Target Launch Date: 6th Jan, 2020

This is a not a pledging project.  This is a confirmed product. 

100% of the pledged payment we receive from each individual person serves as a deposit for purchasing this product. The sales will be confirmed once we receive payment in full from the backers. This is a confirmed product for production and is officially licensed by TOEI Animation. Some components are still under development, but many are in production right now.  

©Bird Studio/Shueisha, Toei Animation   ©2020, Kids Logic Co Ltd

ALL CONTENTS OFFERED DURING THIS CAMPAIGN IS KICKSTARTER EXCLUSIVE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN RETAIL. 

 DRAGONBALL Z SMASH BATTLE – THE MINIATURES GAME 

PRODUCT FEATURES:

 DBZ Smash Battle – The Miniatures Game Core Set  

 DBZ Smash Battle – The Miniatures Game Expansion Pack 

Exclusive Extra Raditz Miniature, Dice and Card 

• Exclusive miniature for Kickstarter backers only.
• This special miniature will not be sold in retail market in future.  

PLEDGES:

1. Smash Battle Basic Set:HKD 620 (Approx. USD 79)

•  DBZ Smash Battle – The Miniatures Game Core Set (includes 8 FULLY PAINTED miniatures) 

 2. Smash Battle Core Set: HKD 1100 (Approx. USD 139)

•  DBZ Smash Battle – The Miniatures Game Core Set 
• All Unlocked Stretch Goals
•  Exclusive Extra Raditz Miniature, Dice and Character Card 

3. Smash Battle Power-Up Set: HKD1480 (Approx. USD 189)

•  DBZ Smash Battle – The Miniatures Game Core Set 
• All Unlocked Stretch Goals
•  DBZ Smash Battle – The Miniatures Game Expansion Pack 
•  Exclusive Extra Raditz Miniature, Dice and Character Card 

 About Dragon Ball Z – Smash Battle, The Miniatures Game: 

Dragon Ball Z – Smash Battle, The Miniatures Game, is a beginner to intermediate level of board game.  If you like to play superheroes tabletop game and are familiar with constructing teams of superheroes, engaging in a turn-by-turn battle on grid maps based on various storyline locations, then you won’t be unfamiliar with the concept behind this new Dragon Ball Z game.

This game is not only a miniatures battling board game, but also a reminder of our memories growing up with DBZ.

KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN:

We, KIDS LOGIC, are a collectible company located in Hong Kong since 2009.  We are an experienced developer and manufacturer of licensed plastic action figurines and polystone statues.  In 2017, we started to plan a new product line named MiniTech which stands for Miniature Technique.  We hope to apply our collectible experiences to create detailed and nicely painted miniatures for the gaming market.  

We have spent almost 2 years acquiring the official license, sculpting miniatures, developing game rules and so on. Although we are doing fine in the collectible market, we are an absolutely tiny developer and newbie in the gaming industry. Now, we need your support to make this product happen. We hope more Dragon Ball fans, like you, will share the fun of this game with us.

We are all hardcore DRAGON BALL Z FANS!!! 

GAME OVERVIEW:

Dragon Ball Z – Smash Battle is a tabletop game of super detailed miniature superheroes and villains against each other.  Players fight with each other with special event cards, fighting skills, defending skill in an exciting contest of strategy.  

This is a game designed for 2 to 4 players.  Each player takes control of his own faction of miniatures fighting in the famous Dragon Ball Z scene – Battle Arena.

Game Modes:

• Beginner’s level: 1 VS 1  
• Intermediate level: 2 VS 2
• Advanced level: 3 VS 3

Game Objectives:

• Championships
• Ring Out
• Team Fight

GAME PLAY:

Build up your own team and game set up:

4 Phases per Round

 PHASE 1. Event Phase – Dragon Ball Story Scenario

Draw an Event Card from the deck.  Each Event Card does not only tell a scenario of the DBZ story, but it also affects the characters in that round.  It might be a mission of collecting Dragon Ball, Saiyan turns to Great Ape, Ginyu Force Team sudden attack and more.  There are 50 Event Cards in Core Set and more coming in the Stretch Goals.

