A sustainably produced customizable, cooperative card game set in the wilderness of the far future for 1 – 4 players.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
New Expansion Available Now!
5 months ago
– Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 08:28:45 AM
Hi everyone,
I hope you're doing well wherever you may be. Before we jump into our announcement, here's a quick update on the German language edition:
German Language Edition Update
Before we get into our big announcement, I have some good news to share with our German-language edition backers of Legacy of the Ancestors. At long last, I'm happy to let you know that we now have localized files in-hand, and we will be going to print very soon. We'll be sure to share specific dates once we have them, but for now please note that we hope to have the German-language edition of Legacy of the Ancestors in your hands early next year. Thank you very much for your exceptional patience. The long wait is nearly over.
Valley Expansions Announcement
As you may recall, shortly after the Gamefound campaign concluded in early 2024, Maxine Newman (co-designer of Arkham Horror the Card Game and former lead-developer of Lord of the Rings the Card Game) joined our team as the lead designer of Earthborne Rangers. We haven't shared much about what she's been working on over the past year and a half, but that is about to change!
Maxine's first order of business was to help us put the finishing touches on the Legacy of the Ancestors Campaign Expansion, but once that was done, she got to work designing all-new narrative experiences for Earthborne Rangers. These would ultimately become an entire series of expansions called "Valley Expansions," and today, I'm excited to announce that the first Valley Expansion, Spire in Bloom, is available now at earthbornegames.com!
Valley Expansions do exactly that: they expand the Valley by adding new locations to visit, paths to explore, people to meet, missions to accomplish, and rewards to unlock. Each Valley Expansion comes with 60 new cards, including a new path set, new missions, new weather, new rewards, and more.
Valley Expansions can be incorporated into your Lure of the Valley campaign (the campaign that comes with the core game), or they can be played as their own mini-campaign. Each also comes with a 36-page campaign guide, card set dividers, and an expanded Valley Map.
The first Valley Expansion, Spire in Bloom, brings the village of Spire into focus, turning what was originally a single location on the Valley map into multiple pivotal locations, each connected by an inventive new path type, the Thoroughfare.
A stark contrast to the experience of exploring the wilderness, the Thoroughfare set presents a fresh take on the mechanical ecology introduced in the core game. In place of overgrown thickets and prowling wolhunds, you'll find bustling markets and pertinacious peddlers. Local townsfolk and rambunctious teens introduce entertainingly emergent complications to your journey as you explore the village, and new characters and storylines await at each new location.
Within you'll also find new cards for the Lone Tree Set, the Valley Set, and the General Set (which includes eight baby animals, like the adorable bearsloth cub and the cuddly hydraworm spawn).
Moments in the Valley
Moments in the Valley is modelled after the previously released Moments on the Path, except the moment cards in this new expansion are specific to the terrain sets found in each Valley expansion. This expansion adds exciting and narrative moments to your path deck and can be used in conjunction with the four Valley expansions: Spire in Bloom, Shadow of the Storm, Into the Maw, or Sky & Smoke.
For more information about all of the Valley expansions, be sure to check out our announcement video! Spire in Bloom and Moments in the Valley are available now at earthbornegames.com for customers around the world by way of our friends at Team Covenant.
If you prefer to wait to order from your FLGS, or from a vendor closer to home, these expansions will also be available to brick-and-mortar retailers in the U.S. and retail and distribution outside of the U.S. We are currently taking orders and will be shipping to those third-parties soon.
Interested U.S.-based brick-and-mortar retailers please message us at [email protected] for more information.
Interested retailers outside of the U.S. please email [email protected].
The team and I are incredibly grateful for your continued support. It is because of you that we are able to deepen and enrich the World of Earthborne Rangers by crafting new experiences and narrative arcs. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed making them (and that's a lot!).
Much love,
Andrew
End of July Expansion Update (plus LoA Soundtrack Now Available!)
8 months ago
– Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 09:34:18 AM
Hi everyone,
We hope you've all had a wonderful July! We're here to update everyone on the Legacy of the Ancestors fulfillment which is moving along smoothly!
Also, scroll down to see exciting news about the Legacy of the Ancestors Original Soundtrack!
Current Fulfillment Timelines
A couple of the timelines have been extended, specifically the US and Canada which are nearly complete but will be wrapping up in August. Also, Australia and New Zealand are now more likely to begin in early September as the ocean freight shipment is just now arriving at port.
These are estimated timelines.
