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Post by: Alpharius
Anyone know if the "all the books in print" pledges/add-ons also include the "Dire Foes RPG Adventure" book?
And - what size and material are the tiles?
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Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured
Are they building their own pledge manager or using something like backer kit?
as a lot of the 'external' ones charge a percentage that's about the same as KS so Modiphius would end up with the same
(if the have got their own they will keep it all... does anybody know how they did their Achtung Cthulhu campaign PM?)
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Post by: rabidaskal
In for a pound . . . I'll probably end up at faction fanatic plus a few add-ons eventually, but I wanna see the shipping schedule for all the unlocked before nailing that down. Want to keep things to a single wave, if possible ^^
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Post by: modiphius
Alpharius wrote:Anyone know if the "all the books in print" pledges/add-ons also include the "Dire Foes RPG Adventure" book?
And - what size and material are the tiles?
Yes it will do. The tiles are a grid of 8 x 30mm squares and a stiff laminated card - will be nice quality!
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:Are they building their own pledge manager or using something like backer kit?
as a lot of the 'external' ones charge a percentage that's about the same as KS so Modiphius would end up with the same
(if the have got their own they will keep it all... does anybody know how they did their Achtung Cthulhu campaign PM?)
We're using Backerkit. Final PDF's will also come via DriveThruRPG. It depends on the deal you go with, with the one we'll use the % should be a bit lower than KS.
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Post by: Darkjim
The 0-12 Files unlocked, and Adventures in the Human Sphere getting close.
A small part of that was me, Master Pledge it is, I'm (relatively) cash rich and time poor just at the moment, can't really paint but can invest in this instead. Really looking forward to all the goodies 
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Post by: draugadan
Quick question does the Dire Foes RPG Adventure book come with the O-12 Master Pledge? I'm asking about the book, not the DIre Foes miniatures (it says it doesn't have the miniature sets). When I look at the All Books pledge it doesn't list the Dire Foes book.
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Post by: endtransmission
Yes it does. The Dire Foes book was added to the campaign after the graphics were created. It is the 40 page Printed Adventure book with every Core and Collectors book, which is listed in the Unlocked Bonuses list.
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Post by: draugadan
Ok, in for a 0-12 Master Pledge. Excited and can't believe I spent that much all at the same time.
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Post by: endtransmission
I'm still trying to work out if I upgrade to 0-12 or not. The main issue is the Conan campaign coming after this one!! :-O
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Post by: modiphius
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here for helping to keep this thread updated and keeping the buzz going!
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Post by: endtransmission
Thanks for a great campaign Chris! Congratulations on becoming the highest funded new RPG on kickstarter too!
It is quite an impressive lineup of books planned thanks to the last few weeks of campaigning. I can't wait to see what else gets unlocked with the paypal and pm totals
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Post by: PsychoticStorm
Congratulations indeed!
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Post by: Alpharius
 modiphius wrote:Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here for helping to keep this thread updated and keeping the buzz going!
You're welcome!
(I guess Motyak had to sleep sometime...  )
Congrats on being the most funded 'new' RPG on Kickstarter....ever!*
(Until your Conan RPG campaign launches!)
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Post by: -Loki-
Any idea when we can choose add-ons and such? Or is it up and I'm not seeing it?
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Post by: kilcin
 -Loki- wrote:Any idea when we can choose add-ons and such? Or is it up and I'm not seeing it?
Once they have the bakerkit set up, you can select your add-ons and increase your pledge if you so desired.
Kickstarter update 47 wrote:
NEXT STEPS. As Kickstarter only knows what Pledge you chose we'll be inviting you to a Pledge Manager called Backerkit in a couple of weeks time (once it's set up properly). In Backerkit you will have the total Pledge as credit and much like a webstore you'll select all the Add On's you wanted to use up the credit.
You can also choose extra Add Ons, or even change what you selected, as well as changing your Pledge or upgrading it and of course paying for any shipping owed. Backerkit will take card payments and we can take Paypal payments and credit your account. You'll have till about mid - December to make changes and then we will lock down Backerkit so we can export the data and start planning the fulfilment.
We will use Backerkit to deliver the PDF's of books and other items as they're finished. We usually send out previews of almost ready PDF's so you can help with proof reading. Final PDF's will be sent out via DriveThruRPG.
We'll give you a heads up over the coming weeks with totals raised, new art and other cool stuff to check out as it's completed and plenty of notice about deadlines.
