Ausonia- originally due in August 2020 the hold ups appear to have gone from some amount of inexperience with manufacture to some weird thing around space in a warehouse. I no longer have much enthusiasm for the gameplay idea.
1840: Vienna tramways. Held up by some pointless version of Top Trumps needing shipping simultaneously. Seriously, who even ordered it?
18DO see Yashima’s update
1822: Railways of Great Britain. The 3rd in the trilogy of 18xx game I was hoping would arrive before brexit and haven’t made their initial time. Ah well at least I wouldn’t have played them any time soon.
Tokyo series expansions. Due in Feb, as yet no indications of lateness. Tokyo Metro is really good so looking forward to the variant. Tokyo Tsukuji Market I’m yet to play. We’ll see
New speak has got the longest delay for such a simple game. They need to get better at choosing their manufacturers as their previous game had similar problems I think.
Of those, I believe the last two are actually on a boat somewhere. I’m about equally excited for all of them (but not quite as excited as I was about Pax Pamir).
A list of the things I’m still expecting via Kickstarter pledges
1822 - 18xx on Kickstarter has been a flurry over the last year or so… This one is expected Jan or Feb, I believe. 18Ireland and 18West I think will both fulfill at the same time?
1840: Vienna Tramways – expecting this one by April or so… 1824 shall be tagging along with it
1861/1867 – This one is also due sometime in 21Q1, I think?
18DO – Q1 of 2021 should apparently be called “18xx Delivery Window”
Arcane Alley: Moonstruck Market – expansion to the indie design that I still haven’t played. Still, small publisher doing things right. I think this was actually expected during December, but I suspect their fulfillment partner pushed a more popular project ahead of it… so it should arrive sometime in January
Arkright; The Card Game – not due for a while?
Ausonia – Overdue… but should be fulfilling soonish
Bites – I got my GPS, Sequoia, Mountain Goats pledge, but am missing the Bites add-on. BGT said in an email they’d get it sent out shortly…
Bullet♥︎ – Looking forward to this one! Slated to fulfill in Feb I think
Canvas – I honestly thought this would arrive in December. Shouldn’t be long now
Dragon & Flagon w/expansion – I don’t know if I even mentioned this one. Been looking at D&F for a while, so I pledged for the game and expansion in a moment of weakness.
Frosthaven – not expected for a while
Glen More II & Highland Games – should be a while yet for this, I suspect
Import / Export – Definitive Edition – This is my longest overdue project. I guess it should be here soon?
Luzon Rails – No hope for this one soon; the original December 2020 ETA was apparently just for the PnP version, not for the stretch goal of being professionally produced
Mercado de Lisboa – this will be a while out, I suspect?
Millennium Blades: Collusion – Over a year late and counting. This is actually a late pledge… which is how Import/Export still gets latest pledge status.
Mini Express – this is also expected soon? I doubt it will make it before Chinese New Year though
Pax Renaissance (2nd Edition), Pax Viking, [pledge manager addon: High Frontier 4 All] – soon? who knows
Petrichor – I think I recently (as in today) posted something about not pledging for a game+expansion on Kickstarter if you haven’t played the base game… well, I’m about 4 deep into contradictory territory by this point on the list, aren’t I?
Planet Unknown – a few months out still on this one
Railroad Ink Challenge – This will be a lot of Railroad Ink
Rallyman Dirt – if I knew this was coming, I may have skipped out on Rallyman GT. Very excited
The Ratcatcher – This one just announced a CNY delay… the first of many projects to do so
Tokyo Metro w/Osaka Metro – I don’t know why I gave Jordan Draper more money after the disappointment of the Import/Export project… still, looking forward to this (and yet another entry of pledging for expansions with base games I haven’t even played)
Vinyl – I’ve really lost my passion for this one… so it may arrive and get sent right back out…
Whale Riders, While Riders: The Card Game, Yellow & Yangtze – still excited for this one!
This past year is the year that tought me to be smarter about Kickstarter. Buying a base game + expansion on KS without ever having played the base game is something I’ll definitely avoid in the future, having fallen victim to it several times in the past year and a half.
Originally, I started backing Kickstarters specifically to get base games that I had missed on the first round, using the idea that if they come back around for expansion campaigns, that means they are good enough to buy. But it is a slippery (and expensive) slope that I just can’t justify any more.
