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malkav11 posted:So, significant Darkest Night 2E update today. In short, they've decided to waive all gameplay-related stretch goals and just pack all of that into every 2E box regardless of whether they reach the previously set goals or not (though non-gameplay stretch goals like the organizer and engraved dice, etc remain in play). But the flip side of that is that they are now only intending to print enough copies to fulfill the Kickstarter with some wiggle room for replacements, etc. So if you were planning to wait and pick it up in stores, that's probably not going to be possible unless the store backed the Kickstarter.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 02:04 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:20 |
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JazzFlight posted:Ugnnnnn, I want it with the miniatures but like $170 after shipping is crazy high. If it was like $120 after shipping, maybe. If it helps, remember that this is the base game, all the content from the five first edition expansions, -and- at least another expansion or two worth of cards.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 02:22 |
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Wow, thats...a difficult choice. I was really thinking about backing Darkest Night, but the shipping cost is pretty high () and I was thinking that maybe I'd order it down the line once its released rather than paying now and waiting so long I might lose interest. Sadly I'm not sure I really want to take the risk, so it looks like I might have to just let it pass. A shame since I love co-op games so much.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 04:11 |
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Hauki posted:Oh hey, the last 25% of my click clack lumberjack finally shipped after only 9 months of delays, stubborn lack of communication and reused components from the previous game. Lucky you. I just got Tokaido Collector's Edition yesterday, 18 months late. I paid for it in March 2014.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 11:47 |
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I'm kind of worried about Darkest Night since "Unviable retail production" seems like a stone's throw from "Unviable production."
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 12:58 |
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I'm at a loss for words.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:25 |
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They should have sent a poet.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:29 |
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quote:Ctrl+Alt+Del is a fun and always humorous comic that features the world of gaming. e: Failed Kickstarters are often harder on the man than the woman. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Jun 2, 2016 |
# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:30 |
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Mentioning the animated series is either really brave or really misguided.quote:It has spawned a generation of memes that will forever grace the internet. Well, it certainly spawned at least one meme, but I'm not sure if I'd take loss.jpg as a distinction.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:33 |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I'm seeing on the KS page, isn't this just Munchkin?
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:36 |
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Their first social goal is 1000 shares and their first stretch goal is 75k (more than twice the funding amount) for a $25 game. They're expecting a lot of backers.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:36 |
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Does anyone still read B^U?
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:39 |
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It seems like it turned into a superheroes comic at some point. I thought after the big reset he moved to having those video game players killing each other and playing D&D.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:40 |
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Man I miss the old CAD Mock threads. Those were fun.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:41 |
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Their first social goal is 1000 shares and their first stretch goal is 75k (more than twice the funding amount) for a $25 game. They're expecting a lot of backers. The last two Legendary Showdown KSes hit 100-200k and a lot of those backers will be interested in another expansion to the game they have, so they're probably a right. This will be harder on the goon than the Kickstarter.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:49 |
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Maybe, on the other hand the first campaign was for Dr. McNinja, and the second for Girl Genius & Gunnerkrig Court. I don't read them, but know at least the doctor and Gunnerkrig have a huge fanbase. Depends on whether they like the game for the mechanics or the theme I guess. e: really I can't be surprised by anything after all those kittens exploded Zanzibar Ham fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Jun 2, 2016 |
# ? Jun 2, 2016 14:54 |
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Huh, after my completely giving up hope on it ever seeing the light of day, Time Heroes just dropped a link to an art free, fully laid out version of the book in backer updates.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 17:34 |
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Jedit posted:Lucky you. I just got Tokaido Collector's Edition yesterday, 18 months late. I paid for it in March 2014. I still haven't gotten mine. Not my oldest undelivered kickstarter, but the oldest TG one for sure.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 19:30 |
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Jedit posted:Lucky you. I just got Tokaido Collector's Edition yesterday, 18 months late. I paid for it in March 2014. Wow, I saw a Collectors Edition in Orc's Nest in That London a few months ago.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 19:39 |
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The_Doctor posted:Wow, I saw a Collectors Edition in Orc's Nest in That London a few months ago. That would be an unpainted one. The ones with painted minis came later.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 19:46 |
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So, I'm pretty excited for Trick of the Rails. I enjoyed Sail to India, from the same designer, and trick-taking and train games (no matter how abstracted) are two of my favorite types of game, so there, my first backed Kickstarter in quite a while. Also got a survey for the Burning Wheel Codex, so that must be running close to on-time.
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 19:52 |
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quote:Reward survey Luke... Luke never changes...
