed!
And at US$130.000, we have a new mini-variant for you - the Star Track bonuses! These tokens are laid out on certain milestones on the star rating track, and you can claim them as you pass through those spaces!
Community-created Patron Card
Thanks for your submissions of descriptions for a patron card. We loved reading them! We chose two that we thought were very interesting to do, so now we need your help to vote on which patron we should create as the stretch goal by commenting with the patron number on the main comments page of this campaign!
Additionally, we have to thank BoardGameGeek users Curt Collins and Stephen Farrell for providing the descriptions!
That's it! We hope you like this update. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below!
All the best, Milan
A great first day + Community Designed Card!
11 months ago
– Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:09:01 AM
Greetings, managers and maestros!
Thanks to you and your awesome support, we had a fantastic first day! We cannot be more thankful for a wonderful community such as you! We bow to your performance.
Now let's see what stretch goals we have unlocked and what lies ahead :)
We are happy to say that we have unlocked FOUR stretch goals so far and it's only the first day! Wow! We have unlocked the following:
- 1 Extra Demand Tile - 4 Musician Reward Tiles (mini-variant) - 1 Extra Patron Card - 1 New End of Turn tile (mini-variant)
We hope you like them so far, and we encourage you to share your ideas for new stretch goals in the comments on the page!
Now, while we still have yet to unlock the 2 extra demand tiles, which lie ahead at US$70.000, we are really excited to show you the following stretch goals!
Community Created Patron Card
As you can see, we need your help to create the next Patron Card! We ask of you to please head over to this BoardGameGeek Post, and comment with a description about the artwork there as per the instructions.
Hopefully, this will boost our presence on BGG and ultimately bring even more people to this campaign! Let's do this!
The stretch goal milestone at $100.000 is the Conductors Variant!
For this stretch goal, we will include 4 conductors for you to play with during the game. They will give you bonuses when performing symphonies and will be a valuable asset for your strategy!
Let's share this campaign wherever possible so we can unlock these fantastic stretch goals quickly!
In addition to commenting on the BoardGameGeek forum post above, you can also help us by:
