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potatocubed posted:I'm actually kind of disappointed that the KS version seems to be something quite different, but still interested enough to back, so. How is it different?
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dwarf74 posted:OH man. My friends had Dark Tower. What a great game. Oh god, thank you! This reminded me that I forgot to take the batteries out of my Omega Virus last time my group played it.
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True Messiah is coming up on its last 48 hours, so I'm going to bat for it one last time. It's an abstract with card drafting mechanics themed around post apocalyptic cults duking it out while your messiah influences the flow through miracles. Give it a look if you're interested, since it's still got about $6k to go.
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I just got an e-mail about Star Crossed, and it may just be the adorable Jess Fink artwork, but I can't help thinking of this as 'The most delicious kind of Dread'.
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So it’s Jenga with extra steps?
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It's a scaling resolution mechanic. You could just make it work with similarly with dice. The first success is nearly certain, but each success decreases the probability of further successes. But this method has a nice, physical feel to it, and gives the players more investment than a random roll.
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Good Dog, Bad Zombie is in its last couple days. It goes a little far on the hoomans and doggos and Central Bark stuff for me, but it also seems like a competent "things pop up" co-op that my kids (and non-gamer visitors) will like.
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I don't get the new Zombicide game. The game is Space Marines vs Alien Zombies, but make all the sculpts super lame so it can't be compared to Space Hulk or Dark Imperium. But then they do an expansion pack that's nothing but counts as Commissar or Inquisitor models.
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Polish your skulls and bolt down your scalp, the Trenchcoat Troops are in town.
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If you liked dread and you like romancing people, perhaps you'll enjoy Star Crossed: The Two-Player Game of Forbidden Lovequote:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/star-crossed-the-two-player-game-of-forbidden-love
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Guy Goodbody posted:I don't get the new Zombicide game. The game is Space Marines vs Alien Zombies, but make all the sculpts super lame so it can't be compared to Space Hulk or Dark Imperium. But then they do an expansion pack that's nothing but counts as Commissar or Inquisitor models. i love the lil babby mag on the handguard of marias gun 
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:i love the lil babby mag on the handguard of marias gun I love Andrei's engraved feedbag. The grimmest of oats for the inquisitor on the go.
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Journey Away looks neat -- a fantasy RPG that deliberately de-emphasises combat in favour of exploration and adventures.
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I'll have to look into that, deemphasizing combat always gets my attention.
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Guy Goodbody posted:I don't get the new Zombicide game. Ready Player One just came out at the cinema.
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Hey all, tonight I'm doing a Q&A to promote my Kickstarter at 7:30pm Central over on RPGnet's chatroom. Feel free to stop on by and ask me anything, including politically loaded gotcha-questions!
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potatocubed posted:Journey Away looks neat -- a fantasy RPG that deliberately de-emphasises combat in favour of exploration and adventures. Cool concept! I'm a bit worried that the author doesn't seem to have heard about stuff like Ryuutama, and in the "what are your credentials" FAQ answer is basically just talking about Pathfinder.
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Also there's almost nothing about the game. It honestly kind of sounds like a weird mashup of Donjon's compared dicepools and Polaris's GMless adjacent-player narration. Which... uh, sounds kind of cool in an outsider art kind of way, now that I've said it like that.
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inklesspen posted:Cool concept! I'm a bit worried that the author doesn't seem to have heard about stuff like Ryuutama, and in the "what are your credentials" FAQ answer is basically just talking about Pathfinder. Yeah, that's my issue with it too.
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Guy Goodbody posted:I don't get the new Zombicide game. The game is Space Marines vs Alien Zombies, but make all the sculpts super lame so it can't be compared to Space Hulk or Dark Imperium. But then they do an expansion pack that's nothing but counts as Commissar or Inquisitor models. It feels like the theme is pretty weak, I guess in service to being able to fit in references to dozens of different franchises as bonus characters. Weak theme in a boardgame where 80% of what you're paying for is the minis does not make me very enthusiatic, though.
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golden bubble posted:Is there anything to this game besides being anime thunderstone/ascension/star realms/etc? Dominion but better more like? Less creepy than Tanto Coure. So that's a plus!
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On crappy kickstarter news, Super Dungeon Explore is still a gently caress up and like... 1.5 years late with no sign of going to factory. Who knew that the people who helped out with Robotech would mess something up? Last update was basically "we are giving up trying to give out any schedule information cause we have no idea what is going on" and then one of the heads of the company gave an interview stating something about never using kickstarter again because it is toxic. Hmm.
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I am so thrilled that I never backed SDE.
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The Moon Monster posted:It feels like the theme is pretty weak, I guess in service to being able to fit in references to dozens of different franchises as bonus characters. Weak theme in a boardgame where 80% of what you're paying for is the minis does not make me very enthusiatic, though. I guess if you're running something sci-fi and want a decent variety of miniatures it's not the worst for that. Fragged Empire game was talking about it's use for that game, but even then it feels like such an investment.
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LordAba posted:On crappy kickstarter news, Super Dungeon Explore is still a gently caress up and like... 1.5 years late with no sign of going to factory. Who knew that the people who helped out with Robotech would mess something up? I got a refund 6 months ago
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LordAba posted:On crappy kickstarter news, Super Dungeon Explore is still a gently caress up and like... 1.5 years late with no sign of going to factory. Who knew that the people who helped out with Robotech would mess something up? As a backer of Rail Raiders, I am -1000000% surprised. gently caress that company.
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I really like the look of the Black Void RPG. It has really good art and a psychedelic mixed with bronze age aesthetic that I haven't seen elsewhere.
