Vigilante is a 3 to 5-player semi-cooperative game where you recruit heroes and fight villains to complete your secret objective!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Vigilante: Hidden Motives and 2-Player Scenario - Coming to Kickstarter September 5th!
8 months ago
– Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 06:40:43 AM
Hello Vigilantes and Mercenaries!
We are pleased to present an exciting update today - Vigilante: Hidden Motives and the Vigilante reprint are launching on September 5th at 10:00am EST! This new expansion adds a ton of content, including new Scenarios (including a 2-player Scenario!), a new Lair mechanic that gives asymmetric abilities and actions, many more cards, and an upgraded First Player Marker.
Vigilante: Hidden Motives is all about player interaction and includes a variety of new Mercenaries, Heroes, and Agency cards to keep the game fresh. Check out the rulebook here. In addition to a plethora of new content in the expansion, the Kickstarter will introduce a new Promo Pack with some fun cards that we're excited to reveal through the campaign.
For a sneak peak at the upcoming campaign, here's the Kickstarter video:
What would you like to know about the upcoming expansion? What would you like to see?
June Update: Hidden Motives, CATNIP Auction House, and Ice Cream?
10 months ago
– Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 02:35:53 PM
Happy Summer Vigilante and Mercenaries!
We have a few updates for you today on Vigilante: Hidden Motives, CATNIP: Auction House, and a quick design diary to talk through what you can expect from us!
Vigilante: Hidden Motives and the Vigilante reprint will go live on Kickstarter on September 5th, 2023. We've delayed it a bit, to give some time to build up more of an audience and get some of the other details in order. Plus, we'll be planning a local event which may include free ice cream (stay tuned)!
Instead of stretch goals, we will be doing a Kickstarter Promo Pack this time around, revealing new promos throughout the campaign. We're pleased to show off one of the new Mercenaries; idea by Alex M., and illustrated by the incredibly talented JP Kegle:
Jenders' Gaming has done a great overview of what you can expect from Hidden Motives, and more:
So what's left?
Additional preview videos
Finalizing Canadian/U.S. fulfillment
Marketing, marketing, marketing!
CATNIP Auction House is now available! This is a 3-10 player bidding game that plays in less than 30 minutes where you play as cats collecting luxurious cat items. Check it out here!
Critter Quest (I *still* need a better name) has come a long way and after some great play-testing at Origins, I'm confident that it's already really good. With the new changes, this will be a deckbuilder to watch out for!
Crime Scene Confusion is another social deduction game I'm working on for the Paranoia Rising Games brand. This one combines drafting and set collection for a fairly light game with a murder mystery theme. This one also had some great play-testing feedback and I'm excited about the direction it's going.
Stay tuned for more updates, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask in the comments below!
Reed Mascola
Paranoia Rising Games Inc.
March Update: Events, Hidden Motives, Story Mode, and more!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 01:31:40 PM
Happy March Vigilantes and Mercenaries!
Here in Toronto, we're almost through the cold and (very much) looking forward to warmer weather. We have some exciting updates to share on upcoming events and products!
I just returned from Decepta Con in Atlanta, GA a few weeks ago, where we held a 20-person Vigilante tournament! Players played one game of Shifting Allegiances, and based on points/tiebreakers, 6 players played 2 separate games of Fantasy Draft to determine the winner. Thanks to Werewolf ATL for hosting and for the great collaboration, and congratulations to Jacob, our winner!
We have a few upcoming events:
Breakout Con in Toronto (March 17-19, 2023) - Event sign-ups for Vigilante are full, but I'm scheduling an additional demo on the unofficial scheduler
Shuffle up and Spiel in Toronto (April 15, 2023) - We are pleased to sponsor this great event that combines curling and board games, and very much looking forward to demoing Vigilante!
Origins in Columbus (June 21-25, 2023) - We are returning to Origins this year in collaboration with Deceptively Social Gaming in the social deduction room!
Are you going to any of these events? Let us know in the comments below!
Vigilante: Hidden Motives is gearing up for Kickstarter release early this summer! Please sign up here to be notified upon launch.
Here is what has been recently completed:
Play-testing - Thanks to everyone that volunteered and got us through that final stretch!
Art - All art in the base game is completed
Component STL files and renders
Kickstarter video and ad videos
Manufacturer quotes
Here's a preview of the amazing infection tokens, produced by Mesa Game Lab for the expansion:
There are still some important tasks to complete before the launch of the campaign:
Updating freight forwarding/shipping rates and pricing out the games accordingly
Finalizing a new U.S./Canadian distribution partner (sadly, FunAgain Games is no longer in business)
New/Updated Kickstarter campaign sections - in progress
Rule book - in progress
Pre-marketing
Release of preview videos from content creators
We recently provided Jenders Gaming a copy of Vigilante with Hidden Motives - check out the preview below!
What would you like to know about Vigilante: Hidden Motives in the next update?