US: Now – August
Canada: Now – August
Europe & UK: July – August
Australia & New Zealand: September – October
Asia: August – October
Rest of World: Now – October
North American Fulfillment
We're pleased to report that our second printing fulfillment in the US is nearly complete (which includes Kickstarter expansion copies). Gamerati (who is fulfilling for the west coast) have shipped the bulk of their orders, and only have about 300 more to go. Flying Cloud (on the east coast) are nearly done with only about 50 orders left to ship! These final few orders should include the last of the US Kickstarter backer expansions.
We don't have exact numbers from Board Game Bliss in Canada but they are also nearing completion.
European Fulfillment
Fulfillment Europe (who is fulfilling in the EU) have already begun shipping out orders, and they are currently aiming to be done in about four weeks time.
We are currently waiting on a start date for the UK from Spiral Galaxy, but hope those orders won't take too long to fulfill.
German Language Version
We currently have no major updates on the German version of the expansion. We are working closely with Frosted Games to solidify a timeline, and hope it continues to move smoothly. We'll hopefully have more to say on this soon. Thank you for your patience with us.
The Legacy of the Ancestors Soundtrack is Now Available!
Bandcamp Friday is today, and what better way to celebrate than with the Legacy of the Ancestors Original Soundtrack, composed by the incomparable Tom Figgins! Once again, Tom knocked it out of the park, creating something truly special for the expansion. You can find it HERE on Bandcamp.
New Media!
We recently posted an up-to-date Unboxing & Organizing video to help you organize your Earthborne Rangers collection. Also, we're incredibly grateful to have been showcased in a couple of awesome videos, including a fantastic tutorial from RTFM, as well as being highlighted (in great company we might add) in Tom Brewster's Top 150-ish Board Games video from Shut Up & Sit Down. Find us in that video starting at 21:33. Check them out below!
Andrew Navaro & Andrew Fischer @ Gen Con!
Lastly, if you're going to be at Gen Con this weekend, you may spot a wild Andrew! Both Andrew Navaro and Andrew Fischer will be attending Gen Con this weekend so be sure to say hello if you see them!
All the Best,
The Earthborne Games Team
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If you have any questions, you can send us a DM, send us an email at [email protected], leave a comment, or reach out to us on your social media platform of choice.
If you have order specific questions (like address changes) please email our logistics partner Naylor Games at [email protected].
As always, if you'd like to stay as up to date as possible, we invite you to listen to our bi-weekly podcast during which we all share what we've been working on at the start of each episode in the "What's Happening??" section.
July Expansion Update
9 months ago
– Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 03:05:55 PM
Hi everyone,
We hope you're all doing well! It's been exciting to Legacy of the Ancestors reach backers' hands, and for everyone still waiting, we hope your copies arrive soon!
Current Fulfillment Timelines
These are estimated timelines.
US: Now – July
Canada: Now – July
Europe & UK: July – August
Australia & New Zealand: August – September
Asia: August – October
Rest of World: Now – October
North American Fulfillment
The Legacy of the Ancestors expansions for Kickstarter backers have been fulfilling alongside our second printing of the game. We are nearly complete with our main wave of fulfillment, which should have included some Kickstarter backers' orders. There are still some orders that need fulfilled via a second wave, which will include more orders with the Legacy of the Ancestors expansion. Those should not take too much longer!
Fulfillment in Canada is also well underway and some "Rest of World" locations in Central/South America have already had orders shipped from the US as well.
European Fulfillment
We are excited to announce that as of this Monday, Ludofact has finished production! As of this writing, the remaining products are being sent to fulfillment centers. This means that fulfillment across Europe and in the UK for all orders, including Kickstarter backers' copies of Legacy of the Ancestors, should begin very soon.
All the Best, The Earthborne Games Team
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If you have any questions, you can send us a DM here on Gamefound, send us an email at [email protected], leave a comment, or reach out to us on your social media platform of choice.
If you have order specific questions (like address changes) please email our logistics partner Naylor Games at [email protected].
As always, if you'd like to stay as up to date as possible, we invite you to listen to our bi-weekly podcast during which we all share what we've been working on at the start of each episode in the "What's Happening??" section.
Legacy of the Ancestors Update - April
12 months ago
– Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 01:56:32 PM
Hi everyone,
I hope you're all doing well!
We're inching ever closer to fulfillment of the Legacy of the Ancestors expansion. We've had some additional delays at Delano to allow for extensive quality assurance testing, and the Ludofact expansion production has been delayed 2 – 4 weeks. The following fulfillment date ranges have been adjusted to account for this:
Current Fulfillment Timelines
These estimates account for the most recent manufacturing delays at both Delano and Ludofact, and potential delays in future freight shipments.
