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Not a fan of the Infinity kickstarter not letting you pledge for the small boxes, but I completely understand that it would probably be a huge pain in the rear end.
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# ? Oct 30, 2019 06:19 |
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JazzFlight posted:Don't forget to get in on this amazing game before the campaign ends: because that would be the best outcome here imo, bunch of chuds get parted from their money and the game never gets made
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# ? Oct 30, 2019 10:35 |
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lord_daeloth posted:I'm not even close to being able to plop down that much money for the game, but I do appreciate the fact that the Asian hero didn't get defaulted to the "ninja-stealth-assassin" role. Ropes4u posted:I kind of want this, what are the odds its a decent game?
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# ? Oct 30, 2019 12:38 |
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Captain Invictus posted:is it okay to hope a funded kickstarter is actually just a scam and they're gonna run off with the money yes, I permit you to hope this with all your heart
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# ? Oct 30, 2019 12:45 |
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Captain Invictus posted:is it okay to hope a funded kickstarter is actually just a scam and they're gonna run off with the money Unfortunately you can look at the creator's facebook and learn that they are, in fact, a shithead conspiracy theorist who claims that their game is making fun of extremist views and is not trying to be an alt-right game.
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# ? Oct 30, 2019 21:15 |
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GrandpaPants posted:Man, spirit Island digital looks like it's not going to hit its stretch goals, and possibly not even the regular goals. That's sort of disappointing. They went to IndieGoGo for all the right reasons and I think they're going to get screwed because of it. Really a bummer. The campaign itself also feels weirdly low energy. Especially given how well they did on their previous two apps. drat.
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 05:45 |
Memnaelar posted:They went to IndieGoGo for all the right reasons and I think they're going to get screwed because of it. Really a bummer. The campaign itself also feels weirdly low energy. Especially given how well they did on their previous two apps. Maybe they'll relaunch on KS?
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 05:54 |
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GrandpaPants posted:Maybe they'll relaunch on KS? It's kind of gross to say but... I hope so?
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 08:45 |
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So whatever happened with the unionization efforts?
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 11:36 |
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It would have been fine on KS, indiegogo isnt even close as a marketing platform.
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 12:15 |
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Atlas Hugged posted:So whatever happened with the unionization efforts? Still ongoing, to my knowledge no major changes since the last announcements.
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 13:06 |
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i saw some people rt'ing this yesterday https://twitter.com/ksr_united/status/1189656841376141312?s=20
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 13:13 |
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Unions take a v long time to Do Stuff, and the process can often be obstructed from onlookers for very good reasons. Still stand with them, still demanding KS recognize them. Sidenote: Disposable Heroes slacker-backer thing is ready. We're doing it via Itch (because Itch.iowns) and it's limited to the overflow we anticipate from printing. Maybe if we sell out these we'll knock the printing run up a notch, we'll see, I'm not holding my breath. I know Itch is an unorthodox place to run a late backer/pre-order campaign, but I really love the platform and I wanna see it thrive, and this is basically the best way I can do that as a creator. https://sandypuggames.itch.io/disposable-heroes-preorder-edition
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 17:33 |
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Really glad Disposable Heroes made it.
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 18:17 |
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One of my friends from college just launched a kickstarter for his first solo-designed game, Honey Buzz: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brentdickman/honey-buzz-the-worker-bee-placement-game I unfortunately haven’t played it, so I can’t provide any first hand reviews, but it’s been fun seeing the games progress through his Facebook posts over the last few years. He also got a fantastic artist for the game, Anne Heidsieck, who’s done illustration for Meeple War, Carcassonne Safari, Romny’s Treasure, and a few cards from When I Dream. Vidmaster fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Nov 5, 2019 |
# ? Nov 5, 2019 18:32 |
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Was a little more excited when I thought it was called Homey Buzz.
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# ? Nov 5, 2019 18:47 |
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CitizenKeen posted:Was a little more excited when I thought it was called Homey Buzz. Whoops! Maybe that will be one of the stretch goals...
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# ? Nov 5, 2019 20:47 |
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Fria Ligan is kick-starting Vaesen- A Nordic Horror Role-playing Game. They make good poo poo.
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# ? Nov 5, 2019 21:20 |
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Fria Ligan is kick-starting Vaesen- A Nordic Horror Role-playing Game. They make good poo poo. And the layout and prepress stuff is being done by one of the guys who worked on Mork Borg, which is looking pretty great. I'm sure Vaesen will have less gratuitous font usage, though.
