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Leperflesh posted:Maha Yodha is in its last 18 hours. I think it looks beautiful, the price is very reasonable ($35 with free shipping in the US for the game plus expansion), and it's cool to support a game that utilizes lore and artwork from India. Neat. I like projects that dip into lesser-seen mythologies in the West. 
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If you missed it the first time, you can now Kickstart the reprint of the Little Urban Achievers line of Big Lebowski-inspired minis for your tabletop gaming needs! I did these the first time and they're really loving rad. Walter is my Shadowrun decker's avatar.
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Peas and Rice posted:If you missed it the first time, you can now Kickstart the reprint of the Little Urban Achievers line of Big Lebowski-inspired minis for your tabletop gaming needs! I painted the whole line and I agree, the Walter figure is awesome. I think the Zombicide guys even wrote up fan rules for him as a character, as well.
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Iris of Ether posted:I painted the whole line and I agree, the Walter figure is awesome. I think the Zombicide guys even wrote up fan rules for him as a character, as well. Nice! Walter's the only one I've finished, and I'm halfway through the Dude and the Cowboy. Any chance you could put up pics of yours?
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Peas and Rice posted:Nice! Walter's the only one I've finished, and I'm halfway through the Dude and the Cowboy. Any chance you could put up pics of yours? Heh, sure. The only caveats I have are that this is before getting a shitload of practice during Oath Season 4 and before discovering Citadel Shades (i.e. 'Skill in a Bottle').       My adult entertainment producer figure picture seems to have floated off into the ether somewhere, though.
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Gravy Train Robber posted:Speaking as a fan of co-op games, I also felt pretty meh about it on first glance. But I was bored and watched the review of a prototype being played, and it actually looked pretty good. I printed out the Print & Play components this evening, and was able to get a game in. It does feel pretty solid for what it is... Kind of a perfectly distilled to the basics co-op experience that reminded me a lot of Pandemic. There's a little groggy part of me that wants to be all 'eh why are they doing another KS I don't have my TEK game yet eeeeeeh!' but these guys seem to know their poo poo and I too hosed around with the pnp version with my friends and we had a great time, so I'm in for this too. Also this game can cause some Pandemic level arguments for sure, the phrase 'goddamnit hurt yourself and come help me out' got tossed around a decent bit by the end of the game. I love the slow burn that comes from constantly adding more monsters to the horde, it really captures the 'heroes with their backs against the wall' feeling. It's kinda amazing that a tiny meeple game got the whole Helms Deep feeling that a lot of way bigger games failed at. edit: It helps that the prices are very reasonable, 25 bucks for the game+the KS bonus+the inevitable pile of stretch goals that'll flood this like TEK is a very fair price. sexpig by night fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Jun 21, 2014 |
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Jun 21, 2014 02:01
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Crosspostin' I'm pretty happy with the quality of this insert, thanks kickstarter
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Jun 21, 2014 03:23
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How long have you had it? Waiting on mine over here.
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Fix posted:How long have you had it? Waiting on mine over here. Got it today, it took me a good 5-10 minutes to figure out and set up. I actually just put in an order for a bigger box that can hold both Devastation and War + Promos in select screen boxes, hopefully it all fits the way I expect. Truth be told the insert doesn't actually fit everything that came in the box.
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Jun 21, 2014 06:23
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100 Dungeons Deluxe print coupon codes just went out. Yay for being almost done. Non-backers can also buy it in print now too: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/129216/100-Dungeons-Deluxe
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Note that if you use that coupon now, it won't include the bonus content (like it says in the update, I just wanted to emphasize that point.)
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If you want it all in one book, you should wait. Or buy both at cost and give one to a friend or something. Even if you use the one that just went out, when the 100 Dungeons NG+ is out, you'll get another coupon.
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Aaaand we're back. Kickstarter stuff happened, some of it relevant to this thread! Dungeon Lords Anniversary Edition seems like a great value if you don't already own DL (usually ~$70 on CSI), kinda a lovely value if you already do. I hear they're thinking about doing a gameplay-relevant pledge level, which would be great. BattleCON: War Revisited is wrapping up in 3 days. Almost always a great value. Get on it! Edit: Not a game, but Stonemaier Games has a Chest of Tokens. As cool as they are, I don't think I have any game that could actually use them. GrandpaPants fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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I went down to the $20 level on BattleCON, if I buy the boxed game when it comes out do I basically get everything at the $70 level? This is way confusing. What's exclusive? All of it? None of it? The promo packs? The stretch goals?
