My list remains „bad“ as in „too long“. I‘ve been using this mechanism of deferred shopping whenever I felt stressed out about the renovations and here we are.
Too long a list. Quite horrifying. Don‘t look inside
From oldest to newest additions:
- Raid - small cardgame made by people with no experience with the publishing industry whatsoever. I am surprised this seems to actually have finished printing.
- Darwin‘s Journey - one of those „why did I back this“ campaigns that is a year overdue.
- Frosthaven - there was another delay? I don‘t mind. Not in a hurry to play this yet. I need to still finish either the digital or cardboard campaign for Gloomhaven. But I am excited for the new characters. We tried some out on TTS way back and they are just as genius as the Gloomhaven ones. I need a boardgame table just for these 2 games.
- Everdell: The Complete Collection - it seems to be shipping now in some places. I expect to get this before Christmas
- Stationfall: I also think that I will get this, this year. I think this is also a year overdue. My excitement for this has waned a little. It is a curious thing a game of hidden identities. I bought it because there was supposed to be a solo mode and I am curious how that can work. Also the variety of identities… backed when I was waiting for BotC…
- Hoplomachus Victorum: I just wanted to own 1 chip theory game. This campaign came along, looked interesting. Just got news that they discovered some issues after packing and they will have a few copies for sale in Essen but backer copies will not ship until way after Essen because they need to correct those errors. There was a story how those copies for Essen were „repaired“ without their knowledge and… yeah I don‘t believe it. But whatever. It is not like I am short on games.
- Paperback Adventures: overdue as well. But it is slowly getting there. Maybe this year? In the meantime I am still playing Hardback on BGA
- Forests of Pangaia: backed this because it was a „local“ designer, but of course it is also made in China. Meh. Something something with trees. I think production is finished. On to the shipping issues then.
- Earthborne Rangers: also backed this to hopefully get local production. Didn‘t pan out either. I am turned off from big story campaign games and I wonder if this one with the illustrous cast of people making it will have enough actual game in it to make me want to play it all. Very slow going with this one I feel. Definitely not getting it this year.
- Voidfall: Euro Space 4x by Mindclash. There is a demo at SPIEL, I will definitely check it out—and try to play Astra.
- Verdant: this also includes my copies of Calico (sold my German edition) and Cascadia. Meh why is this taking so long. It should be on the boat at least.
- Distilled: this is where more and more games are not Kickstarter but Spieleschmiede instead. I‘ve mentioned them before. This is a German shop that also does small crowdfunding campaigns for localized editions of games with a number of German publishers (and they just managed to hold up Assault on Doomrock for which I backed the English edition because I had not idea the DE was coming at the same time. They are too slow translating). Anyway the model here is really more of a regular preorder. Get the goodies, pay retail price and no problems with shipping costs at all. As they are only dealing with customers in German speaking countries everything is much easier and I have happily backed and received a number of games from them. And there are always a number of copies available at retail if you missed the campaigns and they do more print-runs. A lot of the more indie crowdfunding games end up here. And the more I shy away from the shipping and VAT issues with the international platforms, the more I turn here and see what they are translating. The other big OLG-turned-publisher that does German versions of big crowdfunding is Pegasus/Frosted Games btw and that‘s just retail. They often get quite a few print runs. Typing this I really don‘t know why I do so many crowdfunding campaigns when all the good stuff eventually gets translated by one of the German publishers. Anyway Distlled was the first Kickstarter I didn‘t back because of INSANE shipping costs. Turns out the translated version has no shipping costs at all. Still waiting for it. Backed for theme.
- Hoop Godz: indie game about basket ball that has seen some delay—a lot of it in fact and should have been out a while ago. There was some drama in the updates about backers badgering the publisher…
- Tindaya: backed for some Spirit Island shenanigans. This is for sure more of a regular Euro. But… should be shipping sometime soonish?
- 51st State super duper master everything edition: this is all Zee‘s fault. Haven‘t heard anything in a while.
- Unsettled: missed the original campaign this is with the expansions. Yet another attempt to find something my partner will enjoy. It does remind us both of No Man‘s Sky. Didn‘t back this directly but via a group pledge and I am curious how that will turn out. Not anywhere close to getting here.
