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I briefly thought about spending  on the most awful secret santa gag gift, but then realized it would forever be attached to my publicly viewable backer history. Meanwhile, in crazy land:quote:centerpiece new home I think he's pulling the plug on Centerpiece.
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moths posted:I briefly thought about spending This has to be a joke.
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Covok posted:So, Robotic Age is in its last 66 hours. It's got less than 1,000 dollars to go. Might make its goal. I've got my fingers crossed. I've sunk $125 in to this game and who knows how many hours in to the playtest. I think I might have a problem guys.
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Bieeardo posted:"The delicious mistress and her jealous owner." There aren't enough WTFs for that godawful thing. It's a bit late to report it to Kickstarter, but I did anyway, because seriously ugh. 
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Direwolf posted:This has to be a joke. Don't say that until you watch the video clip.
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Update #4 Oct 6, 2013 posted:please try again So he's moved CENTERPIECE to eBay to sell off what he's gotten made. A sad ending for this piece of outsider gaming art. It's also Last day for Winter War! They've hit all their stretch goals, which means either platoon comes with a ton of stuff and now an aerosan.
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moths posted:So he's moved CENTERPIECE to eBay to sell off what he's gotten made. A sad ending for this piece of outsider gaming art. Someone in the US please buy centerpiece and report back.
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I'm surprised this game hasn't shown up here yet (or at least I somehow missed it while looking back on the thread), but here goes: The game is 404: Law Not Found. It's a game about crazy robot shenanigans on a spaceship. Basically all players play robots whose Asimovian laws were scrambled by a recent software/hardware upgrade, so instead of the 3 Laws they each get a different set of 3 directives such as Destroy Breathing - Destroy all the space suits Improvise War - Launch a space-suited human at an enemy spaceship Hide Feeding - Have the monkey (yes there's a monkey) eat a banana in a room with nobody to see it The game is a programming game, so you give your robots commands out of a selection each round and then hope they follow them up without being set off course by the other players' actions. The humans and monkey each perform different actions based on a flow-chart. The game goes either for 10 rounds (each round is a random event, like an attacking spaceship or an incoming meteor) or until one player manages to complete all three of their directives. The KS has reached a stretch-goal which adds anomalies, which change up the way your robot acts for the duration of one event. For instance one anomaly makes it so the last command you give your robot will actually be carried out by the robot of the player to your left. I only heard about the game last Wednesday, and it already has less than 3 days to go. They're nearing the 20,000 Euro stretch-goal which will add all the extra power chips (special powers for your robot) plus player aids to keep your directives and inventory organized. If they somehow get to 25k they'll add an extra ship layout (the doughnut-station). The reason I like this game's concept is that it's really similar to a boardgame version of Space Station 13 in my eyes. I was just looking at tabletop projects on KS for fun, not even really thinking of actually backing anything when I found it, but the concept just really grabbed me.
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So, Accursed is in its final week and we're hitting more stretch goals. Tine for the last big push. Final Week Update
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:So, Accursed is in its final week and we're hitting more stretch goals. Tine for the last big push. Excited about this! I was telling ~MY GIRLFRIEND~ about this and when I said "all the players are monster" she misheard it as "all the players are lobsters" what I am getting at is crustacean-themed stretch goal?
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Well, I mean, lobstermen are not out of the question. That's what sourcebooks are for!
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I don't think I saw anyone bring this up but Defiance Games has some pretty kicking power armor going for their kickstarter. 8 suits in a basic box doesn't seem like a bad deal though I'm curious on the quality since it's spun plastic. On it's last 3 days and well past funded.
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It's been semi-confirmed that Judge Dredd figures are an upcoming stretch goal in Mantic's Mars Attacks kickstarter.  The most recent update has a silhouette of the Martian in a Judge's uniform on the cover of MAJD #2.
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thiswayliesmadness posted:I don't think I saw anyone bring this up but Defiance Games has some pretty kicking power armor going for their kickstarter. 8 suits in a basic box doesn't seem like a bad deal though I'm curious on the quality since it's spun plastic. On it's last 3 days and well past funded. Are there any scale pics to compare it to Infinity or at least 40k? They look good, and the cost is great, but if I can't use them I don't think I'd bother.
