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Giochi become the latest company to attempt a mega-boardgame. 90 EUR gets you the base game with cardboard bits. 200 EUR gets you the deluxe version with metal coins and almost 600 minis. And for a mere 370 EUR you can expand it up to 9 players with 275 metal coins and a minis count pushing 800. It's the first kickstarter I've seen where you can pay in installments. The amount of playtesting they're claiming is kind of absurd. Apparently the designer had the idea for the game when he was 16 and there's been a playable prototype in testing since 2000.
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Jan 19, 2017 02:54
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Jedit posted:Giochi become the latest company to attempt a mega-boardgame. 90 EUR gets you the base game with cardboard bits. 200 EUR gets you the deluxe version with metal coins and almost 600 minis. And for a mere 370 EUR you can expand it up to 9 players with 275 metal coins and a minis count pushing 800. It's the first kickstarter I've seen where you can pay in installments. Where are you seeing that you can pay in installments?
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Jan 19, 2017 02:57
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I suppose it's not a good sign that The Other Side is going down at the end instead of up. But as someone who was excited for it and then decided against backing it I can understand. Disappointing though. 
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Jan 19, 2017 04:04
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Don't play systems where characters arbitrarily die from bad rolls and the need for a GM screen tends to evaporate, I feel. They can be good to hang references on but I'm too reliant on a laptop now to find room for one. I can I spam this for 90% of the rpg things people post on kickstarter?
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Jan 19, 2017 05:49
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Sure, just... I mean there's a place for systems where dice kill you. I like Dread quite a bit and that's effectively the only mechanic. But it should be a thing that's a very deliberate notion that's important to the game... but usually it just seems to be a cargo cult mechanic that goes in games because D&D had it and if it was good enough for Gary it's good enough for your pulp treasure hunting game, political vampire drama, or Sailor Moon. (Yes, if your health drops to 0 in The Sailor Moon Role-Playing Game, you die by default. Seriously.)
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Jan 19, 2017 07:07
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Jedit posted:Giochi become the latest company to attempt a mega-boardgame. 90 EUR gets you the base game with cardboard bits. 200 EUR gets you the deluxe version with metal coins and almost 600 minis. And for a mere 370 EUR you can expand it up to 9 players with 275 metal coins and a minis count pushing 800. It's the first kickstarter I've seen where you can pay in installments.  That's always a great sign.Why join? posted:Because you will make the realization of the English edition of this beautiful game possible, one that otherwise would be impossible to produce. Indeed, all previous publishers have given up publishing the game, due to its high costs and the manufacturing difficulties. Together, we can do it! quote:Because it will send a very strong and positive signal to the gaming market, thereby making possible the publication of other games, which to this point were thought to be impossible to publish. These are literally right next to each other.
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Jan 19, 2017 07:30
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What even is that game? A more complicated armies game but similar to Risk? A broader boardgame like the original Civ? Some kind of insane boardgame version of Crusader Kings? I can't make heads or tails of it.
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Jan 19, 2017 07:35
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Kwyndig posted:What even is that game? A more complicated armies game but similar to Risk? A broader boardgame like the original Civ? Some kind of insane boardgame version of Crusader Kings? I can't make heads or tails of it. It's Europa Universalis: the Board Game, except he claims to have been working on it since 1989. What a coincidence with the name thing! I love that the board game itself is kind of an off-hand thing in the incredibly long author's bio that's mostly about his enthusiasm for canoeing.
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Jan 19, 2017 07:49
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I was trying not to be too judgy when it comes to gameplay (what with no rules available), but after watching the videos and looking through the components list there is no way this is not deadly tedious to play. How could you possibly play this game in 2 hours, even with just two players? I shudder at the thought of a 9-player game.
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Jan 19, 2017 08:00
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That Old Tree posted:It's Europa Universalis: the Board Game, except he claims to have been working on it since 1989. What a coincidence with the name thing! The name changed, as did the theme; it was originally "Risk with extra bits and house rules" and called Mesciot. It only got the mediaeval theme when it was turned into its own game in 2000. Sigma-X posted:Where are you seeing that you can pay in installments? Giochix have their own crowdfunding platform where they consolidate direct backing and that from KS and the German platform Spieleschmiede. They charge everyone the same and eat the KS fees, and I've backed their projects before and they've never failed to deliver.
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Jan 19, 2017 09:17
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Jedit posted:Giochi become the latest company to attempt a mega-boardgame. 90 EUR gets you the base game with cardboard bits. 200 EUR gets you the deluxe version with metal coins and almost 600 minis. And for a mere 370 EUR you can expand it up to 9 players with 275 metal coins and a minis count pushing 800. It's the first kickstarter I've seen where you can pay in installments. Can't wait to paint 140 of those sword dudes.
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Jan 19, 2017 11:41
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Evil Hat just announced that the final PDF of Blades in the Dark is scheduled for the 30th.
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Jan 19, 2017 17:26
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Oh hell yeah, I'm excited to see what the latest revisions are.
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Jan 19, 2017 17:36
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Evil Mastermind posted:Evil Hat just announced that the final PDF of Blades in the Dark is scheduled for the 30th. That's good. I'm also glad they got on board for that, Evil Hat does good production work and with them proofing it'll be a much stronger, easier to read game than it would have been otherwise.
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Jan 19, 2017 17:37
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The_Doctor posted:Dark is the Night - a fun-looking, quick, 2 player hidden movement game. I'm a sucker for hidden movement games, and this is right up my alley. Not yet funded, but close. Thanks for pointing this one out, this looks great. Backed. Hope it makes its goal!
