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My kickstarter for Legacy: Life Among the Ruins is in its last week. We're reasonably likely to fund but it's not looking certain, so any help you're willing to give would be appreciated! If you're interested in an AW hack that does cool things with your character's history, culture and legacy, check it out. I can promise wholly original non-traced art, if it helps.
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Flavivirus posted:My kickstarter for Legacy: Life Among the Ruins is in its last week. We're reasonably likely to fund but it's not looking certain, so any help you're willing to give would be appreciated! If you're interested in an AW hack that does cool things with your character's history, culture and legacy, check it out. I can promise wholly original non-traced art, if it helps. Sure, gently caress the curve for everyone else.
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Nov 28, 2014 14:39
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homerlaw posted:That's just literally wild wild west Hopefully with less racism. Hopefully. 
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Nov 28, 2014 15:36
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Hopefully with less racism. I promise it will be filled to the brim with Asian Stereotypes.
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Nov 28, 2014 20:01
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Horror on the Orient Express just showed up.  All 17.5 lbs of it. I feel like this was completely worth the wait, the extra props and promo stuff feel really high-quality, and there's a lot more stuff than I remembered. The only thing I'd consider "average" is that the T-shirt looks like something you'd get at your company picnic, but it was totally free so who cares.The box and graphic design also look absolutely oldschool Chaosium . I don't know what vault they pulled that aesthetic out of, but it sent part of my brain to a happy place twenty years in the past.
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Nov 29, 2014 02:04
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UNPAINTED CUSTOM DICE FINAL 48 HOURS We will engrave whatever images you supply on 16mm dice. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toystorian/unpainted-custom-dice
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Nov 29, 2014 02:04
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Haaaaaaa. Far West is up on RPGNow! As a PDF preorder.
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Nov 29, 2014 02:52
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Plague of Hats posted:Haaaaaaa. The comments are great because people are pointing out the whole KS debacle in the comments and GMS is responding. Matthäus C posted:Do NOT pre-order this. Under no circumstances. GMS posted:You are absolutely entitled to your opinion -- and I agree that interested consumers should inform themselves: to that end, I strongly recommend checking out the publicly-available updates page for the Kickstarter project, which is currently featuring daily progress updates towards the delivery to the backers in mid-December: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Adamant/far-west-western-wuxia-mashup-adventure-game/posts Mitch W posted:"You are absolutely entitled to your opinion" GMS posted:They absolutely should consider it carefully, which is why I recommended in the comments below that they follow the daily updates which are posted here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Adamant/far-west-western-wuxia-mashup-adventure-game/posts Twitter meltdown in 3...2...
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Nov 29, 2014 05:19
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"What's that? Let me volunteer that I'm years late on another project. That will shut up your complaints and draw in new customers. Ho ho, we do have fun!" He's also palling around in the Kicksnarker thread.
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Nov 29, 2014 05:47
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I can't see his posts (I blocked him ages ago) but it's pretty annoying that everyone's all "oh, well I guess we're all good now!" in those threads.
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Nov 29, 2014 06:38
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moths posted:Horror on the Orient Express just showed up. Can you post pics? I'm curious to see what it looks like.
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Nov 29, 2014 10:13
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Plague of Hats posted:"What's that? Let me volunteer that I'm years late on another project. That will shut up your complaints and draw in new customers. Ho ho, we do have fun!" There are no "customers."
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Nov 29, 2014 14:37
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Can you post pics? I'm curious to see what it looks like. Sure! I'm dating myself here, but this all reminds me of the stuff packaged with the old Infocom games. (I loved the stuff packaged with Infocom games.)  First, there's a list of what's in the box. This is what everybody will get, but one prop/handout wasn't a final production version. (It says they'll mail it later.)  And that's what that all looks like! The color map folds out into a poster, the thick card maps fold out into train car maps that you could comfortably fit miniatures or tokens on. The Oriental Express matchbook is full of toothpicks because it's a bad idea to mail matches. The envelope has some luggage stickers and postcards. Six of the books are game books, and the seventh is an awesome player handout: It's a replica guidebook that describes locations in adventure. Cat appears for scale only, not included in box.  And this is extra stuff that KS backers get - there's a t-shirt, a bunch of prop passports and travel papers from various nations, a collector's coin, two boarding passes, and a patch for your motorcycle jacket. moths fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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Nov 29, 2014 17:19
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Disappointed the cat does not come with the package.
