Hey Reader!

AnnaMaria Phelps here.

Witches' Quarrel has been a mainstay of Protospiel Online, where Shanti Pothapragada has tested this charming legacy card game at nearly every event since 2021. Its day in the sun has finally arrived - Witch’s Quarrel is now live on Kickstarter and funded in the first 24 hours!

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In Witch’s Quarrel, you’ll play as Yi-Feng and Nitya - childhood best friends who discover magic while living everyday life in their rural village, where even talking about magic is forbidden.
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Gameplay makes it easy for deckbuilding newcomers to jump in. The legacy game for 2 players consists of 12-15 games played in 20-minute deckbuilding duels. Each game session comes in sealed envelopes. The first game starts with just enough spells and instructions to kick off the adventure. As you complete Rituals, you open more envelopes, gently adding spells and complexity, and a bit more of Yi-Feng and Nitya's tender story.

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Thoughtful box design also makes the game easy to set up and put away, with envelopes organized in the box so that players can jump back into the action any time they have 20 minutes to play.

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And speaking of envelopes, for those who want the experience of opening each one to feel like a forbidden adventure, backers who choose a deluxe copy will get all 36 envelopes sealed with a colorful wax pentagram by Shanti himself!

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Industry folks have lots of good things to say about the game. Starla Finch, from Our Family Plays Games, calls it "...the perfect first step into deckbuilding. Each game starts with streamlined rules...then layers in fresh twists as you crack open new envelopes, always balanced, never overwhelming."

At 150% funded and counting, the campaign is now unlocking stretch goals! As of this writing, backers are working to replace the plastic bits storage bag with a velvet drawstring bag. Fancy!

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Shanti is planning an online tournament on Discord + Screentop.gg on July 12 (prelims) and 13 (finals). The tournament will be set in the Witches' Quarrel endgame - which means full spoilers for the spells and mechanics, but no story spoilers. Invite your most competitive Deckbuilding and TCG friends to play some matches in the Witches' Quarrel Discord!

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Jamie Sabriel's Elemystic was on sale for the very first time in a limited release last weekend at Origins Game Fair! The wider release is planned for GenCon. ​ And, speaking of Jamie, Witches' Quarrel backers who opt for the $6 Promo Prelude Pack Zero addon will find a couple of Jamie's Fight Sequence promo cards to help them get hyped for the upcoming Fight Sequence Kickstarter.🎁 ​ ​

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📣Announcements Announcements Annooouuuncements!

• ​Panelspiel Online July 18-19 2025 is coming soon! Join the waitlist to get a preview of this session's Roundtable topics. You can hear Heather Newton & Jack Rosetree chat with Jason Slingerland about the planning process on this week's Building the Game Episode 682.
• Our new Minigame Monday Twitch streams run every Monday at 1 PM US Eastern. Watch live or catch the YouTube replay to see which prototypes are featured in each week's puzzle!

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• Diana Jones Award finalists announced with award ceremony to be held at GenCon 2025.
• 2025 IGDN Diversity Sponsorship: applications open through July 11th. Visit IGDN's Diversity Sponsorship page for information on the scholarship and to donate.
• Applications for the Indie Games Night Market at PAXU 2025 are open through Aug 1, 2025.
• Panda Game Manufacturing 25 in 25 manufacturing sponsorship submissions open.
• Lunarpunk Games has chosen the titles for the very first Midnight Market, to be run in November of this year. Submissions remain open in preparation for their second Midnight Market!

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That's it for this week!
~AnnaMaria

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