US: May – June
Canada: June – July
Europe & UK: June – July
Australia & New Zealand: July – August
Asia: June – September – October
Rest of World: April – September – October
US Fulfillment
After receiving a higher than acceptable rate of missing and damaged components stemming from the thousand or so second printing core games that we shipped in the initial round of fulfillment, we decided that an additional quality assurance pass on the print run was necessary. This included double-checking every copy of the expansions for missing, damaged, or misprinted components as well.
The process involved spot-checking multiple copies from every pallet as well as individually weighing each and every box to check for missing components. Since it was so labor-intensive, the entire process ended up taking a little over a month, but it is scheduled to conclude early this week. Once we have confirmation from Delano, we should finally be ready to go.
German Production
The expansion productions are coming along, but have encountered a delay due to some last minute revisions needed for some of the localized files. The revisions caused us to miss our delivery window by a few days, so Ludo needed to shift some things around in their schedule to account for it. As such, we are now estimating that the expansion productions will be complete by the end of May (instead of April) to be shipped out starting in June.
Hubworld: Aidalon
Crowdfunding Campaign Launches on Gamefound Tomorrow; Tuesday, April 22
While we've been waiting for the second production of Earthborne Rangers to conclude, and for fulfillment to truly get underway, we've also been busy preparing the crowdfunding campaign for our second title, Hubworld: Aidalon.
Hubworld: Aidalon is a truly fantastic competitive card game, created by Earthborne's own Cory DeVore and the great Michael Boggs, co-designer of Marvel Champions and former lead-developer for Android: Netrunner. It's been a labor of love for the two of them for many years, and when I first played it, I knew right away that it was something special. In the years since, it's only gotten better. I'm biased, I know, but I'd go so far as to say that it's a modern classic in the making. If you're interested in learning more, please check out the project page HERE.
Thank you all for your patience and understanding as we inch ever closer to getting Legacy of the Ancestors into your hands. While we've made some decisions over the past year that have pushed fulfillment away from our initial December estimate, each of them –– whether it be to take more time to playtest Legacy of the Ancestors, or to do a box by box inspection of the final printed products –– has been made in service of creating the best possible products, worthy of your support.
We expect to hear specifics on North American fulfillment timelines very soon. As soon as we do, we will post another update.
Until then!
Much love,
Andrew
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If you have any questions, you can send us a DM here on Gamefound, send us an email at [email protected], leave a comment, or reach out to us on your social media platform of choice.
If you have order specific questions (like address changes) please email our logistics partner Naylor Games at [email protected].
As always, if you'd like to stay as up to date as possible, we invite you to listen to our bi-weekly podcastduring which we all share what we've been working on at the start of each episode in the "What's Happening??" section.
We'll be in touch again soon!
Best,
The Earthborne Team
Legacy of the Ancestors Production & Fulfillment Update
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 03:54:23 PM
Hi everyone!
We hope you're all doing wonderfully, wherever you may be.
We're excited to finally be able to give you all a very substantive update on the progress of the Legacy of the Ancestors campaign expansion.
Current Fulfillment Timelines
These estimates account for potential delays in transatlantic freight shipping, but not unforeseen, major manufacturing delays.
US: April – May
Canada: May – June
Europe & UK: May – June
Australia & New Zealand: June – July
Asia: June – September
Rest of World: April – September
US Production Sample
We had been waiting for a production samples of the expansions to arrive for what felt like an eternity, and we're delighted to say that we finally received them! Overall, we're very pleased with the quality –– especially the perfect bound Legacy of the Ancestors campaign guide, which looks (and feels) incredible.
European Production
Legacy of the Ancestors is currently in the proofing stage at Ludofact. Production is scheduled to begin very soon, and is currently expected to be complete by the end of April.
German-Language Edition Delay
To our German backers, we regret to inform you that the german localization of Legacy of the Ancestors has been significantly delayed. As a result, the German language edition will not –– in all likelihood –– be included in the upcoming printrun. If anything changes in that regard, we will be sure to let you know.
The staff at Frosted Games are working hard to get the localization done as soon as possible, but there is no current timetable for when the German edition will be printed. Rest assured, however, that it will be printed (and hopefully soon).
We will do our best to keep you informed as to the status of the localization, and share any news of it as soon as we receive it ourselves.
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If you have any questions, you can send us a message here, send us an email at [email protected], leave a comment, or reach out to us on your social media platform of choice.
If you have order specific questions (like address changes) please email our logistics partner Naylor Games at [email protected].
As always, if you'd like to stay as up to date as possible, we invite you to listen to our bi-weekly podcast during which we all share what we've been working on at the start of each episode in the "Work Stories" section.
