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Ropes4u posted:I think a refund request is reasonable given a 25% increase could push the game into u reasonable expensive for the consumer.
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I like how BGG and Reddit immediately shut down or limit talk of the tariffs because it gets too "political." As if anyone could support these stupid-rear end burdens in the first place. My suspicions are that the tabletop hobby has too many loving maga chuds in it.
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JazzFlight posted:I like how BGG and Reddit immediately shut down or limit talk of the tariffs because it gets too "political." As if anyone could support these stupid-rear end burdens in the first place. My suspicions are that the tabletop hobby has too many loving maga chuds in it. I play boardgames to get away from politics!!!!!!!11 
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It may be reasonable to ask for a request, but I also think it's reasonable for some creators to refuse. When I made bee Lives all of the money raised was spent on the project. Refunds would not be possible at this point.
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May 24, 2019 21:17
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I cannot get over these old man faced hamster miniatures. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2126421571/the-hamsters-journey-by-cartoon-miniatures-scalebro?ref=discovery_category_popular
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May 24, 2019 21:26
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nesbit37 posted:It may be reasonable to ask for a request, but I also think it's reasonable for some creators to refuse. When I made bee Lives all of the money raised was spent on the project. Refunds would not be possible at this point. You can explain the situation to your backers and probably a lot of them would sympathize and swallow the cost, but refusing refunds to people who ask nevertheless will stir up some pretty nasty backlash, too.
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May 24, 2019 21:38
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nesbit37 posted:It may be reasonable to ask for a request, but I also think it's reasonable for some creators to refuse. When I made bee Lives all of the money raised was spent on the project. Refunds would not be possible at this point. That's a really rough situation. I suppose you could sell the copies that people aren't willing to pay extra shipping for. Even if you do give refunds for those copies, you could still break even or better. The problem is finding interested buyers. You do have at least one (me).
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May 24, 2019 21:52
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Yeah, Bee Lives luckily is find, but I know some fellow publishers that are definitely freaking out with games that are not going to make it out of China in the next week or two. I agree, refusing refunds would have backlash, but what are you supposed to do? If it's a couple people sure, but it can very quickly get into the hundreds and thousands of dollars. I dont think anyone is going to take out a loan to pay backers for something like this.
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Marzipan Pig posted:I cannot get over these old man faced hamster miniatures. That'll haunt me.
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May 24, 2019 22:40
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Hey, you all remember Salt in Wounds, that setting created on rpg.net about a city butchering an ever regenerating Tarrasque that a guy thought he could make a whole book out of? Well, after two and a half years, the dream is over.
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Cat Face Joe posted:Hey, you all remember Salt in Wounds, that setting created on rpg.net about a city butchering an ever regenerating Tarrasque that a guy thought he could make a whole book out of? Well, after two and a half years, the dream is over. Let me guess, he thought that gimmick was enough? I mean, it's a nice hook, but...
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Dust Wardens has just hit Kickstarter -- it's apparently a queer RPG about community and polyamory, but even though I'm not queer, not poly, and I hate communities it looks interesting enough to throw $5 at.
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potatocubed posted:Dust Wardens has just hit Kickstarter -- it's apparently a queer RPG about community and polyamory, but even though I'm not queer, not poly, and I hate communities it looks interesting enough to throw $5 at. I like the whale tier of $500 where you get gently caress all except a "this whale contributed to this book" title as an entry into the final book.
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Dawgstar posted:Let me guess, he thought that gimmick was enough? I mean, it's a nice hook, but... seems like he was in way over his head. look at the list of rewards. tarrasque jerky? come on. there was just too much for one person to complete
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kinkouin posted:I like the whale tier of $500 where you get gently caress all except a "this whale contributed to this book" title as an entry into the final book. Why would you give the person who contributes the most, absolutely nothing? I don’t get it.
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May 26, 2019 12:35
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I don't get it either, but I had a similar tier for Pigsmoke and someone bought it. After I funded, no less. The best bit of KS advice I ever read was 'include whale tiers, because they don't hurt anyone and you might get lucky and hook a passing whale'.
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May 26, 2019 12:55
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potatocubed posted:I don't get it either, but I had a similar tier for Pigsmoke and someone bought it. After I funded, no less. No, I get that, but would it hurt anything to give the whale rewards anyway? Is there some kind of status in paying a lot of money for nothing in return? Wouldn't at least giving the whale the rewards help hook a whale? I guess I'm not rich enough to understand.
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May 26, 2019 13:37
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Doctor Zero posted:No, I get that, but would it hurt anything to give the whale rewards anyway? Is there some kind of status in paying a lot of money for nothing in return? Wouldn't at least giving the whale the rewards help hook a whale? I guess I'm not rich enough to understand. idk it seems like a natural outgrowth of wild income inequality. I'm sure in the past I've dropped a larger % of my net wealth on a tip at a Denny's than some folks would drop on a kickstarter whale tier. I know studies show that having more money makes one a worse person, but c'mon it's just one banana, what could it cost, $10?
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May 26, 2019 13:58
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I feel like it's logical to have a "I don't particularly want any rewards, but I do want to give you a large amount of money" tier even if the only person who's likely to choose it is your parents.
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May 26, 2019 14:22
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It's just weird because it doesn't offer any way to get a book as well if you wanted that.
