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 lord_blackfang wrote:
I don't have any D&L panels yet, besides the few doors and walls in the stretch goals...


Goals beyond 1 million are being added now.


That’s a nice addition to the market place and bigger pieces too. I think they’ll unleash the big stuff for the last 48 hours, still haven’t seen the walls and fences yet. I hope the dragon stays on 4 legs but they might repose him to fit on a 50mm base like the others.

Air Elemental looks good.

EDIT: and classic fountain won the vote.
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress






Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

That actually looks like an air elemental, so not a total loss.

I had hopes for Mantic on the elemental front but the water elementals dont look good and the fire elemental looks anything but. Thankfully Nolzur's elementals are good.


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Ghost dragon formally unlocked now, and the stretchgoals include a privvy. It is like they are listening.

Also included are artillery pieces which is the sort of content you want many stretchgoal sets for, and add ons for making shed roofs or extensions to make roofed buildings wider than 2 tiles.
Omn that note this particular add on should be part of the Roof set and not a srtretchgoal, you will want more than one or two token roof sections, this is the sort of items you will want quite a lot of.

Collapsed walls leading to hidden dungeon areas, yes please.
More corner junk, yes please.
Yet another portal, ok, if you insist. Dont we have three, or is it four already?

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Adrift on the Reaper forums had a practical use for the roof sets:

I initially disregarded the rooftops, but then realized they would be supremely useful for even using with my map books from my Towns & Taverns Loke Battlemats. I can literally drop roofs on 2d buildings and then my players don’t automatically know the inside of a building looks like; less meta. Plus, if a battle heads to the roof...

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Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

I have those, good call.

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Last 28 hours and I'm kinda lost... which of the new addons are NOT included as free stretchgoals?

   
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 Hanskrampf wrote:
Last 28 hours and I'm kinda lost... which of the new addons are NOT included as free stretchgoals?


New Add ons that are not included as stretch goals
Wood and Stone Stairs
Woodhaven Doors
Street Lamps
Balustrades
Battlements
Trim pack (roof room includes a trim pack)
Door Frames (new sprue for the functional doors) (includes 4 single square roof pieces.)

Add on that's included for first 48hours backers only
Nubble

Add ons that are stretch goals but are limit to 1 per backer as a SG regardless of number of pledges bought (also not included in the €25 SG 3 add on pack)
Giant
Troll
Ghost Dragon
Market Stall

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 DaveC wrote:
 Hanskrampf wrote:
Last 28 hours and I'm kinda lost... which of the new addons are NOT included as free stretchgoals?


New Add ons that are not included as stretch goals
Wood and Stone Stairs
Woodhaven Doors
Street Lamps
Balustrades
Battlements
Trim pack (roof room includes a trim pack)
Door Frames (new sprue for the functional doors) (includes 4 single square roof pieces.)

Add ons that are also stretch goals
Market Stall

Add on that's included for first 48hours backers only
Nubble

Add ons that are stretch goals but are limit to 1 per backer as a SG regardless of number of pledges bought (also not included in the €25 SG 3 add on pack)
Giant
Troll
Ghost Dragon


Thank you so much!
But just to clarify: Market Stall, Giant, Troll and the new Dragon are still part of the free stretchgoals?

   
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 Hanskrampf wrote:

Thank you so much!
But just to clarify: Market Stall, Giant, Troll and the new Dragon are still part of the free stretchgoals?


Yes you get 1 "free" Market stall per pledge level so 2 village = 2 stalls 3 village = 3 stalls etc. You can buy more for €5 each
You get 1 Troll, 1 Giant and 1 Ghost dragon only "free" regardless of number of pledges taken. You can buy more for the listed price or create a 2nd backer account if want doubles of all 3 as they are €67 as add ons but another village on a 2nd backer account is €85, €18 extra gets a lot more stuff.

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Speaking of what an €85 village pledge gets;

1 Townsfolk starter set - 63 minis
5 Rooms or 1 Core (Sewer or Fantasy) and 3 Rooms
1 Stretch Goals pack - 85 minis, 84 pieces of Terrain
including
1 x 4.7" Giant
1 x 3.3" Troll
1 x 6" Ghost Dragon
Fire, Air, Water Elementals
Iron and Flesh Golem
A Market place with 1 fixed stall, 1 cart stall, 1 cart and various scatter
Town scatter, benches, signposts, chimneys, outdoor privy and a fountain
A Tavern with sideboards, bed, bearskin rug, bath and a fireplace
A Blacksmith set with a forge, weapons, weapon chest and tools
A Bank set with a vault door, safe, coin bags and coin pile
Barracks set with Mortar, Ballista, flags, target and training dummy.
6 Gnolls
6 Kobolds
6 Skeletons
6 Goblins



Still to come

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California the Southern

All of this makes me really eager, like REALLY eager, to see what they do when they finally get their wargame all set.