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 19:55 |
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They really missed a trick by not having the artwork on each card mirror one of the loss.jpg panels. That could be the game, divide the cards based on their panel, then draw two cards from each panel stack. then every player tries to make the best version of loss.jpg out of the cards in their hand
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# ? Jun 2, 2016 21:32 |
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moths posted:I'm kind of worried about Darkest Night since "Unviable retail production" seems like a stone's throw from "Unviable production." I wouldn't be. Victory Point are a very small operation that doesn't usually do a lot of third-party retail business. Their Amazon presence is direct sales from them, for example. The Kickstarters they've been doing recently (the first, Dawn of the Zeds 3rd Edition, just arrived at my door yesterday) actually present a significant step -up- in print run size, hence the viability of nicer production values than they've had in the past. I think they were just hoping they might get enough traction with Darkest Night 2E to actually get onto store shelves beyond stores that are backing the project and haven't.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 00:34 |
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Jedit posted:Lucky you. I just got Tokaido Collector's Edition yesterday, 18 months late. I paid for it in March 2014. How late in the kickstarter did you order? At this rate, I'm going to have to have it forwarded to my new house.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 00:45 |
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In the 'Is this Seriously John Wick?' chronicles of 7th Sea 2E, we just got an update that they were delaying going to print until next week to fix minor issues the backers pointed out in the pre-release. It bothers me that little things like this that should be just good practice are startling.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 01:27 |
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malkav11 posted:I wouldn't be. Victory Point are a very small operation that doesn't usually do a lot of third-party retail business. Their Amazon presence is direct sales from them, for example. The Kickstarters they've been doing recently (the first, Dawn of the Zeds 3rd Edition, just arrived at my door yesterday) actually present a significant step -up- in print run size, hence the viability of nicer production values than they've had in the past. I think they were just hoping they might get enough traction with Darkest Night 2E to actually get onto store shelves beyond stores that are backing the project and haven't. Do they do something similar with their other games? I just realized they're the same ones who did Nemo's War, which was another game I was thinking about waiting until release to pick up.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 02:05 |
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Gravy Train Robber posted:Do they do something similar with their other games? I just realized they're the same ones who did Nemo's War, which was another game I was thinking about waiting until release to pick up. The other two Kickstarted games, including Nemo's War, will probably be sold directly by VPG as has been their wont. I don't think they did well enough to go wide retail either, but they didn't do this thing with routing money to stuff the box instead of printing extra to direct sell. Then again, neither game has had five expansions prior to the new edition. I think maybe one or two for Zeds and not even that for Nemo's War? Not sure. So the new editions were cheaper. Also, no minis. FWIW, my understanding is that Darkest Night has been their most successful game to date, hence perhaps the higher expectations for this KS.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 02:14 |
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DalaranJ posted:How late in the kickstarter did you order? At this rate, I'm going to have to have it forwarded to my new house. About halfway through. I was backer 2863.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 13:24 |
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Maybe, on the other hand the first campaign was for Dr. McNinja, and the second for Girl Genius & Gunnerkrig Court. I don't read them, but know at least the doctor and Gunnerkrig have a huge fanbase. Well it's fully funded now and at 38k as of posting. That means a physical copy may be available somewhere for someone to turn into a loss edit.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 14:39 |
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Dungeon Crawler has another minis kickstarter up for prepainted minis. The strarter goal is for a tarrasque-esque creature called a behemoth. Their previous miniatures kickstarter was for a similarly sized prepainted kraken and a few accompanying smaller miniatures. I've found the kraken to be of exceptionally high quality and I would recommend the new kickstarter. Also the campaign is in CAD so the painted behemoth is only 62 USD.
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# ? Jun 3, 2016 16:15 |
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Seems someone saw the Game Canopy and liked it. So they made their own, and is going to provide the plans for free.
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# ? Jun 4, 2016 10:25 |
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What's funny about this Xia expansion is that a lot of the new rule changes and ideas seem to come from BGG houserules, of which there are many because the game was awful in many ways. Like: Losing a turn when you die for having a tier2+ ship is awful. Also, losing absolutely nothing when you die as a tier1 ship is also awful, because it encourages people to end their turns slamming into a sun. Both were fixed by respawning on the following turn with some damage, which was one of my houserules. Shields being overpowered, so now there's a 'piercer' mod that helps cut through enemy shields. Rolling ones for movement blows, so now there's a mod that increase the minimum number. Rolling ones for shields against environmental effects blows, so now there's a mod for increasing the amount you roll vs environmental hazards. Plus rule changes for when you look at mission cards (after your turn now), which previously led to five minute turns while you flipped through some cards and everyone waited for you. Also three of the more broken ships are getting errata, which is basically printing out the most common houserules for them onto new cards. Then he took one of the common merchant changes, where instead of there being infinite supply and demand, it's now controlled by a side board that changes as people buy and sell things, so the winning move isn't just moving between the two closest planets that share a buy/sell. You actually have to go between different planets as you use up the resources on one, while you wait for its stock to come back. It's still a very dicey game, as in literally every action requires a roll, but it can be fun if you're not super serious about game design, and are willing to houserule in some sanity.
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# ? Jun 4, 2016 13:33 |
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Jedit posted:Seems someone saw the Game Canopy and liked it. So they made their own, and is going to provide the plans for free. Nice! I use a padded printer bag I got from work. It's perfectly shaped for 4-5 boxes high and space down the side for smaller ones.
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# ? Jun 4, 2016 15:51 |
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Man, I can't believe they got the license for Fallout 4!quote:Risks and challenges $40 gets you posted:All previous rewards and a T-shirt
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# ? Jun 5, 2016 02:40 |
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quote:The funding will go towards supplies, artists, writers, legal papers, etc. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Jun 5, 2016 |
# ? Jun 5, 2016 04:07 |
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Well, to be fair, nobody has ever thought of a Fallout RPG before, it's a pretty unique idea.
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# ? Jun 5, 2016 05:59 |
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He's just going to mail you the GURPS quickstart and a handful of bottlecaps.
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# ? Jun 5, 2016 06:16 |
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moths posted:He's just going to mail you the GURPS quickstart and a handful of bottlecaps. Excuse me, it's GURPS Lite, thank you very much.
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# ? Jun 5, 2016 06:22 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Well, to be fair, nobody has ever thought of a Fallout RPG before, it's a pretty unique idea. Fallout was a video game adaptation of an RPG, GURPS (as noted above). So, he should just mail you the GURPS books with a few dozen pages of fluff I guess.
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# ? Jun 5, 2016 13:05 |