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Have you messed around with adding traits at all or are you only futzing with class + race for character generation?
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Is anyone here familiar with what is going on with Mythic Games at the moment? They have gone completely radio silent in the Monsterpocalypse Kickstarter, and I have a bad feeling. Lucky I went with the cheapest level and haven't paid for the shipping yet, I guess. I checked the comments sections in a couple of their other Kickstarters and they seem to have the same problems too. Some of the comments mentioned that they are having money issues and have fired people?
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CODChimera posted:i'm curious as to how much grind there is, that seems like the glaring issue in most AR story games. i ended up refunding my pledge because i started to freak out about getting too many games at once I’ll get a better feel for it a few more missions in, early impressions are positive, hitting that X-Com feeling of new research to do and new gear to make, which was always a very satisfying gameplay loop. Will have to see if we spend multiple trips on some planets or if most are one and done.
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Set posted:Is anyone here familiar with what is going on with Mythic Games at the moment? They have gone completely radio silent in the Monsterpocalypse Kickstarter, and I have a bad feeling. Lucky I went with the cheapest level and haven't paid for the shipping yet, I guess. I checked the comments sections in a couple of their other Kickstarters and they seem to have the same problems too. Some of the comments mentioned that they are having money issues and have fired people? Mythic Games might be in trouble. Yeah people have been fired and their communication has turned to complete poo poo. Their currently shipping project, Darkest Dungeon, has been riddled with problems. The most recent one being OCE not having a container ship booked and just being completely ignored in the shipping update They had to pause refunds for a period and there's at least a month long delay because there's so many requests across all projects I hope they pull through, I really like Super Fantasy Brawl and wanted to get Hel but nothing post campaign has been promising or building hype and it's just been so long I switched it to Darkest Dungeon
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Sep 26, 2022 12:22
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CODChimera posted:Mythic Games might be in trouble. Yeah people have been fired and their communication has turned to complete poo poo. Their currently shipping project, Darkest Dungeon, has been riddled with problems. The most recent one being OCE not having a container ship booked and just being completely ignored in the shipping update What a shame. They seemed to be a pretty trustworthy company when it came to fulfillment of Kickstarters. Especially with Monsterpocalypse, as it was a pretty much a finished game. Considering the comments I saw, I am not sure that I would get a refund if I asked for one, so I guess I'll just have to hope for the best.
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I think the only thing I have waiting from them is a webstore release of an Enchanters expansion (Darklands), so I'm relieved I don't have a big Kickstarter hanging in the air (like a few other companies I've backed that have been having problems as well). I'd say that at least Super Fantasy Brawl has 24 characters now through expansions, so it could be considered finished.
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Last 5 hours on Rubble City 2 by Fenris Games! http://kck.st/3RMeSk8 
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CODChimera posted:i'm curious as to how much grind there is, that seems like the glaring issue in most AR story games. i ended up refunding my pledge because i started to freak out about getting too many games at once According to early reviews on BGG there is little - even returning to a planet will be different from a first landing.
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FINALLY got shipping info for Call to Adventure A whole loving month to be delivered god drat
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Still waiting on mine by it was probably eaten by Ian lol
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Huh, apparently Kickstarter finally named a new CEO, and Everette Taylor (formerly CMO of Artsy) is taking over.An Email posted:
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quote:I built my career as an entrepreneur simply by listening to the people the product was for. My time at Kickstarter will be no different. Here's hoping he listens to all those people who said KS should immediately abandon crypto bullshit projects. VVV Oops. Fixed pronoun. Guess I shoulda loving figured. Magnetic North fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Sep 30, 2022 |
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Sep 30, 2022 11:07
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I assumed Everette was a woman too, but it turns out he's a man.
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Sep 30, 2022 11:13
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Oh no, Modiphius are crowdfunding a Homeworld board game soon.
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Thanlis in the TG Industry Thread posted:Normal turnover. Aziz Hasan left in March and they’ve been looking for the permanent replacement ever since, so this is just the end of that process.
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Got Call to Adventure: Epic Origin Feels more premium than I expected coming from boss monster (though I love boss monster) Never played the original or the brandon sanderson thing because I haven't read the books (yet) nor name of the wind (same) so I didn't get those. I've never got a folded space thing before and it feels premium but that was kind of boring and mindless to assemble. I hate using pva glue lol
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Next Level Miniatures: Dragon's Hoard Miniatures Vol. 1 - No One Wants to Work Anymorequote:One reason we're planning to ship in batches is frankly just a labor capacity issue. Over the past month we've had some rough going hiring new employees. We've posted on job sites, got the word out on social media, and even posted to many local job boards in the St. Louis area. Frustratingly, many applicants don't even reply when we try to schedule an interview, but even when we've hired new people some of them have quit within days, so it's back to the well again. It's unfortunately just a longer process than we'd hoped to get where we want to be on that front. No one wants this campaign done and delivered more than we do, because the longer it takes, the longer our next planned project (which is already well into the process) will be delayed. I am VERY tempted to ask for a job to see what they are offering, but I suspect it will result in not getting anything.
