Seeking Heroes

Oathen is made by Seeking Heroes, LLC, designer Jason Luedeking and illustrator David Thor Fjalarsson, with a decade of help from the playtesters listed below.

Jason Luedeking, Game Designer

"In October 2013, I had a lengthy, vivid dream where I was playing Oathen. The second that I woke up, I was so excited about making the game that I immediately went to work designing the first prototype. In the beginning, this was just something for me to play at the office with my colleagues. Although after each game, they wanted to start up another round. So, I designed new characters for them to test out, additional abilities, more game modes.. Eventually we started running games outside of work, where people brought their friends to play, and their friends' friends. In 2016 I began showing the game through the Colorado Game Designers' Guild and at conventions to new players (some of which still meet 1-3 times per week to play.)

Half a decade, 2500+ hours of play testing, endless nights balancing abilities and mechanics, a tremendous amount of paper and ink.. and here we are, closing in on Kickstarter. Through it all, I can easily recall a dozen "WOW!" moments in games that still make me think back and laugh. These moments have been a driving force in pushing the game forward, and providing other gamers all across the world with similar good times. I don't know what combination of things brought me to dream about Oathen. However, the journey has been absolutely amazing, and seeing the characters come to life through David's artwork and the experiences that I've witnessed over the years, this has been one of the most invigorating adventures. I hope that you enjoy Oathen as much as I've enjoyed designing and seeing it grow."

David Thor Fjalarsson, Illustrator

Illustrator, comicbook artist, hermit creature. A full time freelance artist, working as an illustrator and concept artist in both video and board games. Also dabbling in 2D animation, film and book illustration. With a passion for drawing and creating comics as well.

"As an artist, Oathen is pretty much the perfect project, both challenging and fun with a massive scope. Looking forward to showing everyone what we can do!"

Thank You to our Core Playtesters

There are no words to express how thankful I am for all of the play testers that have helped refine Oathen over the last half decade. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful group of people with me on this journey, and I would have never expected to find others who are as passionate about this game as I am. You will forever be Oathen to me, family, and I will fight tooth and bone to make this game something that you are proud to be a part of. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Jason Luedeking.

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