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gnome7 posted:I remember being excited about Thornwatch like, 5 years ago, when I was still following Penny Arcade for some reason, and when it was going to be a 4th Edition D&D heartbreaker with an interesting theme/setting. Yeah, the original card-based character design RPG would have probably been... a first-time designer's attempt, but it could have developed into something interesting. I always felt like they were wanting to stretch their wings beyond PA but the risk is so high for them I can't imagine them actually doing it.
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Diverting resources into building up a new brand for a tabletop rpg or a new ongoing comic would require a lot of energy and time they probably don't have now, anyway. This kickstarter reminded me that they were trying to launch a comic series about the boy scout branch of the thornwatch but I think that died after the first volume.
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Nuns with Guns posted:Diverting resources into building up a new brand for a tabletop rpg or a new ongoing comic would require a lot of energy and time they probably don't have now, anyway. This kickstarter reminded me that they were trying to launch a comic series about the boy scout branch of the thornwatch but I think that died after the first volume. The comic was pretty decent, I am kind of sad they dropped it. Too bad they are basically killing the whole world of Thornwatch by being lovely about everything they touch. Kind of garbage golem meets poo poo golem, fall in love, have kids, get divorced kind of outcome here.
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Sep 7, 2016 04:12
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Awww yeah, time to get ready to ruuumbbble.
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I don't know how popular it is around here, but the KS for the first major expansion for Tiny Epic Galaxies launched and is already like 600% funded.
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If you enjoy supporting games industry nepotism, Jordan Weisman's kid is running a kickstarter.
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Peas and Rice posted:If you enjoy supporting games industry nepotism, Jordan Weisman's kid is running a kickstarter. That game looks like it would be fun once.
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Evil Mastermind posted:I don't know how popular it is around here, but the KS for the first major expansion for Tiny Epic Galaxies launched and is already like 600% funded. I enjoyed TEG, but I have to wonder if this expansion would add too much clutter to a decent, quick game. Seems like it would no longer be in the "Tiny" category with all those extra cards and bits.
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berzerkmonkey posted:I enjoyed TEG, but I have to wonder if this expansion would add too much clutter to a decent, quick game. Seems like it would no longer be in the "Tiny" category with all those extra cards and bits. Also amusing because Tiny Epic Galaxies is already stretching the definition of "tiny" in regards to table space needed. With four players you'll take up as much space as an equivalent game of something like Smash Up. The expansion basically grows the TEG into a full-fledged tabletop game. The Tiny Epic games get a rough rap around here but I maintain that Tiny Epic Kingdoms is an ideal way to introduce people to "real" board games.
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Sep 7, 2016 22:07
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Echophonic posted:That game looks like it would be fun once. Looks like a simple "take that!" game, which is probably fine for kids but not terribly interesting or innovative to hobby gamers.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Looks like a simple "take that!" game, which is probably fine for kids but not terribly interesting or innovative to hobby gamers. IDK I'm still bitter at Chessex for sitting on the rights to one of my favorite take that games for the better part of 20 years.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:IDK I'm still bitter at Chessex for sitting on the rights to one of my favorite take that games for the better part of 20 years. Which one? I feel you, I imagine they're still sitting on the Jorune rights too.
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Sep 9, 2016 12:15
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If you were holding off on backing the D13 / D15 kickstarter until you could get a complete set of all 20 dice that glow in the dark, have I got great news for you!
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Peas and Rice posted:If you were holding off on backing the D13 / D15 kickstarter until you could get a complete set of all 20 dice that glow in the dark, have I got great news for you! I'll never quite understand the appeal of glow in the dark components in games. Like, are there people who are ACTUALLY playing their game in the dark to get any value out of them? And for what amount of time would that actually be effective anyway? Or do people just like the soft whitish-greenish color of GITD stuff or something?
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Sep 9, 2016 21:39
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I'm sure that I'll use the glow in the dark feature as often as I'll use my D17. 
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Lightning Lord posted:Which one? I feel you, I imagine they're still sitting on the Jorune rights too. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/669/plague-pestilence
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Peas and Rice posted:I'm sure that I'll use the glow in the dark feature as often as I'll use my D17. It seems potentially useful if you drop your dice from the table and there are nooks for them to vanish into
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Awww yeah, time to get ready to ruuumbbble. I just picked this and the main book up today in pdf. Really excited to get it in front of my group and LET THE CREAM RISE TO THE TOP.
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Sep 10, 2016 10:08
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In case people haven't been following it, Trudvang's now a really good deal. 6 physical books plus GM screen and other stuff for £60. I don't think I have that much spare cash lying around this month, but it's certainly worth looking at if you do.
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Merauder posted:I'll never quite understand the appeal of glow in the dark components in games. Like, are there people who are ACTUALLY playing their game in the dark to get any value out of them? And for what amount of time would that actually be effective anyway? Or do people just like the soft whitish-greenish color of GITD stuff or something? I have a glow-in-the-dark Gamescience set (including such strictly necessary dice as the d3, d16, d24...) and a glow-in-the-dark FATE Cthulhu horror set. The main "use" is to flick off the power when you lose a die to find it, but it's mainly just a novelty, since most glow-in-the-dark paints require it to be pitch black for their light to be visible. But then, nearly all the dice marketed for the RPG hobby are novelty dice of one sort or another, given the variety of colors and styles out there.
