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InternetJunky posted:The bulk of the 32mm (and 35mm) minis I sell all come with 25mm bases. cool, that should be fine then
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Myth and Goal is up. It's intended to be a Blood Bowl competitor. People can complain that Blacklist Games has like three unfulfilled miniatures Kickstarters still on the books. The big problem to me is the miniatures, though. They lack a lot of the character of Blood Bowl, Guild Ball or Dreadball miniatures. I think I would have a tough time telling teams apart without fairly vibrant paint job to help with identification. Sizes, poses, and clothing are all a little too close for comfort. On the plus side, I have been fairly impressed with Needy Cat Games' work on Mantic's board games. EverettLO fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Sep 21, 2021 |
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I hate to say it, but I'm starting to get really frustrated with the use of Kickstarter, et al as the end all, be all way to sell new games. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that board gaming has become a massive, massive thing and lots of designers with new perspectives are seeing the limelight they deserve. That part is awesome. What I hate is constantly coming across a new review for a game that looks really fascinating, I go to look it up, and oh no, it was a KS that ended two months ago and there's no real way to buy the game. No actual shop page, no back order, nothing. Sometimes there's a late KS option, but rarely even then you aren't getting your game for at least six months. On the other side, you have the board game Kick Starters out there that have "already been funded" but somehow need 10x-20x their original goal and there's a bajillion out there to sift through and they're advertising like crazy all over FB and other sites. And if you want to wait for a review, too bad, it's too late to order. And don't get me started with KS only expansions. And when you finally get a hold of what you want to try, everyone online has somehow moved on to the next shiny thing. How do you folks keep track of this poo poo without getting left behind? Outside of cons (thanks COVID anti-vaxxers), how do you keep track of all this?
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Solkanar512 posted:I hate to say it, but I'm starting to get really frustrated with the use of Kickstarter, et al as the end all, be all way to sell new games. I've heard this discussed somewhere, not sure if it was a con or a podcast, but yeah, board games as a thing that people actually play with other people and then introduce their friends to are at odds with Kickstarter-only releases. At least with TTRPGs the PDFs almost always become available later.
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Solkanar512 posted:On the other side, you have the board game Kick Starters out there that have "already been funded" but somehow need 10x-20x their original goal
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Solkanar512 posted:How do you folks keep track of this poo poo without getting left behind? Outside of cons (thanks COVID anti-vaxxers), how do you keep track of all this? I think it boils down to only backing the things that YOU and/or players at your TABLE enjoy. I feel like I've got a fairly fleshed out collection now, so I'm only really interested in adding things that are unique or that you can see the quality is going to be there. I'm also not a guy who paints minis, nor do any of my friends paint, so minis FOMO isn't a worry for me either. As I said to GreenBuckanneer I really really like the look of Solar Sphere, but I can't justify it above just grabbing the 2019 version Castles of Burgundy off the shelf as it comes with a fuckload of expansions built in. Unfortunately the FOMO formula that KS boardgames is built around is here to stay, and I agree with you that it's lovely, but calibrating your own internal metric of what you want vs what is actually worthwhile is unfortunately something you're going to have to learn how to do yourself. WRT actually keeping on top of things I personally use: - Kickstarter Boardgames - Sorted by newest first - Rahdo on Youtube showcases a lot of upcoming games, so it's always good to check in now and then - Reddit does a roundup of games launching each week - And a Roundup of games ending soon And yeah, again, I 100% loving hate finding Cool New Game and then finding out I missed out on the KS boat. It sucks. There isn't a solution.
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InternetJunky posted:Mini-heavy boardgames all do this and it's super annoying. I get why they do it though -- if you've ever watched a kickstarter that is honest about their actual funding goals it's crazy to see people dropping out after a day or two when the goal isn't met immediately. "FUNDED IN 5 MINUTES!" is somehow an effective marketing gimmic. Bug Council of Backyardia, which failed to fund and I backed, had an interesting take on this. (I think this game is dope and they're relaunching soon.) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/engrogames/bug-council-of-backyardia/posts/3267694 quote:The Psychology of Crowdfunding If you see a game at 110% funded you immediately go "ooooh I wonder what KS exclusive stretch goals there are!~" and check it out.
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EverettLO posted:Myth and Goal is up. It's intended to be a Blood Bowl competitor. It's very hard to identify whether a player is an orc, human, or elf. Thankfully, the minis have snap-on colored bases because I'm probably not painting the minis and wouldn't be able to tell which team is which. Even seeing which of your own players is which might be a problem.
