D.E.I. - Divide et Impera is a competitive game based on conquests of resources, set in a world devastated by a New Ice Age
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Break-in the Citadel
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 06:58:54 PM
Hello Scrappers
As promised here it is, the long-awaited update dedicated to The Citadel expansion, which many of you asked us, but first an important communication regarding the Pledge Manager.
After receiving a lot of feedback from you, we decided to postpone the closure of the Pledge Manager to meet the needs of those who, due to the terrible global economic moment, have difficulties, but also to let us reach all those backers who didn't have yet answered the survey.
As you know, unfortunately, DEI production has been delayed by a few months because of the Lockdown period in Italy, which stopped us from working effectively on the development and playtesting phase. We are currently still working on this aspect and this still gives us some time before the start of production in the factory, therefore it also gives the option to postpone the Survey closure.
The new closure date for the Pledge Manager will be 7th December 2020, orders already closed will be charged next 7th October as originally planned.
We really hope this can give enough time to everyone to complete the survey.
And now let's get into...
The Citadel
This rich expansion will add new variety to your games with tons of new materials: 4 new Leaders for the Core Game Factions, a new Neutral Leader and Drone (Achab and Jaeger), 4 new Tiles, new Objectives, Action Cards, and of course... The Citadel!! A huge 3D scenery piece that will stand out on your gaming table.
It's still a "work in progress" but we love it!
The objective of The Citadel game will be to get more supplies than the other factions but to make it harder you will need to face the Citadel and its lethal guardians. The Citadel will tower over the city, if you occupy territories adjacent to it you will obtain various bonuses and Victory Points; not as easy as it seems... the terrible Jager, the deadly Purebreed Drone, is there to defend the Citadel!
The hunt is open!
Rules for Achab have been slightly changed, now Achab is managed directly by the players through a special deck of cards. Each turn 4 to 6 Achab action cards are revealed on the Purebreed board, players will have to choose one card and play it during that turn, instead of playing one of the normal cards. Achab's cards are really powerful, but players will have to satisfy what the evil Commander requires. If Achab's requests will not be met, he will inflict penalties on the faction that disappointed him.
Achab is not more a good guy
For example, by playing the "Hunting for Energy" card, Achab moves 3 zones and collects up to 3 Energy Cells, but at the end of the turn the player who played this card must have at least 5 Energy Cells in his supply he will lose all his resources!
This very fun mechanic simulates the fact that Achab, like all Purebreed, is trying to keep the balance between the survivors, helping some and hindering some other… it's Divide et Impera after all!
Both Achab and the Jager will be available to play in normal games of DEI as Drone and Leader for the Purebreed faction, even the 4 new tiles can be integrated into normal games, and, of course, the 4 new Leaders will be available too! These new characters with their new abilities will give new variety to your games, even using the 4 classic Factions.
Do you want an example?
The sentient android known as Andromeda, after freeing his former companions (not all, unfortunately) from the clutches of the Purebreed, has joined the Ravagers and now she commands her own patrol. With her ability, she will be able to move 2 zones for each movement and she will be able to carry a Scrapper with her.
Andromeda is ready for the action!
Z-07, the Leader of the Laboratory #7, can be even worse than Z-13, and at the end of each turn he will eliminate one enemy unit within his zone ... one for each opponent! Lethal don't you find?
That chainsaw isn't reassuring me...
We will give you new spoilers and information on this wonderful expansion!
Oops, I almost forgot... The Citadel will be perfectly playable up to 6 players!
That's all for today!
If you have any problems with your survey, or if you want to add The Citadel to your order but you already closed it, just contact us using this link!
Inside the Expansions!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 03:41:13 AM
Hello Scrappers!
Here we are at the waiting update to show you some of the add-ons currently available in the Pledge Manager!
Let's start by talking about the 2 expansions dedicated to Mercenaries: Penny Boom and Mad & Max, and then we'll take a look at Cash & Rad!
If you want to have general information on Mercenaries and their use in your D.E.I. you can go and reread Update # 20 where we explained their rules!
Penny Boom
Penny? BOOOOOOOOOooooom
Old London's most explosive girl awaits you to wreak havoc and destruction on the streets of the City!
To sign a contract with her you will have to spend 6 Energy Cells, but her skills will not make you regret this expensive investment. Once under your control, at the end of each turn, she will destroy all opposing (non-neutral) Structures in his Zone, earning you 1 victory point for each Structure destroyed in this way; while the players who have seen their precious Structures destroyed will earn a Candy Boost.
With this Mercenary Bridges, Elevators and Refuges will no longer be safe, you can wreak havoc in Old London, earning victory points while having fun like crazy!
Mad & Max
Kyayyyyyyyy!!
This pair of reckless Mercenaries will use their Snow-Buggy (aka Snowbug) to whiz through the streets of Old London while putting their offensive mobility to your services!