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potatocubed posted:Dust Wardens has just hit Kickstarter -- it's apparently a queer RPG about community and polyamory, but even though I'm not queer, not poly, and I hate communities it looks interesting enough to throw $5 at. On one hand I'm all about supporting queer creators. On the other hand, I cannot think of a time when I will actually run a game about magical polyamory. Does anyone have a history with these writers, is this likely to be worth buying just to read?
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I don't remember seeing this posted in the last few pages: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/hearts-of-wulin Wuxia melodrama PbtA, there's a preview on the KS page and it actually looks good (good, thematic base moves and authors who understand the source material).
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nesbit37 posted:I agree, refusing refunds would have backlash, but what are you supposed to do? If it's a couple people sure, but it can very quickly get into the hundreds and thousands of dollars. I dont think anyone is going to take out a loan to pay backers for something like this. I'd be explicit that there's not enough money left to provide hundreds or thousands in refunds, and provide a complete breakdown (particularly if one hasn't been given in prior updates) of where the money went to account for it all. You'll get some bonkers people who do say "I don't care, dig yourself deep into debt to satisfy me!!", sure, but all someone can do at that point is provide the most professional "no" possible.
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Nuns with Guns posted:I'd be explicit that there's not enough money left to provide hundreds or thousands in refunds, and provide a complete breakdown (particularly if one hasn't been given in prior updates) of where the money went to account for it all. You'll get some bonkers people who do say "I don't care, dig yourself deep into debt to satisfy me!!", sure, but all someone can do at that point is provide the most professional "no" possible. Ran a board game club in college. We needed to increase membership to keep the budget. When we advertised, everyone asked for monopoly and risk, which we didn't have because they were too casual. It cost us $20 to buy that a few other casual games. It got membership up enough to keep our $500/semster budget, which allowed us to keep hosting our once-per-semester tournamets and our annunal multi-club convention. Older members hated me for wasting our budget on them because "it comes from our tutition and this is a waste of our momey." Point: if people feel ownership of money, they feel they should all individually have complete say on its allocation and will hound you for anything they wouldn't want it spent on, regardless of the bigger picture.
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Covok posted:Ran a board game club in college. We needed to increase membership to keep the budget. When we advertised, everyone asked for monopoly and risk, which we didn't have because they were too casual. It cost us $20 to buy that a few other casual games. It got membership up enough to keep our $500/semster budget, which allowed us to keep hosting our once-per-semester tournamets and our annunal multi-club convention. Yeah like the ultimate goal would be to alienate as few people as possible and demonstrate you made a good faith effort with the money, but you'll always have a few weirdos that think giving you money automatically puts them on the Board of Directors. The situation with kickstarters impacted by this, at least, is that "We were hosed over by a completely unpredictable international trade war" is an explanation most people will accept, up there with "The hurricane ate our shipping facility". Nuns with Guns fucked around with this message at 20:16 on May 26, 2019 |
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The designer of Wingspan has launched a kickstarter for a cute, ultra-light game about Victorian flower language. It looks interesting, and it is reasonably affordable for Americans. For everyone else, I'm surprised such a small game would have that sort of shipping cost. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/tussie-mussie-by-elizabeth-hargrave-wingspan
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golden bubble posted:The designer of Wingspan has launched a kickstarter for a cute, ultra-light game about Victorian flower language. It looks interesting, and it is reasonably affordable for Americans. For everyone else, I'm surprised such a small game would have that sort of shipping cost. This is adorable and flower language is one of my interests; thanks!
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golden bubble posted:The designer of Wingspan has launched a kickstarter for a cute, ultra-light game about Victorian flower language. It looks interesting, and it is reasonably affordable for Americans. For everyone else, I'm surprised such a small game would have that sort of shipping cost. Oh, the Buttonshy wallet games are generally great, and really good value (aside from shipping).
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 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blacklistgames/altar-quest Altar Quest is live. It's a new dungeon-crawl by the Sadler Bros who made Warhammer Quest:ACG, Street Masters, and Brook City. It uses their modular deck system (kinda like Sentinels of the Multiverse), so you can mix up hero/villain/quest decks to make whatever scenario you'd like. I'm always up for whatever they make and they even include a mini-expansion designed by Isaac Childres (creator of Gloomhaven), so that's cool.
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This looks like the closest thing to the original Hero Quest without actually claiming it has the license
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MollyMetroid posted:This looks like the closest thing to the original Hero Quest without actually claiming it has the license It makes me wish they had sent an early copy to this guy for promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A Edit: Ah, they replied to me in the KS comments. Apparently they did try to reach out to him. Wonder why it fell through. JazzFlight fucked around with this message at 19:23 on May 28, 2019 |
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I don't even need to open the video link to know that I had thought exactly the same when I saw the doors.
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Man, I thought I was safe from Brook City and then I noticed it was actually a coop game with the same modular deck system instead of...whatever I thought it was, and...damnit.  Also backed Altar Quest immediately, natch.
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One of those Sadler Bros reminds me of Mack from Always Sunny.
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djfooboo posted:One of those Sadler Bros reminds me of Mack from Always Sunny.  
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May 28, 2019 19:45
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Crusader Kings is shipping tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to sentencing my friends to death
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Jarvisi posted:Crusader Kings is shipping tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to sentencing my friends to death UK fulfilment begins May 31.
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Is Street Masters good? I missed both kickstarter but it looks like something my friends would really enjoy.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Is Street Masters good? I missed both kickstarter but it looks like something my friends would really enjoy. I'd like to know, too. At the very least it looked like a good source of Feng Shui 2 miniatures.
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