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Agrias120 posted:As a backer of Rail Raiders, I am -1000000% surprised. gently caress that company. Yeah, they've gone under the radar as far as disasters go, but I'm sure most backers are perfectly aware.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:I really like the look of the Black Void RPG. It has really good art and a psychedelic mixed with bronze age aesthetic that I haven't seen elsewhere. I mean the art's neat but reading that page gave me approximately zero idea of what the game itself is actually like.
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Yeah, that seems to be the theme lately. I just saw Wingless and it's got all the hallmarks of a Apoc-era heartbreaker. The theme seems interesting (you're all guardian angels), but they want 15 bucks for a pdf, 20 for a exclusive extra playbook, and 30 for three extra TBD ones beyond that. All with no art examples, 40% of the book not done, and no examples of playbooks. It doesn't even list the stats, just the core moves.
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Echophonic posted:Yeah, that seems to be the theme lately. I just saw Wingless and it's got all the hallmarks of a Apoc-era heartbreaker. The theme seems interesting (you're all guardian angels), but they want 15 bucks for a pdf, 20 for a exclusive extra playbook, and 30 for three extra TBD ones beyond that. All with no art examples, 40% of the book not done, and no examples of playbooks. It doesn't even list the stats, just the core moves. Also, and I don't want to cast aspersions because I'm hardly the sort of person to think that any amount of money is unimportant, but why is he setting his funding at $500? That's an oddly low amount even for a passion project you don't expect to make a profit on because in terms of a budget it practically is nothing. Is he doing all his own art? All his own layout? It doesn't look like there's any sort of hardcopy version being offered, it's all pdf, so at least there aren't any shipping or fulfillment costs to worry about, but if you're going to Kickstart a game why set your funding threshold so low? This dude's gonna get less than a thousand bucks out of this and I'm guessing the result is going to be extremely half-assed.
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Kai Tave posted:Also, and I don't want to cast aspersions because I'm hardly the sort of person to think that any amount of money is unimportant, but why is he setting his funding at $500? That's an oddly low amount even for a passion project you don't expect to make a profit on because in terms of a budget it practically is nothing. Is he doing all his own art? All his own layout? It doesn't look like there's any sort of hardcopy version being offered, it's all pdf, so at least there aren't any shipping or fulfillment costs to worry about, but if you're going to Kickstart a game why set your funding threshold so low? This dude's gonna get less than a thousand bucks out of this and I'm guessing the result is going to be extremely half-assed. I didn't even notice that. Yeah, that's a pretty low bar to have to clear and wouldn't even cover a decent week of work, a piece of art for the cover, and an hour or two with an editor if he just squeaks by with the 700 he already has. Shattered Tower looks like another heartbreaker, but it's like 11 bucks for the PDF tier, which isn't too bad at all. Again, no rules sampling for the mechanics and it's a generic-sounding d6 system. Almost certainly wouldn't back it, but it has nice art and I like the ideas its presenting, at least. They also seem like they did their homework on how much things are going to cost, which is always nice to see.
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Echophonic posted:Shattered Tower looks like another heartbreaker, but it's like 11 bucks for the PDF tier, which isn't too bad at all. Again, no rules sampling for the mechanics and it's a generic-sounding d6 system. Almost certainly wouldn't back it, but it has nice art and I like the ideas its presenting, at least. They also seem like they did their homework on how much things are going to cost, which is always nice to see. lol quote:Risks and Challenges Weird punctuation and capitalization transcribed as-is. Thanks but no thanks.
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Don't forget the 500 euro tier that gets you a virtual meeting with some first time game designers!
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Kai Tave posted:I mean the art's neat but reading that page gave me approximately zero idea of what the game itself is actually like. Yeah, I want to read the free QuickStart beta when I get a chance.
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LordAba posted:On crappy kickstarter news, Super Dungeon Explore is still a gently caress up and like... 1.5 years late with no sign of going to factory. Who knew that the people who helped out with Robotech would mess something up? They're actively ignoring their backers, which is really bad after they posted a gigantic apology update last fall. Of course, they only posted that apology because they were running the Starfinder miniatures Kickstarter campaign and had to stop the rush of $1-pledge backers coming into the comments section to bad-mouth them.
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Sorry if this has been posted before but does anyone have any insight on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1426761469/true-messiah-a-game-of-post-apocalyptic-cult-warfa?ref=7whd8d It looks kind of neat.
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Stormgale posted:Sorry if this has been posted before but does anyone have any insight on I've been pushing for it previously. The maker hasn't been doing the greatest job managing his campaign, probably due to KS inexperience, but the game itself looks very solid with an interesting theme. It's in its final hours and is pretty close to funding, and he's said he won't be trying again, so this is probably the last chance to get in on it. I met him personally at a convention and took a look at the game and was impressed. Here's my effort post on it from earlier: E: he restarted the campaign at a lower funding goal, hence the canceled link in my old post. FunkMonkey posted:Hey, I wanted to raise awareness for a boardgame kickstarter from a local developer, True Messiah. This is the second and last attempt to Kickstart it, after the first one only raised about half the goal, and he's basically funding at a considerable financial loss at the current goal just because he wants to get it published.
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basically destroys society overnight. Out of the ashes rises four cults, each lead by a titular messiah who can tap into the Belief Engine to harvest their flock's faith to create "miracles." Players control each cult as they compete to determine the one true representative of God on earth. Basically, you're Mad Max Jesus.
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Also worth mentioning that he folded the first two stretch goals into the basic funding, for what that's worth.
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