- TM: Ares Expedition expansion: now that I‘ve played TM solos so much I wonder … I like Ares Expedition because it has a better chance at getting to the table. But TM is still better. I have everything for TM and so I need everything for Ares Expedition as well, obviously.
- Tamashii: Chronicles of Ascend. Big neon pink cyberpunk stuff. How could I not back this? Yeah something something about story-based campaign games not being for me. But cyberpunk! Long way off.
- Assault on Doomrock: if I had known the German edition would get made alongside this, I would have backed that. Meh. Anyway, cooperative „dungeon“ shenanigans. No story. Should be great. I blame SVWAG.
- Oranienburger Kanal: Uwe Rosenberg made a yellow game with a terrible cover. But who cares. It‘s Uwe. I don‘t remember why exactly I thought I needed another one of this games when I have Nusfjord, Odin, Hallertau and Arle (and Bohnanza). But I am excited nonetheless. (No no no I am not buying Atiwa, go away) Backed this on Spieleschmiede—weirdly Spielworxx is a German publisher who also translates all of Cole Wehrle‘s stuff but they do Kickstarters for their own projects and sometimes also mix in Spieleschmiede. I say they… the publisher is just 1 guy. He still owes me a copy of John Company 2 as well And please announce the latest Root expansions in German…
- Ra: I actually had to put in my sister‘s address in France for delivery. Germany truly was not available. I can‘t believe it. I will check out the Dicetree edition at SPIEL.
- Arcs: I blame Cole Wehrle‘s other games. Haven‘t heard anything in a while.
- Septima: How come this game is probably done before Voidfall? And why is a game about witch covens designed by a man? Meh. I recently went through my preorders and all of the games are by designed by men except Verdant & Everdell I think.
- Furnace: Interbellum. I actually backed it with the base game at Spieleschmiede. I already received the base game when my copy of Iki (also „crowdfunded“) came in the other day. Yay for Spieleschmiede! Schmiede means smithy by the way so backers are called „smiths“
- John Company 2: this is a preorder at Spielworxx— should be imminent I hear.
- Moonrakers expansions: I had another moment of weakness. I like that if you backed the big box and the expansions you will get the expansions inside the big box without additional expansion boxes. Completionist me rejoices. Other me thinks: wow that was expensive.
- Trailblazers: I could have waited for retail. But then I would not have been able to make sure I got the „everything“ edition. I love the basic concepts behind this. Reminds me a little it of Fairy Trails (oops another Rosenberg). Also I have yet to own a game from Mr Pipeline and this one speaks to me more than his other designs.
- Flick of Faith: with everything. Backed on Spieleschmiede. Could not resist. We have no flicking games. Might as well try this. I was tempted by the original Kickstarter way back when.
- Legacy of Yu—a dedicated solo game by Shem Philips who does the best campaigns. I had been looking forward to backing this really.
- Cat in the Box: just a regular preorder.
- Weimar: I need to own this more than I need to play this. I wrote my graduation history exams on this extremely important period of German history. I also want to show this to my cousin who teaches history. Backed at KS because there was no direct preorder and also because the KS price includes shipping and Vat. Expensive. Expensive. And only plays 4 exactly. But this is probably going to be hard to get a hold of later. Spielworxx is not known for reprints. And this is such a niche thing.
- Daybreak: I have played and enjoyed Pandemic a lot over the years. I hope this is going to be as good. It may end up being very depressing. I don‘t know. My long list of games suggests that I am not doing to well consuming less. But maybe this is also a tool to get people talking. This as much as Weimar is an unsubtly political game.
Edit: games that delivered since my last update
- Rove: lovely little brain burner
- Marvel Dice Throne: battle yatzee Marvel style. It‘s okay.
- On Mars Alien invasion: yay we played the coop mode! I forgot what a good game On Mars is.
- Blood on the Clocktower: still awaiting bigger game days this fall
- Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Big Box and expansions. 1 expansion is good the other is fine.
- Iki via Spieleschmiede. It never even made it into the updates it got here so fast.