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I think Gamelyn just thought minis were easier than they are, and also misjudged their audience. I suspect the relaunch will have standees as the default option.
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Jedit posted:I think Gamelyn just thought minis were easier than they are, and also misjudged their audience. I suspect the relaunch will have standees as the default option.
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JazzFlight posted:Nope, the re-launch announcement FAQ said they're getting rid of the Standee version because it doesn't suit their vision for the game. Wow, well go big or go home then. I wish them luck, but it really sounds like they should sit on this one for a while longer than May while they work out how to get the cost down or make the game more appealing at the current price point.
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I have a hunch that a whole lot of their regular backers - like me - don't mind dropping $24 on a game they might conceivably never run. But who have a lot more hesitation about dropping $150 on a game they might conceivably never run. I've literally never played any of the Gamelyn games I've received. Which is only, like, two, but...
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Sigma-X posted:Anchor Baby is a card they're advertising. It's almost as if poor white people who are used to privilege and getting everything on silver plate freak the gently caress out when they turn out to be welfare queens who can't accomplish anything with their lives and turn to racism and other delusions to justify their own incompetence.
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The_Doctor posted:The Great Wall of Mexico - jesus gently caress   Risks and Challenges posted:We look forward to bringing this game to life, and we're working on it very hard while we speak!
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Having done similar projects before, with experience in design and illustration and an academic background in Fine Arts, and most important: tons of positive energy - we have no doubt we will be able to create a great game with your help! ^^
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JazzFlight posted:Nope, the re-launch announcement FAQ said they're getting rid of the Standee version because it doesn't suit their vision for the game. Jesus, that's dumb. Doubly so for a game which is basically Big Epic Kingdoms, produced by a company whose established fanbase wants cheap games that fit in a coat pocket.
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I do appreciate that the free market is working as intended. 
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dwarf74 posted:I have a hunch that a whole lot of their regular backers - like me - don't mind dropping $24 on a game they might conceivably never run. But who have a lot more hesitation about dropping $150 on a game they might conceivably never run. I've played most of the ones I've gotten (which would be all the ones they've shipped out so far), but yeah, LSA was a bit out of my price range for "game I might never get to play."
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Peas and Rice posted:I do appreciate that the free market is working as intended. I'm hoping that this is all their own seed money and that it being tied up for a month unsuccessfully leaves them in even more financial duress than they are currently, obviously in with their "nomadic lifestyle"
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The_Doctor posted:The Great Wall of Mexico - jesus gently caress Probably a good time to bring this back up.  unless you work at the racism factory. http://obozosamerica.com/
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My copy of Mint Works arrived today. Can't wait to play it.
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So apparently the next game from Monkeyfun studios (The creators of Spirit of '77 aka the source of my avatar pic) I honestly figured that Bucnasti would have come by to tell everyone about already! But look! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyfunstudios/bedlam-hall-a-macabre-victorian-role-playing-game The setting pitch is Addams Family meets Downton Abbey, which basically sounds perfect for Dark Shadows. unseenlibrarian fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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My Mint Works arrived too! Gonna take it to a party with boardgamer friends on the weekend.
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Rad Valtar posted:My copy of Mint Works arrived today. Can't wait to play it. I'm going to need to watch a gameplay video before I try to play again. The rulebook is too tiny to see what the diagrams show sometimes.
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unseenlibrarian posted:So apparently the next game from Monkeyfun studios (The creators of Spirit of '77 aka the source of my avatar pic) I honestly figured that Bucnasti would have come by to tell everyone about already! But look! Oh poo poo this sounds great! Thanks.
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dwarf74 posted:I have a hunch that a whole lot of their regular backers - like me - don't mind dropping $24 on a game they might conceivably never run. But who have a lot more hesitation about dropping $150 on a game they might conceivably never run. I'm on the other side. I've played the hell out of both Tiny Epic games I own. They're quick to set up, easy to explain, and have a short play time; perfect to break the ice at any game night or break out at a coffee shop. I can stuff one in my bag without a second thought. It's a niche that's underserved by board games. While I understand that they don't want to keep going down that rabbit hole until they hit Tiny Epic Cyperpunks or whatever, a $140 big-box game is probably not where they need to be focusing their efforts.
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Sigma-X posted:I'm hoping that this is all their own seed money and that it being tied up for a month unsuccessfully leaves them in even more financial duress than they are currently, obviously in with their "nomadic lifestyle" Kickstarter pledges aren't drawn until the project succeeds.
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Nemo's War 2nd Edition is finally starting on printing. Hopefully all that work they put in to try and make sure the components turn out great pays off. To put things in perspective, the campaign ended at the end of January 2016 with a delivery estimate of November that year.