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Jan 19, 2017 22:20
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Sodomy Non Sapiens posted:Thanks for pointing this one out, this looks great. Backed. Hope it makes its goal! Yeah, I'm gonna back it, and hope it gets there too. There's more than enough time to raise another $1500
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Jan 19, 2017 22:56
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Added that to my remind me list; pretty sure I'll back it. Looks neat!
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Jan 19, 2017 23:21
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Jedit posted:Giochi become the latest company to attempt a mega-boardgame. 90 EUR gets you the base game with cardboard bits. 200 EUR gets you the deluxe version with metal coins and almost 600 minis. And for a mere 370 EUR you can expand it up to 9 players with 275 metal coins and a minis count pushing 800. It's the first kickstarter I've seen where you can pay in installments. Man, this just does not look interesting to me at all. The pitfalls of "We've been making this for 17 years" aside (and hoo boy is that ever a red flag), there's just nothing that stands out about it. If I'm going to settle in for a big long wargame I'd rather do it with fewer people and a more specific focus than "all of medieval Europe I guess". The metal coins sound nifty, but that's not enough for me to come close to shelling out what they're asking for it. It just looks painfully generic both mechanically and flavorwise.
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Jan 20, 2017 00:00
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The Lord of Hats posted:The metal coins sound nifty, but that's not enough for me to come close to shelling out what they're asking for it. I didn't look at how much the coins were, but here are the Fief coins for $25 + shipping presumably: https://academygames.com/games/product/cid-137
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Jan 20, 2017 00:50
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GrandpaPants posted:I didn't look at how much the coins were, but here are the Fief coins for $25 + shipping presumably: The coins aren't available separately, they're purely part of the deluxe edition that will probably never see daylight outside this KS. Just as well the Fief coins are really nice.
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Jan 20, 2017 02:04
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That game will never see daylight outside of KS.
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Jan 20, 2017 08:04
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:That game will never see daylight. FTFY Even with it funded, I'm not confident that giant goddamn thing will be able to keep production costs under what they take in.
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Jan 20, 2017 08:07
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Defense Grid is going from computer game to board game. Not really related to the company at all though I played the computer games a lot so curious where this might go. My work is also letting me grab a copy or two of The Other Side as a retail pledge if I want to try it out. It would basically be 4 random starters for $100, but I'm really not feeling it. I love the card mechanics and think it would be a neat game. But there's very few of the models I really like or find interesting and the pricing is a bit on the high side. The Abyssian motorcycle is $55 for a single model at KS price...
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Jan 20, 2017 08:15
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thiswayliesmadness posted:My work is also letting me grab a copy or two of The Other Side as a retail pledge if I want to try it out. It would basically be 4 random starters for $100, but I'm really not feeling it. I love the card mechanics and think it would be a neat game. But there's very few of the models I really like or find interesting and the pricing is a bit on the high side. The Abyssian motorcycle is $55 for a single model at KS price... Yeah, Wyrd tends to balance their stuff to make retail buying seem better. Which isn't a bad thing for the health of the company. Just don't expect huge deals from the kickstarter cause it is more of a traditional kickstarter.
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Jan 20, 2017 14:30
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Sodomy Non Sapiens posted:Thanks for pointing this one out, this looks great. Backed. Hope it makes its goal! I also backed it; reminds me of Hunt the Wumpus on my TI99-4A. 
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Jan 20, 2017 14:58
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The_Doctor posted:Yeah, I'm gonna back it, and hope it gets there too. There's more than enough time to raise another $1500 I was going to back it, but $16 shipping is just not going to work for me...
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Jan 20, 2017 17:49
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Vincent Baker announced yesterday that the US paperbacks and hardcovers shipped for Apocalypse World 2.0!
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Jan 21, 2017 18:28
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Nuns with Guns posted:Vincent Baker announced yesterday that the US paperbacks and hardcovers shipped for Apocalypse World 2.0! Shame he missed the start of the actual apocalypse by a day. 
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Jan 21, 2017 18:41
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Lemon-Lime posted:Shame he missed the start of the actual apocalypse by a day. Well, he did end yesterday's update with "The end is almost here!", so...
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Jan 21, 2017 18:45
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Woo. Finally got my Savage Rifts books.
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Jan 21, 2017 19:11
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Lemon-Lime posted:Shame he missed the start of the actual apocalypse by a day. The internet and television tell me we're living in a state of constant apocalypse at this point, so it will always be apropos
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Jan 22, 2017 01:25
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 The production samples for Megaman Pixel Tactics are looking good.
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Jan 22, 2017 04:13
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The end has begun for me since my copy of Apocalypse World 2e arrived today.
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Jan 22, 2017 04:28
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I'm digging this art example that that Monkey RPG just put up:
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Jan 22, 2017 05:16
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:
I will never unsee the fact that the left-hand bar on the box is the trim color of the character on Mega Man, white on the other two.
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Jan 22, 2017 05:29
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Alas for the Awful Sea is a PBTA-ish game about playing grim sailors in mythic Cornwall, or something. I have some mild concerns about their numbers (free shipping on the softcover tier and a very low funding goal, specifically) but I figure I've thrown  at far worse ideas.
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Jan 22, 2017 10:52
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Some dork is making a video game about their anime RPG.
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Jan 24, 2017 00:40
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Yet another game designer trying to build a "Transmedia Empire", I see.
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Jan 24, 2017 01:55
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Yet another game designer trying to build a "Transmedia Empire", I see. At least they waited until after the first version of the property shipped.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Yet another game designer trying to build a "Transmedia Empire", I see. This obvious joke does bring a real question: Did anyone else try the Transmedia Empire idea after GMS shot himself in the foot with an assault rifle for half a decade?
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