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Post by: motyak
Yeah missed the tail end which was a shame, would have loved to watch it tick up and finish but it seems they still hold a grudge about getting knocked out of the world cup at the pool stage so they had it finish before I woke up this morning :p
Can't wait for backerkit to open up so I can increase my pleeedge
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Post by: Darkjim
It ticked over really quickly at the end, like an England innings in the recent Ashes series
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Post by: Alpharius
One last title update - for old time's sake!
In many campaigns there's a push for a "PayPal Option" - and there is one here.
We know the KS Total Final was £346,330 with 3,494 backers.
It will be interesting to see how many "PayPal Payers" there were during the campaign.
Surely enough to get is the 3,500 'backer bonus', as well as unlock an additional book or two?
One thing I'm curious about there on that - if you're in one of the "ALL IN PRINT" options, you're getting ALL the listed books,, no matter what, 'unlocked' or not.
If you're NOT in on those levels, I'm guessing that means there is NO way for you to get them via this campaign then?
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Post by: ski2060
No, it seems you will not be able to buy them via the KS campaign.
Most likely you will have to wait until they are announced and available via retail means for PDF or Printed book.
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Post by: Alpharius
Alpharius wrote:One last title update - for old time's sake!
If you're NOT in on those levels, I'm guessing that means there is NO way for you to get them via this campaign then?
ski2060 wrote:No, it seems you will not be able to buy them via the KS campaign.
Most likely you will have to wait until they are announced and available via retail means for PDF or Printed book.
So what you actually meant to say then was "Yes."?
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Post by: ski2060
Correct, I meant YES, you will not be able to get them outside of the KS until they are available via Retail means.
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Post by: -Loki-
To be fair, with what, 16 books unlocked, plus potentially another after PayPal pledges are added, there's so much content most people won't miss other books for a good long time. I know I won't. The 'all unlocked books as PDF's' they threw on almost everything was incredible value.
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Post by: endtransmission
-Loki- wrote:To be fair, with what, 16 books unlocked, plus potentially another after PayPal pledges are added, there's so much content most people won't miss other books for a good long time. I know I won't. The 'all unlocked books as PDF's' they threw on almost everything was incredible value.
20 books unlocked before the paypal total is added
The pdf subscription will be an interesting one to watch as well. I'm curious as to what else is planned over the next two years if they have 20+ books to do already.
Automatically Appended Next Post: It turns out there were 115 new backers via paypal, adding an extra £8922 to the total, so this pushes us past the 3500 backers (what this unlocks will be covered in the next update) and unlocks the Technology book.
No new stretches announced as we still have two books left to work towards in the pledge manager.
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Post by: Alpharius
 endtransmission wrote:
It turns out there were 115 new backers via paypal, adding an extra £8922 to the total, so this pushes us past the 3500 backers (what this unlocks will be covered in the next update) and unlocks the Technology book.
No new stretches announced as we still have two books left to work towards in the pledge manager.
So - there it is!
PayPal added a not insignificant 115 backers and £8922 ($13,810) - seems OK to me!
Update #49
Oct 20 2015
UNLOCKED! Technology of the Human Sphere! Paypal Total!
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Hi guys so the journey continues in to Human Sphere!
We unlocked the next Stretch Goal: Technology of the Human Sphere with the Paypal funds which came to £8922 so together with the official total of £346,330 means we hit £355,252. There will be some dropped pledges as some people's payments didn't go through and changed to paypal instead but either way we're happy to unlock this as the funds will keep coming in. We also gathered 115 new Backers enough to hit the 3500 backer bonus which we'll talk about in the next update.
Technology of the Human Sphere is now available as a £12 Print Add On, or free in PDF for Pledges with 'All The Unlocked Books in PDF' and free in print for All The Books, O-12 Masters and Dire Foes!
If you're having trouble getting your payment through and have run out of options you can use our Store page to purchase a Pledge or Contact us to arrange a specific Paypal Payment to cover your planned pledge.
Three technological innovations have transformed human society: Interstellar travel, the quantronics revolution, and the biotech wonders made possible by the wonders of Silk. Technology of the Human Sphere unravels the astonishing technology of the future, including An arsenal of weapons, specialized ammunition, high-tech armour, and the other military materiel Spy gadgets, infiltration devices, and other tools of the trade A huge array of vehicles – from Yutang mag-bikes to Varunan submersibles Infowar programs, hacking devices, and other quantronic equipment Body modifications, genetic therapies, and other innovations of biotech
Whether you’re planning to cross the icy wastes of Svalarheima or investigate murders on an asteroid mining facility, you’ll want to make sure you’ve got the right kit for the job.
