Kavango & Lodges Expansion is LIVE on Kickstarter!
5 months ago
– Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 01:18:14 PM
Kavango & Lodges Expansion is LIVE on Kickstarter!
And we funded in just 4 minutes!!
Thank you so much to all of you who have supported us, we already have over 1000 returning backers which is absolutely amazing.
If you've not yet backed, don't miss your chance to get this "Must have" expansion at a great price with freebies too! We got some exciting extras in the campaign including 21 new animals!
We've got loads more information on the page and some brilliant videos, including how-to-play and run throughs so make sure you check that out, just click here!
Important Update: Kavango Lodges is Coming to Kickstarter - Follow here!
7 months ago
– Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 09:23:06 AM
Hi everyone, thank you for all your support for the Lodges Expansion so far — it’s been amazing to see the excitement from our community!
When we first announced Lodges, we were preparing to launch on Gamefound. After careful thought, we feel Kickstarter is a more natural home for this expansion. Our original campaign was on Kickstarter, and bringing Lodges there too keeps everything in one place and makes things simple for our backers.
So, we’ve decided to launch the Lodges Expansion campaign on Kickstarter.
Captivating Cats
As a thank you for your support, the Captivating Cats promo cards will be included FREE when you back. They’ve had such a great response and we can't wait to see them on your table.
We’re also continuing our pledge that 20% of profits we make as a business go to charities in the Kavango region. We'll share a lot more about the great work they're doing in our new special group...
Make sure to join our private VIP Facebook group! (it’s free). In there, you’ll get:
- Sneak peeks at reward tiers, add-ons, and art reveals
- Unfiltered behind-the-scenes on the Lodges expansion development and design
- Real-time decisions where your feedback shapes the final campaign
- Direct access to us and other amazing conservationist enthusiasts like yourself!
And we have LOTS of exciting add-ons and extras planned for the campaign.
Thanks for all your support,
Matt & Zara
(And an extra thank you from our head of Meerkating)
Kavango Lodges Expansion! Come see at UKGE!
10 months ago
– Tue, May 27, 2025 at 08:42:56 AM
Kavango Lodges Expansion
Follow now on Gamefound to get 3 FREE shiny animal cards when you back!
Build ecotourism lodges to keep your nature reserve thriving. New card placement mechanics add strategic depth, new tactics and crucial bonuses! Beautiful and tactile screen-printed wooden lodges elevate the table presence of Kavango.
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We're so excited to announce our Lodges Expansion and can't wait for you all to play it! We'll be sending out more info on the expansion and the new mechanics over the next few months.
We've decided to run this project on Gamefound instead of Kickstarter and are excited to see how the platform works for us and for you, our supporters. To all of you amazing supporters who had already found and followed our draft launch page for the expansion on kickstarter, please follow us on Gamefound to get 3 free animal shiny cards when you back!
UK Games Expo
Want to try the new expansion?
Want a FREE signed artwork as an extra thank you for your support?
Come find us at Stand 3-160!
UK Games Expo is one of the highlights of our year and is a rare opportunity for us to meet with lots of you - we can't wait! We'll have lots of great promos and merchandise at our stand this year (including shinys!) and will be doing the first ever demos of the new Lodges Expansion.
We'll have a signed artwork print waiting for you as an extra thank you for your wonderful support so please do come and say hello! We're stand 3-160 (Hall 3)
Thanks so much for all your support!
Matt & Zara
BGG Awards & Kavango Expansion announcement coming soon!
12 months ago
– Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:10:36 AM
🏆 BGG Awards 🏆
🚨 The Golden Geek Awards are here! 🚨 If you've enjoyed Kavango and its love of nature, now's the time to help it shine ✨
Board Game Geek just opened nominations for the 2025 Golden Geek Awards. If Kavango transported you to the heart of southern Africa and helped you fall in love with its wildlife, please consider nominating us for Best Thematic Game on Board Game Geek 🏆
🐘 A lot of you will know our story. We made Kavango when living in Botswana to share a message of hope about conservation and wildlife. Kavango is deeply thematic and we kept it true to life in mechanisms and artwork to give full credit and space to the genius of nature. If our game and its message spoke to you, this is your chance to help us share it with a wider audience.
💡Only the top 10–15 most nominated games make it to the final vote—so every nomination truly counts!
🗳️ Nominations close Sunday, April 12th @ 11:59 PM CDT
To nominate, go to https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame. You'll need to be a BGG supporter, or spend a little GeekGold.
Thank you so much for all your love and support! 💚
🎉 Expansion Announcement 🎉
Keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming Kavango Expansion announcement!
We're likely to make the announcement within the next week, so stayed tuned! 🎉
Get in touch!
We'd love to hear from you! To get in touch with us, the best way is to email [email protected] or send us a message on instagram @kavango.game :)
Thanks again!
Matt & Zara
Survey Competition Winner! The lucky winner is...
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 06:41:44 AM
Thank you so much for completing our survey!
Thank you to all 738 backers who completed our survey, we've been amazed by your response! As promised there is one lucky winner, who wins a complete set of all eleven shiny animal cards - the only complete set in existence!
But before we reveal the lucky winner (and maybe another small surprise) at the end of this update, we'd like to show you the survey results...
Survey Results
We asked you to complete a short survey and we thought you'd be interested to see some of the results, so here they are...
We've put this one first because it kinda blew us away. We are so happy that you've been enjoying Kavango and the idea that there's so many of you round the world enjoying Kavango is absloutely wonderful!
The other questions fall more into the category of general interest or relevant to any of you who are considering your own crowdfunding project. Thank you all again for taking the time to give us your responses, it's been really interesting for us, we hope it is for some of you too.
The key isn't that clear on this one: that's 36.9% of you owning more than 100 games in your collection and 1.4% that own 1-4 games.
And the lucky winner is...
Now the moment you've been waiting for...
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The winner is Anna Lay (Backer #2156)! Congratulations Anna!
We'll send you an email to deliver your prize.
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But we wanted there to be a few more lucky winners...
So we've picked out another three backers who've won a bonus shiny card and a signed artwork print!
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The winners are:
Charlotte Sutherland (Backer #2841)!
Andrea Vercelli (Backer #1797)!
Adam Letts (Backer #100)!
Congratulations Charlotte, Andrea and Adam!
We'll send you each an email to deliver your prize.
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Whats next for Mazaza Games and Kavango?
We're delighted to say we're making some great progress on our next projects and it won't be long until we have some more news for you!
Kavango will also be reaching retail stores this year in a few countries and different languages so keep your eyes out for Kavango in the wild!
Please keep sharing :)
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Please keep sharing your photos on instagram and tag us @kavango.game we absolutely love seeing them!
And give us a rating, join the conversation and share your thoughts on BoardGameGeek! It really makes a huge difference to a small publisher like us.
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Thank you so much for your support!
Matt & Zara
