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The idea of a whole group chipping in to have a full set of game books would make a lot more sense if the deal was something like "get five corebooks so you don't have to keep passing the one book around", rather than "the game box is so expensive that you need to defray it by splitting the cost across the group"
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KongGeorgeVII posted:What are people's thoughts on Fields of Green? It on my watch list the Goon favorite rhado play through convinced me my wife might like it.
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Ropes4u posted:It on my watch list the Goon favorite rhado play through convinced me my wife might like it. Yeah, the Rhado run through is what sold it to me. I've had a look through the among the stars page on bgg and the biggest complaint with it seems to be that you didn't do anything with your cards after you placed them. The new mechanics with the harvests and water towers seems to change that and give you a lot more to consider when building your farm.
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Aug 16, 2016 06:56
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Yeah, that was what kept me from getting AtS so I'm highly interested in this game (also I lack a farming game, a grave sin). However DMG (the Valeria people) are supposed to put out a new Kickstarter today which might pique my interest, and I probably can't afford both.
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gradenko_2000 posted:The idea of a whole group chipping in to have a full set of game books would make a lot more sense if the deal was something like "get five corebooks so you don't have to keep passing the one book around", rather than "the game box is so expensive that you need to defray it by splitting the cost across the group" Or at least 5 PDFs. As it is, they don't even have one PDF.
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The Gods War is live, and is already over half funded in about five minutes. $125 for the base game $135 for the 3-4 empire expansion $100 each for monsters and neutral races $60 for 3d buildings $15 bucks for fancy dice $450 for all of the above plus a nice selection of Glorantha pdfs
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Aug 16, 2016 14:27
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If you're a dice fan, PolyHero have their second set up, this time a wizard theme
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NTRabbit posted:If you're a dice fan, PolyHero have their second set up, this time a wizard theme I saw someone on reddit say that the first set was pretty crap; very light, cheap plastic so they don't roll well. I mean, if you're going for these you're probably more interested in them from a novelty/aesthetic standpoint, but still.
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Haystack posted:The Gods War is live, and is already over half funded in about five minutes. Eleven people already backed at the $1000 level that adds a resin copy of every mini.
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Evil Mastermind posted:I saw someone on reddit say that the first set was pretty crap; very light, cheap plastic so they don't roll well. I mean, if you're going for these you're probably more interested in them from a novelty/aesthetic standpoint, but still. News to me, mine haven't arrived yet. Jedit posted:Eleven people already backed at the $1000 level that adds a resin copy of every mini. Nobody ever backs games on KS purely for boxes full of minis, it's always about the quality of the game. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:I saw someone on reddit say that the first set was pretty crap; very light, cheap plastic so they don't roll well. I mean, if you're going for these you're probably more interested in them from a novelty/aesthetic standpoint, but still. I played with the warrior set a little bit at Gen Con and walked away thoroughly unimpressed.
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Aug 16, 2016 15:26
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Wow, both of those dice sets look like poo poo.
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That game from the Valeria guys turned out to not be my cup of tea from the sounds of it, so I'm still in with the farm drafter for now. But there's still almost a month for something really interesting (yet also affordable) to show up.
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I'm not sure how those d4's are supposed to be balanced to roll at all. And that's probably one of the more sane of those designs.
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Kurieg posted:I'm not sure how those d4's are supposed to be balanced to roll at all. And that's probably one of the more sane of those designs.
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Well my friend convinced me to back them with him, but more than a year and a bit later we still haven't got them. Though they should be here soon. Once they get here I'm pretty sure they will be 'nice to look at' dice.
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Kurieg posted:I'm not sure how those d4's are supposed to be balanced to roll at all. And that's probably one of the more sane of those designs. MadScientistWorking posted:Are you supposed to spin them like a top? I believe these are mostly intricate variations of barrel dice.
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Haystack posted:The Gods War is live, and is already over half funded in about five minutes. Mother of god the expense!
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The base game is a good bit cheaper than Cthulhu Wars was, and that turned out to be pretty good without all the extra stuff right? This theme definitely appeals a lot more to me.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:14
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How much money do you need to pay to have Maran Gor in the game?
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Zanzibar Ham posted:How much money do you need to pay to have Maran Gor in the game? Think she might be the behemoth in the empires expansion?
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Josef bugman posted:Think she might be the behemoth in the empires expansion? It's kinda hard to say... Would she be a giant dinosaur? There's a few Behemoths in the lore. On the other hand it's the Earth faction so it'd make sense.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:It's kinda hard to say... Would she be a giant dinosaur? There's a few Behemoths in the lore. On the other hand it's the Earth faction so it'd make sense. I mean obviously the behemoth is it's own thing, but getting the earthshakers represented is always nice.