As we approach the pledge manager (you should get an invite in a couple of weeks and we'll post about it soon) it looks likely we'll unlock the Nebula of Mirrors Campaign and quite likely the last planned book; Hypercorps... and who knows what else beyond that! We'll do another update on Paypal pledges as the Pledge Manager starts so we know what goals we're aiming for!
Enjoy!
Chris, Modiphius
I think the PM will mean a lot of people upgrading to higher pledge levels, and that will easily see the "Nebula" and most likely the "Hypercorps" books 'unlocked' too.
And who knows what is at the £390 mark too!
Also:
Do these paypal pledges count towards total backers for the 3500 backer bonus? or was that a KS-only thing?
Creator Chris Birch, Modiphius about 3 hours ago
@Dominic actually yes it's 115 backers which is plenty to hit the 3500 goal - we'll post about that in the next update
Dominic Woods about 3 hours ago
Additionally:
Frits Kuijlman about 2 hours ago
Even if these books are not unlocked during the campaign, you will still produce them eventually because of the 'all the books' pledge?
Creator Chris Birch, Modiphius about 2 hours ago
@Frits - yes of course, this just means it's getting produced in time for the October shipment. :-0
That's October 2016, of course!
Oh, and one more thing - title updated!
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Post by: Alpharius
They may have already forgotten about this Kickstarter in Australia, but we'll keep the fire burning here in the USA!
Update #50
Oct 29 2015
Paypal Update, 3500 Backer Bonus & Pledge Manager
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Hi there, sorry for the radio silence over the last few days we've been showing some love to the Thunderbirds and Mutant Chronicles Kickstarter backers who have both had shipments taking place over the last couple of weeks so it really has been crazy here at Modiphius HQ!
In fact we're moving office this weekend - we've been working out of our home for the last two years with people perched on sofa's and corner's of tables and finally we're moving in to Modiphius' first real office!
PLEDGE MANAGER. So that we get exactly the right information from you all we are taking our time to set up the Infinity pledge manager. You'll be getting an invite from a site called Backerkit that many other Kickstarter projects use. We should be ready in about ten days to invite you so please be patient. You'll be adding your shipping and extra items that you want there. We are also updating the Pledge Calculator to make sure all the Add On's are included and the correct weights and shipping prices are factored in.
PAYPAL Well we had another 58 backers join in but it looks like overall we lost 60 backers from the final count in Kickstarter. Don't worry we're still over 3500! The good news is we've clocked up another £4044 from Paypal since the last update so the current total stands at: £359,252 - so we are two thirds of the way to unlocking the Nebula of Mirror's campaign book!
We don't yet know how many backers we retained through Paypal pledges and how much funds we're dropped on the total raised. Some of that Paypal total is backers who's cards didn't go through and paid instead through Paypal. We'll only know early next week when the funds arrive how much we're actually getting from Kickstarter backers.
3500 BACKER BONUS. The core book is full colour hardback and the supplements are all currently full colour soft backs. So starting now, what we're going to do is convert a book over to hardback at each of the following goals:
each extra 200 backers (next week we'll announce the current total)
each 200 shares on a Facebook post (we'll be promoting the chance to join in the Pledges - we'll send out links as an update so you can help share it)
once we've unlocked the final book in the Kickstarter: Hypercorps we're going to unlock more Geomorphic Tiles sets AND hardback conversions as Stretch Goals
The first book we've unlocked in lovely full colour hard back is the Gamesmaster Guide at 3500 backers!
There is one proviso for this though, hardbacks cost more and take longer to print - about 1 month compared to 10 days for softbacks, so we take extra care and time checking them for errors. Converting books over to hardbacks therefore gives the writing teams less time to complete each one. So as we convert them it may risk pushing back the completion of each wave by the 3-4 weeks (not per book just per wave). I'm sure you'll agree it will be worthwhile though!
Tell us in the comments below what books you'd like to see unlocked in hardback!
Enjoy!
Chris, Modiphius
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Post by: Alpharius
New from the comments section...
Creator Chris Birch, Modiphius 5 days ago
Hi everyone we're closing in on the pledge manager. Looks like the list of Add On's, variants, Pledge contents have been confirmed by everyone so now we actually add them all in to Backerkit's website. The process takes a while because if you don't get it right at the beginning it causes a BIG headache later on.
I think realistically it will be monday before we can go live as we'll need the weekend to test and check everything works out before we let you all in!
Yes if you confirm your minis you'll be able to add to your pledge through till end of December. We would just like everyone to select minis as soon as possible (in the pledge manager not yet!) once the pledge manager is open
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Post by: -Loki-
Backer kit is live.
