Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms

Fishbelly · Post by **Fishbelly** » Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:19 pm

baelthazar wrote:
Anonymous Bosch wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:I'd love to find some affordable neoprene rolls to cut custom tops from. For now, though, my yoga mats do a fantastic job.
While it obviously depends on your definition of 'affordable', have a butcher's at The Foam Factory.
That blue cross-linked Polyethylene foam pad looks pretty sweet. I like that is is sound dampening... very interesting.

What thickness is standard for gaming? I'm considering building my own setup, but have never played on a custom table before.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 1:50 am

Fishbelly wrote:What thickness is standard for gaming? I'm considering building my own setup, but have never played on a custom table before.

1/8" (3mm) or 1/4" (6mm) would be fairly typical. Anything much thicker is probably overkill for tabletop gaming.

Fishbelly · Post by **Fishbelly** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:34 am

Anonymous Bosch wrote:
Fishbelly wrote:What thickness is standard for gaming? I'm considering building my own setup, but have never played on a custom table before.
1/8" (3mm) or 1/4" (6mm) would be fairly typical. Anything much thicker is probably overkill for tabletop gaming.

Awesome--not as pricey as I feared.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:01 pm

SpaceLord wrote:Plug coming up!

My friend Daniel Berger has designed a game, now on Kickstarter, called Hands in the Sea, set during the First Punic War. It’s inspired by Martin Wallace’s A Few Acres of Snow. It’s a two-player deckbuilding wargame, and has been playtested to death, so we are fairly certain that there’s no Halifax Hammer exploit. Dan also designed Caesar's Gallic War, a well-regarded, if little-known block wargame.

Hands in the Sea is really good, and I readily admit to being a playtester.

That post was from the 2015 Kickstarter thread. Apparently SpaceLord wasn't lying, because the reviews really were great. While I missed out that time around, I'm on board for the second edition Kickstarter, now live.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:37 pm

Ricky Royal (a youtube boardgame reviewer who specializes in solo gaming) has a kickstarter for his own game, Renegade.

I backed it mainly on the strength of Ricky's solo variants for games that he posts on BGG. The Pax Porfiriana solo variant is my hands down favorite. If he brings that amount of awesome to this game, it will be worth it.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:54 pm

hepcat wrote:Ricky Royal (a youtube boardgame reviewer who specializes in solo gaming) has a kickstarter for his own game, Renegade.

I backed it mainly on the strength of Ricky's solo variants for games that he posts on BGG. The Pax Porfiriana solo variant is my hands down favorite. If he brings that amount of awesome to this game, it will be worth it.

I've flagged it for later review. It looks like it might be an interesting puzzle game.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:58 am

Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:20 am

Another one bites the dust? The Mandate seems to be dead ... and me one of the backers.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:24 am

I'm glad that this is the first I heard of it, then.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:53 pm

That’s disappointing and a little surprising. The last video they put out was actually looking pretty good.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:02 pm

MonkeyFinger wrote:Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.

Turnabout is fair play, I guess.

I just backed Tragic Events. But Flash Point is still one of my favorite coops. Plus, 20 bucks isn't that bad.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:16 pm

I was looking at Ticwatch S, the new Android Wear watch, and right now it's 140 to 165 (i.e. 20% or less discount off MSRP)

It's still a bit more expensvie than what I wanted to pay for a Smartwatch (right about 100)

The LumNkey was kinda interesting (a key topper with built-in light that triggers when it sensed your home wifi) but at $10 and requires a special key template, it seems a bit expensive.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:18 pm

hepcat wrote:
MonkeyFinger wrote:Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.
Turnabout is fair play, I guess. I just backed Tragic Events. But Flash Point is still one of my favorite coops. Plus, 20 bucks isn't that bad.

Heh, I backed this too. But as you say a 20 ain't too bad.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:51 am

hepcat wrote:
MonkeyFinger wrote:Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.
Turnabout is fair play, I guess. I just backed Tragic Events. But Flash Point is still one of my favorite coops. Plus, 20 bucks isn't that bad.