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Henchmania is in the final 48 hours. Looks like a neat little card game with amazing art.
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So in order to get everything in Vampire Hunters, you need to spend at least $350 depending on where you are in the world.
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Well, the as of yet untitled Rifts® Board Game upcoming kickstarter has been officially announced, look forward to the as of yet untitled Rifts® Board Game.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Well, the as of yet untitled Rifts® Board Game upcoming kickstarter has been officially announced, look forward to the as of yet untitled Rifts® Board Game. Did they ever get all the Robotech they owed backers out the door, or is this a case of Kevin being a jerk again?
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:So in order to get everything in Vampire Hunters, you need to spend at least $350 depending on where you are in the world. Despite already having one mini-based encounter/crawl game not yet delivered via KS, I want to back this for some reason.
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Kwyndig posted:Did they ever get all the Robotech they owed backers out the door, or is this a case of Kevin being a jerk again? It's being licensed to a Palladium freelancer (Carmen Bellaire) who's putting it out through his company (Rogue Heroes) as a first-time project. So, its technically not Palladium doing the game. As for Robotech seeing a completed release:  
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Kwyndig posted:Did they ever get all the Robotech they owed backers out the door, or is this a case of Kevin being a jerk again? Take a guess (Looking at the comments on the kickstarter, apparently Keven is picking a new manufacturer for wave 2+ of the products people pre-ordered and has been doing so for a while. And yes, that' picking a manufacturer for a 'relaunch' as well as still having a load of stuff to produce that people paid for back in 2013 (or was it 2012?)
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Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave is in the last 24 hours. I've never played Hostage Negotiator, but it looks kinda fun. Back or don't back?
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YF19pilot posted:Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave is in the last 24 hours. I've never played Hostage Negotiator, but it looks kinda fun. Back or don't back? I watched a few playthroughs on Youtube; it looked fun enough for me to back it.
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Upon reflecting on my Cthulhu Wars pledge, I would say that Gods War is likely not worth it, just on the basis of cost and storage. Like, if it's close to Cthulhu Wars in terms of gameplay and mechanics, it'll be a good to great game, but actually thinking about how much money I could have spent on other games or other things in life that aren't gaming related (how vague and uncertain this statement is) just kind of upsets me in hindsight. Like I said, it probably won't be a bad game, but unless you're going to find secondary use for those miniatures, I'd probably give it a pass from a pure expense perspective.
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Peas and Rice posted:Numenera, The Strange, and No Thank You, Evil have all delivered more or less on time and have been decent products.
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FRINGE posted:Numenera has been pretty successful, and is still releasing books from the last KS on schedule. I also suspect that the game will see a giant bump if Torment is as good as it looks. Isn't Torment pretty far behind schedule? Not that I fault Monte Cook for that. Even video game kickstarters that aren't obvious scams always wildly miss their target release dates.
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Nuns with Guns posted:Isn't Torment pretty far behind schedule? Not that I fault Monte Cook for that. Even video game kickstarters that aren't obvious scams always wildly miss their target release dates. I backed it so long ago that I can't even remember what the timeframe was. I think it was originally supposed to come out at the end of 2014? I actually bought the RPG based on how interesting the videogame looked, but it turned out to be dogshit. That pretty much killed my interest in the videogame.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Estimated delivery: Dec 2014 As of July 10 the game was playable form beginning to end, and entered open beta for all backers, but they don't plan to release until Q1 2017 Based on what everyone was posting, I was expecting the PolyHero wizard dice to struggle, but they've nearly doubled their $27k ask amount on the first day NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 12:04 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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NTRabbit posted:Torment: Tides of Numenera Estimated delivery: Dec 2014 Well see you read criticism, but they put up dice which means it sells. Dice are the truest icon of a nerd, if I don't buy these how will I identify myself? I'm a straight sucker for material dice. 
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So, The Gods War kickstarter is explicitly charging EU backers for VAT, which has not-so-surprisingly caused some griping in the comments. Apparently this isn't something that other kickstarters have been doing? Anyway, Kingdom Death: Monster came up as an example of a similar campaign that didn't explicitly charge VAT, which got some interesting replies from the Peterson Games folks."Arthur [[i posted:Peterson Games' PR guy[/i]]"] Sandy Peterson posted:Kingdom Death Monster lost a lot of money on shipping. We actually helped them out, showing them the ropes, but they still nearly lost their shirts.
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I for one am shocked to learn that many TG gamers expect to receive everything for nothing, with all the costs absorbed by the company. Really they ought to set the goal lower too, $100,000 could easily fund a passionate team of 20 people for a year.
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