Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:43 pm

hepcat wrote:Well, this is definitely unique: Hand of Glory: Modular Magnetic Gaming Miniatures. You can hot swap the arms, it looks like. Not something I'd back, but it does look rather cool.

That's cool. Not something I'd invest in either, but cool. It is, however, and old trick. Warhammer players, especially, have been using tiny magnets to hot-swap gear on their armies and such for years. Warhammer requires (or did, I haven't played the latest versions) that miniatures match the unit description. No substitutions. So being able to yank the shields off of a unit of High Elves to pay for an extra knight, or being able to hot-swap weapons on a Space Marine can be handy. Given how much GW charges for miniatures, being able to change the weapons on a vehicle can be the difference between buying a $60 Predator tank and buying six of them.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:25 am

I have just started magnetizing some WH 40K minis. Since I am an Eldar man, the spindly arms make the infantry of this size very very difficult (and I decided not to bother). While the non-substitutions rule is like canon, most casual players seem to be fine with the loadout not matching the mini (particularly given that all players understand that this rule is a cash grab scheme). I decided to magnetize some vehicles, not because of rules lawyering, but because I think it is cool to be able to switch up the weapons.

That all said, I am too new to the game (my first set is 8th edition) that I cannot identify weapons by glance yet (and Eldar weaponry all looks long and thin anyway).

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:35 am

baelthazar wrote:I have just started magnetizing some WH 40K minis. Since I am an Eldar man, the spindly arms make the infantry of this size very very difficult (and I decided not to bother).

I've never magnetized myself, but I do recall reading that the way some players handle this is to put the magnet in the largest section, then use a piece of thinner ferrous wire for the spindly bits.

Another related trick is that some people magnetize all of the bases on their miniatures. They then put a thin steel sheet in the bottom of their miniature storage boxes, making them easy to transport as the figures don't move around or tip over.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:21 pm

Blackhawk wrote: Another related trick is that some people magnetize all of the bases on their miniatures. They then put a thin steel sheet in the bottom of their miniature storage boxes, making them easy to transport as the figures don't move around or tip over.

I am tempted to do this. You can also buy a steel tool box and - if you magnets are strong enough - you can literally put your figures on the sides and bottom.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:31 pm

Dr. Faust on magnetizing bases. He's one of my go-tos for tutorials. On storage boxes.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 5:45 pm

Blackhawk wrote:
baelthazar wrote:I have just started magnetizing some WH 40K minis. Since I am an Eldar man, the spindly arms make the infantry of this size very very difficult (and I decided not to bother).
I've never magnetized myself, but I do recall reading that the way some players handle this is to put the magnet in the largest section, then use a piece of thinner ferrous wire for the spindly bits.

Another related trick is that some people magnetize all of the bases on their miniatures. They then put a thin steel sheet in the bottom of their miniature storage boxes, making them easy to transport as the figures don't move around or tip over.

I backed this for that purpose:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ar ... splay-case

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:42 pm

How is the A-Case? I either have loose individual minis or prepainted plastic. The individual minis are in some foam boxes or clear Plano (regular size)/Craft cases (medium and large base) for prepainted.

I only have a few proper armies. My Dungeon Command fits in a Stanley toolbox, and my X-Wing in 3 sets of red Plano (moving into box 4 soon). Battletech in a Chessex box.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:58 pm

Still waiting on my case to ship so don't know yet.

Will let you know when it arrives.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:00 pm

Okay, that case is very tempting.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:19 pm

Zarathud wrote:How is the A-Case? I either have loose individual minis or prepainted plastic. The individual minis are in some foam boxes or clear Plano (regular size)/Craft cases (medium and large base) for prepainted.

I only have a few proper armies. My Dungeon Command fits in a Stanley toolbox, and my X-Wing in 3 sets of red Plano (moving into box 4 soon). Battletech in a Chessex box.

The Bard was a little ambivalent about the A-Case: Victory, but the new A-Case+ may have fixed some of his issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsbyrMUKcqA

I am trying to decide what to do as far as transportation. I have an old plastic tool box and was thinking about laying a nice metal sheet down and magnetizing bases. Other people say a heavy washer on the base provides enough stability. I do not have a lot of guys, but I certainly can't afford any damage!