Touché. And of course I backed it as well.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:13 pm

Lordnine wrote:
baelthazar wrote:I noticed the Dinogenics prototype. That looks pretty awesome! How is that project coming?
It’s really close to being ready to launch! Getting everything in place has proved a much larger endeavor than I originally imagined but it’s all coming together now. I found out last week that my production company has actually gone ahead and started to produce a demo set of the laser cut dino meeples at no cost. This is awesome because I wasn’t expecting to have anything other than the 3D renders at the time of launch. I should have the final price analysis of the stretch goals by the end of this week.

I’m also waiting for two video previews to come back from reviewers; they should be arriving by the end of next week.

All in all, I’m looking at a launch either July 26th or August 2nd. If you would like to keep up with the project you can check out the BGG page or Facebook group.

I guess Lordnine didn't want to pimp it himself, so I will...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15 ... -corporate

It looks like it is off to a slow start and could use some help.

Edit: I see that it was just opened up in the past hour or two, so not as slow as I thought. I snagged the last Park Founder slot.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:37 pm

Thanks Coop! The Kickstarter went up at 11AM today. Right now we are trending towards $50,000, so not too bad for a first time effort from a nobody.

I’m keeping my expectations low but it is very exciting sitting on this end. It’s also mildly terrifying; my hands were shaking when I hit the “Launch Project” button.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:43 pm

Backed! And I would almost put this into a separate thread. But I suppose the usual KS suspects will show up in time...

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:04 pm

I won't know if I'll have money until after GenCon, but I'm at least in for a buck to show support!

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:33 pm

Lordnine wrote:Thanks Coop! The Kickstarter went up at 11AM today. Right now we are trending towards $50,000, so not too bad for a first time effort from a nobody.

I’m keeping my expectations low but it is very exciting sitting on this end. It’s also mildly terrifying; my hands were shaking when I hit the “Launch Project” button.

Backed in a heartbeat. Congratulations!

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:36 pm

Been following you on FB. It's very Agricola looking, but I'm in. My first kickstarter ever.

What was weird is that my email was already registered but never used... I hope I did that and forgot...

/hopes he will remember this in 13 months when a bill appears on his credit card...

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:41 pm

LordMortis wrote:

/hopes he will remember this in 13 months when a bill appears on his credit card...

Good news! You only have to wait 29 days. Kickstarters are billed when the project funds, not when it ships.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:15 pm

Thanks for the support everyone!

LordMortis wrote:Been following you on FB. It's very Agricola looking, but I'm in. My first kickstarter ever.

That is not an unfair comparison, except if you forget to feed your sheep in Agricola they don’t eat your visitors… The game very much resolves around the idea of reputation. Dinosaurs provide reputation, which in turn attracts visitors, which give you money to afford the facilities to get more dinosaurs.

Where things can get a bit more interesting is that all dinosaurs have specific requirements that need to be met. So while you can plop down that T-Rex as soon as you get enough DNA, if you can’t feed it, there is a good chance it will try to break out and wreck your park.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:51 am

Lordnine wrote: if you forget to feed your sheep in Agricola they don’t eat your visitors…

And the sheep are cubes, not full fledged meeples... deeples? Looking for forward to seeing the dynamic.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:00 pm

It is on kicktraq's front page right now, #10 in their top 10.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:52 pm

Great job, Lordnine!

I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:56 pm

hepcat wrote:Great job, Lordnine!

I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

Ooooooo...

I have a friend coming in about 10 days. Maybe I'll get my copy in time to put it on the table.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:14 pm

hepcat wrote:Great job, Lordnine!

I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

How was it shipped? I have checked fedex and ups and see nothing coming.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:27 pm

It was shipped USPS by Atlas. I never received a notification of any kind.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:30 pm

Showed up this afternoon. Shipping box looked fine, but the cover has a decent sized dent. I'm guessing something heavy was dropped on it. It's not very noticeable, however. Very obvious to the touch, but not that visible. So I guess I'll live with it. Otherwise everything seems fine. Lots of room to grow.

Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:41 pm

TheMix wrote:Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.