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$15-17/hr apparently? Probably few benefits since they're not mentioned outside flexible hours. At this point maybe they'd be willing to agree to some contractual steps to keep someone around longer?
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Cool, Fenton is right up the road. Wonder how long those molds last? Never seen soft molds, wouldn’t mold lines get atrocious as it ages? Is anyone else doing minis in AMERICA?
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To give you a hint of why, they're offering $15-17 for a production manufacturing position when the local job market is starting unskilled dishwashers at $15. https://stlouis.craigslist.org/fbh/d/saint-louis-dishwashers-start/7540221977.html
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djfooboo posted:Cool, Fenton is right up the road. Wonder how long those molds last? Never seen soft molds, wouldn’t mold lines get atrocious as it ages? Is anyone else doing minis in AMERICA? Reaper’s moved their Bones production in house during the pandemic.
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Nah, they just started also doing Siocast plastic minis in house as "Bones USA," which are more of an alternative to metal (more expensive than standard Bones but an insane step up in quality). Most Bones are still made in China.
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Oh, this looks excellent, The Stifling Dark, a hidden movement game with horror elements, and a cool line of sight/flashlights mechanic. AND they’ve linked to a text only version of their campaign page for screen readers because all the text is on pictures on KS, so good on them.
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Two days left on the Legend of Zelda-esque rpg Heroes of Cerulea. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackfiskforlag/heroes-of-cerulea-pixelated-dungeon-crawl-tabletop-rpg
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The Secret World Kickstarter campaign is up: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/star-anvil-studios/the-secret-world/ Will fund in the next hour or two, I presume.
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there's also this that looks pretty cool: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mindmgmt/harrow-county-the-game-of-gothic-conflict and the new Tainted Grail, which looks to fix a lot of issues with the original: https://gamefound.com/projects/awaken-realms/tainted-grail-kings-of-ruin
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The_Doctor posted:Oh, this looks excellent, The Stifling Dark, a hidden movement game with horror elements, and a cool line of sight/flashlights mechanic. That DOES look pretty cool, I like that a lot.
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CitizenKeen posted:The Secret World Kickstarter campaign is up: Was hype until I saw 5e.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Was hype until I saw 5e. Yeah, sucks.
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CitizenKeen posted:The Secret World Kickstarter campaign is up: quote:IMPORTANT PRINTING NOTE: Every non-digital reward will be handled by Print-On-Demand through DrivethruRPG. Backers will receive a code to print their books AT COST using DrivethruRPG's site. See the Printing & Delivery section below for more details. 
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The_Doctor posted:Oh, this looks excellent, The Stifling Dark, a hidden movement game with horror elements, and a cool line of sight/flashlights mechanic. Did someone say 1 vs Many + Hidden Movement? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOQcnliEjXM
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For a first time studio I think that is absolutely the correct choice.
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CitizenKeen posted:The Secret World Kickstarter campaign is up: The POD part isn't the LOL part. Whatever. I've seen plenty of RPGs go that route and it's a smart one if you're trying to get your project out there and don't want to deal with printing and shipping mass volumes of product without much experience in doing so. For me, the issue is that there's no specific designer on board. We have a "publisher and art director" and a "project manager." But no mention of who the lead writer is, no sample of flavor text, no sample of mechanical text, no quickplay -- nothing beyond The Secret World brand (which, granted, I love - I was a lifetime subscriber member back in the day) to sell me on the RPG or show me how much work has actually been put into making the RPG a viable product. Thanks. No. Hard pass as presented.
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Memnaelar posted:The POD part isn't the LOL part. Whatever. I've seen plenty of RPGs go that route and it's a smart one if you're trying to get your project out there and don't want to deal with printing and shipping mass volumes of product without much experience in doing so. Yep, this, although also worth saying they misrepresent the POD thing at point-of-backing (saying "You'll receive the Secret World RPG book, the Art of the Secret World book, and the Power Deck, all in print!" when what you'll actually get at that price tier is the right to pay DtRPG to print a copy) too.
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Yeah, it's absolutely misleading because the rewards mention nothing of the sort.  A lot of backers are going to be upset about having to drop a decent amount more, based on the number of pages and printing options. The pricing is also pretty bad considering that $60 doesn't have any production costs in it.
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Yeah, going POD is a good call. Nobody likes getting hosed by supply chain issues and unexpected shipping rate hikes. Not having that clear in your reward tier is scummy though, especially when the price on that tier is high enough that it looks like it should include printing and delivery.
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$60 isn't gonna do a core book, card deck, and artbook, not these days. Probably just the core and even then it might be low. But certainly plenty of people won't realize that.
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MCG's latest rpg agnostic book is on its last day on backerkit: (Free preview to look at. Also, a separate Numenera book if you are interested) https://www.backerkit.com/c/monte-cook-games/the-weird ---This is doing well, but not quite as well as their kickstarters normally do. Possibly as a result of the switch to Backerkit, but this is also a bit different than what they normally do. And Daybreak (solve climate change) by Matt Leacock(Pandemic) also on backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/alex-hague/daybreak
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The_Doctor posted:Another Canvas expansion coming later in October Welp, good thing I haven't decided on a place to mount the first 2 boxes yet
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