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- The Captain is Dead
Duke Nukem joins the crew!
When your crew is facing deep-space disaster, you can always rely on one man to rock up at the eleventh hour and save your sorry butts… Duke Nukem! That’s why we've enlisted legendary voice actor, Jon St. John, to provi…
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It's the Final Countdown...
Stand by for action, brave commanders! Here at Thunderbox HQ we're getting ready for our final crew update, and it's a good one... This update will finally max out the crew roster (to 18), and adds numerous enhancements…
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Three to beam up!
New crew have just beamed aboard... and not a moment too soon! Get ready to turn the tide of battle as three versatile new specialists join the fight... D I P L O M A C Y Maybe those pesky space aliens are just getting…
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The Telepath beams aboard!
...Your thoughts to my thoughts! It's time for the Beta Channel to get cosmic with the addition of a mysterious, new crew member: The Telepath! P S Y C H I C The Telepath can use his mind-bending power to trade skills w…
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New Crew Incoming!
Fresh Update incoming!!! Check out new crew and features for The Captain is Dead! U P D A T E v 1.3 The latest update brings the Medical and Weapons Officers to the main build, ready to heal injured crew while grumbling…
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The Mission Continues...
Space... The final frontier... Our mission continues... to bring you more crew... more features... and more laser-to-face danger! C R E W Get ready for the next crew members to beam aboard: The Weapons and Medical Offic…
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v1.2 - Achievements, Crew & More!
Ahoy there, crew! Our second major update is officially live today, as we continue our plans to emiggen your bad-ass space posse, with 2 new crew members for you to command! The versatile Hologram is only activated in d…
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Achievement Hunters Wanted!
We've been working like crazy on the next update, and I'm excited to say that it's a biggie! Aside from a major pass on the animation, to improve the silky smoothness, we're adding two new characters (the versatile Holo…
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Activate the Emergency Hologram!
Heads up, crew! We've just uploaded a new beta release, with bug-fixes, tweaks and, oh yeah... THE HOLOGRAM! That means that if you've subscribed to the beta, this photonic fellow will be waiting for you when you next f…
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Achievements are coming soon...
Let's cut straight to the chase here, people: Achievements are for the weak! Most games reward you for just booting them up... but not The Captain is Dead. No sirree! We've decided to do things differently with our Achi…
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Play anywhere, even on an away mission!
Flip open your Communicator, and bust out the PADD - it's time to go mobile! Don't get caught short on an away mission... The Captain is Dead is available for all good mobile devices. And even some bad ones. Check out t…
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v1.1 Update - Time to get Tactical!
Ahoy there, crew! Our first update is officially live today, adding (among other things) 2 new crew members to your team! The Teleporter Chief can get you what you need, where you need it. He'll keep your systems runnin…
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New crew are on the way...
Here at Thunderbox HQ we've been working away diligently on upgrading and improving your starship! We'd like to share a quick road-map of what's coming up in the not-too-distant future... More Crew! We're aiming to deli…
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Elias Toufexis joins the crew!
Fresh from starring in Immortals - Fenyx Rising for Ubisoft, and Blood of Zeus on Netflix, prodigious actor Elias Toufexis joins the crew of The Captain is Dead for some over-the-top, sci-fi survival strategy. If you’ve…
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Dice Tower Vs. Deadly Mode - Episodes 1 & 2
Join Mandi & Suzanne from The Dice Tower, along with Ashley from Meeple Mountain, as they try out a new, extra dangerous rule variant, exclusive to the digital edition of this stylishly intense, sci-fi, survival/strateg…
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Tabletop Fest - The Dice Tower vs. Deadly Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjigWovVb8 It's the last 10 minutes of your favourite sci-fi show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! Join Mandi & Suzanne from The Dice Towe…
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