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Nov 29, 2014 18:51
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Neat! I never looked into that KS, but was always curious if it was meant to be 'just' a reprint of the original or if they were adding bits. I think I remember a few prop passports being included with the original, and there was one of those old-fashioned luggage stickers, but the matchbox and the rest of the backer swag looks new. Glad to see it turned out so nicely.
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Nov 29, 2014 22:17
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Plague of Hats posted:"What's that? Let me volunteer that I'm years late on another project. That will shut up your complaints and draw in new customers. Ho ho, we do have fun!" the thread on rpg.net or somewhere else?
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Nov 30, 2014 00:15
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It can't be RPGnet because he's banned from there.
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Nov 30, 2014 00:36
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Kicksnarker is a G+ community where people make fun of terrible kickstarters.
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Nov 30, 2014 00:41
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moths posted:Sure! Thanks! That does look pretty great.
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Nov 30, 2014 09:43
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neongrey posted:Disappointed the cat does not come with the package. Closest I've seen to a cat coming with the package is the boxed set I received of Call of Cattulhu. That one had some issues with the fulfillment people. I got my set but last I heard there were still some in limbo and the project creator was looking at another fulfiller. But those aren't really cats, just wooden cut-outs.
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Dec 1, 2014 04:40
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Kings of War 2nd Edition is down to the final day, all of the mega armies bar the Abyssal Dwarves have new etras thrown in (and they'll get one or two today), the new Abyssal army all in hard plastic has funded, the Forces of Nature army has halfway funded, and there's a bunch of add ons like Elf/Basilean/Abyssal Dwarf lords riding dragons, 4Ground buildings, Basius pads and Secret Weapon tablescapes. Even without the add ons the mega army + hardback and softback and dual basic army + hardback and softback rules packs are still plenty worth it and offer huge numbers and points of minis for just $150
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Dec 1, 2014 05:53
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NTRabbit posted:Kings of War 2nd Edition is down to the final day, all of the mega armies bar the Abyssal Dwarves have new etras thrown in (and they'll get one or two today), the new Abyssal army all in hard plastic has funded, the Forces of Nature army has halfway funded, and there's a bunch of add ons like Elf/Basilean/Abyssal Dwarf lords riding dragons, 4Ground buildings, Basius pads and Secret Weapon tablescapes. Even without the add ons the mega army + hardback and softback and dual basic army + hardback and softback rules packs are still plenty worth it and offer huge numbers and points of minis for just $150 I jumped in on this for $1; like I did with Dungeon Saga, I figure I'll wait until the survey comes out and I can plan my finances accordingly. 
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Dec 1, 2014 10:09
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Kings of War is so tempting, $150 is such a great deal, but then I remind myself I don't ever get to paint or play with all the minis I already have.
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Dec 1, 2014 10:42
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Rulebook Heavily posted:There are no Native Americans in Far West because Skarka thought they would be too hard to write without offending people. Isn't Far West America Spaghetti Western/Japanese Samuria/Hong Kong Wuxia film? Shouldn't be just like a perfect racial melting pot cast wise? I mean you can do things like Ainu stand in to sort of make a point about Imperialism and not run into crying little native American garbage too.
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Dec 1, 2014 12:41
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That presumes that GMS knows anything at all about the Ainu, East Asia or imperialism.
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Dec 1, 2014 12:44
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Went in for a buck on KoW 2e. I'll figure out what I'm actually getting later, when I have more money available. Thinking Abyssals, maybe a second army too so I can demo the game.
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Dec 1, 2014 13:53
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Level 99 Games' Pixel Tactics Deluxe is up on Kickstarter. I like the game, but recognize that it's pretty light (in that due to the vast number of characters available, balance is pretty much nonexistent). One of the variants lets you draft dudes instead of just topdecking them, which I think makes it a better game. Really I just wanted a box to house the game and its expansions. What's weird is that they're charging $7 for US shipping, which is something I've never actually seen before. I'm not sure why they didn't just fold that into the price or offer free shipping or whatever, so that kind stuck out to me.
