Double Fine's second Kickstarter, Massive Chalice, weds XCOM with medieval bloodlines

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Double Fine, the company that kickstarted Kickstarter games with last year's Broken Age , has returned to the fields of crowdfunding flying the banner of Massive Chalice . Helmed by Iron Brigade creator Brad Muir, this new offering is a tactical, turn-based strategy game with a kingdom management layer that tasks you with fostering heroic bloodlines over multiple generations.

You only need to pledge $20 for a copy of the game, which currently has an estimated release of September 2014. For $100, you can have your name and a custom sigil, motto, and castle name included as one of the heroic bloodlines in the game. Double Fine is asking for $750,000, and has raised about $50,000 of that in a half hour as of the writing of this article. You can read more on the Kickstarter page , and check out the pitch video above.

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