Hello Friends and Fans of March of the Ants,
We are very excited to announce that we are currently in development of a second edition of March of the Ants. We’re planning to bring the game to Kickstarter next year, with a projected retail release in 2025. It has been 10 years since we started working on the original game and it has been very exciting to revisit and update it based on player feedback and design lessons we’ve learned over the last decade.
The Plan
The current plan is to build one main box game that includes everything from the base game, adding in the best parts from the Minions of the Meadow and Empires of the Earth expansions. It will feature a lot of new art and updated graphic design. We are working to revise and update the cards, as well as some of the core rules of the game. During this process we’d love to hear from you about these topics:
-What aspects of the gameplay would you like to see updated?
-What components would you like to see updated?
-What things do you want to stay exactly how they are?
-What expansion modules should be included?
-Any other ways we can make March of the Ants even better?
Taking Care of Early Adopters
We are so grateful to all of you who have been supporting March of the Ants for years and we are actively working on ways to make the new game content available to you. The new version will feature some big component upgrades and rules updates and we think a good number of you may want to upgrade. But for those that already have the base game(s) we want to present some solid options for patches and update kits so the updated gameplay is available to you. Here are some of the ideas we are currently looking at:
-Update Kit Pledge - Could include new card set, Stickers to update rulebook, nest mats and other components. What else would you want to see in here?
-Discount for folks who own the base game and donate it to a FLGS game library, game club, or school when the new one arrives.
-Digital Update Files that you can print and sticker at home.
-Print on Demand update files.
What have you seen other 2nd edition do well? What other steps can we take to take care of owners of the original.
March With Us
We are now recruiting playtesters to help us test and refine the 2nd edition. If you are interested in testing the new version on TTS or with print and play materials please fill out this Google Form and we’ll be in touch as soon as tests open up.
https://forms.gle/uJYvoYqrDFqJSFHj7
Thanks!
Tim