Barbabianca - Rumour and silence in a town that is no more

And now our village is complete!

Thanks to everyone, from the bottom of our hearts. Don't let Barbabianca's aloof disposition fool you, he's very happy to see the stone houses populated once again.

But this time we'd like to talk a little about the female protagonist of this tale. You all remember Anna, right? How could anyone forget her? She's the author of every single postcard that was ever mailed to the village.

Speaking of...



Our captain (à la Dead Poet Society), Oscar, wrote a little game for the Zinetopia event zine: Greetings from Anna. It can be played as a standalone or worked into a game of Barbabianca as a prelude, to refresh your memory about who Anna was before she came back to the Village and set our story in motion. Well, we'd like this little game to exist as a physical part of Barbabianca's game box, and so would love to expand and improve on its rules in order to entrust it to our backer village.

What do you say-- should we all get together and welcome Anna home?

Thanks, everyone! Goals are shooting past us almost quicker than we can count them.

Let's make some room in the crowd for the Mayor, Gravedigger, Doctor and Schoolteacher. Roles in Barbabianca are made up of simple-yet-impactful open-ended questions, so each is infinitely replayable, but having more choice is definitely a good thing.

Before introducing the next (and last!) round of newcomers to the Village, remember to vote in the community poll. We're curious to hear which Role you'll play first when you get the hands on the game!

Barbabianca is among us! And despite his age, it took him less than two days to get here.

Heartfelt thanks to all of you for making this village a little bigger by supporting the tale of an old fool, as told by fools only slightly younger than him. We won't send you a pic of Cristian's face, if only because we believe in the power of imagination.

Now that we've laid the foundation, we want to enrich this story with as many new characters as possible. Our first achievement will bring us a Mayor, a Doctor, a Gravedigger and a Schoolteacher.



Clearly, we hope you won't need to pick by the end of this campaign-- we want to unlock these Roles as well as the four missing ones we have in mind-- but we're curious to hear which ones attract you more.

Let's have fun with a community poll.

Which role will you play in the village, when you're ready to meet Barbabianca?

24 hours in and we've been staring starry-eyed at so many of you gathering to meet good old Barbabianca. We're already 75% of the way to our goal!

Enthusiasm is contagious, after all. Cristian was the first to show us, with the passion he put into writing the game and sharing the development project with the rest of NessunDove. Now every single backer is proving him right, and we couldn't be happier to share this fever. And to reward you early birds with a free pin (don't worry-- those of you who got a pledge that already includes a pin will be surprised by one of our other designs).

If you're curious about anything, just ring the village bell with any comment, email or message on social media and we'll be happy to answer. NessunDove means nowhere, but it's also kind of everywhere actually, and with your help we're sure Barbabianca will get around as well.

In the meantime, we'll put our little chairs on the sidewalk and sit to watch people as they go by. Forgive us-- we won't be sporting Barbabianca's cryptic smirk, just a big ol' smile at seeing your support.