# The Crowdfunding Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Boardgames\ **Created:** [28 April 2020 17:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626 "2020-04-28T17:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 189
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [5 June 2024 01:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3773 "2024-06-05T01:26:13Z")
[Yokai Septet](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ninjastargames/yokai-septet-pocket-edition?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_user_watched_project_launched) Same components, pocket edition box. $18 or $31 for 2 (in the US). ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [5 June 2024 02:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3774 "2024-06-05T02:14:54Z")
Already backed! ---
**Author:** ![bort](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bort/32/29061_2.png) [@bort](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/bort)\ **Post date:** [5 June 2024 05:04 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3775 "2024-06-05T05:04:34Z")
Also backed! ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [5 June 2024 08:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3776 "2024-06-05T08:31:15Z")
Any UK people up for a group pledge? (May not be possible or worth it.) ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [5 June 2024 11:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3777 "2024-06-05T11:31:13Z")
I think you can buddy up for shipping, or go 12. You’d have to message them about anything in between. ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [5 June 2024 15:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3778 "2024-06-05T15:00:11Z")
I totally thought I backed Gloomhaven: the Miniature Edition… I totally did not?! It’s not on my backerkit. And while I have been getting the update mails… there was nothing on my credit card on the date I had put into BGG… so… yeah… I’ll have to wait until it hits retail. Oh well… that’s okay. I’ve generally been good with backing less. But I could not resist the Oath expansion. ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [11 June 2024 17:51 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3779 "2024-06-11T17:51:37Z")
Greg Porter, known for RPGs such as _Macho Women with Guns_ and _EABA_, and card games including _Killing Lee Garvin_ and _The Donner Party_, has announced a much bigger project coming to Kickstarter: [**Iceland: Settlement to Independence**](https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/2407099e-c44c-48ac-9362-0740aa723923/landing) _“I am doing a more ambitious Kickstarter this time, a worker-placement economic board game on the history of Iceland, with the interesting twist that it is both cooperative and competitive. That is, only one player can win, but everyone has to work together (enough) to reach a victory threshold **first**. Rather than belabor you with details here, I will just point you at the Backerkit page for early interest in it (the Kickstarter is supposed to launch around July 1).”_ Not being much of a boardgamer I can’t really judge it from this first look, but thought it might appeal to some of you. ---
**Author:** ![SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/steveb_uk/32/26030_2.png) [@SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/SteveB_uk)\ **Post date:** [11 June 2024 18:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3780 "2024-06-11T18:53:36Z")
> [@BigJackBrass](#): > > Macho Women with Guns My biggest regret when I lived near Forbidden Planet in central London was that I didn’t ask them for a sign there were no longer using. Paranormal Romance had got big around 2010 and they were giving it more shelves, and so they took down the brushed metal sign for the shelf of “MACK BOLAN” and other Lone-Army-Man-Kills-Bad-Guys books. The sign for this genre shelf just said “Macho Dudes With Guns”. ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [15 June 2024 07:50 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3781 "2024-06-15T07:50:51Z")
One for any old Flying Buffalo fans: Mr. B. Games is into the last 11 days of a Kickstarter for [_ **Nuclear Destruction - A Nuclear War Card Game** _](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbgames/nuclear-destruction), the last game that Rick Loomis was working on before his death in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2024 03:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3782 "2024-07-01T03:01:07Z")
Most adorable components of the year? [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/woodas/piri-piri-summoners-a-wooden-shifty-tile-placement-game](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/woodas/piri-piri-summoners-a-wooden-shifty-tile-placement-game) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [13 July 2024 09:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3783 "2024-07-13T09:02:37Z")
Well it’s up at last. > **[Pandora Celeste by Guntower Games](https://gamefound.com/en/projects/guntower-mike/pandora-celeste)** > > A gleeful love letter to Sci-Fi monster movies, where before you can deal with the monsters you must first survive the Ship! I find the game really tempting but oh boy I hate the art style. ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [14 July 2024 21:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3784 "2024-07-14T21:02:00Z")
Apologies if this is old news. Formosa Tea is getting a 2e/reprint. I missed the campaign. Late pledge/pre-order is now open. > **[Pre-order Formosa Tea on BackerKit](https://formosa-tea.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders)** > > Experience the early years of the Taiwanese tea industry through this innovative 2-4 player worker placement board game. It’s a really great euro by my estimation. Old fashioned with a small space and positive but critical interaction. Really requires you to plan and keep tabs on multiple mechanisms to keep your production flowing, but remains on the chill side of things. And tea. ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2024 04:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3785 "2024-07-15T04:43:45Z")