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Sep 10, 2016 11:42
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So in news related to kickstarters that would never be fufilled. I got all my tome of horrors 2 minis. Somehow despite literal bankruptcy and re-acquisition by a different company this product was produced and delivered before Far West.
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Sep 10, 2016 11:47
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Isaac Childres has put the full rulebook for Gloomhaven up in the most recent post on the kickstarter. It's pretty much sold me on the game. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1350948450/gloomhaven/posts/1677726
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Impermanent posted:Isaac Childres has put the full rulebook for Gloomhaven up in the most recent post on the kickstarter. It's pretty much sold me on the game. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1350948450/gloomhaven/posts/1677726  It's kind of insane.
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Sep 10, 2016 17:45
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I just recently moved out of an apartment complex and has a game ship via FedEx after I moved out and I didn't change the address for the order before it arrived. I have no idea if the apartment is holding it still. What are my odds that they still have it or if they returned it, would I know from the tracking number?
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Plague and Pestilence is legit fun, but not worth the ridiculous prices I've seen it going for. I also find it funny -- and a bit shocking -- that there's a review of it on BGG from 16 years ago. Then again, I suppose I bought my copy shortly after moving to Cincinnati, 22 years ago or so. Actual TG Kickstarter chat: today I got two packages from DriveThru -- a corrected version of Fellowship (yay, working page numbers!) and a print copy of Fortitude: By the Docks of Big Lake. Both were nice surprises.
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JazzFlight posted:I'm just happy and amazed to get a game in a box this big that weighs 19 pounds: Every single update makes me so loving happy I backed that game. Well, except for the over-bolding of every other phrase in the weekly updates. 
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Sep 10, 2016 23:56
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Is it still open to order?
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yep I just did today. and the bonus is that you'l get it when the kickstarter backers do, thanks to the pre-ordering.
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Sep 11, 2016 00:44
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A remake of the Siege of the Citadel board game is up on Kickstarter. Looks pretty cool, especially if you're into mutant chronicles or warzone resurrection.
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So a friend just pointed me at this Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/738399654/synthicide-rpg I only skimmed the beta rules myself, but at a glance it looks like a pretty old-school type of thing in a lot of ways - combat abilities are things like giving up accuracy for extra damage, dual-wielding smaller weapons for an extra attack per round at lowered accuracy; there are optional rules for "shock" and 1-hit KOs; and more of that sort of familiar business. The thing it's got going for it to make it not just another old-school game is its sci-fi setting and trappings. Also, you'll see further down the KS that there are a few fun online generators that I really like - the Mission Generator in particular is fun to play around with. And the beta rules are all up for free, so you can flip through like I did before you decide. As far as I know, this is the dude's first RPG and first Kickstarter, but he has some sort of industry experience - his website says he worked with Rob Daviau in some capacity. In my skimming, I saw enough to know that I wouldn't end up playing it (and thus didn't choose to back it), but maybe some of you will be interested if you like that type of game and if you like the setting.
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atholbrose posted:Plague and Pestilence is legit fun, but not worth the ridiculous prices I've seen it going for. I also find it funny -- and a bit shocking -- that there's a review of it on BGG from 16 years ago. Then again, I suppose I bought my copy shortly after moving to Cincinnati, 22 years ago or so. First printing is 1993. It's just a solid if not terribly deep game with really nice and cohesive art that had a criminally small print run. I would never pay the 100+ dollars it goes for.
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Hasslefree just put up their first KS, which is for a series of characters that each come in 3 versions - properly attired for the role, pinup, and  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hfminis/kev-white-does-matt-dixon-female-fantasy-miniature  obviously
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NTRabbit posted:Hasslefree just put up their first KS, which is for a series of characters that each come in 3 versions - properly attired for the role, pinup, and Out of a perverse curiosity I looked at the sculptors page and in all fairness to him there's quite a few 28mm cocks & sacks hanging out too. I'm not really sure that's for the better though.
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Hauki posted:Out of a perverse curiosity I looked at the sculptors page and in all fairness to him there's quite a few 28mm cocks & sacks hanging out too. I'm not really sure that's for the better though. Depends how much of a prude you are really. There's apparently going to be a man in this KS as well.
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Welp, I'll probably buy that because while they are trashy I've made a lot of scratch painting and selling the mostly nude Hasslefree figs on the ebays.
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On the subject of minis, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1904826165/the-quest-enhanced-dragon-dwarves-elves-miniatures?ref=recs_top Tempted by that wizard, though 35mm is a bit too large to make proper use of in most of my games.
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Zark the Damned posted:On the subject of minis, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1904826165/the-quest-enhanced-dragon-dwarves-elves-miniatures?ref=recs_top Maybe he played varsity basketball before deciding to accept the scholarship to the magic college
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NTRabbit posted:Depends how much of a prude you are really. There's apparently going to be a man in this KS as well. I mean I wouldn't call myself a prude, but I generally prefer my nudity in forms other than tiny resin mans, and I reserve the use of tiny resin mans as game pieces where I don't really see the need for titties & dicks.
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NTRabbit posted:Maybe he played varsity basketball before deciding to accept the scholarship to the magic college Next character concept found.
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Someone asked why people would want nude minis at all, and I said I could use them to practice sculpting clothes onto if I continue with that class I took at GenCon and oh god now I'm considering getting nude minis what the gently caress is wrong with me, HELP.
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