Blood on the Clocktower - at this point the thought of getting a large group together are impractical. So I’ve not gotten irate at all about the frequent delays.
Mercado de Lisboa- I’m excited for this one as a gateway to the big daddy Lisboa.
Dark tower - I’m still very much regretting backing this one, the adrenaline of backing it subsided quickly, but who knows it might surprise me.
Lords of vegas underworld - this one is a completionist move but having followed the updates I’m absolutely gutted for the issues they have hit and glad to be giving them some support.
Kanban EV - more of a curio, liked the EV appearance and fancied another meaty Lacerda game mechanic salad. If I ever get a game of this beyond solo I’ll be amazed.
Oath - This And Mercado are the two I’m most looking forward to.
Cthulhu Wars Duel - bit of a cheat but it is a preorder. After the SUSD review I fancied trying this game but not >£100 worth. This version seems to offer a 2 player variant with much of the same feel but a very appealing price point.
The only slight FOMO I’m suffering is on Frostpunk, the pandemic is making the solo version of this seem more appealing than normal. I may yet join a late pledge on it
It’s a tie between Import/Export and Shasn for most overdue project for me. I’ve no idea which will get here first! Hoping for no Brexit-related shenanigans…
I was just thinking, the other day, about the PbF Blood on the Clocktower we had on the old forums and how much fun it was. BotC is not a game I would enjoy in person, but I had a blast via PbF with it.
Popular/successful enough to get expansion or reprint campaigns != good. That said, it does mean people have played the game, which means that you can almost certainly find enough feedback to judge if you would want it, which is the more important reason I’d wait for a second campaign absent a proven track record with the people making it.
I’ve literally never met a game where I like the base game but don’t like or want expansion content though, so I can’t go with you on not buying it all together.
(Well, okay, I guess I’ve skipped Gloomhaven expansion/sequel content because there’s just so much Gloomhaven in the core box that I may never need more. But Gloomhaven has the most content of any game I have ever played, so that’s an exception.)
This is the key point. All of the boardgame review sources that I trust have historically avoided reviewing Kickstarter games prior to them actually being released. So the only way I figured I would know if a game on Kickstarter was any good was if it came back around for a reprint campaign and there was critical coverage and some actual community feedback other than “10/10 because I’m so hype” and “1/10 to counter the 10/10 hype ratings”.
Unfortunately, even with this plan, Kickstarter ate more money than I care to admit. So… I just need to distance myself from Kickstarter because… That hype is a helluva drug
I’ve found a few. Great Western Trail’s Rails to the North seems to dilute an otherwise nicely formulated game. Never played GWT nor RttN, but after watching SUSD stream both, I liked what I saw in the base game but felt the expansion was just noise. I feel like Pfister tends to do this with his expansions.
I’ve got 7 ks I’m waiting on, more or less eagerly:
Four Humors - it’s listed, so I guess I backed it
Summit Dice - already got a d20 from them, and their designs are astounding. Something that will pass through generations, not just among nerds.
Airships: north pole quest - I know I shouldn’t have, but it looked so good! And airships.
Gun and Gun - I have this thing about getting all the anime games, even if I don’t use them
Tanto Cuore 10th anniversary - same as above, but way more expensive
“Unique CNC dice set” - at this point it’s just funny to see him squirm about procrastinating. I don’t even need them, and they’re just d6s, but if he ever does send them, I’ll be impressed. He literally made up an imaginary sick friend to blame his problems on
Tilt5 holographic tabletop - the biggest and baddest of them all. Ordered six (six!) of them, and I don’t even know if they’ll be useful if they ever show up. Probably shouldn’t have spent two whole paychecks on it, though
Hmmm, it would appear I have a few kickstarters in the pipeline. I remembered the Feld games (Hamburg and Amsterdam), which I’m hoping are good (easy sell on if they aren’t). Not too happy with how expensive they are (for standard editions even, not deluxe). But no retail, so they really have you over a barrel.
Otherwise, I’ve got
Four Humors
The Fuzzies (I love a good, stupid dexterity game)
Canvas, sounded like something a bit different
Planet Unknown - You know what else is unknown? Me backing this…I have completely forgotten about it. But - its a proper pledge, not just a dollar to use the pledge manager or anything. Was supposed to come out in October 2020, so obviously thats not happening.
I don’t even need them, and they’re just d6s, but if he ever does send them, I’ll be impressed. He literally made up an imaginary sick friend to blame his problems on 