> [@Acacia](#): > > And tea. > [@Anticipated games](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/anticipated-games/1971/582): > > I have played both Alubari and Formosa Tea. I sold on Alubari because at the time it seemed like a good idea (with more space I might have kept it). Also friends still have that one. I enjoyed both. In Alubari you build a train route to Darjeeling. The theme is present mostly geographical. We had a ton of fun playing this once at Spiel but once at home my partner wasn‘t inclined to pick this over other games. And the solo didn‘t fascinate me enough. In Formosa Tea which is also a worker placem… ---
**Author:** ![mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/mistercrayon)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2024 16:58 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3786 "2024-07-16T16:58:49Z")
I noticed something similar in these two kickstarters which I find amusing. [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bedouingames/rise-of-babel?ref=discovery](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bedouingames/rise-of-babel?ref=discovery) [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lucky-duck-games/the-flames-of-fafnir?ref=nav\_search&result=project&term=Fafnir](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lucky-duck-games/the-flames-of-fafnir?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Fafnir) They’re both 80 pounds games. But with an optional ridiculous toy element if you go double on the pledge. The first looks almost stefan feld level game but you can pay 150 pounds or so for the version that comes with a proper tower and little woode elephants that move cars? Similarly. If you stump for the 150 pounds version of the fafnir game you get a proper dragon toy. (The cheapo version comes with a lame cardboard dragon, both dragons fire out marbles like fireball island to impact what looks like a euro with a traitor mechanic). It’s very weird. For reference the BGG complexity are 2.5 for the elephant car game and 3 for the dragon marble game. ---
**Author:** ![bort](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bort/32/29061_2.png) [@bort](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/bort)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2024 12:39 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3787 "2024-07-20T12:39:49Z")
Do you want your game sessions to smell? Well, have I got a KS for you! [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hans-h-h-hansen/scentedrealms-fantasy-scents-for-immersive-gameplay](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hans-h-h-hansen/scentedrealms-fantasy-scents-for-immersive-gameplay) OK, it seems to be aimed more at rpg players. And it’s smashing it, so I guess people want it? ---
**Author:** ![SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/steveb_uk/32/26030_2.png) [@SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/SteveB_uk)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2024 12:46 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3788 "2024-07-20T12:46:56Z")
I saw an advert for that was amused at “ultra-realistic fantasy scents” since they by definition can’t be _ultra_ realistic. Accurate to a fantasy concept maybe, but not reality 🙂 Still, seems to be working for them. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2024 13:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3789 "2024-07-20T13:00:20Z")
I’ve seen stands at UK Games Expo selling fantasy-scented candles… ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2024 13:10 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3790 "2024-07-20T13:10:55Z")
Well, the environment scents can be ultra-realistic. And really, who here _hasn’t_ smelled a Manticore? ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2024 15:13 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3791 "2024-07-20T15:13:41Z")
I was unable to resist the new **20 Strong** offering with the 3 fairy tale decks. I managed to get around the first one by not being interested in any of the 3 decks on offer. But this time I couldn‘t help it. Yes, anything Chip Theory is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. I know. I am also waffling about the new **Kemet** stuff. It says solo-mode (and more players at the same time). But it also promises a giant super box I would hate. Kemet is already a not-small box. I like it fine. Even my partner enjoyed himself. But I don‘t think I love it enough to give it more shelf-space. Or it means I finally need to get rid of Ankh… (I only have the base game of that it was cheap at some point and SVWAG loved it and it‘s fine. And it has some nice mechanisms. But I think I like Kemet more.)—but getting rid of Ankh was always meant to make space for Blood Rage. So … I am making lots of waffles tomorrow for brunch. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [21 July 2024 09:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626/3792 "2024-07-21T09:08:46Z")
Space 1999 RPG “coming soon”, no author credit, published by Modiphius. [![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/8/3/83f3d41c3eec74786e8909d09152eb327eedc453.jpeg "Space: 1999 Roleplaying Game") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgiQnDCA5F0) Much as I feel nostalgic for the show, I think all the good bits are trivial to steal for other RPGs and indeed have already been stolen. [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626.md?page=188) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/the-crowdfunding-thread/626.md?page=190)