Redid my order in the pledge calculator and it appears that my shipping was originally over estimated, and I now have an extra 16 pounds. Threw in the Adventures in the Human Sphere book, upped my brothers bit to have 5 Yu Jing dice, and added a pair of mercenary dice.
Nice little bonus.
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Post by: Dentry
The latest update says the weights were off on some items in the Pledge Manager and that it should be corrected now.
As a result the deadline's been extended (to mid January, I think) so we have more time now.
Huzzah!
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Post by: Alpharius
The Update in Question:
Update #59
Dec 12 2015
Pledge Calculator Error, Revised Lockdown & Stretch Goals...!
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Hi everyone sorry about this it looks like one of our updates to the Pledge Calculator has introduced some errors in to the weights of important items like the Core Book and Collector's edition. Just in case we're going to re-check every single weight in the calculator on monday and then send an update when we're confident everything is accurate. Till then please hold off working out your Shipping Add On. We'll let you know when it's ready and will send an update.
With the delays in setting up the Pledge Manager we're going to allow until the middle of January for Lockdown to give you more time.
In the the meantime we have some awesome news - you remember we unlocked the Technology of the Human Sphere supplement with the Paypal funds? We'll in the last few days we've also unlocked the final two books at £365k and £380k with the force of your extra pledges in the Pledge Manager! These are now both available as Add On's for £12 each and are in the Wave 3 plan:
A 112 page campaign. A pulse-pounding espionage thriller drawing the PCS deep into the darkest secrets of the Human Sphere. Betrayed by their friends and with their enemies turning into strange allies, can they untangle their twisted triangle of allegiances before the Code Infinity unleashes its destructive force?
The chartered companies used by PanOceania to rapidly develop its colonial prospects, the Merchant Guilds of Haqqislam which blazed the trade routes of the starways, and the zaibatsu spun-off from the centrally-controlled economy of Yu Jing’s State Empire have become the seeds of the new hyper-corporations. And in the transplanetary future of the Human Sphere, each of these myriad hypercorps is a mini-faction unto itself. Become a corporate runner and turn your hand to industrial espionage or use the Advanced Psywar rules to turn the boardroom into your battlefield.
112-page colour softback sourcebook featuring a complete guide to the corporations of the Human Sphere, resources for running campaigns of industrial espionage, and Advanced Psywar rules.
That's it for today!
Chris, Modiphius
UPDATE POSTED!
TITLE UPDATED!
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Post by: draugadan
Are the new unlocks added to the O-12 pledge?
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Post by: -Loki-
They did another update that said the weights are fixed.
Mine still came in at 14 pounds shipping. So I still get the Adventures in the Human Sphere in print.
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Post by: Alpharius
As I contemplate moving up to an "ALL THE BOOKS IN PRINT" pledge, does anyone know how Modiphius performed in past KS campaigns?
How long did it take for ALL THE BOOKS to finally see print and get shipped out?
Did they come close to meeting projected deadlines?
Thanks!
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Post by: MasterOfGaunts
Just saw the KS and as always... its already over... -.-
Do you know if the models will be available some day, so that I can buy them in some store? There are some lovely ones I want to have.
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Post by: -Loki-
The exact models in the kicktarter, no. They will get released at some future time with different arms holding no weapons, though the nature of that release hasn't been elaborated on. Most assume the alternates will be bootleg releases.
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Post by: MasterOfGaunts
 -Loki- wrote:The exact models in the kicktarter, no. They will get released at some future time with different arms holding no weapons, though the nature of that release hasn't been elaborated on. Most assume the alternates will be bootleg releases.
hm... no weapons would actually be fine, cause I wanted them as civilians for my 40k games :p
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Post by: Alpharius
 Alpharius wrote:As I contemplate moving up to an "ALL THE BOOKS IN PRINT" pledge, does anyone know how Modiphius performed in past KS campaigns?
How long did it take for ALL THE BOOKS to finally see print and get shipped out?
Did they come close to meeting projected deadlines?
Thanks!