Vigilante: Story Mode is still deep in play-testing (my new prototype is in the mail). The game is already great, but at this point I'm working to minimize the amount of setup and upkeep between chapters. In my last iteration, I had some great breakthroughs that will streamline the mechanics of the game without detracting from the experience.
The art is about 90% complete and the major components are complete. If I'm satisfied with the latest prototype that the game is fully streamlined, I will be moving forward to blind play-testing for feedback on both gameplay and rules. I can't wait to get this out - this is my most ambitious project and I will be thrilled to be bringing the Vigilante universe to cooperative players and in particular to expand it to solo and 2-player counts.
This is the point where I would drop a teaser, but being a campaign game - I'm going to leave out any spoilers for now :-)
As a game designer, I am constantly creating new concepts. Some of those concepts are a perfect fit for Paranoia Rising Games - particularly anything with social deduction elements. Those that don't fit in that sphere will be put in front of other publishers. While not every concept comes to fruition, I am very excited about a few of my designs:
CATNIP Auction House will be launched by Tin Robot Games this summer and is a 3-10 player bidding game where each player is a cat, bidding on luxurious items! This is the most accessible game that I've designed to date, and it provides strategic depth and replayability with the different abilities on the items. Click here to check it out and pre-order a copy or try it out at Breakout Con this coming weekend!
CritterQuest(temporaryname) combines deckbuilding with creature-collecting. Capture rare creatures to add to your deck, or evolve those in your deck into more powerful creatures! Prepare yourselves for player-to-player showdowns and earn enough points to be victorious! This game has undergone quite a bit of play-testing and gets more and more fun with every change. It isn't social deduction, so will be pitched to a better-suited publisher.
Urban Speed is a street-racing inspired game that combines social deduction and worker placement. One player is an undercover cop, trying to arrest racers. Players will upgrade their car, buy new cars, and enter their cars into races to gain cred... but be careful where you go; the most desirable locations have the highest risk of generating heat. This is the newest and least-tested game of mine, but has a ton of potential and is a perfect fit for the Paranoia Rising Games' brand.
Stay tuned for more updates, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask in the comments below!
Reed Mascola
Paranoia Rising Games Inc.
Vigilante: Hidden Motives - Next Campaign in 2023 and Play-Testing Opportunities
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 04:24:22 AM
Hello Vigilantes and Mercenaries,
We are pleased to announce that Vigilante: Hidden Motives will be crowdfunding in 2023. Check out the landing page here and follow along!
Hidden Motives will introduce a ton of new content including:
Lairs: a new mechanic where each player will have a unique action and ability that might encourage and reward different strategies!
Brand new heroes and starter heroes that will create interesting combos with the existing roster!
New mercenaries for hire that can give an upper hand to Neutral and Evil players!
Fun new scenarios that add exciting new ways to play the game!
New villains that include fun abilities that interact with event tokens, the hero market, and more!
New agency cards (equipment, one-time use, ambush) to keep your opponents on their toes!
A first player miniature of Fog, a powerful hero from the base game!
Sign up to be a Play-Tester
Vigilante:Hidden Motives is available on Tabletop Simulator for play-testing, and we would be grateful for anyone interested in trying it out and providing feedback on the new cards. Additionally, Vigilante: Story Mode is undergoing testing and will be available to a select few play-testers in physical form.
If you're interested in play-testing, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we will add you to the list!
What would you like to see? Tell us in the comments below, and thanks for tuning in!
Reed Mascola
Paranoia Rising Games Inc.
Retail Release, Origins Game Fair, Decepta Con and 'Hidden Motives'
almost 2 years ago
– Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 04:31:56 PM
Hello Vigilantes and Mercenaries,
With the retail release happening back on March 25th, there are still a few copies of Vigilante at Friendly Local Game Stores! The print run was small (only 500), and we're planning on doing another print run alongside the next expansion - 'Hidden Motives'!
Retailers
If you still have stock of Vigilante, please reach out to me at [email protected], and I'll feature you on our website!
Origins Game Fair
We will be running a Vigilante tournament at Origins Game Fair! Prizes for winners include copies of Vigilante, and a chance to create a Hero or Mercenary for the upcoming expansion! Those that missed the promos given away at Decepta Con will have another chance to get them here. For those unable to make Origins, these will also be available in our next Kickstarter campaign (if not sooner!).
Learn-to-play Session - Thursday, June 9th at 2:00pm
I had such an amazing time at Decepta Con! Thanks to the organizers, everyone who came by to play the game, and all of our tournament participants. Congratulations to La-Shé, Nick, Trenton, and Alex, our top 4 who have all designed a card for the upcoming expansion!
Hidden Motives
The next expansion will be launching on Kickstarter tentatively Q1/Q2 2023 and can be followed on BGG here (the cover art will be done in the next few weeks). Here are some sneak peaks of our super-creative contest-winning cards, illustrated by the amazing Tan Ho Sim:
What do you want to see in Hidden Motives? Tell us in the comments below!!!
