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Seize the Bean, a rather esoteric board game about coffee shops in Berlin that I backed in Feb 2018 and had an initial delivery date of September 2018 (which was very optimistic at the time) has been quietly plodding along. At the time, I lived in Berlin and fully expected to be able to play in a coffee shop the game was about. I since left Berlin a year later, and in the past few days the company, Quality Beast, have announced a new delivery date of... July 2021. 
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The_Doctor posted:I since left Berlin a year later, and in the past few days the company, Quality Beast, have announced a new delivery date of... July 2021. By July 2021, you may actually be able to go into a coffee shop to play the game, at least.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rorschachdice/rorschach-dice-0/description Someone's been taking cues from GW special edition hard to read dice...
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Zark the Damned posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rorschachdice/rorschach-dice-0/description Speaking of dice, I'm unironically annoyed that the Tiny Epic Pirate special dice went from  To this bullshit   (Skull Dice left. Standard dice right) quote:Secondly, we have chosen to remove the knuckles from the Skull Dice design. This was prohibitive to the polishing process and had a high chance of breakage. A pleasant result of removing the knuckles was that it brought the rest of the design elements closer to the edge of the die. This takes full advantage of the 16mm size and makes the dice feel and look larger and makes it easier to see the details. So it's a win all around! I didn't loving pay you for regular D6's with a Skull on it, I paid you for SKULL DICE WITH BONE EDGES  Like at the end of the day it's only $4, and this is peak 'first world problems', but it's a pretty lovely bait and switch by a company proficient enough to know if they could pull it off or not.
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Infinitum posted:Speaking of dice, I'm unironically annoyed that the Tiny Epic Pirate special dice went from Those new ones just look like badly made dice, not like they had any special design.
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Hel posted:Those new ones just look like badly made dice, not like they had any special design. Yeahhhhhh, I mean maybe it's sort of just badly photographed but it doesn't look great.
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The renders looked like the same kind of lovely gimmick dice that have been laughed at in this thread before. The actual dice look like someone's first ham-handed attempt at casting dice at their kitchen table.
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They just look like they've had some random bits cleave off
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I like knuckle bone dice, they have a nice feel to them and they roll nicely in my experience. I’ve got like, one.
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Infinitum posted:Speaking of dice, I'm unironically annoyed that the Tiny Epic Pirate special dice went from I ordered four sets before the change - I wonder if I can cancel that part now.
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Joe Slowboat posted:I like knuckle bone dice, they have a nice feel to them and they roll nicely in my experience. I’ve got like, one. Same, I even remember buying it at a weird little hobby shop kiosk at the mall that lasted like 4 months 20+ years ago.
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Infinitum posted:Speaking of dice, I'm unironically annoyed that the Tiny Epic Pirate special dice went from
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I hope it is just a case of bad lighting and that the real thing looks better or that a negative reaction will get them to try again for the original look :\
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Sep 16, 2020 09:21
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Looks like a cube of fudge with a thumb print in it
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I saw this posted this morning from someone in my circle of horror enthusiasts: https://twitter.com/TeaCrusading/status/1306186068228743169?s=19 The "Attributes are your negative qualities" thing sounds kind of neat. Has anyone heard of this or had any experience with it?
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FirstAidKite posted:I hope it is just a case of bad lighting and that the real thing looks better or that a negative reaction will get them to try again for the original look :\ The normal way to make dice is by mass casting them with some rough edges, and then tumbling them for awhile to smooth them out. Sounds like this mass production method can't really deal with the nubs at the corners. They'd snap off at too high a rate, or get smoothed away unevenly, and people would be rightfully annoyed. So instead of rightfully annoyed at a broken product, they're rightfully annoyed at a subpar product.
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Went through and read the comments. Looks like they'll attempt to achieve the original design based off how pissed everybody is about it.
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Did anybody else here back Mini-Express? I late pledged, but don't have access to updates and the latest one is about it off to the printers. Can anyone let me know if they've stated an ETA?
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Ravendas posted:The normal way to make dice is by mass casting them with some rough edges, and then tumbling them for awhile to smooth them out. The GameDice guy or whoever it is -the one that fuckin' LIVES to tell you that he doesn't tumble his dice and that they are nearly perfectly random - would be a great resource for these guys.
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He would never make the skull dice, the bone stuff and carving would mess up the weighting for him.
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Still, if anyone could figure out a way, it's that dude!
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Sep 17, 2020 23:19
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Tiny Epic Dicemaker: Make your own bone dice!
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1296045252/spellbound-kingdoms-arcana/posts An update!
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Thomamelas posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1296045252/spellbound-kingdoms-arcana/posts Gotta say though - while I know covid has sucked for everyone, 90% of the lateness has been during non-pandemic times.
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Yeah, I'm guessing that he massively overestimated his avaliable time and energy and has been on the backfoot since. Being a teacher and father-of-three could set back anyone. I'm still hopeful for some text someday, but not expecting much soon.