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:08 pm

A couple interesting campaigns started recently.

Founders of Gloomhaven – A worker placement/city builder from the Gloomhaven developer. I went ahead and backed despite not having played Gloomhaven yet. Looks good.

Cthulhu Wars Onslaught 3 – If you have a half grand lying around, you can do a lot worse than Cthulhu Wars! I actually like Cthulhu Wars a lot but it is a luxury product. That said, I’m turned off by the pricing structure on this campaign. The lowest buy-in is $150 and all I really want from it is the new faction. Unless the stretch goals are amazing I will probably just wait for retail.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:40 pm

I'd love to own that game, but having any part of it goes way past what I'd reasonably pay for a game. I like the bling, but not when it prices it out of reach for most people. Especially since the game is supposed to be very good.

KDH · Post by **KDH** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:28 pm

...

... Out of the Woods by American McGee — Kickstarter

Not a videogame. "Out of the Woods is a collection of traditional fairy tales adapted into a Card Game, Illustrated Book, and compilation of Art Prints."

Spoiler:

Isn't American McGee that guy who's made a living by standing near somebody looking for a name that used to be famous to hang on his project?

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:40 pm

Eh, I’ve enjoyed some of his games but I’ve always felt like he is trying way too hard to be Tim Burton.

KDH · Post by **KDH** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:10 pm

I'm thinking the games Scrapland and Bad Day LA asked him to join the projects so they could add his name to the title

American McGee Presents ...

But I could be wrong

Chrisoc13 · Post by **Chrisoc13** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:07 am

Lordnine wrote:A couple interesting campaigns started recently.

Founders of Gloomhaven – A worker placement/city builder from the Gloomhaven developer. I went ahead and backed despite not having played Gloomhaven yet. Looks good.

I'm currently backing this one, but I'm on the fence still. Looks interesting and the price point is good though.

A couple more kick starters I'm backing currently-

Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done from TMG games looks interesting. They do a really nice job with their deluxe games, I am really happy with the ones I have had from them so far and I think this one looks pretty interesting. So I'm in for deluxe.

Twin Stars This kickstarter only has a couple days left but it is a small wallet sized solo game that I think looks reasonably interesting. You can get in pretty cheap if you just want the cards and want to provide your own dice and tokens, or you can get the "deluxe" version which basically includes the game components.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:28 am

Just got my Kickstarter of the two expansions to Champions of Midgard. Going to be a while before I can get them on the table, though...heading off to camp for a week tomorrow.

Chrisoc13 · Post by **Chrisoc13** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:04 am

A little change of pace for me for a kickstarter. this time it's all about the apollo mission control.

It's for restoring the apollo mission control back to its glory days. I figure there are enough NASA fans here it is worth posting. I'm in for $10,000. Just kidding. But someone is. I'm in for far less than that.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:45 pm

This started today..

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cm ... f=activity

Not sure if it's worth backing... Probably won't even make the initial goal...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:54 pm

Punisher wrote:This started today..

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cm ... f=activity

Not sure if it's worth backing... Probably won't even make the initial goal...

$301,594 pledged of $300,000 goal

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:55 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
Punisher wrote:This started today..

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cm ... f=activity

Not sure if it's worth backing... Probably won't even make the initial goal...
$301,594 pledged of $300,000 goal

Yeah, but I am sure most people will cancel.. Untested company with an unpopular IP.. Doomed from the start...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:04 pm

Only 28 created kickstarters? How do they expect people to even know about them?

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:10 pm

Like I said.. untested company.. and who wants to play a game about toilets? Unless this is a new Mario board game maybe?

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:46 am

You know, that is actually the worst I’ve ever seen a CMON game do on KS. Not even a million dollars yet. I can kind of understand though as two player games have basically zero appeal for me.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:59 am

Chrisoc13 wrote:A little change of pace for me for a kickstarter. this time it's all about the apollo mission control.