I imagine that campaign will really be off the rails. This one basically was, considering we started with a town theme and ended up populating the town instead of building one.

Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/627383.page#7436324.html
Watch and listen to me ramble about these minis before ruining them with paint!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmCB2mWIxhYF8Q36d2Am_2A 
   
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress






Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

As projects enter the last 24 hours they get special promotion at Kickstarter if they are already trending well. This may or may not make a difference.

There was a high chance that most of those who are interested in this campaign already knew about it. However in the last two hours this project had had a huge spurt of new backers, and jumped from a short crawl over a million to a 100K added in the two hours along with about 400 fresh backers.

This campaign was projected for 1.2M, we are 50K off that now and the last 24 hours are only beginning, it might reach 1.5M with the added attention.
I wonder what Archon will offer us for that milestone. Another dragon? A different big monster perhaps?

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I am still of the opinion that there will be a transparent red phoenix.

But I'd be happy with just rounding off some tile functionality, like the double wide gate some have been clamouring for. I myself would choose a theme-neutral floor tile to increase the build options of a single Room.

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The Portcullis was a running theme (and joke as they couldn’t pronounce it) in the run up so some form of gate way seems likely.

If anyone is wondering about the ducks in the streams they were taking about the docks but their Polish accents made it sound like ducks to much confusion so in the end they added ducks but not docks as they didn’t work out.

Earth Elemental at €1,220k round out the set. Current total €1,196k

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Well the 3 people who really latched on to the duck barbarian have managed to shout loud enough to get him added to SG despite the regular duck having won the poll. Shame we didn't whine hard enough about the more interesting market stall or fountain.

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And another duck with his pet peasant. Good to see a well. Sewer Mermaid? I guess?? it’s different at least. And these still aren’t the end.

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Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

Hatches are worthwhile addition, the well and the peasant. Though why you want a lot of peasants porting ducks is beyond me. Thankfully he can be converted with Fireforge peasant bits, it will be good to have another peasant body base to add to the mix. So that is a win for those who think beyond the stretchgoals alone.

Duck? OK if you play Runequest, and ducks are Orlanthi so I must welcome him!
Trouble is even I a hardcore miniatures fan and a hardcore Glorantha fan have never mixed the two, there just isn't enough scope of quality sculpts to do Gloranthan gaming with miniatures justice.

The earth elemental is another fail, which is a pity because I don't like the Nolzur's one either. IMHO earth elementals should not have beaks (Nolzur's) or carry tools (here).

Sewer mermaid, now I have to give credit where credit is due. This is a topical blend of a generic monster with a something special that actually works. I could find use for one, and if the pose is not too busy convert enough to field two. I don't like replicating miniatures with busy poses.

I will have to find out what Witless Wizard means later. So far the mages in this set have been all usable, though the Necromancer needs a closer look.

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Witless Wizard is a D&D 5 adventure module, all the little colour thumbnails are.

I'm glad to finally see some more SG that enhance terrain functionality, like hatches, sewer ladders and the sludge pipe wall plug.

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UK

I think the elemental will paint up well as an ice elemental with the club removed (hopefully the parting out on the sprue will make that simple)

 
   
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Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I think the elemental will paint up well as an ice elemental with the club removed (hopefully the parting out on the sprue will make that simple)


Bravo! Good catch. Hopefully the multipart kit will allow us to be rid of the club without harming the shoulder.
Looking forward to my ice elemental now. Thank you.

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The egg is Phoenix egg - €1,400k is a Phoenix



Note on the market stall it’s now 1 per backer not pledge so you need to buy more if you want more.

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Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

I voted for a naked Phoenix, prefer Furious.



Looks like Infernal might win. Not happy about that, a waste of a potentially excellent kit.


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 DaveC wrote:

Note on the market stall it’s now 1 per backer not pledge so you need to buy more if you want more.


I will need to know more before deciding if that is worth 5 Euro. There is plenty of junk in this campaign I would not be disturbed to have capped at one. Market stalls are not one of them.

