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Ettin posted:The one person who backs this for the game is going to be pissed. Funnily enough, it looks like they had a backer level for just a single of each card and for some reason limited it to two backers.
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Stolze has a new kickstarter called Termination Shock. It's not for a game (though there's a rough draft of a game in the stretch goals.) It's not a novel. It's podcasts of him playing a game you can't buy anywhere. 
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inklesspen posted:It's not for a game (though there's a rough draft of a game in the stretch goals.) It's not a novel. It's podcasts of him playing a game you can't buy anywhere. Get back to me when Brenda Romero pitches this and I'll consider it.
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May 23, 2017 19:37
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I have a feeling that something isn't quite normal about that pitch, and that Greg Stolze is doing something a little more unusual than just a podcast of a game that's still under development.
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May 23, 2017 19:48
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inklesspen posted:Stolze has a new kickstarter called Termination Shock. This is a joke, right? Or some kind of performance art?
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May 23, 2017 19:50
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You're talking about the co-designer of Delta Green and the designer of Unknown Armies. I suspect this has layers.
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May 23, 2017 19:57
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I invite someone to tell me exactly what kind of onion this is.
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inklesspen posted:Stolze has a new kickstarter called Termination Shock. This gotta be a weird metatextual thing that's taking itself too seriously
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May 23, 2017 20:26
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Wait, don't all of you just auto-back everything Stolze does? ...no? Just me then, huh?
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Ominous Jazz posted:This gotta be a weird metatextual thing that's taking itself too seriously He's going to wait until the last day and suddenly cancel the kickstarter. That's the termination shock.
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May 23, 2017 21:10
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I've backed a lot of his stuff but not this.
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May 23, 2017 21:11
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In other KS news, I got my refund for Reliquary (of "this isn't how I expected to spend my birthday" fame), which makes it the only one of my kickstarters that tanked that I've actually gotten a refund on.
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Sorry to double-post but: Monsterhearts 2 backers, check your emails! 
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May 23, 2017 21:25
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In other news, I ran the first two acts of Alas Vegas this last weekend for my Call of Cthulhu group. They went off-script, which isn't surprising, and a great time was had by all. The one thing I'd say about it, is that the whole narrative aspect of playing blackjack in combat and narrating what you're doing based on what comes up on every card you turn over tended to slow things down. It didn't make the game less fun, but I'd planned on around 9 hours for both acts, and I ended up having to trim a good part of Act 2 because it took us about six hours to get through Act 1. I'm still very glad I backed it and the big reveal at the end of Act 2 was an enormous, awesome surprise for the group.
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Peas and Rice posted:In other news, I ran the first two acts of Alas Vegas this last weekend for my Call of Cthulhu group. They went off-script, which isn't surprising, and a great time was had by all. The one thing I'd say about it, is that the whole narrative aspect of playing blackjack in combat and narrating what you're doing based on what comes up on every card you turn over tended to slow things down. It didn't make the game less fun, but I'd planned on around 9 hours for both acts, and I ended up having to trim a good part of Act 2 because it took us about six hours to get through Act 1. Hmm, fair enough - I did wonder if that'd be a stumbling block. Did you shift GMs between sessions or are you planning on running all of it?
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Flavivirus posted:Hmm, fair enough - I did wonder if that'd be a stumbling block. Did you shift GMs between sessions or are you planning on running all of it? I was going to run all of it since the only other one of us who's worth a drat as a GM just ran Horror on the Orient Express over the course of the last two years, and he wanted a break. So I'm not sure how much that's "breaking" the game. We also have five players plus the GM, when the recommended number is four, but even with one extra combat takes longer than you'd expect. If I had it to do over again I'd just have people say one action per round and then play blackjack, rather than trying to narrate everything with every card.
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May 23, 2017 23:14
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This new Stolze thing seems almost like a Patreon crossover/attempt to sell playtesting as performance art. It might actually be good; this is Stolze and a couple of trusted friends, but I haven't listened to the sample yet. I'm just...not usually a 'beta' level backer and prefer to wait for the full product. I also don't listen to that many podcasts.
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May 24, 2017 00:16
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Stolze regularly Kickstarts fiction, both short and long. This doesn't seem that different really, except you also get a look at a draft of a game he's designing. Having listened to Stolze participate in various RPPR Actual Plays over the years I can pretty much guarantee these will be golden if you're into APs, before I even listen to them. That said, the UA Kickstarter post about it sure made it sound like he was Kickstarting the actual game, which apparently is not the case.
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May 24, 2017 00:36
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I'm an Actual Play junkie so I backed it, to be able to hear Greg Stolze GM if nothing else. The setting is interesting, basically Stolze Does Eclipse Phase on Backwater Mars, and the PCs are suitably weird. The fact that he thought the campaign was interesting enough to be worth posting for all the world to see is probably a good indicator - if they were planning on doing that from the very beginning, I have to believe Greg is savvy enough to have had a good audio setup from the get-go rather than realizing he should do it around episode 3.
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May 24, 2017 04:22
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Alien Rope Burn posted:"Dharker Studio". I'm really into them touting "STACKABLE CARDS" as a revolutionary idea. Like, at least that awful Honeypop game just was honest and said "YO YOU GUYS WANNA SEE TITS? LIKE MATCH 3 GAMES? COOL HERE YA GO YOU FUCKIN ANIMALS."
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May 24, 2017 05:51
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I'm somewhat surprised no one here linked Onyx Path's currently ongoing Kickstarter for Monarchies of Mau, a cat-themed expansion to Pugmire.
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So the Kitchen Rush kickstarter is finally live, and (although I'm biased), the game looks really good from what I've seen so far. No rules out yet, but Rahdo's video pretty much shows 90% of the rules so it's a good starting point.
