Dwarf Mine Artifacts and Curses – Later November Update

The art for Artifacts and Curses is 95% complete! Here are a few of the wonderful pieces by Jesse Gillespie (IG: graaar).

Earlier this week, I’ve been teasing some art across a few of the communities I post to. You can take a look below:

itch.io featured an incredible two pieces by Jesse
On reddit, r/dwarfmine teased two more great pieces
Finally, I’m trialing an account on BlueSky and two more pieces were teased here

I’ve also released two more pieces of art to my newsletter. These pieces are exclusive to newsletter subscribers – but have no fear! You’ll see them when they are included in the final product of the game! If you want exclusives like this, join the newsletter here.

What is Artifacts and Curses

Artifacts and Curses is a new way to play Dwarf Mine! With this expansion, at the start of a new game your dwarf leader will start with one (or more) artifact and curse.

Each artifact gives powerful abilities to your dwarf mine. These abilities may include starting your mine with a powerful room, spells you can cast at any time, or powerful weapons that can vanquish even the strongest foes you’ll face in the mountain.

However your dwarf leader will also start the game with a horrible curse. These curses change how you can build your mine, send new enemies to attack your dwarf population, or even send assassins in the night after your dwarf leader.

This Artifact and Curses expansion includes 10 artifacts and 10 curses, giving more than 100 possible combinations to start playing! By the end of your next game of Dwarf Mine, you’ll have created a completely unique history for your mine—no two games will ever be the same!

Timeline

I’m still hoping for an early-ish December release. As of now I’d call the final product close to 75% complete. I have finalized almost all the mechanics and design, and 95% of the art has been formatted.

After that I need to do the nuts and bolts of the pdf – this includes credits, table of contents, a few usability pages (like the tables used to roll random artifacts and curses), as well as internal linking in the document to improve ease of use.

I’ll need to complete the cover as well, which is going to feature the wonderful art for this game.

Finally, I’ll need to proofread.

All in all that’s a lot of work still, but with the art being added to the document, it is starting to come alive! I’m excited, and I hope you are too!