Easiest and cheapest way to get a burned edge effect is to burn the edge!
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As long as you donāt screw up and burn everything!
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Talk about a failure. Who attempts a faux burnt effect by vrai burning it?
Oh noooo, just seen the Kickstarter you mentioned for A War of Whispers . Thereās a deluxe version, a small āDark Alliancesā DLC, and the original version (2nd ed) if folks didnāt have it.
I really liked the look of this in reviews and might get it. Has anyone played it yet?
(Postage AND import tax will be on top, so leave a LOT of room for extra fees)
Over here are some TTS screenshots from the game three of us played last week.
The TTS version actually seems rather better than the physical one will be (since Iām not Deluxe-ing), and it has an automatic calculator for how many of which thing each empire owns.
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Iāve managed to put a second little āpiece of meā into Mothership via a design-an-objective contest. I did the same for the 2nd edition campaign. Next week will be an opportunity for another one, so Iām gonna do my best to get a third card in there. Granted competition wasnāt so hot this time around, but do you think I care one bit? No way.
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Having previously backed Tortuga 1667, I got an email from Facade games about their new project: Bristol 1350.
Being from the titular city, I was immediately intrigued what part of Bristolās history it could be touching on. 1350 is a bit early for the stuff Bristolās famous for - slavery (we have enough games about that anyway), pirates, Victorian engineering ā¦
Oh, itās about the plague ā¦
Well, letās at least see how Bristol plays into it. Hmmm, there arenāt any named places on the map, but it does say āThe board is based on an original map from medieval Bristol ā¦ā
Letās see if I can find anything by googling āmedieval Bristol mapā ā¦ Yep, the bottom of this map looks pretty damn similar to the game board. They even kept St Mary Redcliffe in the bottom left! And the layout of the fields on the bottom right. And the two boats at the top left. And the damn farm animals at the top right!
And, of course, some of the streets from the medieval map still exist.
So, the question is: do I fancy owning a game where I can kick someone out of a cart as we pass The Fleece (where I attended many gigs as a teen), wave at my brother-in-law as we pass the train station, before escaping towards a convenience store I briefly worked at?
Itās definitely tempting.
(Also the price is pretty good - even with shipping - and their note about the unfortunate timing of the theme and how theyāll be donating to charity because of it is pretty nice.)
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Lol wait for retail then
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The original version is available for under Ā£50 in the UK (not that Iāve just checked!).
I really canāt believe what theyāre charging here. Itād be $130-140 CAD shipped. Stupidly pricey for a guaranteed retail release, though Iām not sure if anything on offer is KS exclusive (cursory glance says no, or at least nothing to justify the cost and preorder).
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It appears to me that they may have made a misstep: are Kemet fans statistically coincidental with miniatures/component-upgrade fans?
It seems to me that the pre-existing Kemet fans were fans despite components. My best guess: theyāre hoping to lure in a new wave of fans, specifically those with the money and desire to pay for the luxury of premium components.
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Does anyone see it as an upgrade though? The minis look like something from the 80s! The pyramids are a nice touch but the tops look a bit fiddly (and easy to lose?). The rest is a side step rather than improvement.
Bless Matagot. They try! But they seem to have no clue of what a modern audience expects.
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It looks overwrought to meā¦ but in my experience, there are a lot of Kickstarters that look overwrought (and overpriced) that people seem to take great joy in backing and decrying anybody who suggests itās not a good value.
EDIT: That said, I certainly wouldnāt fault somebody who is a big fan of Matagot and want to be a little loose with their cash to encourage more output from Matagot along the same lines.
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That Sphinxā¦ yeah, not for me.
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Quality costs money! I have no problem with charging more for decent components, but looks like theyāve cheapened themselves out by going for the $75 bracket. Itās that weird price point where itās more than the standard retail game, but doesnāt have the components to justify it - it still looks like a $50 game to me. If they had pushed the boat out a bit maybe they could afford some wow factor?
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Yes and no. I think weāre firmly in an era where a large-box game like Kemet is more likely to be $75 than $60. But I do agree; I feel like they have squandered an opportunity to stand out.
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I donāt think Iāll bother. Iām perfectly content with existing Kemet, so my only question was whether they were so dramatically reworking or expanding the game that I would need the new edition to feel complete. But the changes they describe donāt seem particularly dramatic and some of them were already in Ta-Seti. (Now, granted, I donāt own Ta-Seti, butā¦also I havenāt actually played Kemet at home in years so does it even make sense? Iām not sure it does.)
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Was looking forward to this one but at the moment I donāt know itās just not selling itself to me. Having never played kemet it seems to me to be going for the āmore stuffā and rid of the things fans didnāt like.
Streamlined gets handed about a few times but theyāve also added more stuff which (although I may be completely wrong) seems counterintuitive to streamlining.
Also having rewatched both reviews from the boys āstill only one wine listā seems crazy. Hereās hoping the slave listed under white power isnāt still a thing.
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I just cancelled my pledge for Bullet. Itās still super appealing, but after reviewing the rules and watching some gameplay, Iām left with a lingering feeling that the characters combined with player order will end up being really problematic for me. Bit of a shame, but thereās always retail if I change my mind.
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