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I haven't seen any scale pics, but they say on the KS page "The Hardsuits will be the size equivalent to a Games Workshop Space Marine Terminator."
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Jedit posted:It's been semi-confirmed that Judge Dredd figures are an upcoming stretch goal in Mantic's Mars Attacks kickstarter. Thats crazy, I'm sure there's a minis company with the rights to dredd. I have seen them in my LGS.
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thiswayliesmadness posted:I haven't seen any scale pics, but they say on the KS page "The Hardsuits will be the size equivalent to a Games Workshop Space Marine Terminator." Too bad. I need TAGs not faux-terminators. Phoon posted:Thats crazy, I'm sure there's a minis company with the rights to dredd. I have seen them in my LGS. It's either authorized or it is covered by "fair use" as a parody. This is the image they will be basing the mini on.  Indolent Bastard fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Oct 7, 2013 |
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Phoon posted:Thats crazy, I'm sure there's a minis company with the rights to dredd. I have seen them in my LGS. IDW has the US comics rights for both Dredd and Mars Attacks. It seems unlikely, but we could get a Never Say Never Again situation out of this.
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Well now I just think Mantic should get the Dredd license and release another Deadzone variant with it.
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moths posted:IDW has the US comics rights for both Dredd and Mars Attacks. It seems unlikely, but we could get a Never Say Never Again situation out of this. It'd be a one-shot licence, possibly a Kickstarter exclusive, and Mantic don't have the rights to make a straight up Dredd minis game.
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Mongoose has the rights for producing Judge Dredd miniatures. In fact they held a kickstarter for a supplement and some new minis last year. I'm not sure about Mantic's crossover mini, whether they actually have the rights or not, or if they even need them since they already have Mars Attacks. I know some kickstarters for minis do the whole
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Auralsaurus Flex posted:Mongoose has the rights for producing Judge Dredd miniatures. In fact they held a kickstarter for a supplement and some new minis last year. Not as such. I don't think they'd be doing it if they didn't have the rights, though.
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Yeah the only overlap here is due to the IDW crossover. Which brings up the prospect of other IDW licensed properties like Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Thundercats, or the Transformers. It would be like those Firefly crew figures only legal. More likely you just get the dredd comic or something. Those other properties heave big bad corporate ownership behind them.
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thiswayliesmadness posted:I don't think I saw anyone bring this up but Defiance Games has some pretty kicking power armor going for their kickstarter. 8 suits in a basic box doesn't seem like a bad deal though I'm curious on the quality since it's spun plastic. On it's last 3 days and well past funded. I have a set of their Marines and the casting is nice and crisp. Was tempted by the KS but the stretch goals only kick in at high levels. Wish them luck, but I think I'll sit this one out.
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Games Workshop has also been quietly making "Adeptus Arbites" miniatures for decades, and they're pretty much just Judge Dredd with a different name.
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Mehuyael posted:I'm surprised this game hasn't shown up here yet (or at least I somehow missed it while looking back on the thread), but here goes: Thanks for posting this, it sounds amazing. I have backed this and look forward to doofy robot shenanigans.
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I threw in £5 for the print and play version of 404; because I can't pass up any game that involves robot/monkey shenanigans
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Want to be in on 404, but dont want to pay half the game cost again for shipping. Had a talk with the creator about it though, nice guy, explained why he couldnt do to how its being distributed. Hopefully I can get a copy from retail
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thiswayliesmadness posted:I don't think I saw anyone bring this up but Defiance Games has some pretty kicking power armor going for their kickstarter. 8 suits in a basic box doesn't seem like a bad deal though I'm curious on the quality since it's spun plastic. On it's last 3 days and well past funded. I wouldn't pledge/pre-order anything done by Defiance games. Buy if and when you find them in stores. This is their highly optimistic take on 2012 schedule:  First two were delayed for months, while pre-orders were rolling in, Third looks surprisingly similar to the Kickstarter material. Guy who founded the Defiance games, is the same guy that founded the Wargames Foundry (notorious for delays) & lost it to his Chinese funders.
