UPDATE: Before emailing or contacting Talespinner Games, please go to our pledge tiers while logged into Backerkit and see if you are able to access these three tiers. Rescue, Beautify or Second Wind. If you can, you simply pick your choice and back it. All done! If you cannot access these tiers, please email: [email protected]

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/talespinner-games/rat-queens-vengeance-on-villains/pledge_levels#top

1) If you signed up and followed our Rat Queens - Vengeance on Villains campaign on Backerkit and are able to pledge in the locked tiers for original backers, Rescue, Beautify or Second Wind, you are good to go! Pick the one you like and back it!

2)If you signed up and followed our Rat Queens - Vengeance on Villains campaign and those above tiers remain locked, please email: [email protected] with a screenshot of your 2021 scampaign purchase and your Backerkit email, you will need to be manually added to the list.

3) If you are a retailer we will be managing this process outside the campaign and will require your information to deal more directly with honouring your pledge. Please follow the steps from Point 2. We will be in touch if this campaign funds!

The 2021 Rat Queens - To the Slaughter Campaign is Dead. All promised pledges, extras, and add-ons by Deep Water Games/Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games have died with their failed campaign.

2) Is this campaign connected or associated with Rat Queens - To the Slaughter (2021)
Beyond using the base game design by Sen Foong-Lim and Erica Bouyouris; no.

Talespinner Games, founded by the Rat Queens IP co-owner Kurtis Wiebe, has been developing this game adaptation since reclaiming the rights in 2024. This new campaign is under the banner of Talespinner Games and is an entirely new venture and an entirely new crowdfunding effort to bring a Rat Queens game to the market.

As part of this new venture, Talespinner Games will be offering a courtesy copy of the base game plus an expansion to backers of the failed 2021 campaign by Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games and their affiliates.

3) Are you affiliated with Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games?
No. There was a Rat Queens licensing agreement between Kurtis Wiebe and Ox Eye Media which was rescinded in 2024 due to breach of terms, failure to pay the license holder any of the agreed percentages and failure to deliver product by the licensee.

Any issues, demands or questions about finances, missing money or refunds from the failed Rat Queens - To the Slaughter (2021) campaign should be directed toward Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games and any of their affiliates.

Talespinner Games is running a totally new campaign for a totally new Rat Queens game. For all intents and purposes, you should consider yourself a New Backer for this New Campaign, except we are going to be offering you, the original backers of the 2021 failed campaign, access to a locked Pledge Tier called Redemption that is a free courtesy copy of the base game and the Braga Expansion. You may, if you desire, choose one of the other two locked tiers (Beauty and Second Wind), which grants you access to narrative unlocks, beauty upgrades and other Rat Queens add-ons.

You are not required to buy anything in the Redemption pledge tier to receive your courtesy copies. 

Talespinner Games is happy to announce that all original backers will receive a courtesy copy of both the Rat Queens Core Box AND the Braga Expansion! (Note: this courtesy copy applies to any backer who pledged at Novice Adventurer tier or higher in 2021).

Before the instructions, it is important to remember: This is a 100%, wholly new Rat Queens campaign by Talespinner Games and other than courtesy copies of our game to 2021 backers, we aren't affiliated in any way with Deep Water Games/ Source Point Games and Ox Eye Media, their parent company.

We are making every attempt to redeem their failed campaign, as we believe it is the right thing to do, not just as Talespinner Games, but also on behalf of the Rat Queens fans, and the creators themselves; Kurtis Wiebe and Roc Upchurch. We realize we cannot make the 2021 campaign entirely whole, but we have invested our own time and finances to produce this incredibly authentic Rat Queens game and are confident it stands at the highest possible quality. 
 

Our ability to send your courtesy copy relies on our new campaign being a success by reaching our funding goal. We've all gone through a long journey together, and we are incredibly close to finally giving this story a proper and justified ending. We need your help, either with your support on our new campaign, or by spreading the word to friends and family who may have missed the original campaign. We are confident that we can complete this adventure, together!
 
Thank you for believing in Rat Queens, and for granting us at Talespinner Games the opportunity to make good on a promise that we, and its creators, Kurtis and Roc, believe in. 

UPDATE: Before emailing or contacting Talespinner Games, please go to our pledge tiers while logged into Backerkit and see if you are able to access these three tiers. Rescue, Beautify or Second Wind. If you can, you simply pick your choice and back it. All done! If you cannot access these tiers, please email: [email protected]

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/talespinner-games/rat-queens-vengeance-on-villains/pledge_levels#top 

1) If you signed up and followed our Rat Queens - Vengeance on Villains campaign on Backerkit and are able to pledge in the locked tiers for original backers, Rescue, Beautify or Second Wind, you are good to go! Pick the one you like and back it! 

2)If you signed up and followed our Rat Queens - Vengeance on Villains campaign and those above tiers remain locked, please email: [email protected] with a screenshot of your 2021 scampaign purchase and your Backerkit email, you will need to be manually added to the list. 

3) If you are a retailer we will be managing this process outside the campaign and will require your information to deal more directly with honouring your pledge. Please follow the steps from Point 2. We will be in touch if this campaign funds! 

Here's a look at the three options that will be available to the original backers of the Rat Queens - To the Slaughter (2021) scampaign by Ox Eye Media.

For Original Backers who simply want their copy of Rat Queens and the Braga Expansion. No fuss, no muss. (note: Backerkit requires a minimum value of $1)

We present to you Rat Queens, with all the love and care of its creators. Same base design, two years of development in art and writing, a proper revision top to bottom. The game as it was always meant to be.

