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Hey, I wanted to raise awareness for a boardgame kickstarter from a local developer, True Messiah. This is the second and last attempt to Kickstart it, after the first one only raised about half the goal, and he's basically funding at a considerable financial loss at the current goal just because he wants to get it published. True Messiah is a 1v1 or 2v2 abstract with a blind-bid card drafting mechanic. The concept is a post-apocalyptic world caused by the invention of an engine that channels collective belief into reality. Sadly, someone left the dial at 11 when they turned it on and a whole world's worth of  basically destroys society overnight. Out of the ashes rises four cults, each lead by a titular messiah who can tap into the Belief Engine to harvest their flock's faith to create "miracles." Players control each cult as they compete to determine the one true representative of God on earth. Basically, you're Mad Max Jesus.You can see the rules and some videos on the KS, but the core of the gameplay is moving your Messiah and militant cultists around the grid as they build temples, recruit followers, and rumble with the other cults. Combat is interesting because you can only attack a single target, but multiple targets can engage one target, so you're incentivized to "flank" targets by positioning your units on multiple sides while the beefiest unit takes the retaliatory blow. Alternatively, you can set your cultists to praying, which gives you the faith currency to play miracle cards that can affect the board and units. Cultists can even start praying on another player's turn so you can cast instant reactionary miracles. At the end of every turn, new miracle cards are placed on the market where you can blind bid for them using gold. A player loses either when their Messiah loses too much health or they're so starved of faith that they can't maintain a full miracle hand. Do other games do similar things better? Probably, but I had the chance to observe the developer showcasing it at a con in 2016 and it looked pretty solid, and the artwork on the miracle cards and overall aesthetic are really slick and distinct. If you like the theme and want to support Chicago indie boardgame developers, give it a look.
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jmzero posted:I like a lot of things about this game. I like picking cards and player asymmetry. I like that it sidesteps politics by avoiding free for all. Sorry about the rules, you may be able to get them off his website, where I found them. I respect that the theme isn't for you. My impression from meeting him is that it's pretty much just him and his wife, which may explain any amateurish formatting issues.
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Mar 13, 2018 00:07
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Kaza42 posted:Superspeed is super hard to balance. I can't think of a single computer game where it's not either useless or OP In the comics Flash is basically a demigod because there's so much crap you can pseudoscience super speed into allowing you to do. In the hands of the wrong player or DM for like a PnP RPG it'd be insufferable.
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Mar 13, 2018 02:08
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True Messiah rulebook's back up if anyone wants to give it a read.
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Mar 13, 2018 16:28
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I think there was some type of fight over slavery, I don't know, I'm no historian. I like to think we worked it out amicably. *rolls Confederate*
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Mar 13, 2018 22:51
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I'm stoked, glad they got all the tiers in the last hours. Bombadilillo posted:Edge of darkness thoughts? My reminder warning is here. I've heard/read that the custom card drafting is slick and interesting but the design is very overwrought for the kind of game it is, especially with all the backer stuff. Hard to tell and way too expensive for me in any case. Sure looks cool. E: Shut Up and Sit Down had a segment on it where after a play test one of them was very excited while another was unimpressed. Might be worth looking up. Buck Wildman fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Mar 21, 2018 |
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Mar 21, 2018 21:39
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Street Fighter game looks slick also seems to be a prettier, better branded Yashima which I already own. Unless I'm missing something?
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Mar 27, 2018 19:12
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Guy Goodbody posted:It's probably not gonna be as good as the first Street Fighter board game I'm not sure which is better: the potential to suplex a chump through a building as kaiju Zangief or the riveting plot to prevent M. Bison's evil scheme to capture and hold the local high school.
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Mar 28, 2018 07:13
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You guess correctly.
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Mar 30, 2018 08:37
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True Messiah is coming up on its last 48 hours, so I'm going to bat for it one last time. It's an abstract with card drafting mechanics themed around post apocalyptic cults duking it out while your messiah influences the flow through miracles. Give it a look if you're interested, since it's still got about $6k to go.
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Apr 10, 2018 15:49
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Polish your skulls and bolt down your scalp, the Trenchcoat Troops are in town.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:21
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:i love the lil babby mag on the handguard of marias gun I love Andrei's engraved feedbag. The grimmest of oats for the inquisitor on the go.
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Apr 10, 2018 23:16
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Stormgale posted:Sorry if this has been posted before but does anyone have any insight on I've been pushing for it previously. The maker hasn't been doing the greatest job managing his campaign, probably due to KS inexperience, but the game itself looks very solid with an interesting theme. It's in its final hours and is pretty close to funding, and he's said he won't be trying again, so this is probably the last chance to get in on it. I met him personally at a convention and took a look at the game and was impressed. Here's my effort post on it from earlier: E: he restarted the campaign at a lower funding goal, hence the canceled link in my old post. FunkMonkey posted:Hey, I wanted to raise awareness for a boardgame kickstarter from a local developer, True Messiah. This is the second and last attempt to Kickstart it, after the first one only raised about half the goal, and he's basically funding at a considerable financial loss at the current goal just because he wants to get it published.
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Apr 13, 2018 14:48
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Also worth mentioning that he folded the first two stretch goals into the basic funding, for what that's worth.
