Take the Throne: A card game of tactics and deceit!

Charging cards and shipping update
5 months ago – Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:05:19 AM

Hi all!

Just a quick one to explain the latest status and that we will be charging cards soon for the shipping costs.

The games have left the Whatz facility and are currently on a ship heading towards the UK! The ETA to arrive in the UK will be towards the second half of March where they will then go through customs clearance and onto Zatu to begin fulfilment. 

We are hoping this might mean we can start fulfilment in April but cant commit to anything until the products have cleared customs and are in Zatu's hands! 

We have now locked orders on Backerkit and will shortly begin charging cards to cover the shipping costs as per your pledge on Backerkit.  Please keep an eye out for this email from Backerkit and let us know if you have any issues.  You wont have to do anything as your details have already been completed but it will mainly be a heads up of the shipping costs now being charged.

Any issues or questions, please just reach to us!

Locking orders shortly!
5 months ago – Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 10:42:09 AM

Hi all!  Just a quick one to confirm that we will be locking orders on Backerkit shortly!  Towards the end of this week we will hit the button to lock orders, this will allow us to start working on the shipping information for our fulfilment partner.  This will mean that the orders cant be changed e.g. if you wanted to add/change add ons etc.  Once you receive the notification, you will have 48 hours to make any changes before they are locked in. 

Note that this doesnt include shipping addresses so if you change address, you will still be able to change this in the pledge.

For the few that havent completed their pledge yet, please do so asap to avoid risking any issues with the shipping of the game.  

Thanks!

January 2026 update - Production progress!
5 months ago – Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 09:02:57 AM

Happy New Year everyone!  For the first Kickstarter update of 2026, we are excited to share the status of production and some other key topics!

Production is complete!

The great news is that production of Take the Throne is complete!  The team of Whatz have shared a video of the game during production, check it out below.

We also received a mass production sample and gave it the all clear as it all looked great! What does this mean for timelines?  Well the products have left the Whatz production facility and will then go onto a shipment from China to the UK, to our fulfilment partners Zatu, who will then begin fufilment. So we are definitely looking on track for our May fulfilment target and may even be able to improve on it if things go well.  We will keep you updated once the products have left China!

Pledge Manager

This means that soon we can lock in the orders on the pledge manager.  Thanks to the 95% of people who have completed their pledge already!  There are just 7 people who need to complete their pledge.  If this is you, please can you do so as soon as possible.  Without an address to ship to, we wont be able to send the games to you so it is very important!  We will be sending out reminder emails from Backerkit on a regular basis until we lock the orders in and will give a final warning before doing so.

Looking forward to 2026

We are super excited for what 2026 will bring!  Obviously the biggest thing will be getting the game to all of you which is our biggest focus at the moment.  After this, we will again be exhibiting at UKGE at the end of May and will be adding some more events to our plans. Unfortunately we wont be attending Airecon in March as originally planned but do aim to go again in the future!

Lastly, we hope to progress our next game in 2026.  That's right! The Winter break gave us some time to work on our new idea for the next game from Deathtrap Games.  We are currently in very early prototyping stage of an ocean themed card game - A bidding set collection card game for 2-4 players.  As with Take the Throne it will aim to be a fun, tactical and fast card game with lots of interactivity.  It is very early days for this but we plan to continue working on this and hopefully have an early prototype version that we can show at UKGE in May!  If you like the sound of it please let us know!

Here's to a great 2026 where we hope to fulfil Take the throne on time and can also look further ahead for whats in store for Deathtrap Games!

Christmas update
6 months ago – Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 09:10:49 AM

Hi all!

As we head into Christmas, we wanted to give a quick update and use the chance to wish everyone a happy Christmas!

Production update

Production has begun and Take the Throne is in the early stages of production - material prep and proofing. Once the game is on the production line, the guys at Whatz are going to send us some photos so we can share them with you!  In terms of timing, we are still on track with the schedule of May 2026 to begin fulfilment.

Print & Play

After some initial issues with the print & play files, they are now available to all backers on the Deathtrap Games website.   If you haven't accessed them already, check them out at https://www.deathtrapgames.co.uk/printandplay

If you have any issues at all, please reach out to us at [email protected]

Pledge Manager

As of today, we have 86% of people who have completed the pledge manager.  There are only 27 people who haven't completed it yet.  If you haven't completed it yet, please check your emails for an email from Backerkit.  We will be following up individually with you as well in January.  

Thanks again for an awesome 2025 and helping fund Take the Throne!  We hope you have a great Christmas and will update again on the progress in January!

Print & Play Files Take Two!
7 months ago – Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 05:13:00 AM

Hi all!  After some issues with people accessing the print & play files, we have decided to simplify it and make them available on the Deathtrap Games website.

We originally planned to fulfill all the P&P files on Backerkit to keep everything in one place but we had two issues - there wasn't a way to split digital and physical items so physical backers would need to wait until the physical games are sent to receive the P&P files, and some backers experienced issues with accessing their files.

Therefore we have created a new page on the Deathtrap Games website where you can download the 2 files:  Take the Throne P&P file and Take the throne Rulebook.

The link to access the files is: https://www.deathtrapgames.co.uk/printandplay

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience in accessing the P&P files.  If you haven't got yours already, just follow the link and download the files.

Thanks!