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Tekopo posted:So the Kitchen Rush kickstarter is finally live, and (although I'm biased), the game looks really good from what I've seen so far. No rules out yet, but Rahdo's video pretty much shows 90% of the rules so it's a good starting point. As much as I dislike Kickstarter exclusives, there is basically no reason to back this right now over waiting to get it on CSI for cheaper. I don't know what MSRP is, but even a 20% discount plus a promo pack of additional orders (or whatever) would go a long way.
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Tekopo posted:So the Kitchen Rush kickstarter is finally live, and (although I'm biased), the game looks really good from what I've seen so far. No rules out yet, but Rahdo's video pretty much shows 90% of the rules so it's a good starting point. This seems like such an intuitive great idea, I'm surprised it doesn't already exist. Kind of reminds me of Paperback that way. Anyway, I'll be backing this one. I think it'll be great as a family game.
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GrandpaPants posted:As much as I dislike Kickstarter exclusives, there is basically no reason to back this right now over waiting to get it on CSI for cheaper. I don't know what MSRP is, but even a 20% discount plus a promo pack of additional orders (or whatever) would go a long way. quote:Is the game going to be available in Northern America through another partner? I can't comment on the MSRP or if the above is just a way to get people to back now. Also the rulebook isn't present for downloading yet, so I would suggest waiting for that before taking the plunge. I know the designer, hence why I've backed early. Tekopo fucked around with this message at 15:57 on May 24, 2017 |
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jmzero posted:This seems like such an intuitive great idea, I'm surprised it doesn't already exist. Kind of reminds me of Paperback that way.
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Tekopo posted:So the Kitchen Rush kickstarter is finally live, and (although I'm biased), the game looks really good from what I've seen so far. No rules out yet, but Rahdo's video pretty much shows 90% of the rules so it's a good starting point. I mean, Overcooked: The Board Game sounds good to me??
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Deathlove posted:I mean, Overcooked: The Board Game sounds good to me?? Well - yeah, exactly. I will say that, watching the video, I'm a bit disappointed the game isn't more... physical? Like, I wish you were actually moving little ceramic plates with mini food around the kitchen - like maybe you have to sort of push them around the restaurant and not bump into things. And I wish that you had to assemble the food a bit more - like, make hamburgers where you actually have to put a little meat patty on a bun and then a little bun on top or something. And then have, like, 2 sides to the burger patty tokens so you mark when they're done cooking by flipping them over. Also, I want there to be varying maps. (And working conveyor belts). Anyway, yeah, I think I'll still grab it, but I'm less excited than I was for the wackier Overcooked board game that was in my mind. VVV: Well.. that's kind of a different subset again though? I guess I like the hourglass-as-worker-placement-kind-of idea in implementing a co-op time management food game. Yes that's very specific. Geez guys just let me love this game! jmzero fucked around with this message at 18:37 on May 24, 2017 |
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jmzero posted:This seems like such an intuitive great idea, I'm surprised it doesn't already exist. Kind of reminds me of Paperback that way. Not even the first time it's been used for food: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamesalute/wok-star It was an alright co-op.
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inklesspen posted:Stolze has a new kickstarter called Termination Shock. Stolze occasionally does Kickstarters for kinda weird poo poo like this. I can only assume that he's planning on actually releasing the game at some point?
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Doodmons posted:Stolze occasionally does Kickstarters for kinda weird poo poo like this. I can only assume that he's planning on actually releasing the game at some point? One of the Kickstarter stretch goals is a rough draft PDF of the game, so yeah, I would presume he's planning on a release at some point.
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As someone who spends many hours a week watching other people play videogames, I could see myself backing a playthrough if the price was right.
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counterspin posted:As someone who spends many hours a week watching other people play videogames, I could see myself backing a playthrough if the price was right. Well, in this case, the price is $5.
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malkav11 posted:Well, in this case, the price is $5. $5? As someone who likes but does not adore Stolze and who generally doesn't go for most Actual Play stuff, that price might even get me. From the description, I wasn't going to check it out, but at $5, well even if I hate it, it's a tiny amount of money and it's going to a cool designer, so I might as well back.
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I dropped for the higher level, because there are sweet-rear end feelies and the "highest" level is still only $30. I may feel like a fool about it later, but I figure I probably owe Greg Stolze a couple lunches for the enjoyment I've gotten from his stuff over the years, so why not?
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/killer-robot-games/legendary-showdown-presidential-edition?ref=di4jqf Finally the Political Card Game that America Deserves
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May 26, 2017 20:55
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Got that nice Tim Buckley art.
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Finally, a game for me, the woke centrist lanyard dick who loves feminism and...political incorrectness?!?!?!?!? What the heck?
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Plutonis posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/killer-robot-games/legendary-showdown-presidential-edition?ref=di4jqf https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/922985108/trumped-the-board-game-0?ref=category A game based on US politics turns up every week. I don't understand the appeal of these - the joke's good for one sitting, but is the novelty going to last? Will a kickstarter deliver promptly enough to still be topical? Will the game still be relevant as Trump's story in politics develops? There are historical politics games out there, but they're done with hindsight rather than chucking a box out while it's hard to tell what's going on. Most of these are redoing the same jokes, and this one looks like a knockoff I'm looking at this game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaoticpattern/hand-of-fate-ordeals A cooperative deckbuilder with neat art, and done by an Australian. The only kickstarter-exclusive thing so far is cosmetic, which is nice
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Plutonis posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/killer-robot-games/legendary-showdown-presidential-edition?ref=di4jqf I didn't realize someone could make a shittier version of Illuminati, but there you go.
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