Chris Birch, Modiphius 3 minutes ago
@alpharius - my gut feeling is this will take longer than we projected - certainly the first wave as CB are much busier than they thought they would be so this is slowing down approvals. We're working with them to help speed things up but even so our general methods are to be slow and good quality than rush with poor quality. With achtung Cthulhu we delivered the first wave a few months late and the final wave has just shipped ( which had various issues) however we made it up to backers who had very delayed shipments with a bonus, mutant chronicles started shipping in November about a year late partly because the core book got way too big and it was the first version of 2d20 and play testing dragged on to get to the point we were happy. It should have finished shipping in February an April. We're not allowing core book bloat in future projects like infinity and Conan and deliberately kept the first wave for infinity quite minimal and easy to produce. We also had the core content mostly written before we started. The art always takes longer than you think and with infinity we had to say goodbye to some artists that couldn't get the quality level we wanted with the books and find new ones. We have some strong artists now so we think this will speed up. What we do though is send out PDFs as soon as they are ready so there will be a constant stream of books
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Post by: Alpharius
I was about to pay for everything when I noticed what might be a bug in the shipping calculator?
I'm in the USA.
I was originally in for the £40 Core Book in Print pledge. Adding in the £200 pound upgrade to get all the books in print makes the total shipping due for 3 waves come to £39.
If I instead look at the shipping for the £300 All The Books in Print (Which also comes with All the Minis included I think - so more stuff than my original pledge plus the All the Books upgrade), it comes to £24.50 for three waves.
The £300 pound pledge level comes with more stuff, but...costs less to ship?
Help!
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Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured
I should think you'll need to ask them direct....
could be the initial price was an estimate and they managed to find a small saving,
or that the subsidise a bit of the shipping cost of pledge levels but not add ons (as add ons make everything more complicated)
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Post by: Alpharius
I did ask directly - well, in the comments section, where Modiphius is very active and responsive.
Holiday weekends aside, of course!
I was wondering/hoping that this was something that was already known and address somewhere.
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Post by: -Loki-
I mentioned earlier my shipping is different to the initial quote. I was quoted 30 pounds originally on the calculator. When I redid itwhen they updated the calculator, it dropped to 16 pounds.
My guess is I did something wrong on my original calculation to get 30 pounds.
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Post by: Alpharius
Could be my problem too!
I'll send them a PM and see what the deal is...
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Post by: Vain
Not sure when you calculated your pledge but this update way back when may have been the reason: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/corvus-bellis-infinity-roleplaying-game/posts/1383892
Cheaper Shipping + Extra stuff.
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Post by: Alpharius
I calculated all of the data in my earlier pledge today, so who knows what's what?
Here's the problem, most likely:
The £40 Core Book in Print Pledge + the £200 All The Books Upgrade is coming in at 12128 grams while the £300 All the Books Pledge is coming in at 11625 grams.
The £300 Pledge comes with more (all the minis) but weighs less and costs less to ship?
Unless - and this is entirely possibly - I'm missing something or doing something wrong?
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Post by: Casey's Law
Sorry to dig this thread up but I'm just wondering what the situation is currently?
I see that I can still pledge via the website and I definitely want to grab those miniatures. I'll probably wait and get the books once they hit the shelves simply because there are too many to wrap my head around right now.
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Post by: Alpharius
In short?
Nothing is finished yet, still.
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Post by: Barzam
From what I gather from the updates, a lot of stuff is being held up by approval from CB. I do wish they'd at least send out the minis though. The retail versions have been available for how long again?
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Post by: Vain
If you are happy with paying for individual shipping they send out the minis.
It is just suckers like myself looking to save a buck who have to wait for everything to be completed.
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Post by: -Loki-
Yeah minis and dice have been available to backers since last gencon. You just have to pay additional shipping to get them separated.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Ahhh, thanks for the info guys.
I guess for me at least it means I can grab the miniatures pledge before it goes away. Gutted you lot are having to wait on the books still. :( I'll definitely be waiting til they hit the shelves in light of this.
...hold up. Which minis are the general release versions?
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Post by: Vain
All of the Kickstarter minis had general release versions.
Check out a few variations here.
http://infinitythegame.com/article.php?id=167
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Post by: Casey's Law
Thanks Vain, those are really nice but I can't find them in the store?
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Post by: PsychoticStorm
You can find each one in the faction they belong.
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Post by: Casey's Law
I'm a moron. I've looked at them like 20 times each and not realised what I was seeing.  Thanks guys.
All sorted now, hopefully we get some more news on the books soon. 
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Post by: deleted20250424
I swore you could buy the KS minis right from their site?
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Post by: Casey's Law
Yeh you can get the KS ones from Modiphius store and the generic releases from Corvus.
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Post by: SeanDrake
I was ill last week so downloaded all the stuff available and really enjoyed all the fluff for the stuff only mentioned in passing by CB. Such as the Hypercorps, Criminals, Mercs and o-12 which waspretty cool.
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