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Apr 13, 2018 14:56
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rydiafan posted:Ok fine, I backed the drat thing. I think that with the exception of the seraph they're all power-tweaked versions of existing cards in the main set, but yeah I see where you're coming from. Kind of moot because I really don't see him hitting any of those goals. People just want to fund it.
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Apr 13, 2018 15:25
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It funded by the way. Kudos to goons who pledged in.
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Apr 13, 2018 17:40
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The_Doctor posted:I’m still on the fence, that non-US shipping is insane. It is, that's been the most consistent complaint to him. Also note (since he only mentioned this in a backer update) there's no pledge manager planned, so no increasing your tier after the deadline. Like I said, not the most well managed campaign.
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Apr 13, 2018 18:02
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Not really.
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Apr 17, 2018 21:39
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Dawgstar posted:Tragedy seems to follow this man like a thing that follows a man very closely. A wedgie.
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May 2, 2018 14:32
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Loomer posted:32mm. My interest withered and died right there. I wish I could say I disagreed. It's not completely fair but all the same seeing it first thing on any campaign page will always put me on the back foot these days.
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May 9, 2018 16:15
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Actually it was quite common in a place I made up during a time that sounds plausible that warriors traditionally self-groped before battle, so that when enemies accidentally groped then in a grand melee, they were so accustomed to it that they could continue fighting without distraction. Lol at the thought of some chaotic battlefield scrimmage going on and some viking rearing back. "WOAH hands above the belt, superfreak!"
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May 20, 2018 06:49
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Look if you can expect anyone to do a proper job of managing the tracks it's Lovecraftian Sailor Moon. Doesn't change the fact that this is clearly a case of the character namer falling asleep on their keyboard and the designers just rolling with it. Buck Wildman fucked around with this message at 06:00 on May 23, 2018 |
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May 23, 2018 05:53
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Doubleposting, but this is too good not to link loving lol, €75k funding goal. Reach for the stars my dude. Really want the incoming "images" to just be screenshots of the show or posed action figures. Buck Wildman fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jun 19, 2018 |
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Jun 19, 2018 22:22
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Mors Rattus posted:Goku head butted her, then the priest. https://youtu.be/jpMUx7y-Ano
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Jun 20, 2018 03:50
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Looks like the Nemo's War reprint is shipping out two months ahead of schedule, which is pretty awesome.
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Jun 20, 2018 23:16
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Escape from the Dark Castle seems like a kind of neat light beer and pretzels RPG that I could play with family and friends less into tabletop stuff, and is coming up on its final week. Has anyone picked up the game from its first KS and can give their impressions? Mors Rattus posted:huge fan of the crusades, me Serendipitously, I just started listening to Thomas Asbridge's history of the Crusades on Audible when this came up. It's a very interesting insight into the groundwork of a lot of the issues in the region, but the actual events have been consistently cringeworthy and I don't know how you could possibly romanticize it without distorting it heavily. Pretty horrific stuff all around.
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Jun 22, 2018 16:36
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glitchkrieg posted:I asked almost that exact on the previous page, and a few replies seemed to suggest it's not ideal. Thanks, sorry to tread old ground. It's definitely looked bare bones from a mechanical standpoint, but the aesthetic is appealing and I'm deliberately looking for something easily accessible. I'll have to chew it over.
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Jun 25, 2018 13:55
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In conclusion, the extreme right is a group of contrasts.
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Jul 6, 2018 17:09
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:
Dude can grip a toilet seat like a mother fucker.
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Jul 10, 2018 21:58
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I just use one of those heavy duty reusable grocery bags you can get from most stores for like $3. They're great and can hold 3-4 normal sized games.
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Jul 10, 2018 22:32
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No pug, ultra weak.
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Guy Goodbody posted:I hope that's successful, and they do a second series of sci-fi dogs In the Grimbark world of the 41st millennium....
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Jul 20, 2018 13:51
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Jedit posted:What happens then, do the Antedildovians rise up and consume everyone with the power of ten thousand years? The pride parade to end all pride parades.
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Jul 20, 2018 17:21
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Kai Tave posted:Update on FreeLogoServices of War: the dream is dead. Well that was quick.
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Jul 25, 2018 00:47
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Zurui posted:"Bullshit legal reasons" meaning I printed my stuff in Jina and now some random Alibaba vendor owns the rights to everything I'm pretty sure his "legal reasons" were that his miniatures were pretty obviously designed in Hero Forge and he couldn't pass the results off as his own. Then again who knows.
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Jul 25, 2018 01:18
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Ride that dream straight into oblivion, my son, whooping and waving a cowboy hat the whole way down.
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Jul 26, 2018 00:40
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The_Doctor posted:If you missed it the first time around (like me), Bargain Quest is returning to KS for a second printing + expansion on August 6th. Great news since I totally missed it the first time around and have heard really good things about it.
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Jul 31, 2018 20:57
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Jedit posted:$40 for a game and $20 for an expansion is pricey? You're looking for a lot of a bargain. Ironically, according to the comments it's actually more expensive in sum to have backed for all the new stuff only after getting the game in the first printing, compared to getting the whole package now. Game looks fun as heck for a more casual experience so I'm all in.
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Aug 6, 2018 19:58
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I approve of Roman centurion fire man and hope he wins all of the fights.
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   I actually had a really bad day at work before opening this, so thanks for sending me one particularly apropos.
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