The highly tactical nature of M&M is also reflected in the conditions of their recruitment, to hire them you will have to control 3 Outposts of the same color. Once at your M&M orders, you can only move them on the Ground and always individually and never in groups, but this is not a real problem since with their Snow-Buggy they can ignore all majorities in their movements. In addition, each time they enter a new Area they can choose to apply one of the following effects: Collect a Tech Resource (ignoring the majorities), or eliminate an opposing unit (the player who takes the loss gains a Candy Boost as usual).
As you can easily imagine, the careful use of M&M will give you great versatility but hire them from the first Turns will be quite difficult and will require a tactic focused on them to succeed before the other players!
*Penny Boom and Mad & Max contain both the Meeple and Miniature versions of the models, so you can purchase them regardless of the version of your Pledge!*
Cash & Rad
5 or 6 Players? Yessir!
And here we are instead with the expansion that will allow you to play D.E.I. in 5 or 6 players!
This mode will dramatically increase the level of interaction between players by putting you in front of very different tactical choices compared to normal 4-player games, the Streets of Old London will be very crowded! But beyond that, the expansion introduces two new Survivor Factions, the pragmatic Camdens, and the toxic Rads!
Can we sell you something of reaaallyy useful?
Let's start taking a look at the Camdens; Apu, their leader when entering a region with an Outpost, can immediately execute a buy action from that market (with the normal restrictions and costs). While Zaius, their Monkey-Drone, once per turn, can exchange one of the cards in your hand with one already played by another player if Zaius is in the same area with a target player's unit. Then the target player receives 1 Victory Point. In addition, the drone itself can be used as a mobile market, and by having units in the same area everyone can buy the special Zaius Market cards!
It's a Drone? Yep, but it's a shop too
In addition to the Drone and the leader, the Camdens can count on their customized Faction Cards that will allow their player to make many more purchases than normal in the available Markets.
The Rads instead will be able to count on the ability of the Cherno, with its very unique function: being charged with radiation, it causes any Scrappers in the same area to feel unwell, forcing them to flee in an adjacent area, players can avoid this effect by killing one of their units.
Bzzz...Bzzz....Bzzzz
Their leader Dr. Pierre in addition to has the power to cancel the effects of Cherno for his own faction, (thus making this Leader indispensable in increasing control over the play areas), Once per turn he will be able to transform a Tech resource into an Energy Cell in the area where it is located.
With a Faction Deck heavily focused on Enlisting and movement, the Rads will soon become the favorite faction of those who love Board Control.
Finally, Cash & Rads will add the Ambush Market to those already available, which will increase the replayability and longevity of our favorite game even more!
*Remember to select the right version (Meeple or Miniatures) according to your pledge!*
That's all for today! We will be back in the next few days with an update completely dedicated to The Citadel expansion, which is currently under development but on which we can give you the first information to convince you to add it to your collection!
A shadow over the City
We remind you that for any problem, or if you have not yet received the survey invitation email from BackerKit, you can contact us using this link:
I also remind you that you have until October 7 to complete the survey but given that 30% of backers are still missing, we are considering whether to postpone its closure for a few weeks... let us know what you think about it, your feedback is always welcome!
See you soon!
For the Awakening!
Survey Fast update!
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 11:01:02 PM
Hello Scrappers!
The Survey is currently underway and many of you are already ready to complete it!
Unfortunately, the Smoke Test took a little longer than expected to finish, and therefore the invitations started a little later than scheduled but now everything is going smoothly and you will receive your invitation within the next 48 hours!
A couple of clarifications that arose after these first opening hours of the PM
Mad & Max Early Bird
I apologize but in the last update I gave the wrong information, Mad & Max expansion is included in all pledges made in the first 24 hours regardless of the level or version, so even if you have chosen the Scrapper Level in the Meeple version you will receive the expansion for free
If your backer number is 2024 or lower then you are a 24h backer and you get Mad & Max for free;)
To check your backer number check your KS confirmation email or:
1. go to your KS info.
2. clicked Backed Projects
3. Click on white and blue "+" symbol next to Divide et Impera project
4. Scroll to the bottom of the window to see it.
If you are not a 24h backer and want the Mad & Max expansion you will need to add it in the Add-on section of the PM.
If after this clarification you need to make changes to your order please contact us with this link and we will solve the problem! Sorry again for this Miscommunication.
Betty Boom
If you had kept any Pledge Level until the end of the old DEI KS campaign you can claim Penny Boom for free, many of you are already doing so but as we need to do a manual check, it is possible that adding this expansion to your order is not immediate, but you do not have to worry it will be carried out as soon as possible, you can close your Survey without problems and check later or wait for Penny Boom to be added and then conclude the survey, both choices are valid and they do not involve risks.
Additional Pledge
After your feedback we have added the possibility to purchase additional pledges to your order, you will find them in the respective sections of the add-ons according to the version you want (meeple or miniature).
Late Pledge
As announced, DEI's late pledge is active at this address:
Pledge Manager Open!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 08:14:15 PM
Hello, Scrappers!
Here we are finally at the opening of the D.E.I. Survey!