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moths posted:I went down to the $20 level on BattleCON, if I buy the boxed game when it comes out do I basically get everything at the $70 level? They don't do exclusives (this is a good thing), but things tend to be cheaper on Level99 Kickstarters than they would be in retail (or even online retail), plus the promos which you may or may not care about. For reference, Devastation is $75 on CSI (according to its out of stock price), and that doesn't include its Extended edition, which is $15 more. Devastation+Extended was $50 on Kickstarter, but they've said that that was severely discounted. I still expect retail War to probably cost $15-25 more than the $70 level, though. And of course no promos, which probably aren't anything to write home about, but they're nice extras. Because, y'know, Bruce loving Lee. Edit: You also get a free copy of Noir, which is a fun 2 player deductive game. Nothing to rave about, but it's a fun little diversion of a game.
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I just hopped onto a deductive card game called Antidote. Premise is that you're researchers in a lab exposed to a toxin and you're trying to figure out the antidote out of a set by trading for info with other players and deducing which cards are the antidote. Plus, for 16 bucks including shipping, it's kind of hard to go wrong with.
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GrandpaPants posted:Aaaand we're back. Kickstarter stuff happened, some of it relevant to this thread! They have pledge levels for just the new stuff from the KS or the expansion + the new stuff. The expansion is $40 on Amazon so $55 for that plus a couple of miniexpansion things and some stretch goals seems reasonable.
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Coupons for the PDF of The Lost City of Barakus were sent out to backers today. It's my first Frog God Games product, and I have to say, it seems to have turned out pretty well. I'm looking forward to getting the physical book plus the add-ons I ordered (maps and a copy of Stoneheart Valley, which I'd had my eye on). Another to add to my somewhat impressive pile of megadungeons; someday I'll have to run one.
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So, you guys remember the Ice Age Mammals Kickstarter? Someone made a thread about it on the Reaper forums, and there was some discussion about how well it was likely to go. The project creator hopped onto the boards and posted very little to actually allay those concerns. It got rather heated, and the mods eventually closed down the discussion and warned everyone involved. Apparently the creator took it as a deliberate slight against them by Reaper management, with posts like the following: quote:Hi Sable Fox This is a rather... jaundiced view of events, to say the least.
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The backer only updates on this one are going to be absolutely fantastic. I hope my 1 dollar pledge gets me some talking sun action.
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Less talking sun action, but there's a KS up for the Wolsung expansion that looks pretty cool, albeit on the pricey side.
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JackMann posted:So, you guys remember the Ice Age Mammals Kickstarter? Someone made a thread about it on the Reaper forums, and there was some discussion about how well it was likely to go. The project creator hopped onto the boards and posted very little to actually allay those concerns. It got rather heated, and the mods eventually closed down the discussion and warned everyone involved.  I was wondering where all this supposed anti-woman and lead poison referencing was taking place. (There were sourceless mentions of it in the rare email update.) Jesus Christ. It's like...if they are legitimately getting misogynistic posts directed towards them, that's unfortunate and needs to stop. But the concerns about production, clarity of the Kickstarter, and amount of experience are valid. The only things I could find on their Doggerland line were a cancelled Kickstarter, an Indie Gogo graphic novel, and a future product line plan. Whereas Reaper...well, I was poring over one of their print catalogs back in '99. I guess I didn't put anything into my pledge that I wasn't willing to lose. 
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I saw the Reaper stuff before it was deleted. There was no real misogyny there. The forum users on their kickstarter sub forum were asking a bunch of questions amongst themselves that were fairly reasonable. "What scale is it actually going to be in?" "What's the material they list metal and resin?" They also expressed doubt that it was going to go well, noting similarities to the CSM kickstarters. Eventually the project lead made an account and started answering a few questions, but responded to most of them by calling the questioner a "troll". This all ended in a mess of arguing that got the moderators to purge and lock the thread. The project lead assumed this was so sort of plot by Reaper to keep them down.
