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Even if I hadn't been primed based on the conversation, a frog giving an OK symbol at that angle is 100% alt-right signalling. Combined with the caption, at least. I guess there's some room to quibble because of the reference photo they basically traced, but still.
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Has anybody looked at Stingers & Spores? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twitchybutcherstudio/stingers-and-spores Heroic fantasy with insect protagonists and using Savage Worlds. I like some of the art at least... 
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Sep 10, 2021 15:55
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Echophonic posted:Even if I hadn't been primed based on the conversation, a frog giving an OK symbol at that angle is 100% alt-right signalling. Combined with the caption, at least. I guess there's some room to quibble because of the reference photo they basically traced, but still. yeah that's not a random accident, that's a glib "look at me hehehe" thing
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Sep 10, 2021 16:01
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Comstar posted:Any opinions on Next Level Miniatures: Dragon's Hoard Miniatures Vol. 1? Seems to be trying to be the next Fantasy Series 1 and 2. Less figures but cheaper too. Came here to see if anyone was talking about this since it seems like it should be doing better. Miniature burnout? I keep waiting to see stretch goals get burned down and it's just piddling along.
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lilljonas posted:yeah that's not a random accident, that's a glib "look at me hehehe" thing Oh, definitely. It's just a slightly better smokescreen than usual. Then I read the thread on BGG and all benefit of the doubt just magically evaporated somehow. Echophonic fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Sep 10, 2021 |
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Sep 10, 2021 16:17
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They've changed the image so I guess someone came to their senses
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Sep 10, 2021 16:27
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everyone loves Bass Frog, the frog that loves fishing for bass!
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Sep 10, 2021 16:43
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thegodofchuck posted:Came here to see if anyone was talking about this since it seems like it should be doing better. Miniature burnout? I keep waiting to see stretch goals get burned down and it's just piddling along. 
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Echophonic posted:Even if I hadn't been primed based on the conversation, a frog giving an OK symbol at that angle is 100% alt-right signalling. Combined with the caption, at least. I guess there's some room to quibble because of the reference photo they basically traced, but still. It was nice of them to spare us the usual discussion of 'is this an alt right thing or just unfortunate?' by going mask off immediately.
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Sep 10, 2021 17:16
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Chubbs posted:They've changed the image so I guess someone came to their senses The image was taken down almost immediately, the concerted and prolonged assholery over the idea that it might be any sort of problem has persisted.
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Sep 10, 2021 20:44
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The frog picture served its purpose of getting them attention from the alt-right ecosystem, and by removing it they get to play victim
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Sep 10, 2021 22:04
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Now they've come for my boardgames!? Is nothing safe from cancel culture?? Better get Ben Shabibo on the line, we could really milk this...
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the shasn backers are doing some stupid loving game in the comments rn which isn't helping me learn whether it's worth my time hot on the trails of a bunch of people spamming IS THIS COMMUNISM YOU LEGALLY HAVE TO TELL ME IF IT'S COMMUNISM
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Sep 11, 2021 01:27
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Robert Facepalmer posted:Being associated with Frog God is a good way to get people to keep walkin'. What’s up with Frog God? Just poor quality?
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Sep 11, 2021 05:52
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Sanford posted:What’s up with Frog God? Just poor quality? Bill Webb is a drunken sex pest at cons, and accosted at least one woman to the point that someone else who stepped in got injured to some degree. I think the first excuse was a "oh boys will be boys, cons are so rowdy" thing. At one point the way this was dealt with was some of his business partners promising to have someone babysit him when he goes to cons, which was both not good enough and they didn't even follow through on. Since the first couple rounds of wholly inadequate responses, I think they've hunkered down and just ignored the issue. This is why Steve Jackson has been on the shitlist lately. They co-Kickstarted something with Webb fairly recently, and when everyone went "what the actual gently caress?" Steve's own response was "I like money." SJG as a business has since weakly backed away from Webb, but it's clearly in a "sorry you got mad" way.
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So, the pledge manager for Mythic Battles Ragnarok opened up and as someone who missed out on and was interested in Pantheon, I'd love to hear from someone as to whether anything was significantly changed between Ragnarok and Pantheon 1.5. I feel more of a connection to the Greek mythos but was wondering if there were improvements in gameplay in the Norse. I also saw that the creator of MB didn't assist in the development of Ragnarok and am unsure as to whether that's a good thing or bad. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Dropping some shots of my recently arrived games SO happy I backed this.  New art direction is gorgeous, included the original for comparison   Really nice box with delineation built in   Different card widths to differentiate between Avalon and Quest  2 rulebooks + Director's Cut setup for Quest   There isn't a retail release planned for this one, so super glad I've backed it.
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Chai Tea for 2 finally updated Pledge Manager is Sept 14, apparently closes in December - but production is already under way? Not sure how I feel atm about the almost 100 day delay between updates, but I'm leaning towards not upgrading my $1 pledge as it hasn't given me ~good vibes~ A set of all 12 rolling trays would be nice hand outs for my players though. Bleh.
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That Old Tree posted:Bill Webb is a drunken sex pest at cons, and accosted at least one woman to the point that someone else who stepped in got injured to some degree. I think the first excuse was a "oh boys will be boys, cons are so rowdy" thing. At one point the way this was dealt with was some of his business partners promising to have someone babysit him when he goes to cons, which was both not good enough and they didn't even follow through on. Since the first couple rounds of wholly inadequate responses, I think they've hunkered down and just ignored the issue. Well poo poo. Thankfully I only have one of their books on the shelf, and it doesn’t come off very often. Even less, now. My Blacklist Miniatures series 1 arrived! I had honestly given up hope of it ever getting here. Such a shame that it’s now a full 20 months since I played d&d in person. Ah well, I guess it’s Christmas presents sorted for the kids I DM for.
