The Crowdfunding Thread

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I have not! I just googled it and it looks interesting

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@VictorViper Iā€™m very tempted by that one. Iā€™ve not played anything by Lvl99, but Exceed (especially Street Fighter and Shovel Knight) are on my potential wishlist. Iā€™ll have to dig a bit deeperā€¦

@malkav11 have you played Empyreal: Spells and Steam? Iā€™m extremely tempted to pick it up one day, but Iā€™ve heard a few mixed things, though mostly positive. The one semi-consistent issue being setup time, especially for how quick it plays at lower player counts.
Also, the post-KS buy-in is fairly high.

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Keep in mind this is going to be way off the beaten path in terms of their prior dueling systems. This one is basically Super Puzzle Fighter/Puyo Puyo on the table.

Of course if you know those games then you know just how damn competitive they get!

[EDIT] Iā€™ll add that my Voidwalker special edition of The Ultraviolet Grasslands just arrived, so Iā€™ll be eagerly cracking into that this evening.

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Just the once. It was our second to last game before quarantine. I did very poorly, because I hadnā€™t yet really understood the priorities - I had a badass train setup, but turns out that scoresā€¦nothing! So I had spent a bunch of time on setup, and then the game ended. Needed to be way more balanced. Lots of cool tricks to pull and moving parts, though, which I enjoy. And, at least in the deluxe Kickstarter edition, fantastic production values. (The less fancy version would still have great art etc, mind you. Just not likeā€¦metallic embossing and such.)

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Theyā€™re re doing a Kickstarter for War if Whispers (it was positively reviewed by The Old Site)

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Ooh. That looked rather interesting, and I felt it got rather swamped by The Kingā€™s Dilemma. Anyone know of places to try it online?

Edited:

Though Starling Games seems to be the inheritor of Game Salute, which means shipping is likely to be bad.

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Thereā€™s a WoW TTS mod. Not sure how good it is though.

As an aside, I find it weird how these KSs that charge sales tax have a FAQ of Q: ā€œI donā€™t usually pay tax on KSs, why are you chargingā€ A: Theyā€™re probably committing tax fraud!! Spirit Island and Frosthaven had similar statements.

Sure, say youā€™re doing things by the book and itā€™s the only legal option for your campaign, but making spurious claims about other campaigns is unnecessary.

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Possibly a certain sense of ā€œwe used to do it like this, but we had a stern talking-to from the authoritiesā€? ShipNaked have certainly used false shipment values in an attempt to avoid paying VAT.

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Oh yeah it totally makes sense to do it that way. I donā€™t see the business sense in commenting on the business practices of others (some of which are quite big businesses) and indirectly accusing them of crimes.

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Tempted by this. Ā£32 plus postage seems pretty good for a game these days. My eldest loves The Kings Dilemma and I think this might fulfil a similar goal.

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Easy solution: buy some packaging from a place like Chaos Cards and receive a free game. You can then reuse the boxā€¦

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Oh hell. Well, there goes my birthday giftā€¦

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Currently Considering

  • Tiny Epic Pirates - Tiny Epic Galaxies is a pretty good game. Tiny Epic Kingdoms is an ok game. Tiny Epic Quest and Mechs are both meh at best, more gimmick than good game play. Havenā€™t tried the rest. Which camp does this fit into?

Currently Backing

  • Railroad Ink - in for all the new stuff. Itā€™s possible I have a problem.

Currently Awaiting

  • Anachrony - Have the base game and really like it. Canā€™t wait for the expansions and upgrades.
  • ArchRavels - present for a very good general friend who is also a light to medium gaming buddy and huge knitter
  • Excavation Earth
  • Frosthaven
  • Oath - husband wasnā€™t sure about this one but I was really intrigued
  • Return to Dark Tower - I wasnā€™t sure about this one but husband really wanted it (we are cumulatively a much bigger problem than either of us would be on our own)
  • Sleeping Gods
  • Spirit Island expansion
  • Steampunk Rally Fusion
  • Stygian Society - backed this ages ago. Itā€™s way over due and I already kind of regret backing it and am not sure I want it anymore. Not sure Iā€™ve ever felt that way about a kickstarter before itā€™s arrived. Maybe Iā€™ll change my mind once it gets here?

Problem? What problem? Intervention you say?

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Allow me to make you feel better about your decisions!

Currently Considering

  • None (somehow!)