In the next 48 hours, the Smoke Test will start which will involve 2% of backers and after other 48 hours, everyone will receive an email from BackerKit that will allow you to access your Pledge Manager where you can confirm your pledge level, add items to your order and pay the shipping costs.
Below we show you the screen that you will find once you have clicked on the link that you will find in the email. Before proceeding you can click on your Pledge Level and change it with another if you wish, you can also switch from a Pledge Level with Meeple to that with Miniatures and vice versa.
Click on your Pledge Level to change it!
And then click on "Switch Pledge Levels?" to make the change!
On the Add-ons page you will find 3 sections:
Add-ons - Here you will find generic items, such as Artbook and card sleeves, and those that contain units in both meeple and Miniature versions, such as Mad & Max.
Meeple Add-ons - Here you have all the Meeple Add-ons.
Add-ons Miniature - Here are all the Add-ons in the Miniature version.
Speaking about Sleeves, to protect all cards from core Boxes, SGs, and add-ons you will need 2 packs of Custom and 1 pack of clear ones (both are included in the right amount in the "Cell All-In" bundle).
The Pledge Manager will be closed at midnight (CEST) on 7 October 2020, while the cards will be loaded in two moments via Stripe: on 15 September 2020 and after the close of the Survey.
White Death Box
In your orders, you will find this item which is simply the container box for all the SGs unlocked during the campaign. As specified on the home page the small boxes containing each SG cycle were purely illustrative and we have decided that a single box is more practical for storing all the SGs. During the design phase, we will project the box so that the various cycles inside continue to be divided and easy to identify. We will soon show you what this new package looks like. I remind you that depending on your PL, the White Death Box will contain the meeple or miniature version of the units, so if you have chosen a PL in the Meeple version, the WDB will contain the units in the Meeple version only.
Mad & Max Leader Early Birds
If you have chosen a Leader Pledge Level (any version) you will also find the Mad & Max expansion included in your Pledge, but this Early Bird is reserved only for backers who have pledged within the first 24 hours. If your backer number is 2024 or lower then you are a 24h backer and you get Mad & Max for free ;)
To check your backer number check your KS confirmation email or:
1. go to your KS info.
2. clicked Backed Projects
3. Click on white and blue "+" symbol next to Divide et Impera project
4. Scroll to the bottom of the window to see it.
If you are not a 24h backer and want the Mad & Max expansion you will need to add it in the Add-on section of the PM.
Important! To claim Penny Boom expansion for free, you must have held any Pledge Level from the old campaign until the project closure!
Late Pledge
For all those who have lost the KS campaign, it will be possible to make a Late Pledge of any Pledge Level with a small surcharge. All SGs and Add-ons will be available!
That is all for the moment! We wish you to enjoy this long-awaited Pledge Manager in the best possible way and for any need do not hesitate to contact us here:
Summer in the City
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 12:00:46 PM
Hello, Scrappers!
Summer has arrived also in the cold Old London and as promised, the time for the opening of the Pledge Manager is finally approaching for all of you loyal backers of D.E.I.
We can officially announce that the survey will open on August 25th, 2020,and will remain open for more than a month until October 5th, 2020, so that everyone can complete their purchases and pay for the shipping costs in complete peace of mind!
Obviously, during the Pledge Manager, new backers will be able to join our ranks through the Late Pledge and everyone will be able to manage their pledge at will and add new add ons to their order.
Obviously a few days before departure we will publish a new update with the details of the survey and the procedures to follow to complete the survey without problems.
The D.E.I. survey it will be managed in a very simple and linear way, so you don't have to worry about seeing your order divided into several Waves and the shipping costs will be requested only at this time. We learned from our previous projects and also for the future we will keep this formula; D.E.I. will be the project that will open the way for a new phase for LMS. A company regeneration that will lead us to return to safer paths for both us and our backers!
During the Survey opening period, we will publish more updates to illustrate the work we are doing on the D.E.I. add-ons. So that you can have more information to decide whether or not to add an expansion to your order.
As for D.E.I. development, we are continuing the work on the rules and playtests but arrived at about six months of delivery we, unfortunately, have to deal with the 3 months of stop that we suffered because of the Lockdown in Italy during the COVID -19 crisis.
We tried to hurry but as always in our projects, our priority is to create games that are beautiful to play with all add-ons and SGs, and therefore in this case too we are giving priority to the quality of the rules. For us, even the single SG must offer something that goes beyond the simple miniature with some new rules, but we want it to add something to the game and that will really enrich it, making it always different and therefore more lasting over time.
For the moment we can estimate a delay of a few months compared to January 2021, given that the graphic sector and the miniatures are almost completely completed, the only real knot is the new rules that will require them to make them definitive (and playtested properly) at least of the 3 months we lost in early 2020. So we can currently estimate a new delivery date between March and April 2021.
Of course, our commitment is to keep you constantly informed about the developments of our favorite game and we thank you for your support and patience!
That's all for today, we will see you again with a new update a few days before the start of the PM, where we will start giving you a look at the news that we are preparing for you!