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Infinitum posted:You can flip the script a bit as well, and you do the organising and just have someone else host? Not sure if this advice is helpful for you or not Just for posterity, I'm venting here, but I don't vent that to them. We make it so that it switching from Person A's house as the host, then Person B, then Person C depending on who's available and who can do that, and such. I personally can't host, because I'm in a tiny studio apartment and live with my gf, there's barely enough room for both of us, much less 6 people around a table that would barely fit in the kitchen area. I do have the most boardgames, and tend to provide tons of options per event so we can diceroll for whatever, and I do the facilitating. I just wish I could be lazy sometimes and they'd offer without asking, but I see where you're coming from. Infinitum posted:I thought this was very neat, but I am likely to grab the 2019 version Castles of Burgundy over it I already backed this, I bought Solar Storm last time from them, and my group loved it, so I picked up this one too. Never played "castles of Burgundy" though, is that similar to this "solar sphere"? edit: looks like this is similar to castles of burgundy. Interesting. I prefer the spaceship premise, though malkav11 posted:I've heard some good things about Veilwraith but I'm gonna stick with my two Kilforth games and maybe circle back to Veilwraith if I find I really love Kilforth. Don't really have any opinions about the rest. have seen some love for Hellboy but it doesn't look like it would do enough for me personally to pay those prices or deal with that amount of minis. Veilwrath and Kilforth seem to be separate things (same universe, different games). I ended up buying one of the last copies of Veilwrath (since it's out of stock on Gamefound, and the creator said he has some copies on his website) but jesus christ, $130USD for game+expansion + £30 shipping was a bit of a rich bullet to bite, but I did because I don't really have any "primarily single player" board games. Apparently you can do up to 4 players but at £30 each, not including expansion, that's a bit too expensive. there's also this one I am keen to try out, but it's out of stock: https://hallornothingproductions.co.uk/shop/ols/products/lifeform Same company, but not sure if there's any alternative. The "one player is a savage alien and you have to get the gently caress out of the ship before it eats you" is right down my alley, though. Another thing: I've never heard of Kilforth before today, which one should I get? that also looks interesting... (my poor wallet...  )edit 2: buying Shadow of Kilforth + all expansions is about $250 including shipping...gonna pass on that for now... GreenBuckanneer fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Sep 21, 2021 |
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Ok so I've reached a few milestones before I can launch a mini kickstarter of my own, so I'm posting on adrenaline fumes here. Apologies in advance. :P Anyway, I've got my company (Far-flung Figures) registered properly at the tax office so I can no do business like a big boy! After that I rounded up the final ducks, making it an even 23 ducks. These will now be sent off to the industrial dwarf kin of the Ruhr area, where a proper casting company will look at which ones are ok to be cast. Then they'll make a few master copies for me and send them back for inspection, and also for painting up before launching the kickstarter. Here's the whole gang forming up for a good-bye party:  I almost feel sad to send them away, but I'm also super stoked to see them hopefully come back in metal form. I've also been busy putting together a good spreadsheet for various costs, so that it'll be easy to calculate the break-even point once I have all the proper costs sorted out. Right now, it's looking at a break-even point of about 600 euro, which I feel pretty confident with.
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Not to be completely bitter, but I was able to get a late Kickstarter on Long Shot: The Dice Game, (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perplext/long-shot-the-dice-game/, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295374/long-shot-dice-game) which looks like the sort of thing my normal group would like as a lighter game, or for after Thanksgiving dinner with the family.
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Our "light" games tend to be like, sushi-go, fluxx, boss monster, etc
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EverettLO posted:Myth and Goal is up. It's intended to be a Blood Bowl competitor. Not just three: This will be their sixth simultaneous unfulfilled miniatures project. Two of those are a year overdue, and another is about to pass the estimate with no sign of shipping starting any time soon.
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Arcsech posted:Not just three: This will be their sixth simultaneous unfulfilled miniatures project. Two of those are a year overdue, and another is about to pass the estimate with no sign of shipping starting any time soon. In a similar vein I've been looking at a lot of dice KS's (Because shiny math rocks make the click clack sound for my Goblin brain) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcanistsarmoryllc/healers-dice-rainbow-edition-by-arcanists-armory I like the shape of the D4s Est Delivery: July 2023  quote:Will the project really ship in 2023? Not inspiring any confidence in me. Plus I found similar poo poo within 2min of googling - https://diceenvy.com calls them Infinity D4s
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I've never heard of Kilforth before today, which one should I get? that also looks interesting... (my poor wallet... Shadows of Kilforth and Gloom of Kilforth are roughly equivalent, and play exactly the same (the two can even be combined into one game). The "Dark" and "Pimp My" expansions are totally unnecessary -- "Dark" is just alternate card art (either more gory or, more commonly, more boobs), and "Pimp My" is like fancier tokens and dice. The only real additional content expansions are the Encounter and Adventures ones, and that's just some more cards to shuffle in, they don't change the mechanics. If you want to try them out, you can totally just get Shadows on its own and see if you like the gameplay. I have both games plus the two content expansions, I like the game quite a bit. Then if you dig that, grab Adventures and Gloom when/if it comes back into stock.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Our "light" games tend to be like, sushi-go, fluxx, boss monster, etc Sushi-go is really a great game for so many different crowds. I'm using it to get my nieces and nephews into board gaming.