Currently Backing

  • Railroad Ink Challenge
  • Mini Express

Currently Awaiting

  • Raccoon Tycoon (all-in bundle for the Fat Cat Expansion
    Kickstarter) [currently 6 months late!]
  • Smartphone Inc [currently 3 months late]
  • IMPORT/EXPORT Definitive Edition [not late yet, but planned to be]
  • Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game
  • 1861: Russia / 1867: Canada
  • Q.E.
  • Arcane Alley: Moonstruck Market expansion
  • Viscounts of the West Kingdom all-in (King) pledge
  • GPS / Sequoia / Mountain Goats
  • Frosthaven
  • Pax Viking / Pax Renaissance
  • Planet Unknown
  • 1840 Vienna Tramways
  • The Ratcatcher Solo Adventure Board Game
  • Canvas
  • Ausonia

Late Pledged

  • Millennium Blades - Collusion [currently 5 months late, but they warned everybody early, before I late-pledged even, that it was going to be delayed by ~6-9 months]
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If weā€™re listing awaitingā€¦

  • Root expansion
  • Endeavor expansion

Both these were very nearly shipped, but delayed due to CoViD, so now due any day now.

Thenā€¦

  • Oath
  • Itā€™s a Wonderful World
  • Kanban
  • Pax Pamir
  • Pax Viking + Pax Renaissance
  • Rome & Roll
  • Yokohama + Yokohama Duel
  • Dogs of War expansions (the CMoN Time Machine)

:sob::sob::sob::sob:

EDIT: and late-pledged:

  • Oathsworn

Currently backing:

  • Guards of Atlantis 2
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Boardgame KSes backed or late-pledged and not yet arrived, in order by latest forecast arrival date:

  • Hostage Negotiator Career
  • Thunderbolt Apache Leader expansion
  • Project L
  • Steampunk Rally Fusion
  • Aeonā€™s End Outcasts (I was thinking about picking it up at Essen but Iā€™m now glad I didnā€™t)
  • Dice Hospital expansion
  • Epic Jungle (just the Star Realms bits)
  • Railroad Ink Challenge
  • Ell Deck
  • Gladius

and Iā€™ll probably jump on A War of Whispers too.

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Oh, this is fun!

Currently awaiting:

  • Project Elite
  • Anachrony
  • Too Many Bones: Splice and Dice
  • Altar Quest
  • Super Fantasy Brawl
  • Roll Player: Fiends and Familiars
  • Dice Throne: Season 1 Re-Rolled
  • Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
  • Hour of Need
  • Conan: the Conqueror

Currently backing:

  • Guards of Atlantis 2

Probably late backing/upping from $1

  • BlackList Miniatures: Fantasy Series 1- this will be a gift for my son for D&D, and others miniatures agnostic games like Frostgrave. At least thatā€™s the plan! Lol.

Looking at my waiting listā€¦I may have a problem! Fortunately, Iā€™ve been pretty good this year, and have only actually back games Iā€™ve planned too for awhile (Conan and GoA 2).

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Why did you remind me of this, pillbox :joy: :sob: :sob:

Considering

  • Maharaja - Still on the fence
  • Titans - itā€™s yet another coffin box big plastic area control game. Why do I need one when I have Cthulhu Wars. I paid a dollar so PM is still open to me

Currently Backing:

  • Guards of Atlantis 2

Backed:

  • Newspeak
  • Root: Underworld
  • Bites - re-implementation of Big Points
  • Dice Hospital Community Care expansion
  • Shores of Tripoli - playtested it and I like it. Thought it would be great to back it!
  • Successors - Mark Bigney just canā€™t stop talking about this game. Also I love the Diadochi theme! Fun fact! Cleopatra was the last of the Diadochi (she is the last sovereign of the Ptolemid family in Egypt)
  • Race to Moscow - having logistics as the focus of a war game sounds interesting to me.
  • Magnate: First City
  • Night of the Mummy - love Draculaā€™s Feast! So this is an easy buy.
  • Pax Pamir 2
  • GPS, Sequoia, Mountain Goats
  • Pax Renaissance
  • Endeavor: Age of Expansion expansion for Endeavor
  • Smartphone Inc
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I was quite tempted by this one. When it arrives, Iā€™ll be eager to know what you think of it. I felt the same way, but isnā€™t that kinda Quartermaster Generalā€™s shtick? They look dissimilar enough that they can both be ā€œThe Logistics Lens of War: The Game - The Breakfast Cerealā€

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Good point! Iā€™ll keep that in mind. I have QMG 1914 to dip my toes into the series. Will tag you when I play them bothā€¦ eventually.

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