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Floors should be shown today sometime.
1.6M approaching.

Showing the floors would be good!

The regular river add on seems far more useful for my purposes, but I've gotta say, that lava river alt paint scheme is pretty sexy.


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Gotta say, I'm really liking the freebie chasm pieces they're including. My game table is innately black, so I won't even need to find cloth or paper to put under it to have some 'you really don't want to fall or get pushed down here' spaces.

At a glance, the KS sets were 74 pieces each, but they also had a bunch of non 2 x 2 tiles in there (the little barrels, doors, etc). While this one has a few stalagmites and the webs, it doesn't seem to have quite as many 'dressing bits' as it were. This one is up to (at a rough count) 51 pieces per set, and hopefully the next day and change sees that fire up a bit, but I've gotta say I'm pretty happy with our progress. The sets are indeed a bit more expensive, and sure we might not end up at the same piece count, but accounting for the more complicated pieces and some of the really impressive and imaginative/evocative options we're getting, I'm feeling pretty good about where we are, and consider the remainder gravy.

Obviously it's not a perfect apples to apples comparison, but I know people were a bit concerned at the start, and think we're doing pretty well as we approach the finale.

Edit: Also, turns out there's an answer to a question I've seen crop up; according to their FAQ at the bottom of the campaign, they plan to use Fundafull again (which was a smooth experience) and intend to launch the Pledge Manager 2 weeks after the campaign ends. The last one was open for 10 days or so, based on a glance at the first campaign's updates, so assuming they go with 1-2 weeks again, we'll probably have a month at most to choose and find funding for any extra add ons once the campaign ends, for those who are on the edge currently and decide to pull the trigger post campaign.

Edit 2: Also in the FAQ:

Do Canadian backers need to add the International shipping charge?

Yes. But for Canadian recipients, we will cover all import duties and paperwork.

They do love me!

Nice. But if they're adding that floors pack, its got to be unveiled soon, right?

Just was!



According to the comments (I haven't been watching terribly closely), they cut out 6 floor tile A's to include 2 more C's and a 4th 4x4, keeping the exact same 'footprint' on the table but with more big tiles and fewer of the tiles we already have a pile of.

Excellent! Upped my pledge and will likely put in some during the pledge manager... absolutely love the final offerings. Between larger floor pieces, chasms, and water, open spaces can be really varied. Sweet

You need floors. You always need floors.

Can't wait to see the entrances that have been rumored.

Muhuhahahaha. I haven't been keeping up with the thread, but I've definitely been watching the KS since I made my early pledge. But I am definitely going to have to get off my butt and paint up the dungeon sets I've already got from the last go 'round.

So...much...to...paint.

I just hope I can make it match the older Master Maze sets I've got (I've been a fanatic for DF for many, many years) with the paints.

1.83M with 12 hours to go! The last chasm piece is up next as a freebie, so all 4 chasm pieces are going to be in the set for free.

The total was 70K lower when I went to bed, so it has a legitimate shot at 2M. It should definitely pass the first campaign's 1.9M total, which is sweet

~$15k from the next stretch goal, ~$48k from matching the last campaign, and roughly $140k from 2m.

Over 10 hours remaining?

Keeping the faith strong.

Also keeping my expectations reasonable, but I am kind of hoping we see something awesome unlock around 1.908m (their last KS finale) and 2m (it's a big milestone to cross).

2M stretch goal: Mine Entrance:



I actually preferred the Floor E goal that was briefly posted by mistake instead but most people seem to like this. I figure it should be easy to trade mine when the time comes, since I want an all-natural / no man-made objects cavern.

Under 5 hours left, and we're only 40k or so from 2m (the next stretch goal, and also a solid milestone)!

Supposedly there'll be one more add on unveiled tonight.

No idea where we'll finally end up, but depending on how many more backers/people find deeper pockets available, 2.1-2.2 doesn't seem impossible. 50k per hour would be a hell of a pace, but I suspect the last hour will be bat-gak insane, so I'm not counting it out.

I'm of two minds on the mine entrance.

On the one hand, if we're talking mines, you'd really want a bunch of shored up mine tunnels to go with it, which we don't have.