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Cat Face Joe posted:Probably a good time to bring this back up. Website seems to be down. I'm gonna assume that's a good thing.
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JackMann posted:Website seems to be down. I'm gonna assume that's a good thing. I found some text describing this board gaming tour de force on the wayback machine. All the image links are dead, but that's probably for the best: quote:OBOZO’S AMERICA: Why Bother Working for a Living? is a fun fantasy board game based on the preposterous notion that a Marxist clown, running on the vague and shaky platform of hope and change, could become President of The United States. Some real hot political takes, there. Edit: Found a pdf of the board. Confirming racist af: http://web.archive.org/web/20160509040504/http://www.obozosamerica.com/ObozoGameBoard.pdf Wicked Them Beats fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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unseenlibrarian posted:So apparently the next game from Monkeyfun studios (The creators of Spirit of '77 aka the source of my avatar pic) I honestly figured that Bucnasti would have come by to tell everyone about already! But look! Sold, also that art is on fuckin' point.
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grassy gnoll posted:Sold, also that art is on fuckin' point. Seconded, that's a cool-rear end concept.
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Playable butler, that is my jam!
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unseenlibrarian posted:So apparently the next game from Monkeyfun studios (The creators of Spirit of '77 aka the source of my avatar pic) I honestly figured that Bucnasti would have come by to tell everyone about already! But look! Oh great, after swearing off Kickstarter for several months, that's two projects backed in a day. (This looks so loving good).
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JackMann posted:Website seems to be down. I'm gonna assume that's a good thing. oh thank god
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unseenlibrarian posted:So apparently the next game from Monkeyfun studios (The creators of Spirit of '77 aka the source of my avatar pic) I honestly figured that Bucnasti would have come by to tell everyone about already! But look! Looks like Unseenlibrarian beat me to it but yeah David has a new game. I wasn't involved in this one (other than as a source of encouragement) because it's just not my bag, but he's been working on it for awhile and has really done a great job. You can expect the same level of management of this KS as the So77 one, so it will ship on time etc.
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:I'm going to need to watch a gameplay video before I try to play again. The rulebook is too tiny to see what the diagrams show sometimes. There's also a pdf of the rules if that helps
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I got my copy the other day as well, and frankly the rules aren't greatly written. It is a pretty simple game all said, but there was a lot of flipping back and forth and looking for clarifications that were only inferred from context clues. Have only played the solo mode so far, but seems to be a successful at accomplishing what it set out t do: easy, short, strategy game with worker placement as it's core mechanism. It's diminutive size means I'll never be sad to keep it around as a new portable/travel game.
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Merauder posted:I got my copy the other day as well, and frankly the rules aren't greatly written. It is a pretty simple game all said, but there was a lot of flipping back and forth and looking for clarifications that were only inferred from context clues.
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Merauder posted:I got my copy the other day as well, and frankly the rules aren't greatly written. It is a pretty simple game all said, but there was a lot of flipping back and forth and looking for clarifications that were only inferred from context clues. I played a couple of solo mode games last night after getting my copy, and this was pretty much my experience too. My second game went a lot more smoothly than my first, and I'm pretty excited for trying it out with other people now, but it's definitely a little tough to understand initially.
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Yeah, I ended up watching this video to figure things out. He got a few steps wrong in it, but now that I know how turns should flow I've been able to get my butt kicked by the Mort AI multiple times now.
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SagaBorn Roleplaying Gamequote:Seven playable races: elf, dwarf, half-dwarf, human, elfling, faun, and feral elfling. quote:Why another system?
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It still boggles my mind that we're here in TYOOL 2017 and there are still people who, when they realize that D&D/Pathfinder isn't working for them, will try to bend those games into new shapes they weren't meant to be in rather than just try one of the hundreds of other readily available games out there.
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Evil Mastermind posted:It still boggles my mind that we're here in TYOOL 2017 and there are still people who, when they realize that D&D/Pathfinder isn't working for them, will try to bend those games into new shapes they weren't meant to be in rather than just try one of the hundreds of other readily available games out there. Not brain damage Ron Edwards. Really, really, really disordered thinking. We need like cognitive therapy. Teach people it's okay to try FATE or something.
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Is this the first Pathfinder heartbreaker? The very idea is absurd.
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Kwyndig posted:Is this the first Pathfinder heartbreaker? The very idea is absurd. There's been a couple already. Pathfinder has been out for what, seven years at this point? Plenty of time for this kind of stuff to crop up.
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Kwyndig posted:Is this the first Pathfinder heartbreaker? The very idea is absurd. You mean apart from all the official Pathfinder heartbreaking garbage?
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