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I'm jealous of everyone getting their cartographer stuff already, last update seemed to say it was still on the boats!
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breadnsucc posted:I'm jealous of everyone getting their cartographer stuff already, last update seemed to say it was still on the boats! It is, for the US. Other territories are getting less hosed over by the shipping crisis.
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malkav11 posted:It is, for the US. Other territories are getting less hosed over by the shipping crisis. Ya, Canadian fulfillment is like, November and that saddens me
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12hr warning on The Gardens if anyone cares - A tableau builder about the Sydney Botanical Gardens. Doesn't look like it does anything particularly amazing, but it's really nice to have a game skinned around Sydney. breadnsucc posted:I'm jealous of everyone getting their cartographer stuff already, last update seemed to say it was still on the boats! I'm finding Australia typically gets fulfilled pretty early a lot of the time. With Steampunk Rally Fusion they had barely put out the Shipping Update and I received it. Probably something to do with shipping lanes from China.
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I just launched The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857! We really tried to do something different with this one and I believe we succeeded. The game is a deckbuilding cooperative wargame where you take on the role of the colonized instead of the colonizer. Players take on the role of Kabyle villages defending themselves from 3 different invading French armies. We aimed to design it so it would appeal to a broader audience than just wargamers and based on the previews we've had it looks like we achieved that. Check it out, and I am always happy to talk more about it here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/580070528/the-red-burnoose-algeria-1857
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The guys behind the He-Man Kickstarter opened up their store for late pledges if you want some minis or to snag a copy of the board game. https://archon-studio.com/shop/25-masters-of-the-universe Still only ships to the UK and parts of Europe due to licensing issues, but you can always have it shipped to a freight forwarder like I do for these things.
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Rhandhali posted:Still only ships to the UK and parts of Europe due to licensing issues, but you can always have it shipped to a freight forwarder like I do for these things. Who do you use?
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nesbit37 posted:I just launched The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857! We really tried to do something different with this one and I believe we succeeded. The game is a deckbuilding cooperative wargame where you take on the role of the colonized instead of the colonizer. Players take on the role of Kabyle villages defending themselves from 3 different invading French armies. We aimed to design it so it would appeal to a broader audience than just wargamers and based on the previews we've had it looks like we achieved that. Check it out, and I am always happy to talk more about it here. This looks really neat, I'd definitely back it if I had the money right now. Hits a lot of interests for me.
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Infinitum posted:Quest pics I got this a month ago or so and really love the art and quality. I ended up splitting everything into Avalon base, Avalon extras, quest base, quest extras for ready setup in the future
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Sep 14, 2021 15:54
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Verdant - By creators of  Calico Draft plants.Dog Park - D'ya like dags? What about 'Wing Span, but Dogs'. The premium cover slip looks dumb vlad3217 posted:I got this a month ago or so and really love the art and quality. I ended up splitting everything into Avalon base, Avalon extras, quest base, quest extras for ready setup in the future Yeah I've been looking at the bags thinking of the best way to split them up, as there's 10,000 modules, but I'll probably end up doing it the way you've described. Cheers for the heads up.
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Infinitum posted:The premium cover slip looks dumb
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Cat Face Joe posted:Who do you use? I’ve used these guys in the past. They have a warehouse in Guernsey which lets you duck VAT on anything. Haven’t shipped anything this big before but I’m guessing probably around 100-150 USD for forwarding and freight. I haven’t been able to get exact weights and dimensions to make a better guess than that. https://www.forward2me.com/warehouses/british-tax-free-warehouse/
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Wow, that slip cover is a colossal waste of effort. WTF?
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Rhandhali posted:The guys behind the He-Man Kickstarter opened up their store for late pledges if you want some minis or to snag a copy of the board game. Speaking of - CMON just launched the reason why Archon cant do the US...their own version of He-Man. As always, a metric ton of plastic, light on rules and such.
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New solo Buttonshy game up, Unsurmountable, for 
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Sep 15, 2021 07:56
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The_Doctor posted:New solo Buttonshy game up, Unsurmountable, for It looks really neat but shipping to Europe always sucks 
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Sep 15, 2021 13:15
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Which is insane, considering it’s an envelope.
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The_Doctor posted:Which is insane, considering it’s an envelope. I always figured the crazy shipping was because of something like VAT?
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Rid posted:I always figured the crazy shipping was because of something like VAT? here in Denmark the stupid shipping is partly 25% VAT, partly a flat rate 25$ 'handling fee' by the national postal service. I honestly don't mind the VAT but the handling fee makes it impossible to buy small stuff without paying many times the asking price. I just want a few minis from the UK
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https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-gaming-goat-ceo-jeff-bergren-escorted-out-of-gen-con/quote:In a public post on his Facebook page today, the CEO of The Gaming Goat, Jeff Bergren, said that he was escorted out of the convention. He posted that he has had no word from Gen Con’s management as to why he was evicted. He later commented, “I’m $40,000 into this, and I flew 4 hours to get here.” He said he would have someone send me an email. I refreshed and no email”
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Good. gently caress him.
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