Residential
Build cosy neighbourhoods — terraced streets, front gardens and the school run.
Independent tabletop studio
Small boxes, big table presence.
NEWQZ is an independent tabletop studio. We have taken two games from sketch to shipped crate through Kickstarter, and our third — CityWright — is a hex-tile city planner drawn entirely in architect's ink and watercolour.
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The catalogue
Three games, three completely different tables
Two funded on Kickstarter, delivered to backers and now on general sale. The third is on the drawing board — literally.
CityWright
Design your dream city one hex at a time — a city planning game drawn entirely in architect's ink and watercolour.
TBA players
TBA
Ages TBA
Pricing at launch
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Spire of Dioronna
Enter a spire where a magician bent space. Lay the map as you explore it, and race three rivals to the magic at the top.
2–4 players
20–40 min
Ages 8+
$39.99
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Crow Drinks Water
A party game designed by strategy gamers. Blind draws, character skills, and a team mode that makes six people shout at once.
3–6 players
15–20 min
Ages 8+
$29.99
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In development
Design Your Dream City
Four district types compete for the same limited ground. Every hex you place makes some future placements better and others impossible — the city you end up with is an argument you had with yourself over twelve turns.
Drawn, not rendered
Every tile, card and board is original ink-and-watercolour illustration on a warm paper ground.
Hex-tile city map
The map is built during play. No two cities come out the same shape, so no opening ever repeats.
Four competing districts
Residential, Commercial, Park and Industrial all want the same ground for different reasons.
Wooden components
Chunky wooden trees, houses and cubes — the table reads at a glance from across the room.
Commercial
Develop business districts — the shopfronts and offices that pay for everything else.
Park
Create green spaces — the lungs of the city, and the tiles your neighbours quietly envy.
Industrial
Establish factories — productive, necessary, and nobody wants one next door.
Track record
Funded in public, delivered in public
Crowdfunding numbers are a matter of public record, so here are ours — with the campaign pages they came from. Both campaigns funded, and both shipped.
Spire of Dioronna
Delivered
186
backers on Kickstarter
$9,202
pledged against a $3,000 goal
36 hrs
to 100% — per the campaign’s update
306%
of goal — funded and delivered
Source: Kickstarter campaign page · Kicktraq
Crow Drinks Water
Delivered
96
backers on Kickstarter
$5,282
pledged against a $4,000 goal
132%
of goal — funded and delivered
$55
average pledge per backer
Source: Kickstarter campaign page · Kicktraq
What the press said
Coverage, quoted exactly and linked
These are verbatim lines from published articles by writers who are not us. Click any source to read the whole piece in context.
Newqz Culture is thus back with Spire of Dioronna, an ambitious-looking title which boasts a Kickstarter page full of how-to-play demonstrations, stunning artwork, and heaps of player feedback.
Players are also given an outline of the map, the functions of each map card, and an overview of how these gorgeously designed elements all interact with one another.
While far-from a household name, the developers have previously created Crow Drinks Water, a party strategy title which wowed backers and once again broke its own targets.
Merch
Totes and magnets from the print runs
Produced in limited quantities alongside Kickstarter fulfilment. When a run is gone, it is gone.
Limited Canvas Bag — Crow Drinks Water
Heavy cotton tote with Crow Drinks Water artwork
$20.00
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Limited Canvas Bag — Spire of Dioronna
Heavy cotton tote with Spire of Dioronna artwork
$20.00
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Refrigerator Magnets — Crow Drinks Water (set of 6)
Six crows for your fridge door
$30.00
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Refrigerator Magnet — Spire of Dioronna
Single Spire of Dioronna magnet
$10.00
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