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Invalid Validation posted:I too would like to pay $600 for a plastic chess set. what if both sides were black and the prices hard to distinguish from one another
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Then I would pay $1000 for that!
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Aug 13, 2021 16:57
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SelenicMartian posted:Does anyone need a $600 chess set with Transformers? That looks worse than this cheap one I got for Christmas 10-15 years ago. Though I guess mine didn't come with a board. 
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Aug 13, 2021 16:57
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I see they tried to differentiate based on height, but man, with every pawn being a different character, mid-to-late games must be a nightmare to properly assess at a glance.
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Aug 13, 2021 17:14
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Fate Accomplice posted:the pieces don't transform What really gets me about this is that even IF I were in the market for a $600 Transformers chess set this just doesn't look anything like a $600 item. It looks more like $40 in the toy aisle at Target. That does match the Transformers aesthetic, to be fair 
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Aug 13, 2021 17:48
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The Moon Monster posted:What really gets me about this is that even IF I were in the market for a $600 Transformers chess set this just doesn't look anything like a $600 item. It looks more like $40 in the toy aisle at Target. That does match the Transformers aesthetic, to be fair Well, the quality of the pieces does look better than a standard $40 target toy aisle TRANSFORMERS CHESS SET. I could definitely see paying $100 for this, maybe $150 (if you are a big gen 1 transformers fan). But $600 is extreme even for a high quality niche item
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Aug 13, 2021 17:52
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The thing that bugs me about most third-party tie-in collector chess sets is that you can't tell at a glance what piece a given character is supposed to represent. I'd much rather they go "off model" in terms of accurately representing a character model if that means I can tell intuitively who is supposed to be a rook or a bishop without memorizing it.
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Aug 13, 2021 17:59
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I wouldn't pay a nickel for that chess set, because it doesn't have Cliffjumper.  Feel free to emptyquote this while substituting in your obscure Transformer of choice.
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Aug 13, 2021 19:06
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Fate Accomplice posted:the pieces don't transform Like, even if you don't want to have the pieces transform for cost or stability reasons, how do you not at least have the board transform into something cool
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Aug 13, 2021 19:15
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something very funny about optimus prime standing on a lil crate like he's trying to get something from the top shelf
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Aug 13, 2021 20:07
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How do you miss the opportunity to have your pawns transform into a different piece when they get promoted? How?
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Aug 13, 2021 20:33
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SelenicMartian posted:Does anyone need a $600 chess set with Transformers? you can get this from any toy store for like $20
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Aug 14, 2021 16:20
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Prowl ain't no pawn, it's like they didn't even read his Tech Spec.
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Aug 14, 2021 17:21
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I like how adding two extra king pieces increases the price by $100 (17%). 52 people have picked those extra kings while only 10 have the base set.
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Aug 14, 2021 17:56
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Eagle moss produces some nice models. These are all metal and hand painted. I get the Star Trek ships and they are worth $20 a pop easily If you were going to get the whole set it’s a little cheaper. Having said that it irritates me that they are bringing it to Kickstarter. They are a big enough company and have Hasbros deal so they absolutely do not need to do that. 
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Aug 14, 2021 18:32
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Doctor Zero posted:Eagle moss produces some nice models. These are all metal and hand painted. I get the Star Trek ships and they are worth $20 a pop easily Their full Star Trek enterprise “build up” model comes in 120 (!) shipments of $15 each (!!), 4 shipments per month (!!!). $1800 for a model that arrives over 2.5 years
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Aug 14, 2021 19:29
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Doctor Zero posted:Eagle moss produces some nice models. These are all metal and hand painted. I get the Star Trek ships and they are worth $20 a pop easily Hasbro themselves have no need to crowdfund any of their toys, yet Haslab exists.
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Aug 14, 2021 20:27
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Did the gaming table making company, was it wormwood, get it act together? I'm talking about the one that had multiple non OSHA compliant factory layouts, got alot of employees sick from Covid, i think the CEO was such a California tech bro like boss he hired a new CEO just to take over the mess?
