Kingless Expansion Launches on KickStarter
Australian tabletop designer/publishers Two19 games have just launched a crowdfunding campaign for Festival of Explosions, their PAX AUS Indie Showcase 2023 winning title.
Festival of Explosions is the first expansion for their 2-6 player card game Kingless, which itself was a winner in the PAX AUS 2022 Indie Showcase. Kingless is a 2-6 player card game in which players try to obtain the highest Influence value across all their cards before the game ends, whether because another player amassed five Item and/or Dwarf cards or the deck has run out of cards. This would be a simple enough task, but many of the cards provide ‘Take That’ opportunities to sabotage other players plans which can lead to some exciting end-game states involving lots of shouting and sore losers.

“We’re incredibly excited to bring the Festival of Explosions to Kickstarter,” said Sebastian Roberts, Founder & Managing Director of Two19. “This expansion is packed with new features and surprises that we believe our community will love. We’ve worked tirelessly to create a game that is not only fun but also adds depth and excitement to the original Kingless game.”
Festival of Explosions introduces not only a host of new cards but also new mechanics and shiny holofoil goodness for those who want to up the eye candy factor of Kingless.
Attachments are a new card mechanic which add extra effects to an already played card or increase their Influence for final scoring. These effects can be positive or negative, so it might be worthwhile to attach them to another players character – it’s even possible to force a complete hand exchange with attachements

Four new card actions; Game, Duel, Refresh and Swipe, expand the 12 available in the base game. Out of these, Refresh seems the most interesting out of the gate as it allows players to pull from the Discard pile which really opens up the possibility space.
The KickStarter page features a range of pledge options, including the base game of Kingless for anyone yet to pick up a copy and some ultra Deluxe pledges, the most luxurious of which will see backers join the Kingless universe in card form courtesy of Two19 and their array of amazing artists.
The Festival of Explosions campaign runs on KickStarter until 10:01PM on the 16th of August, giving those interested plenty of time to jump on board.