Iāve opened the Kickstarter pre launch page for Die of the Dead. If I havenāt already talked your socks off about it in another thread, itās an utterly gorgeous Dia de Muertos themed dice game. Iāve made sure to hire a Mexican artist, as well as a cultural consultant to make sure Iāve not misappropriated the culture (and my friend Angel tells me to put āplaytested by at least 1 Mexicanā on the page, but I just think heās making sure he gets namechecked in the playtester credits).
Anyway, the game itself is pretty unique- itās dice rolling, but also about knowing where your dice are, and how you can manoeuvre them to better positions, as well as other forms of mitigation. It contains 4 beautiful caskets and 3D steps. And 75 dice, including 15 custom dice, all for Ā£27/ $35. Plus shipping will be subsidised to make sure that the KS still comes in below MSRP.
I was genuinely tempted as a storage solution for gloomhaven, but not at $110 local dollars plus shipping. Iām not gonna spend more than $50 for storage thank you.
Oh, that wouldnāt be a storage solution for any game and definitely not Gloomhaven. itās designed to make tokens and (a limited amount of) cards easy to access during play, not organize them in the box.
For 50 you can make your own storage solution and have material left over to make one for your other favorite game. i think I need to repost my Gloomhaven pics I posted on the old forum to the foamcore thread
Oh, I have no intention of getting everything back in the box. Iād rather keep it spread out and make it easier for friends to help me. The main bottleneck I have at the moment is getting the stuff I do have in the box out and distributing it to whoever needs it.
Storage space isnāt difficult for me. My current set up involves about four folders/boxes but Iād like to organize it better. Itās a bit ā¦ Eclectic.
I am going all in with Northguard. The BoardGame Co review made me decide for it. That comparison with Monumental at a much lower price really did it for me.
Yes, he can talk fast. What I like about his style is how much he goes through in a short time, and considering that I have not got 45 mins at a time to listen to people like Quackalope, I like his method to pinpoint the odd game review in a quick video.
Iām really interested in this one, but the player count is the only thing holding me back. I donāt expect it to be great at 2, and I have limited room for 3+ player games.
Everything Iāve heard has been promising though.
Also, as an aside, Iāve been liking his videos a bit more as well. He does do a pretty decent job of summing up a lot about a game and the KS campaign.
Though I can also sort of watch YouTube at work, so I have time for longer videos as well! Lol
Yes, I think I like his way of saying, I am not backing this KS because of such and such, but that is my opinion. These are the things I like, these are the thing I donāt, each to its own.
There is a lot going on in the market at the moment, and youtubers like SU&SD produce amazing videos, but need their podcast and news articles to keep up. This format that is less edited and can get out more videos per week complements them well for me.
Argh, I was a fool! Thought Ā£45 was too much for the Petrichor base game (including postage to UK) for something Iād never played even though itās so pretty and the theme is totally my thing. Then saw more reviews later and decided I wanted it, but the KS has finished! (Probably just as well for my bank account though)
I really thought this would grab some of my money, but at those prices, I think Iāll wait for retail.
Iām also a little sad that theyāve relocated from Bruges to Amsterdam (I had my facts mixed up: itās Hambug! So the rest of this paragraph wonāt make much sense!); Amsterdam is way better represented in boardgaming (and most other forms of creative media) than Bruges ā I may not be able to travel to Europe, but I can at least curate a broad broad of paper-thin veneers of European locations in my collection.
Hopefully this project will dislodge some copies of Bruges w/exp on the secondary market, as Iāve been keeping an eye out for just that for quite some time now.
As someone with Bruges, Iām heartbroken. I just want the expansion! But now thatās impossible. Either I need to buy Hamburg, or buy Bruges + Expansion and sell my base game. So frustrating!
I found Bruges just as it was selling out, in a fire sale for Ā£15. I was kinda tempted to sell it for the profit in the past, and now I feel like a fool!
I guess on the plus side, I havenāt lost out as such if I were to buy the new version, and probably could sell Bruges for a slight profit overallā¦
EDIT: Just noticed the deluxe upgrade components. For once, I think the standard components are superior to the deluxe in almost every way. Who wants plastic standees?!
And is itās Queen games you get loads of free air with every purchase! Stored all nicely in the corners and edges of the box thatās considerably larger than is necessary for the game
On the bright side, itās not one of those huge rectangle boxes, and since thereās game trayz in the deluxe they canāt just fill it with air.
Shame the standard version isnāt getting the insert. The box looks thinner than the deluxe, but not sure if thatās just marketing to make the deluxe look more deluxe(?). Thereās not extra stuff, just different material stuff. And an insert doesnāt add that much depth!
