Kickstarter - The Thread.

[Viin]

However, I believe Zombicide is shipping currently, about to, or something like that. International customers are bitching because US customers are being fulfilled first.

Yeah I'm on the early list for Zombicide, but haven't received anything yet.. soon, I'm told.

[Salamok]

The Kickback Machine, a website that reports on which kickstarter projects succeed and which ones failed.  Decent look at what is working vs. what isn't.

[Fabricated]

This one is legit sad.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akaworf/through-the-fire-life-after-star-trek

[Viin]

Yeah I'm on the early list for Zombicide, but haven't received anything yet.. soon, I'm told.

Got my Zombicide box this weekend - I don't normally play these types of tabletop games (usually a Steve Jackson-type of gamer), but I think the quality is top notch. Good quality boards, and the figures aren't rough around the edges. Anyone that knows tabletop gaming get one of these? Be curious to see a more experienced opinion..

[Sky]

I missed that KS :(

Red Box minis closes on Wednesday and is about to unlock some of the best zombie scultps I've seen.

[Signe]

 ooooh!   

[ghost]

I'm thinking of kickstarting the Redbox twice, the stuff is so awesome.

[Sky]

I think all of us going in on Red Box's KS are in, but there are two hours left and Tre is still pumping out concept art, four cavalry units + free hero unit (wait and warp forms) unlocked, and picking up speed to unlock a helsmaiden. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1103158358/red-box-games-helsvakt-horde

Reaper just had a big unlock and also revealed a 7" high CLOCKWORK DRAGON. So awesome.

[Salamok]

Woo hoo! Funded my first kickstarter (not that they needed it).  For a tiny USB enabled arduino board, $12 isn't bad for someone who doesn't want to build their own board and just wants to get started with arduino.

[ghost]

I'm not even going to pretend to know what the fuck that is. 

[MahrinSkel]

If I'm reading it right, we're talking about a cheap board for interfacing USB to...just about anything that uses electronic controls, assuming a fairly high level of comfort with circuit diagrams and component-level electronics tinkering.

--Dave

[Salamok]

If I'm reading it right, we're talking about a cheap board for interfacing USB to...just about anything that uses electronic controls, assuming a fairly high level of comfort with circuit diagrams and component-level electronics tinkering.

--Dave

Yes a cheap solution for interfacing with analog electronics via USB.

[Quinton]

It's cute, but I think they should have gone with an actual USB micro-B connector instead of using the PCB as the insert part of a full-sized USB A connector.   Would have increased cost by a dollar or so, but would be much more robust.

[Sky]

Nice looking RTS from Total Annihilation guys.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts/

Kind of a TA injected into a spore-like multiple worlds thing. $20 for the game alone.

[Ingmar]

Attention: captured.

[Sky]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/596618838/the-art-of-brom

I friggin heart Brom. Even if you're not going to grab the book, watch the video it's amazing. I had no idea he worked so huge, now I want some full sized Brom art.

[kaid]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate?ref=live

If any of you have seen and loved The Gamers Dorkness rising they are doing a kick starter to fund the next in the series. They have already shot part of it at Gen Con this year.

[Quinton]

Nice looking RTS from Total Annihilation guys.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts/

Kind of a TA injected into a spore-like multiple worlds thing. $20 for the game alone.

Whoah.  Backed this.  Loved the hell out of TA back in the day.

[Viin]

Not a Kickstarter, but a fund raiser for a Tesla museum started by The Oatmeal:
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum
http://www.indiegogo.com/teslamuseum?a=1087945

[Fabricated]

Kickstart a new Broken Sword game!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/165500047/broken-sword-the-serpents-curse-adventure

[Sky]

That little Reaper KS I've been going on about? 3rd best funded KS of all time. Only that crappy console and stupid watch beat it out. I blame fucking hipsters.

 

[lamaros]

What do hipsters want with plastic figurines of cliché fantasy characters?

I'd be blaming the nerds if I were you.

 

[ghost]

I thought hipsters were nerds.  Or at least wanted to be nerds.

[Sky]

I'm talking about the lolconsole and ewatch.

[Sky]

For the three of you who missed out on the most amazing miniatures deal in history, Reaper is opening up the post-KS pledge manager for the unwarshed masses. There will be a slight increase over legit pledges, but it will still be around 30-40% off the optionals, which really adds up for the big minis. The Vampire megadeal is still insanely good, and the paints and case are all solid deals, too.

https://www.reapermini.com/ks/

[Merusk]

I thought hipsters were nerds.  Or at least wanted to be nerds.

Hipsters are too wrapped-up in willful ignorance and derision of actual intelligence over being snarky and elitism for elitism's own sake to EVER be nerds.

[ghost]

That's beneath you, Merusk. 

[Soln]

Not a dig, but I guess I don't get the Reaper KS.  How wasn't it just marketing?  I thought KS was supposed to be about bridge financing.  But wasn't the Reaper KS more like just taking orders?   I liked some of it, but I'm confused what they were really KS'ing for.  No dig intended.

[Merusk]

Not a dig, but I guess I don't get the Reaper KS.  How wasn't it just marketing?  I thought KS was supposed to be about bridge financing.  But wasn't the Reaper KS more like just taking orders?   I liked some of it, but I'm confused what they were really KS'ing for.  No dig intended.

They're transitioning from metal molds to the "Bones" molds for PVC.  This requires capital to create the new molds, whcih they were doing on their own at a rate of 3-4 per year.   However, demand was high and they kept getting asked to release new "Bones" models instead of metals,  so they had a KS to gather-up funds to do it so they could roll out about two-dozen at once.   The initial goal was only $30,000, which would cover the creation of new molds and the release of the new sculpts.

Instead, shit blew-up and they hit $3.45 million.  Each stretch goal was setup to create new molds and release new models, which is what rolled it in to the Vampire level.

(Note, I took all this from the vid on the KS link. It may be bullshit but I doubt it.)

That's beneath you, Merusk. 

It's really not.  I'm very judgy about cliques.

[schild]

I skipped the Kickstarter because those prices were still nowhere near wholesale pricing. But trust me, I was tempted to just get it all at once. That said, all I wanted was the familiars and elder things for Cave Evil, didn't care about the rest.

[Sky]

That's fairly accurate, Merusk. Not really a transition so much as adding it as a value line, with less than 20 models it's become 1/3 of their sales volume, which makes sense given it's a value line.

Metal molds are cheap and flexible, plastic molds are made of steel because of the pressure needed to cast plastic at that level of detail, so they're expensive. I'm excited to see how stuff like Nethrymaul works out in a medium that's not brittle like metal and resin. There will be issues getting it into the proper form, as a memory type plastic you can heat it and bend it into a shape it should bounce back to. So those crazy long wing bones should work, even if they get a bit fiddly.

Also, I was off, post-KS vampire is $150 with a 20% premium on the optionals and extras. Still a great deal for everyone who isn't schild.

[ghost]

I skipped the Kickstarter because those prices were still nowhere near wholesale pricing. But trust me, I was tempted to just get it all at once. That said, all I wanted was the familiars and elder things for Cave Evil, didn't care about the rest.

I would have let you just tag on to my order and get the things you wanted.  You live close enough that it wouldn't have been a problem.

[schild]

No worries. I have connections. I shall get what I wanted.

[Salamok]

The Cthulu playing cards look pretty cool.

[schild]

The price on those is outrageous.