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Mors Rattus posted:He would never make the skull dice, the bone stuff and carving would mess up the weighting for him. Louis Zocchi came up with a D5, I believe he can make any kind of dumb dice and then bamboozle me into thinking it's mathematically perfect.
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Goodman Games have a Kickstarter up for a new reprint collection of Jennell Jacquays' modules. The frothing racist idiots at Judges Guild are having their royalties donated to the ADL and GLAAD and Goodman are matching it, 10% each for 20% in total. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/judges-guild-deluxe-dark-tower-caverns-of-thracia-and-more
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Goodman Games have a Kickstarter up for a new reprint collection of Jennell Jacquays' modules. The frothing racist idiots at Judges Guild are having their royalties donated to the ADL and GLAAD and Goodman are matching it, 10% each for 20% in total. So, just so I'm sure, the frothing racists are getting no money from this, and anything that WOULD have gone to them, are going to charities. Correct?
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ZRM posted:So, just so I'm sure, the frothing racists are getting no money from this, and anything that WOULD have gone to them, are going to charities. Correct?
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Haystack posted:Yeah, I'm guessing that he massively overestimated his avaliable time and energy and has been on the backfoot since. Being a teacher and father-of-three could set back anyone. I'm still hopeful for some text someday, but not expecting much soon. As a father of three and a teacher, I certainly empathize with it being hard to find time to write. I haven't been able to finish a project in years... But I also didn't take people's money in a Kickstarter and then fail to live up to it. It's frankly irresponsible to run a KS without a mostly complete product, or at least a plan to pay for writing if you find yourself unable to write. When I run a KS, it'll be because I have a thing written and ready to publish.
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ZRM posted:So, just so I'm sure, the frothing racists are getting no money from this, and anything that WOULD have gone to them, are going to charities. Correct? Yeah they said previously they are releasing this because Jennel Jacquays had put so much time into it the last three years, and this is the last one. No money goes to Bledsaw and GG is donating stuff too.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Still, if anyone could figure out a way, it's that dude! You'd probably have to do something like casino dice and make the dice out of resin, cut out the design you want, and fill in with clear resin over it to roughly match the weight and get a perfect square die. It probably wouldn't be totally perfect but it'd be the closest approximation. Anyway, this looks like a rad tabletop rpg: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erikthebearik/brinkwood-the-blood-of-tyrants quote:Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Goodman Games have a Kickstarter up for a new reprint collection of Jennell Jacquays' modules. The frothing racist idiots at Judges Guild are having their royalties donated to the ADL and GLAAD and Goodman are matching it, 10% each for 20% in total. But man, a $125 minimum buy-in is more than I'm up for.
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Nuns with Guns posted:You'd probably have to do something like casino dice and make the dice out of resin, cut out the design you want, and fill in with clear resin over it to roughly match the weight and get a perfect square die. It probably wouldn't be totally perfect but it'd be the closest approximation. Is this a relaunch? I swear I saw this game several months ago. Maybe last year? I don't know, time has no meaning in 2020, but I definitely remember this.
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GimpInBlack posted:Is this a relaunch? I swear I saw this game several months ago. Maybe last year? I don't know, time has no meaning in 2020, but I definitely remember this. it's been on itch.io for a while. i think this is the full version with the art and everything added in
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Yeah, looks like this is to fund the print run and round out the book with some nice art.
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This looks like a fun gardening/alchemy-themed game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digisprite/familiar-alchemy/description It has 41 hours to go though and hasn't reached its goal, dunno if it'll be able to make the last $1000+ before it ends though. In case it does make it, I thought maybe some others in here might be interested in it.     The page says it is from the people who made Doomsday Bots and Adventure Mart, except I don't know what either of those things are but maybe someone here recognizes the name and can weigh in on whether they were good or not.
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Nuns with Guns posted:You'd probably have to do something like casino dice and make the dice out of resin, cut out the design you want, and fill in with clear resin over it to roughly match the weight and get a perfect square die. It probably wouldn't be totally perfect but it'd be the closest approximation. I'm a stretch goal for this. I'll be writing a setting based on my homeland of North East England during the miners strikes and thatcherism, but also there's a plague and the city has been quarantined. You will be able to kick an England First skinhead down the steps of a block of council flats and hack vampire thatcher using your BBC micro you stole from the school's computer lab.
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:I'm a stretch goal for this. I'll be writing a setting based on my homeland of North East England during the miners strikes and thatcherism, but also there's a plague and the city has been quarantined. You will be able to kick an England First skinhead down the steps of a block of council flats and hack vampire thatcher using your BBC micro you stole from the school's computer lab. Oh okay, I was already 100% backing this but now it's 101%. 
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:I'm a stretch goal for this. I'll be writing a setting based on my homeland of North East England during the miners strikes and thatcherism, but also there's a plague and the city has been quarantined. You will be able to kick an England First skinhead down the steps of a block of council flats and hack vampire thatcher using your BBC micro you stole from the school's computer lab. Rad.
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