Make sure you don't secure the second long side of the table before sliding in the bottom boards.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:42 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
TheMix wrote:Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.
Make sure you don't secure the second long side of the table before sliding in the bottom boards.

Oh?

Story you want to share?

I'm guessing that doing the former makes doing the latter a wee bit more difficult.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:52 pm

It does. There will probably be a video in the near future on our sister site that contains footage of me helping the purveyor assemble his.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:32 pm

TheMix wrote:Showed up this afternoon. Shipping box looked fine, but the cover has a decent sized dent. I'm guessing something heavy was dropped on it. It's not very noticeable, however. Very obvious to the touch, but not that visible. So I guess I'll live with it. Otherwise everything seems fine. Lots of room to grow.

Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.

I'm probably being overly critical, but the cards seem unusually flimsy. They were actually slightly bent (bowed really) by the plastic wrappers that contained them. This may be a game I sleeve as they don't seem like they'd hold up very long.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:31 am

Got a shipping notification for Hostage Negotiator Crime Wave saying it should arrive at the end of the week. Went in at the chief level which will include the original game that I can combine with the expansion along with 7 abductor packs and more importantly the fat Steven Segal looking negotiator meeple. Unfortunately will be out of town when in comes however.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:00 am

hepcat wrote:It was shipped USPS by Atlas. I never received a notification of any kind.

Mine showed up yesterday as well. I didn't have time to look at it really.

hepcat wrote:I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

Yeah... quick.

Estimated delivery Apr 2016

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:15 am

I assume "quick" was in reference to the recent update that said that they'd gotten in the shipments and were going to start packaging and sending them out.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:54 am

hepcat wrote:I'm probably being overly critical, but the cards seem unusually flimsy. They were actually slightly bent (bowed really) by the plastic wrappers that contained them. This may be a game I sleeve as they don't seem like they'd hold up very long.

Yes, my copy arrived and I see exactly what you're saying. I'll also note that the game doesn't want you to open all the packs, but to instead start on the deck marked with "Enter Here". It's not officially released until next Thursday (8/17) and I'll assume the app, tutorial video and daily game effects will go live then.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:10 pm

TheMix wrote:I assume "quick" was in reference to the recent update that said that they'd gotten in the shipments and were going to start packaging and sending them out.

That is correct.

Smoove_B wrote: Yes, my copy arrived and I see exactly what you're saying. I'll also note that the game doesn't want you to open all the packs, but to instead start on the deck marked with "Enter Here". It's not officially released until next Thursday (8/17) and I'll assume the app, tutorial video and daily game effects will go live then.

I'm just going to sort it all out and play. I don't want to wait until after Gencon to dive into this thing, dagnabit.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:11 pm

Smoove_B wrote:
hepcat wrote:I'm probably being overly critical, but the cards seem unusually flimsy. They were actually slightly bent (bowed really) by the plastic wrappers that contained them. This may be a game I sleeve as they don't seem like they'd hold up very long.
Yes, my copy arrived and I see exactly what you're saying. I'll also note that the game doesn't want you to open all the packs, but to instead start on the deck marked with "Enter Here". It's not officially released until next Thursday (8/17) and I'll assume the app, tutorial video and daily game effects will go live then.

Oops. Well, at least I'd only opened 1 pack. And it reads like there isn't really anything wrong with opening everything, just that they are trying to keep you from being overwhelmed while you learn the game.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:24 pm

Yeah, I don't think it's necessary - they just have a pre-set deck that can apparently accomodate up to 4 people as part of the tutorial/intro scenario. In the same way that Doomtown had pre-constructed decks that you weren't supposed to shuffle - so the tutorial unfolds exactly as written in the manual.

I'm actually quite interested in this app and the idea that there will be some type of game-changing feature depending on the day you're playing. It's been a long, long time and my interest dipped rather low earlier this year, almost to the point of regretting my purchase. But after playing the Arkham LCG, I'm hopeful this can deliver a similar experience.

I'm also quite happy they included sorting inserts and the foam blocks to help with organizing.