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The Kickstarter for Amethyst - Fantasy & Technology Collide has started.quote:Which side will you choose? Which weapons will you wield? Venture into lands once claimed by skyscrapers and factories, now overrun by elves, goblins, and dragons. Ride gracefully on horseback or plow through the wilderness in an armored transport. They're doing 4e and Pathfinder versions, and are "negotiating" D&D Next, Savage Worlds, and Fate Core versions as well (which is odd, because Fate is OGL and from what I understand getting a SW licence boils down to "just ask Shane if it's cool"). I remember the original Amethyst 4e rules having some worrying problems; any tech character had to be human, meaning they got an extra at-will, and every class had access to a Twin Shot at-will. The level 37-ish daily stance that let you reload a gun as a free action once per combat. I remember there was an infinite gunning combo too, but I don't remember the details on that one.
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Evil Mastermind posted:They're doing 4e and Pathfinder versions, and are "negotiating" D&D Next, Savage Worlds, and Fate Core versions as well (which is odd, because Fate is OGL and from what I understand getting a SW licence boils down to "just ask Shane if it's cool"). There are guidelines to a Savage Worlds license. IIRC, one of the big rules is that you're not allowed to do a "dual-system" book, for example, or so I've been told by a licensee, which is an issue for folks doing multi-system material. You do have to do an initial submission, though, just to demonstrate you're actually putting out a decent, professional product, though you just have to follow the guidelines once you have the license. I imagine that might be waived somewhat if you're already well-known enough in RPGland.
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Amethyst 4e was terrible in that the designers knew nothing of the system balance or mechanics and shoe horned a lot of broken stuff in. The setting was also very uninspired. I would definitely stay away, they have no clue what they're doing.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:I imagine that might be waived somewhat if you're already well-known enough in RPGland.
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jammu posted:Guy who founded the Defiance games, is the same guy that founded the Wargames Foundry (notorious for delays) & lost it to his Chinese funders. MadScientistWorking fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Oct 8, 2013 |
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MadScientistWorking posted:Technically speaking he's not in charge of Defiance games anymore either. Hopefully that improves the Reliability of the company. Still I wouldn't risk my money pre-ordering from until they have few projects published on time.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:There are guidelines to a Savage Worlds license. IIRC, one of the big rules is that you're not allowed to do a "dual-system" book, for example, or so I've been told by a licensee, which is an issue for folks doing multi-system material. You do have to do an initial submission, though, just to demonstrate you're actually putting out a decent, professional product, though you just have to follow the guidelines once you have the license. I imagine that might be waived somewhat if you're already well-known enough in RPGland. We had to submit a four or five page sample for Accursed, and Shane knows all three of us relatively well both professionally and personally. The sample had to be laid out and have graphic design and art and the whole shebang. As for "dual-system", do you mean two systems in the same book? Because we're offering a Pathfinder conversion as a stretch goal and Shane was totally cool with that.
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Holy poo poo, that write-up for Amethyst makes me want to go outside and lie in front of a steamroller to make the hurting stop.
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Bieeardo posted:Holy poo poo, that write-up for Amethyst makes me want to go outside and lie in front of a steamroller to make the hurting stop.
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The part of me that still tries to find the good in people wants to think something like Arcanum, though that was a mess in and of itself. The rest of me is remembering way too many awful magic vs. science novels over the years, and the people for whom they were a ray of hope in a world that didn't ~understand~ them.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:We had to submit a four or five page sample for Accursed, and Shane knows all three of us relatively well both professionally and personally. The sample had to be laid out and have graphic design and art and the whole shebang. As for "dual-system", do you mean two systems in the same book? Because we're offering a Pathfinder conversion as a stretch goal and Shane was totally cool with that. Huh! Yeah, that's exactly what I meant. When I talked to Andy Hopp about conversions for Low Life, he said that when he finishes the new edition, he basically couldn't publish Savage Worlds and Pathfinder in the same tome, it'd have to be two different books. Maybe things have changed since the earlier days of Savage Worlds, Low Life came out much earlier. 
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