Địa Linh Nhân Kiệt - Legends of Vietnam

Hi, this is nhóm Na. We are a three-person board game maker group based in San Francisco, California. Born and raised in Vietnam, we have all learned about epic tales of heroes and heroines who shaped the nation. For example, the farm boy named Đinh Tiên Hoàng who practiced battles with tree sticks later turned general turned king conquering 12 civil war factions to established the Đinh dynasty. Another example is the empress Ỷ Lan who led adeptly the entire nation through chaos multiple times. Some tale was essential to our culture such as Lang Liêu who combined the meanings of earth and sky to make the Vietnamese traditional new year cake. Unfortunately, our kids who were born outside Vietnam have very limited chances to learn these stories. We want to make an impact for our kids and anyone who is interested in Vietnamese history and culture.

Learning from our own experiences making Đồng Hành (http://naboardgame.com), another Vietnamese board game about geography, we are taking on our most ambitious project yet: to make a game of 60 famous heroes, heroines, and battles of the past. Those are sixty unique illustrations of modern design styles each can be printed beautifully into posters. Our content writer also writes a book (in both English and Vietnamese) telling stories for each single illustration which you and your family can read after playing the games.

The project is 80% completed. We have ~50 fully illustrated, package designs to be finalized, and all 4 rules (yes, 4 games-in-one) have already gone through dozens of iterations. Notably, our rule #2 just won the 54 Cards Vietnamese Board Game contest for Best Overall 2nd Price, Most Innovative, and Best Artwork game.

We need your supports to make our mission come true:

"Let everyone of all ages enjoy Vietnamese history using 21st century most fun medium: board games."