 PHASE 2. Initial Phase – Prepare for Battle

Set up the action sequence of characters.  The action sequence is critical and players have to apply their strategy in the next action phase.

PHASE 3. Action Phase – Moving and Battling

This is the most exciting part of the game – Moving and Battling.  Each character comes with a character card which lists all of attributes, fighting skills and abilities.  Players apply their strategy along with the characteristics of each character in the combat of each battle.

Not only can players calculate the result of the battle by referencing the characters’ card data with the rule book, but players can also apply the Augmented Reality (AR) app to get the battle result easily. We understand that reading the rule book might be a hesitation to many gaming beginners. So, based on our rule book and characters’ data, we developed a mobile app (for Android and iOS) for battling purposes – The AR Scouter.

INTRODUCING AR Scouter mobile apps  

Note: The AR Scouter App is one of the stretch goals to be unlocked by backers. Please check the list of stretch goals for details.

How does the app work?

The AR Scouter mobile app is the virtual judge of the battling stage. When players declare an attack on the others, they can simply place the miniatures on the “Combat Mat”. The camera on the mobile device is able to detect who each of the miniatures are, and pop up their related fighting/defending skills. Players select the desired fighting skill and defending skill and prepare for the dice rolling. After players roll the dice, they can place the related dice token to the “Fight Stage” and let the camera detect the rolling results. The final damage result will be calculated on the screen automatically.

Advantages of The AR Scouter app:

• Easier for game beginners to pick up the game rules
• Speeds up the game play
• More fun to play the board game with AR technology
• Additional data or skills can be added to the game and delivered to the gamers in the future.

Demo of the AR Scouter app (under development now): 

 PHASE 4. Refresh Phase – Finalise the battling result and refresh for next round

Finalise all the damages and results from the previous phase, and refresh the energy if needed.

RULE BOOK

This rule book is not the final version yet.  We will spend more time in improving this rule book.  We welcome all opinions and suggestions about the game play.  Please email us for any kind of discussion or check our development progress at our FaceBook group:

email: kickstarter@kids-logic.com

FB Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/DBZMiniatureGame/

The rule book will be printed in English and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional Chinese).  French, Italian and Spanish version will be available in pdf format for download in future. 

WHAT’S IN THE CORE SET? 

8 Miniatures in Core set:

Our miniatures are around 5-7cm (2-3 in) tall. Their sizes are bigger than common miniatures which are around 3-5cm (1-2 in) tall. These FULLY PAINTED miniatures are definitely in a collectible quality! 

CORE SET – COMPONENTS:   

 Plus The Unlocked Stretch Goals. 

STRETCH GOALS

We have prepared 15 stretch goal capsules to unlock for now. Let’s unlock the whole Ginyu Force and fight! Are you ready?! 

SMASH BATTLE POWER-UP EXPANSION PACK:

This expansion pack is included in “Smash Battle Power-Up Pledge”

Expansion set: 4 miniatures. Each of the miniature character comes with one Dragon Ball die and a corresponding character card. The miniatures are well painted and assembled.

• 4 X Miniature
• 4 X Dragon Ball Dice
• 4 X Character Card  

PROJECT DEVELOPEMENT:

• Licensing
• Sculptures, Painting and Approval
• Game Rule and App
• Manufacturing and Production
• Our Experiences in Figurine and Statue Production

LICENSING:

We have been working with Dragon Ball Z’s licensor, TOEI Animation, since 2009. In these ten years, we have developed numerous creative products together such as Super Deformed Saint Seiya figurines, Dr. Slump Arale mini figurine collections, a Dr. Slump Arale music box, 1/4 Saint Seiya statues and so on. We are not a newbie in the licensing world. Our team always maintains good communication with our licensor in the approval process.

SCULPTURES, PAINTING AND APPROVALS:

We have 10 years of experience in 3D sculpture of anime characters, and have spent almost 2 years designing and sculpting the 3D models of the 20 characters in DBZ’s Frieza Saga. Approval of 20 miniatures is not an easy task. The licensor has to approve the detail of the sculpting and the painting technique presented by the licensee. At the moment, our game rules, game cards, tokens and paint masters of miniatures from the core set have been approved by TOEI Animation and Shueisha before this kickstarter campaign was started. We believe that the sculptures of the rest of the miniatures from our stretch goals will also be approved soon.