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# ? Nov 5, 2019 22:54 |
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An old friend is launching a KS for a gothic horror RPG called "The Curse of the House of Rookwood": "You play a cursed family with skeletons in their closets and dark magic in their veins. It's mix of family drama and supernatural adventure, and uses an original rules system based on d6s." Link to KS
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 03:02 |
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not a current kickstarter(but rather started from one of the older ones in like 2011 or 2012 iirc), but Dreamforge Games is halting production of all plastic kits and liquidating the warehouse stock as they shift to a resin model instead. The discounts are fairly insane and you can get the Leviathan mech kits for 25 bucks each, originally $115-125, and additional arm weapons for 5-7 bucks. Pretty much everything is 80-85% off right now, and it's first-come-first-served. The model quality is extremely high, definitely grab a handful. All the regular infantry kits are long gone, but there's still some normal ones left, like the support and heavy weapon team kits. Dreadnought-scale Leviathan Crusaders are 13 bucks, fer crissake. They're all worth picking up to at least tinker with, the kits are pretty drat intricate. https://dreamforge-games.com/collections/all It's a shame to see his business fail and have to return to resin kits, but I do hope he continues making great minis like before.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 03:25 |
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God drat, I'd love to grab their WW2 infantry boxes, but australian shipping is absurd. Ouch Cassa fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Nov 6, 2019 |
# ? Nov 6, 2019 03:35 |
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Captain Invictus posted:not a current kickstarter(but rather started from one of the older ones in like 2011 or 2012 iirc), but Dreamforge Games is halting production of all plastic kits and liquidating the warehouse stock as they shift to a resin model instead. The discounts are fairly insane and you can get the Leviathan mech kits for 25 bucks each, originally $115-125, and additional arm weapons for 5-7 bucks. Pretty much everything is 80-85% off right now, and it's first-come-first-served. The model quality is extremely high, definitely grab a handful. All the regular infantry kits are long gone, but there's still some normal ones left, like the support and heavy weapon team kits. Dreadnought-scale Leviathan Crusaders are 13 bucks, fer crissake. They're all worth picking up to at least tinker with, the kits are pretty drat intricate. That's a drat shame, his stuff is really cool, just kinda lacked a good game to attach it to. Probably a good thing to go to resin, though, most of the other custom model shops use it because it's cheaper to do small runs with than hard plastics.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 04:25 |
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Yeah, but the sharp detailing on the infantry I'm not sure you can capture with resin the same way. We'll see I suppose. Also, he mentioned that there's less than 10 of the Mortis Leviathans left, so grab one of those now before they're gone if you're interested.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 04:31 |
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A dice maker i've been following just put this up, if anyone wants to get in on the first day bonus dice. They seem very shiny.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 18:48 |
What is with sets of dice with only 1 D6? Are there games that only throw 1 D6 at a time? This is basically the main reason why I'm not pledging because they are, in fact, quite pretty dice. Alternatively, if there is a good site for good, pretty dice, I would like to know. GrandpaPants fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:02 |
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Ceebees posted:A dice maker i've been following just put this up, if anyone wants to get in on the first day bonus dice. Those look pretty and all but jeeze, $48 for just 1 set, $840 for all of them if they unlock all 20 types + the exclusive set you only get at $840 That's some hella expensive stuff, what the heck
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:04 |
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Yeah, it's pretty nuts. Nothing caught my fancy at gencon so I'm picking up a set for myself here to splurge, but i'm not going to pretend it isn't extravagant. Although i think the exclusive set is at $420, ten boxes not twenty. Still too rich for my blood.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:08 |
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Ceebees posted:A dice maker i've been following just put this up, if anyone wants to get in on the first day bonus dice. I mean, that's almost double what I paid for a gorgeous set of pre-inked Gamescience with the full Zocchi 12-dice spread.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:11 |
Yeah I just realized the bulk discount is, uh, pretty low. Each additional set saving an additional $1 per set doesn't really trigger that urge to add additional sets.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:12 |
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there is already over 50 people paying $840 for dice
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:15 |
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Ceebees posted:Yeah, it's pretty nuts. Nothing caught my fancy at gencon so I'm picking up a set for myself here to splurge, but i'm not going to pretend it isn't extravagant. $840 is for the full bonus set, pledging for only 10 to 19 sets just gets you a bonus d20 in that bonus theme.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:19 |
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Those are insanely overpriced. Just absolutely insanely overpriced. But I salute the dude for making Artisanal Gamer Dice. Seems obvious in retrospect.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:19 |
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"Those dice aren't for rolling, Gary! Put them back in their display case where they belong!" - Me if I backed this. I have turned losing game pieces into an art form but fair play to people who want only the shiniest dice in the land.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 19:51 |
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Those are insanely overpriced. Just absolutely insanely overpriced. But I salute the dude for making Artisanal Gamer Dice. Seems obvious in retrospect. They are literally hand-made, rather than mass produced. $50 for hand poured, polished, and painted seems pretty reasonable to me
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 20:03 |
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Gotta say that most of those look like what my table calls Ninja Dice. IE, ones that you can't really read the numbers on without picking them up and looking closely. Low contrast, multiple colors, etc. Very pretty as art pieces but not very practical even discarding their price.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 20:11 |
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jivjov posted:They are literally hand-made, rather than mass produced. $50 for hand poured, polished, and painted seems pretty reasonable to me I mean, doesn't hand made with dice mean they are more likely to have a flaw and be biased?
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 20:24 |
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GrandpaPants posted:What is with sets of dice with only 1 D6? Are there games that only throw 1 D6 at a time? This is basically the main reason why I'm not pledging because they are, in fact, quite pretty dice. Most dice sets only come with one of each, except for an extra percentile d10. Blame D&D for the standard, I guess? Those dice are cool but for that price I'd at least expect all the numbers to be readable, and a lot of them aren't against the pattern of the die
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 20:25 |
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jivjov posted:They are literally hand-made, rather than mass produced. $50 for hand poured, polished, and painted seems pretty reasonable to me Right I'm saying he's doing it the inefficient hand-done way for the supposed 'quality', which is part of the Artisanal process. BTW I am 100% respectful of this dude and those are nice-rear end dice.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 20:33 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Yeah, but the sharp detailing on the infantry I'm not sure you can capture with resin the same way. We'll see I suppose. I wish you'd posted this in the Steals and Deals thread, I've been wanting that Mortis forever but it's been just outside my reach. And now it's gone forever. Still, got a bunch of 28mm Soviets and a Crusader.
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# ? Nov 6, 2019 20:34 |