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 Are you rad enough dude to pledge on these 80s recasts? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/941525798/rafm-fantasy-miniatures-universal-soldier-game-and Just look at them! 
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*fanfare* Our second kickstarter, Beasts of Burden, is live! Nikki, the goon/artist who did the illustrations for Three Days Until Retirement, is collaborating with me on a card game about managing encumbrance! Here's the back of the cards:  After Three Days, I wanted to put together an extremely competitive card game. Beasts of Burden is a 30 minute game for 2-6 players where you have to constantly juggle weapons and treasures as you explore an absurdist dungeon full of things like party orcs and angry, sentient furniture. There's also curses and traps a plenty for making other players extremely angry with you. Here's some more art: Incredibly Vain Goblin  Evil, animated archery target  $20 gets you the card game shipped to your door, an extra $5 gets you a sweet fanclub pack full of physical goodies, just like Three Days Until Retirement.
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quote:is collaborating with me on a card game about managing encumbrance! I read the page, but I'm not clear on how the game would function in practice. Would it be fair to describe it as Munchkin-esque? (Edit: Not in specifics, but general "screw-you you're winning" sort of interactions).
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Beautiful Flower posted:*fanfare* Our second kickstarter, Beasts of Burden, is live! Gonna need a game play video for this one before you get my 
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jmzero posted:I read the page, but I'm not clear on how the game would function in practice. Would it be fair to describe it as Munchkin-esque? (Edit: Not in specifics, but general "screw-you you're winning" sort of interactions). It's a little like Munchkin in that players can steal items from each other, curse each other and place traps in front of each other. Winning is done via accumulating points, which is done by stockpiling tools and treasure (which have individual weights), killing monsters, solving puzzles, avoiding traps and completing quests. Players have a weight limit of 10, and the monsters, traps, puzzles and quests all have inventory requirements, ranging from the generic (i.e. 5 points of weapons) to the specific (i.e. must have "rare books" and "ornate chess set"). The game ends the round after a player completes one of the four quest cards, which allows for plenty of backstabbing. Re: Indolent--I'm working on a gameplay video this afternoon, I hope to get it finished this evening or tomorrow.
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Beautiful Flower posted:*fanfare* Our second kickstarter, Beasts of Burden, is live! Already pledged because I am a special cool dude.
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why you should be careful on kickstarter
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I am not sure what this article is saying besides the standard "buyer beware." Like it doesn't actually go to any depth to talk about anything. Take this, for example: quote:Adding more disincentive for backing Kickstarter campaigns is this: if the game kicks and enough people like it, it will likely find a place at your local brick and mortar game store. Your store may back the campaign, the title may find a traditional publisher, or the game’s creators may ramp up production themselves. There is no actual point being made here. It doesn't even make the super easy connection of saying "You may pay less if you buy it from CSI [examples here]", it just says "You can buy it from a B&M store, therefore bad."
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Well, they're saying that the risk of kickstarting something untested can be avoided by waiting for it to hit retail, because "only good games hit retail". It's obvious and/or specious, but hey I guess it's a point. They're really just reacting to the reality of kickstarter, which is that people are dumb and make poor choices. I think there's a benefit to reminding people to chill and balance desire with common sense. 
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The average rating chart is especially bad. There were so few games released in 2009 and 2010 compared to all the other years that the error is likely huge, nullifying the entire hypothesis that Kickstarter was good for a couple years and then went to poo poo. Also, apparently Kickstarter ratings being 0.2/10 lower on average than non-Kickstarter = BE CAREFUL.
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Caedar posted:Also, apparently Kickstarter ratings being 0.2/10 lower on average than non-Kickstarter = BE CAREFUL. Excellent dirty lying chart there. Hiding over 95% of the chart to make your bad point look good is REALLY awesome.
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Hey, I guess this is kind of late now as he's already in the last 10 hours, but my friend has a nifty quickish drafting game on kickstarter called Shadow Throne. He's already funded and looks to be headed for his first stretch goal, but I thought some goons might be interested in checking out the game itself.
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