With help from Studio HIVE, we have created 20 DBZ miniatures in high quality. Here is a 360-degree gallery of our DBZ Miniature sculptures:

GAME RULES AND APP

We are located in Asia, and we understand that many of the gamers here are hesitant to read rule books. In order to help gamers speed up the learning process, we cooperated with NDF Dev Co., Ltd. to develop an AR app which is able to detect the miniatures and speed up the fighting phase. We hope that this app can bring more fun to playing the game.

MANUFACTURING 

The miniatures in this game will be made of PVC plastic. Tooling processes (designing, engineering and molding) of the miniatures from the core set has already been started. Designing and Engineering processes are currently finished. The molding process usually takes about 2 months to complete. The molding process will be started after the Kickstarter Campaign.

Some of the tooling diagrams are shown here for the backer’s reference. These are not the final designs yet. They are pending final approval.

PRODUCTION:

Two factories will be involved in this project – the Collectible Toy factory for miniature production, and the Board Game factory for the board and cards production. Both of these factories are experts in their own areas. We have been working with the collectible toy factory for over 8 years. 

OUR EXPERIENCES IN FIGURINE AND STATUE PRODUCTION:

For your reference, below are several reference products which were created and manufactured by us, Kids Logic. We are experienced in mass production of anime figurines and statues. We understand and are able to deliver the high quality that customers are looking for.

5-7cm Dr Slump Arale figurine set released in 2015.  (Licensed by TOEI Animation)

1/20 Magnetic Levitating DeLorean Time Machine released in 2016.  (Licensed by Universal Studio) 

1/6 Robotech VF1J Cockpit Statue (1 meter long) released in 2018.  (Licensed by Harmony Gold)

Our exhibition booth at ACGHK, Hong Kong:

SHIPPING CHARGES:

All Kickstarter transactions in this campaign are to be considered confirmed pre-sales of this product. The game will be produced in Hong Kong, China. We will send the shipments to a forwarding agent in Hong Kong once the game is released. The forwarding agent will help deliver the shipments to the various countries.

We will help the forwarding agent collect shipping charges from backers after the Kickstarter campaign has completed. We will send the shipments to their regional warehouses and re-direct the shipments to customers locally. Shipping rates will be based on the actual costs incurred. We will collect payment via our pledge manager. Shipping costs vary widely based on where you will receive your game.

Estimate shipping charge of the core set:

• United States, Canada:  HKD200 (~ US$25)
• European Union, United Kingdom: HKD240 (~ US$30)
• Australia, New Zealand: HKD320 (~ US$40)
• Latin America, Rest of the World: HKD 480 (~ US$60)

DEVELOPMENT TEAM:

• Licensing, Creative Production and Manufacturing: Kids Logic Co Ltd 
• Graphics Design and 3D Sculptures: Studio HIVE 
• Game Development: Kuruka Art co., ltd. 
• Apps Development: NDF Dev Co., Ltd. 
• Marketing Video Production: Kuruka Art co., ltd.; KNG STUDIO COMPANY LIMITED 

COMMUNITY:

We have set up a FaceBook Group for this miniatures game.  We will update the production progress at both Kickstarter Campaign and FaceBook Group from time to time:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DBZMiniatureGame/

About us:

Kids Logic is a collectible brand and manufacturer located in Hong Kong since 2009. We focus at creating, designing and manufacturing of high quality licensed collectible figurines and statues.  We have strong experience in making Japanese anime characters such as Saint Seiya, Arale, Doraemon; and Hollywood movie characters such as Batman V Superman, Suicide Squad, Avengers, Back to the Future etc…

We have over 650,000 collectible fans and customers on Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/kidslogic).  We are an experienced toy manufacturer in terms of designing, sculpting, tooling, painting of high quality figurines and miniatures for serious collectors.

DBZ Smash Battle, is our first DBZ tabletop miniature game in our new product line.  We are eager to keep develop more DBZ characters in coming year.  Chapters of Cell, Buu will be coming in our future campaign.   

Thanks a lot for your supports.

Kenneth Kan 

President, 

Kids Logic Co Ltd 

(www.kidslogic.toys)