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GrandpaPants posted:Level 99 Games' Pixel Tactics Deluxe is up on Kickstarter. I like the game, but recognize that it's pretty light (in that due to the vast number of characters available, balance is pretty much nonexistent). One of the variants lets you draft dudes instead of just topdecking them, which I think makes it a better game. Really I just wanted a box to house the game and its expansions. Welp, the only thing that stopped me from backing this instantly was being afraid that they'll have a BattleCON kickstarter soon which will require all my money, but I asked David and he said it'll be almost a year before that'll happen so I'm ALL IN! And shipping Everything is another $50 but I'm insane! Also I especially saved money by not backing/buying anything for some months, so yeah.
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Dec 1, 2014 20:01
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Viceroy is getting printed in the US by Mayday. The game is going to MSRP at $35 but you can get it for $22 (+$5 shipping) if you hop on board now. Also I'm glad they put in shipping options when you back now. I was in the coconuts Duo kickstarter and I had to pledge higher than the reward level to factor what I wanted and those who didn't read it had to pay the additional amount after it ended. ThaShaneTrain fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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Dec 1, 2014 23:35
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ThaShaneTrain posted:Viceroy is getting printed in the US by Mayday. The game is going to MSRP at $35 but you can get it for $22 (+$5 shipping) if you hop on board now. Uh, why is every tier limited? This just screams "preorder store."
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Dec 1, 2014 23:54
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GrandpaPants posted:Uh, why is every tier limited? This just screams "preorder store." I think they're going for a timed exclusive type thing. Like right now the basic level gets you a limited edition sticker on your box. So I assume the next 500 copies or whatever won't have that. Or they're doing more expensive tiers once the basic tier sells out. Which I hope they're not doing.
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Spincut posted:I think they're going for a timed exclusive type thing. Like right now the basic level gets you a limited edition sticker on your box. So I assume the next 500 copies or whatever won't have that. Yeah, given they have $30k and $45k stretch goals but the entire list value of the existing tiers is just over $21k I think they must have non-EB levels coming. E: quote:Creator Seth Hiatt about 2 hours ago
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GrandpaPants posted:Level 99 Games' Pixel Tactics Deluxe is up on Kickstarter. I like the game, but recognize that it's pretty light (in that due to the vast number of characters available, balance is pretty much nonexistent). One of the variants lets you draft dudes instead of just topdecking them, which I think makes it a better game. Really I just wanted a box to house the game and its expansions. All of the tiers I saw say "shipping included." Where are you seeing the $7 surcharge thing? Also God drat I want this.
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Dec 2, 2014 00:41
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Zurui posted:All of the tiers I saw say "shipping included." Where are you seeing the $7 surcharge thing? I don't see any tiers with shipping included, except that the $5 promo pack one says that it mostly covers shipping. I saw the $7 when I actually made my pledge.
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Dec 2, 2014 00:45
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Okay, that's weird. It says "ships anywhere in the world" underneath each pledge level. It's especially odd that they don't mention in the description, unless I missed that too.
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Dec 2, 2014 00:47
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Oh my god, a sticker? No way!
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Dec 2, 2014 00:48
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Zurui posted:Okay, that's weird. It says "ships anywhere in the world" underneath each pledge level. It's especially odd that they don't mention in the description, unless I missed that too. That means that it ships anywhere in the world, as opposed to, say, US only. It doesn't mean it's free.
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Dec 2, 2014 00:50
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Kickstarter only just very recently made it possible for a project to have tiers that don't include shipping and then base a shipping charge on the location of the backer when they make their pledge. This is going to become the new norm, but it will probably take kickstarter pledgers a while to get used to it.
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Dec 2, 2014 02:23
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It was a nasty surprise when I ran into my first 'hidden' shipping KS. Given the cost of international shipping, it'd be nice if project managers tossed a rough guess at costs into their FAQs or something.
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I think a lot of them are still feeling burned after USPS raised their rates drastically a year or two ago. I know several TG Kickstarters were hit pretty hard, since the prices they'd been quoted were no longer good by the time it came to ship. It'd be nice if they gave an estimate, but they'd have to make it very clear that the price could change, or someone would complain after rates went up.
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