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Aug 14, 2021 22:56
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Quixotic1 posted:Did the gaming table making company, was it wormwood, get it act together? Kinda. They’re a bit behind on production due to an essential custom machine being delivered hella out of spec and the vendor giving them the runaround on fixing it, but that appears to have been fixed as of this past week. Everything else seems to be in order so we should see things pick up very soon. He didn’t hire a new CEO really, one of the other founders took over and seems to be doing a better job - I haven’t heard anything in the way of that kinda complaint and no news is probably good news on that front.
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Aug 14, 2021 23:39
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Gaming tables are one of the great scams. Like you produce a table, gesture at some features like cup-holders and say "1000, 2000 or something yeah and we'll deliver in a year".
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Aug 14, 2021 23:57
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Arcsech posted:Kinda. They’re a bit behind on production due to an essential custom machine being delivered hella out of spec and the vendor giving them the runaround on fixing it, but that appears to have been fixed as of this past week. Everything else seems to be in order so we should see things pick up very soon. That's good to hear, I previously liked their collapsible magnetic dice towers even though they're pricey.
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Aug 15, 2021 02:43
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Quixotic1 posted:Did the gaming table making company, was it wormwood, get it act together? Wyrmwood. Yeah as mentioned it looks like they're getting their act together for mass production, due to a range of factors loving things up (predominantly the pandemic) A lot of their issues seem to stem from teething issues from being a small company growing into a larger one. Table production had still been happening in the background, they were just being done the old fashioned way. The former CEO+founder, Doug, was bombastic and flaunted rules a ton which is where the Tech Bro image came from - but to his credit knew he needed to step to allow someone else to fulfil the roll. After that happened it looks like they've gotten their poo poo together re:compliancy. Quixotic1 posted:That's good to hear, I previously liked their collapsible magnetic dice towers even though they're pricey. They'll be running a new KS campaign on the 17th, and they've just put up a promo video explaining it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJAvy63YHU I might pick a set up depending on how affordable it is. Table bling is where I'm at these days.
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Aug 15, 2021 03:34
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I think I hate that man.
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I've had pretty good success with kickstarter, but Chai: Tea for Two is starting to feel like it will be the first project I've backed that may not be fulfilled. No updates since the project closed two months ago, old videos being deleted from twitch, the couple development the game has been radio silent, they didn't show up at a con they were scheduled at, etc. I'm thankful I was only in for $40 bucks, but it was a good reminder that this isn't a pre-order.
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Aug 15, 2021 05:42
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nonathlon posted:Gaming tables are one of the great scams. Like you produce a table, gesture at some features like cup-holders and say "1000, 2000 or something yeah and we'll deliver in a year". They are all singularly awful, who wants to bend over the table, awkwardly leaning on the thin sides, to play a game in a LED-strip-lighted hole? My brother and I designed one ourselves that is just a normal table with a lid to put on it (essentially two table surfaces with the top one having vertical slats to create a space between them). It's awesome and cost a fraction of the existing ones.
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Aug 15, 2021 06:23
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gschmidl posted:They are all singularly awful, who wants to bend over the table, awkwardly leaning on the thin sides, to play a game in a LED-strip-lighted hole? A gaming table is one of those things where even with as much work as building furniture is, it may just legitimately be easier to do it yourself. Even if it turns into a months or years long project, the waiting lists for most high-end gaming tables that haven't already gone out of business are about that long anyway.
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Aug 15, 2021 09:19
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I worked with a cabinet maker when I made mine, his starting suggestion was to get an old table and just use the legs rather than messing around trying to make your own legs. Worked great in the end.
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Aug 15, 2021 12:08
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I'm spending too much as it is on the actual games to even think about fancy tables
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Aug 15, 2021 12:46
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I ended up just getting a nice dining table, but the most appealing part of all the gaming tables when I was shopping was being able to cover up the recess with a topper. That meant my group could have just left gloomhaven permanently setup until we finished it, etc. I always kind of regretted it, then COVID and a cross country move happened and suddenly I was happy I didn’t have a gaming table.