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Solkanar512 posted:Not to be completely bitter, but I was able to get a late Kickstarter on Long Shot: The Dice Game, (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perplext/long-shot-the-dice-game/, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295374/long-shot-dice-game) which looks like the sort of thing my normal group would like as a lighter game, or for after Thanksgiving dinner with the family. I’ve played this on TTS several times and it’s very good for what it is.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Veilwrath and Kilforth seem to be separate things (same universe, different games). Yeah, I know. But I've not played anything by Hall or Nothing before backing Shadows of Kilforth, and I'm still kind of unsure whether I'll actually like Kilforth - it looked fun enough in the one gameplay video I watched, but also pretty low on actual theme, which usually doesn't bode well for me.
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malkav11 posted:Yeah, I know. But I've not played anything by Hall or Nothing before backing Shadows of Kilforth, and I'm still kind of unsure whether I'll actually like Kilforth - it looked fun enough in the one gameplay video I watched, but also pretty low on actual theme, which usually doesn't bode well for me. Well, I ordered Veilwraith so it'll probably be here, in like a month, and then I'll post about it here. The developer emailed me directly to tell me they'd ship it out asap but that covid delays are a thing. Doctor Spaceman posted:This thread, previously backed KS, reddit, other boardgamers. I don't really go to cons because there are virtually none around here (even pre-covid). I miss out on a few I wish I had known about because I usually check kickstarter like 1 time a year. Since having to go back into the office I just browse kickstarter like once a week to see if there's anything good. GreenBuckanneer fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Sep 22, 2021 |
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Solkanar512 posted:How do you folks keep track of this poo poo without getting left behind? Outside of cons (thanks COVID anti-vaxxers), how do you keep track of all this? This thread, previously backed KS, reddit, other boardgamers. I don't really go to cons because there are virtually none around here (even pre-covid). I don't think I've come across a game I wanted that I missed out on KS because I didn't hear about it.
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Any thoughts on the Into The Odd remaster? Apparently I'm a sucker for anything Johan Nohr touches.
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Mouzer posted:Any thoughts on the Into The Odd remaster? Are your familiar with system? As a big fan of it, even over Electric Bastionland, the remaster is basically updating everything I want and nothing I don't.
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Mouzer posted:Any thoughts on the Into The Odd remaster?. It was a cool game and everything they've said about the remaster has made it look cooler.
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In other news, Ion Designs had announced the latest High Frontier stuff, being: * a module for the base game called Exodus that contains "contracts" players can complete for rewards, and some new tech. * a new co-op game Interstellar based on the solo game included in HF3. Steer your sublight starship to a new home while resources dwindle and the crew age and get dementia Both sound sufficiently interesting (missions could really change up HF and Interstellar was a crazy solo game) but HF hardly needs more stuff and delivery is in a year, so ...
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https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_a...CtWih9TREVDt2gE Anyone hear anything good about voidfall?
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GreenBuckanneer posted:https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_a...CtWih9TREVDt2gE I love Nigel Buckle's previous game, Omega Centauri. Turczi is obviously good.
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nonathlon posted:In other news, Ion Designs had announced the latest High Frontier stuff, being: To anyone interested, just pretend I made a robust "maybe make sure you know who Eklund is and his various controversies for defending colonialism , climate change denialism and rape apologia among others before giving him your money" comment here.
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Magnetic North posted:To anyone interested, just pretend I made a robust "maybe make sure you know who Eklund is and his various controversies for defending colonialism , climate change denialism and rape apologia among others before giving him your money" comment here. You said "among others" but I want to specifically add being on the side of COVID.
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gschmidl posted:I love Nigel Buckle's previous game, Omega Centauri. Turczi is obviously good. I am a huge fan of Omega Centauri, glad this got shared!
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DalaranJ posted:Are your familiar with system? As a big fan of it, even over Electric Bastionland, the remaster is basically updating everything I want and nothing I don't. Not familiar with the system or with Bastionland, but it does look cool
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gschmidl posted:I love Nigel Buckle's previous game, Omega Centauri. Turczi is obviously good. His even more recent "previous game" is the Imperium Classics/Legends deckbuilder which was also a collab with Turczy and also very, very good (at least at solo and 2P).
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Want some Hobbyist Board Games? 'COURSE YA DO! Eastern Empires just launched Which can be combined with Western Empires To form Mega  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peN_7t9U31A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBXSGZtS5E
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Infinitum posted:Want some Hobbyist Board Games? 'COURSE YA DO! I absolutely do not need this in my life, and even if I owned it, I would never use it to its full potential. And yet!
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Tsilkani posted:And yet! This guy gets it.
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Infinitum posted:Want some Hobbyist Board Games? 'COURSE YA DO! I own Mega Civilization, so is this 100% redundant?
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Man if they sell Western Empires via the pledge manager at a discount I might be interested...rydiafan posted:I own Mega Civilization, so is this 100% redundant? My understanding is that Empires is a reimplementation, but there is an Upgrade and Errata kit available that brings you inline if you want. https://www.westernempires.com/product/upgradekit/ https://www.westernempires.com/product/erratakit/
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