It's for restoring the apollo mission control back to its glory days. I figure there are enough NASA fans here it is worth posting. I'm in for $10,000. Just kidding. But someone is. I'm in for far less than that.

This is awesome.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:53 pm

Got an email yesterday regarding my Duchess gaming table. Should be shipping in the next week or so.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:00 pm

Excellent. Did you get the cup holder option for my visits? You know I slosh.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:40 pm

TheMix wrote:Got an email yesterday regarding my Duchess gaming table. Should be shipping in the next week or so.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:42 pm

hepcat wrote:Excellent. Did you get the cup holder option for my visits? You know I slosh.

Absolutely. I may have even gotten an extra set of the cup holders. I don't recall.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:46 pm

TheMix wrote:
hepcat wrote:Excellent. Did you get the cup holder option for my visits? You know I slosh.
Absolutely. I may have even gotten an extra set of the cup holders. I don't recall.

Search your email for one from with the subject "Survey Confirmation -- The Duchess - A Gaming Table from BoardGameTables.com"

Mine has the table, topper, four cup holders, bits tray, wing shelf, card holders. $137 in add-ons, $1022 total. Why did I remind myself of that?

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:03 pm

Awesome! I have had The Peasant for a while.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:41 pm

TheMix wrote:Got an email yesterday regarding my Duchess gaming table. Should be shipping in the next week or so.

Awesome. Now that I've had mine for a couple weeks I can say I really like it. Having arm rests and looking down onto your games is the greatest feeling.

I do have a couple minor complaints though. The cup holder locations on the short sides are great but the long sides seem awkwardly placed. They are located directly in the middle, which means if you are sitting one person to a side, they will be directly over your knees. You could always move to side but this seems awkward in practice. It would have been nice if they gave you the option to put them in the corners as well.

The second issue I've had is that while the table feels very sturdy, the wood is really soft. I've already noticed a couple small dents showing up just from taking the topper off and on.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:58 pm

Blackhawk wrote:Awesome! I have had The Peasant for a while.

Recently, I have been solo gaming on a card table from Walmart. I think that makes mine the Plague Rat line.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:01 pm

baelthazar wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:Awesome! I have had The Peasant for a while.
Recently, I have been solo gaming on a card table from Walmart. I think that makes mine the Plague Rat line.

You Wal-Mart card table weaklings disgust me! Mine may appear to be a cheap Wal-Mart card table, but The Peasant comes straight from Amazon itself!

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:07 pm

Blackhawk wrote:
baelthazar wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:Awesome! I have had The Peasant for a while.
Recently, I have been solo gaming on a card table from Walmart. I think that makes mine the Plague Rat line.
You Wal-Mart card table weaklings disgust me! Mine may appear to be a cheap Wal-Mart card table, but The Peasant comes straight from Amazon itself!

My Wal-Mart Plague Rat table does have one leg up on the Duchess - I can paint minis on it! I very much doubt Lordnine will be painting minis on his Duchess...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:40 am

baelthazar wrote:My Wal-Mart Plague Rat table does have one leg up on the Duchess - I can paint minis on it! I very much doubt Lordnine will be painting minis on his Duchess...

My gaming tables are 2 $30 plastic 8 foot folding tables from CostCo.

I'm not likely to paint on them either because they are also my sweater and long sleeve knit shirt drying tables.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:47 pm

LordMortis wrote:
baelthazar wrote:My Wal-Mart Plague Rat table does have one leg up on the Duchess - I can paint minis on it! I very much doubt Lordnine will be painting minis on his Duchess...

My gaming tables are 2 $30 plastic 8 foot folding tables from CostCo.

I'm not likely to paint on them either because they are also my sweater and long sleeve knit shirt drying tables.

Add a decent table felt/speed cloth/foam rubber (AKA giant mousepad) cover or mat, and they're surprisingly effective gaming tables.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:14 pm

I'd love to find some affordable neoprene rolls to cut custom tops from. For now, though, my yoga mats do a fantastic job.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:50 pm

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.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Fri Jul 28, 2017 11:31 am

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.