On the other hand, it's a good transition piece for those with both dungeons and caverns, who don't have the older MM cavern to dungeon conversion pieces.


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1,994,773, with four hours yet to go...geez, that's close to the 2M mark.

I think it might just make it, boys.

And it's already over 2M! Still 3 hours to go yet. They posted a 2.1M goal of a special add-on that will be sculpted this coming week. No price yet, it will be based on backer input and probably depends on what is sculpted.

There are still spaces on the stretch goal chart after 2.1M, would've loved one more free piece (Floor E). It's already 10K past the 2M mark though, so it's certainly possible.

$2.1m. Can't wait to see what the mystery add-on becomes.

@shade: fair point about the mine entrance, but like you said, good transition piece.

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$2.1m. Can't wait to see what the mystery add-on becomes.

@shade: fair point about the mine entrance, but like you said, good transition piece.

Actually, I thought of a suggestion for Stephan about the mine stuff, that would take minimal effort...sadly I didn't think about it earlier in time to maybe prod another stretch goal idea.
Still worth mentioning to him, though.

Impressive finish! Ended at 2.14M

Yup, very impressive. Wish I could've splurged all out, but I'm already in for about 50% more than KS1, and am feeling pretty good with what I'll have coming.

We'll see where my bank balances are when the pledge manager goes live. I may end up with a lot more add-on sets.

Survey is up in last update for backer input on the Wicked Cavern Additions box.

Hoping the pledge manager doesn't open for another 2 weeks, because I really need to get paid again first

In case you hadn't seen, they have said that the PM should be in the next 2 weeks or sooner. I don't believe they've said how long it would be open for, but last time it was 10 days, so you might have 3 weeks+.

It appears that with the Backer Input based add on, it might go for a little longer, as that one does say it would be available in the pledge manager for "the next month", but that could be including the 2 weeks of set up time as well.

Long story short, you should have at least 3 weeks until the Pledge Manager closes (I can't see it being open for less than a week or two), maybe as much as a month, but I wouldn't count on much longer.

I got my pledge manager invite today

I got mine, too, and a WIP is up of the wicked add-on pack. Now that I see it I realize it's not what I'm looking for after all. So, I'll stick to the "higher value" add-ons (which to me are water and floor packs, with one chasm just because I love the utility it adds).

Here's the WIP pic:

Got mine; you can change your base level insofar as it looks at the total you pledged in the campaign, and lets you select any base pledge of sets that fits underneath that, ie I backed for 3 painted sets, but because my backing amount also included postage, I could if I wanted to change up to 5 unpainted sets, but no further.

You also can't be clever and add multiples of the set reward levels that exceed the initial pledge amount you made, because it spits a rejection back at you. Add ons are the only things you can add more funds to cover.

Now, do I stick with 3 painted sets, or go for 5 unpainted, buy the paints, and then hope I'm not too lazy to paint and can match the colours on the prepainted lava and water extras I want. Pledge manager time is always difficult!

Yeah, due to S&H and an add on, my 2 Painted sets can go as high as 3 Painted or 5 Unpainted.

Another round of temptation to fight off, it appears. Assuming the manager remains open for extra funding for at least a week or two (I think their last one was 10 days, so I'm not expecting it to be open for long), I'll have time to ponder that out. Another paycheque and possibly a tax return could make justifying stretching a little further more feasible than I originally anticipated.

Four of those waterfall pieces seems REALLY excessive. Surely 2 would do and give an extra piece of something else.

Don't try to say that in the comments, Bossk, I've given up . The wicked addition makes no sense for me as someone who wants a grand cavern, but for RPGers I guess all these bits are like Christmas. Really glad they put up pics because those burrowing pieces are tiny and I don't need them at all!

I don't think an update has gone out regarding the pledge manager links being sent, has it? I'd like to know how long I have to add funds

I just messaged them and got a reply back saying that the pledge manager will be open until May 3rd at 11pm EDT. That's a week from tomorrow, so plan accordingly!

Done. I'd have loved to have gone hog wild with add ons, but I just don't have the money to go too crazy, and they'll be available for sale later.