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I love my table, and especially love that I built it myself instead of paying twice as much and waiting a year or whatever for one to be delivered. The only thing I regret is not selling it when people got their stimulus checks last year. I had plans drawn up for a newer one made of much nicer woods, with all the lessons learned from the first one and years of use, and lord knows I had plenty of time to work on it during quarantine months. But I didn’t, and now wood prices are loving insane.
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I think I'd like one of their tables, but I'm also at the point where I could probably just order a custom fitted neoprene mat for my existing one and be done with it for $200 AUD.Malt posted:I've had pretty good success with kickstarter, but Chai: Tea for Two is starting to feel like it will be the first project I've backed that may not be fulfilled. No updates since the project closed two months ago, old videos being deleted from twitch, the couple development the game has been radio silent, they didn't show up at a con they were scheduled at, etc. This one is super loving weird cause their campaign was so good and ticked all the right boxes. Complete radio silence is noooooot a great look. I only backed it for $1, as I backed the Dispel Dice for a few sets and was going to slacker back, but I know one of my friends backed it off my recommendation so this is super frustrating. Also double lovely cause I'm pretty sure I spruiked it a number of times here as well.
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Delta is putting Australia through the ringer atm, particularly the state where I live - So I don't think I'll be getting anybody back to my table until at least the end of the year (weeeeeee) Just had a quick look through my backer list off the back of that Chai radio silence, and it's looking like I'll have to be hosting a board game weekend once poo poo gets back to normalish with the amount of games that I have coming in. August - Quest / Avalon Big Box September - Cartographers Heroes - Merchants of the Dark Road November - Fjords 2021 Probably/Shipping is hosed - Radlands - Macquis - Potion Panic - Frosthaven (Maybe? gently caress knows) Very VERY excited for Cartographers and Merchants. I'll have to gift out my old copy of Cartographers to a friend to make room for the collectors box 
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Aug 16, 2021 11:36
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Similar. I haven't bought anything since Spiel 2019 apart from one second-hand game and the expansions for Hyperborea, Civ:AND and Armata Strigoi, but Kickstarters keep delivering. Kanban EV, Tiny Epic Pirates, Tinners Trail in a few days, and the Smartphone Inc expansion have all come in.
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Aug 16, 2021 11:54
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Malt posted:I've had pretty good success with kickstarter, but Chai: Tea for Two is starting to feel like it will be the first project I've backed that may not be fulfilled. No updates since the project closed two months ago, old videos being deleted from twitch, the couple development the game has been radio silent, they didn't show up at a con they were scheduled at, etc. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strider88/chai-high-tea-reprint-and-expansion/posts/3260482
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Infinitum posted:September Merchants was one of the first things I backed all-in right around the start of the Now Times. Metal coins! Plastic lanterns!! Tiny caravans!!! For some reason, the "lore"/purpose of the game (and how it's reflected across the various game pieces) appeals to me even more than the game mechanics. I can't think of another game that's hit me like that.
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Aug 16, 2021 19:26
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Dark Tower also sounds like it's gonna get screwed by the shipping prices prices.
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Azubah posted:Dark Tower also sounds like it's gonna get screwed by the shipping prices prices.
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Avatar RPG about to break into the top 10 most funded board games.fischtick posted:Merchants was one of the first things I backed all-in right around the start of the Now Times. Metal coins! Plastic lanterns!! Tiny caravans!!! For some reason, the "lore"/purpose of the game (and how it's reflected across the various game pieces) appeals to me even more than the game mechanics. I can't think of another game that's hit me like that. Yeah I'm all-in as well. I know my players well, and this one if going to see a lot of play in rotation. I'm glad it has a solo mode so I can check it out while in lockdown hell.  Looking forward to finding my name printed on the inside cover dwarf74 posted:They posted an update to their other kickstarter about two weeks ago. They are probably just really not sure how the gently caress they are going to pay for shipping. Azubah posted:Dark Tower also sounds like it's gonna get screwed by the shipping prices prices. Dungeon Drop just ran a promo to help out with shipping where you could back for a reward on their next kickstarter, to help ease the burden of shipping for their current. It's.. yeah.. catch 22 all around.
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  And yes, it's a KS for rules to use proxies of promo cards.
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