A special tier for original backers and those who want to take advantage of the game beautification in this campaign, we are happy to create a special opportunity to thank you not only through savings but to include all Campaign Narrative Unlocks that will be added throughout the campaign.

- Rat Queens Core Box + Braga Expansion
- Acrylic Standee Upgrade
- Metal Coin Upgrade
- All Campaign Narrative Unlocks

A special tier for original backers and those who want to take full advantage of all the Talespinner Games additions in this campaign, we are happy to create a special opportunity to thank you not only through savings, but a signed bookplate on the Rat Queens Director's Cut - 2 Volume Graphic Novel Box Set.

This signed bookplate is available only to original backers who select this pledge tier!

This also draws you directly into our new campaign so that your pledge includes all the Narrative Unlocks!

- Rat Queens Core Box + Braga Expansion
- Rat Queens Director's Cut - 2 Volume Graphic Novel Box Set with Second Wind special Creator Signed Bookplate.
- Acrylic Standee Upgrade
- Metal Coin Upgrade
- All Campaign Narrative Unlocks

The 2021 Rat Queens - To the Slaughter Campaign is Dead. All promised pledges, extras, and add-ons by Deep Water Games/Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games have died with their failed campaign.

Is this campaign connected or associated with Rat Queens - To the Slaughter (2021)
Beyond using the base game design by Sen Foong-Lim and Erica Bouyouris; no.

Talespinner Games, founded by the Rat Queens IP co-owner Kurtis Wiebe, has been developing this game adaptation since reclaiming the rights in 2024. This new campaign is under the banner of Talespinner Games and is an entirely new venture and an entirely new crowdfunding effort to bring a Rat Queens game to the market.

As part of this new venture, Talespinner Games will be offering a courtesy copy of the base game plus an expansion to backers of the failed 2021 campaign by Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games and their affiliates.

Are you affiliated with Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games?
No. There was a Rat Queens licensing agreement between Kurtis Wiebe and Ox Eye Media which was rescinded in 2024 due to breach of terms, failure to pay the license holder any of the agreed percentages and failure to deliver product by the licensee.

Any issues, demands or questions about finances, missing money or refunds from the failed Rat Queens - To the Slaughter (2021) campaign should be directed toward Ox Eye Media/Source Point Games and any of their affiliates.

We are gearing up to launch this redemption quest on September 8th at Noon PST!

This campaign will feature a Choose Your Own Adventure comic called Vengeance on Villains and it will be updated every 4 days during the crowdfunding period which will be adding new content to the core game. You will find out what these additions are on launch day, September 8th, but it is an incredibly exciting upgrade that will add a whole new, rich dimension to the game.

Vengeance on Villains is our version of stretch goals, what we're calling Narrative Unlocks meaning there is no financial stretch goal, but free additional game components alongside a fun Rat Queens story and let you, the backers, choose the path of the Queens as they bust out of prison and track down Gus the Good to get revenge!

Each choice will add a custom component to the game, so you the backers must choose wisely! (Note: Narrative Unlocks are featured in our Veteran and Battleborn pledge tiers.)
 
We are happy to announce our three main pledge tiers that will be available, listed below. We have one more secret tier with limited spots which will be revealed on launch day!

Secure your pledge with a $5 purchase of our Friendship Token Pin Pack which will be an add-on during the campaign. This 75% savings offer ends September 7th, the day before our campaign goes live! (Click the image below!)

We have many more announcements that will reveal everything we are offering with Rat Queens. We will be hosting live events, Q&A's with creators and designers every week, including a weekly playtest on Tabletop Simulator with Rat Queens co-creator, Kurtis Wiebe. We are running all the events on our Talespinner Games Discord, so join us there and take a quick look at what we have in store!



We'll see you on Launch Day!

Above is a screencap of the Rat Queens - Vengeance on Villains Rulebook! As we've talked about quite frequently, the base game design was fully completed when we took over and began our work last year. The rulebook required a major overhaul, however, as there were numerous drafts and all the art was from the unshipped version of the game, cut from old comics and a wide variety of artists.

This is a wholesale full revision, again utilizing the same game design, but with a draft on all the language and terms coming from Rat Queens writer, Kurtis Wiebe. He also put this together in Canva, and is no visual designer or artist, so this is a temporary version without the almighty powerful hand of Roc Upchurch's artistic direction. So, it is good to remember that this is not the final version, but an in-progress preview to prove we have something solid and fantastic in the works.

It was an interesting process, to take a lot of the more generic terms that were in the original rulebook (Ex: Monster Special Ability) and ignite it with Rat Queens codex. The aforementioned example became, in this pass, Dick Moves. A reminder of how important even language and word choice becomes in what might be seen as a small detail.

Overall, the promise is: We are working on the Rat Queens game it should've always been. And we hope this is only the beginning of game projects like this from us at Talespinner Games. Incredible, thematic designs, gorgeous art and strong writing.

Check out the Rulebook Now!

Edit: Thanks to designers Sen, Erica and Alara for collating all the data, revisions and rulebook breakdown with which we could not have done on our own.

We've uploaded the playable demo of the game on Tabletop Simulator. It features the game rules and the most current (though unfinished) art that will allow you to play through a full game experience from beginning to end.

The game design is complete, we are making this available as a means to try out the game to see what you think and get a taste of what we have in store for you and future backers!

We welcome comments in the workshop, or in our Discord. Any and all feedback is appreciated!

Rat Queens - Playtest