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Race to Kepler: A Deckbuilding Space Adventure

Created by Conduit Games

A strategic deckbuilding game where players bid against each other for powerful cards in a highly interactive space race.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Help Design the Art for Kepler! Plus updates on Neoprene Mat and the Deluxe Box!
5 months ago – Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 02:02:49 PM

Community Art Collaboration with Léonard Dupond

As you might have seen on our socials, we are almost halfway through the campaign. We wanted a thank you to our community who believe in this game, so we've decided to include you in the art design! 

In total, we have 3 TITAN card arts in our Deluxe edition that we want to be designed by our community and drawn (of course) by Léonard Dupond. Over the next week or so, we will reveal each of these cards and show some art updates along the way. We don't really believe in stretch goals or crazy incentives, so this is just automatically happening as a thank you to you all. 

And now for our first art brief! This Titan is in the Smugglers class. The smugglers worship corvids, as they help symbolize their intelligence and crafty natures. So their Titan robots tend to be crows, owls, and ravens.

Card Name: Infiltration 
Effect: "Draw the top card of the Titan Deck and shuffle this card into the Titan Deck. ◎ If held for the bid: Prior to resolving the bid, swap this card with a card in the Titan Supply"

It's a very interesting card that people have been absolutely loving in playtesting. And now we get to see what it will look like thanks to you.

Please leave a comment below with your suggested card art idea and have a chance for your input to be implemented into the game! Make sure to also give likes to your favorites to increase the chances that they are chosen. Keep in mind the art on Titans usually involves the Titan itself, and we've been leaning into some more abstract, almost movie poster style vibes on them. So have some fun with it!

When creating your art brief, make sure to consider both the card Name and its Effect. Describe the scene, the action being taken, and what is the overall feeling or vibe. For example "Transmutation - A mechanical octopus sacrifices a plant/tree (so it turns black, withered, dusty, fallen), harvesting its energy to fill up viles of blasting energy, oozing liquid into a vile."

F.A.Q.s update

Neoprene Mat Add-On?

The interest was loud and clear. We will be offering a neoprene mat as an optional add-on through BackerKit after the campaign closes. We didn't want to complicate the campaign with more tiers, but this way anyone who wants one can grab it without it being bundled into a package you might not need. More details on pricing and design when we get closer to the pledge manager. 

Deluxe Box Art?

Over 75% of you really wanted the red box for the Deluxe edition. But we didn't want to leave out the folks who liked the black and gold. And unfortunately we can't do two separate deluxe versions.

So here's what we're doing: the Deluxe edition will come in the standard red box, with a black and gold embossed sleeve over it. Like the black and gold look? Keep the sleeve on. Prefer the red? Slide it off. And we're also happy to announce both will be getting UV stamping which should give everything that deluxe feel. Either way it looks great on a shelf. 

Community Playtest, Box Art Preferences, and More!!
6 months ago – Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 12:50:03 PM

Community Playtesting

As many of you know we have partnered with Merchants of Play to offer an online version of the game for backers to try. We have been getting lots of helpful feedback and thoughts from all of you that have already tried out the game. We have put together a Discord server that you can join if you want to find people to play or give feedback on the game. 

F.A.Qs

Neoprene Mat?

Several of you have asked about a neoprene mat add-on. We initially chose not to include it as we wanted to keep the Deluxe Box to a reasonable size and could not fit a mat inside of that box. However we are currently gauging interest in a neoprene mat and if enough people are interested, we will add it as an add-on in the pledge manager. So if you would be interested in a neoprene mat, let us know!

Deluxe Box Art?

We have heard many of you prefer the original red box art to the deluxe black/gold art. We have put together this form to gauge preferences as we discuss the best solution. 

Content Highlights!!

We're thrilled that both The Brothers Murph and BoardGameCo featured Race to Kepler this week! We would love for you to check them out.

Day 1 Recap!
6 months ago – Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 01:09:12 PM

And what a day it was!

We hit our funding goal in less than two hours. By the end of day 1, we had more than doubled it, with over 300 backers on board. We are still processing this.

To everyone who backed, shared, or sent a kind message: thank you. This game has been 3 years in the making, and seeing this kind of response on launch day means more than we can say.

We put together a quick video from two of us:

F.A.Q

We now have an FAQ up on the kickstarter page that should answer many of your questions about the campaign. If you have any others, don't hesitate to leave a comment or message us. 

Review Highlight!

Shelfside put out a review of Race to Kepler that you all should check out!