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So the final big update… swing… and a miss! In my opinion anyway. I was hoping for something a bit more…. Town building focused. The market stall is now one per backer? And the add on market stall is the same as the stretchgoal one? They did not add the magic stall as the add on? Disappointing. The stretchgoals in D&L2 convinced us to do two pledges but this time just one for us.

Derek the volunteer in the comments has been incredibly motivating but his activity highlights the lack of involvement from others. Maybe they are busy on other platforms like discord and Facebook? Considering all the enthusiasm shown before the campaign from my perspective it is feeling a bit anti-climatic to me.

The big jump from the barbarian to the Phoenix feels out of step with their other stretchgoal intervals.

I also would like the “furious” Phoenix to win but to be honest I think my feeling of anticlimactic disappointment has spoiled any real enthusiasm I have for whatever design wins.

There are some brilliant minis on offer in this KS but I can not help but feel like a great opportunity for something more has been missed.

Rick, the Grumpy Gnome

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I could care less about Phoenix a big goal like that should have been a big terrain piece. Once the well is unlocked I’ll be happy with that.

Poor form restricting the market stall to 1 per backer in the final 8 hours it’s a €5 add on and will be a lot smaller than other 1 per backer minis.
   
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Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

Spoiler:


The barbarian at the bottom is a promising add on.


And we just unlocked the well. So DaveC should be happier.

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Central Cimmeria

In your guy's opinions would the stone tower room blend well with fantasy core?

I'd like to use fantasy core plus the stone tower room as the base of buildings but I'm worried they won't look good together. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the fantasy core basically since it is such a good value.
   
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All in all, i'm pretty dissapointed with this Kickstarter, which turned into a generic fantasy Kickstarter instead of providing terrain as promised.

"Tabletop games are the only setting when a body is made more horrifying for NOT being chopped into smaller pieces."
- Jiado 
   
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 Gallahad wrote:
In your guy's opinions would the stone tower room blend well with fantasy core?

I'd like to use fantasy core plus the stone tower room as the base of buildings but I'm worried they won't look good together. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the fantasy core basically since it is such a good value.


Here you go. Fantasy Core short walls, Stone Tower (sample), Fantasy Core long walls.

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 Gallahad wrote:
In your guy's opinions would the stone tower room blend well with fantasy core?

I'd like to use fantasy core plus the stone tower room as the base of buildings but I'm worried they won't look good together. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the fantasy core basically since it is such a good value.


The Fantasy Core has nice, generic field stone floors that work well for a lot of settings. Better than the stone tower room floors in my opinion. However, the Fantasy Core walls have blocked up doors and windows that look odd in many settings other than as a ruins, dungeon or sewer.

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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress






Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.

 Gallahad wrote:
In your guy's opinions would the stone tower room blend well with fantasy core?


Yes.

 Gallahad wrote:

I'd like to use fantasy core plus the stone tower room as the base of buildings but I'm worried they won't look good together. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the fantasy core basically since it is such a good value.


Woodhaven to dungeons.
If you want to use Woodhaven rooms as dungeon walls all the sets work well, except Tudor Mansion, which is too well polished for a dungeon. You can test this yourself if you backed D&L 2 as there are stone wall samples in the stretchgoals from Woodhaven.
Can someone with a webcam demonstrate for us please. Edit - While typing this up someone has indeed done this on a small scale, thanks to DaveC.

Dungeons to Woodhaven
Core sets as buildings don't work quite as well. It can work but only for certain types of buildings. An orc fortress made of Dungeon Core (that sounds funky in itself) would probably make for a good scenario. I haven't tried it but can envision it with all the new vertical clips I have got.

If value is your main concern then I will repeat what was said a few pages back. For dungeons D&L is excellent, for settlements less so. There are plenty of alternative products that will work better and for less, and I can give you pointers at multiple budget levels and with or without 3D printing. Others can likely chime in too. I cant be the only one who does settlement planning for games, were this so this thread would be empty.
And yes, without deliberately throwing a bone to Archon a lot of their stuff makes the list.

The good news is that you don't need to work out what is in your pledge and wont for months. You could pledge one village and leave everything for the pledge manager. You have time.

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Central Cimmeria

Great! Thank you all for the amazing response.

I hope to use the stone tower to add windows to the fantasy core to make them a little better suited to be the bottom of buildings.
   
 
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