SeanDrake wrote:
Seriously these sculpts are wasted in PVC for a boardgame.

Designer of the game, Eric M. Lang, was kind enough to give us a taste of how the oni will work: “Normally you want to be high in honor, because it gives you tremendous bonuses in game. However, there are a few strategies (like the usage of these hideous oni) that reward the dishonorable. Choose your path carefully!”

"Bushi are the primary force for each player's Clan, able to dominate the map in both war and harvest time."

"Shinto are warrior priests, traveling the Earth alongside the Bushi or worshiping the heavens at the Kami temple to gain you favor. They are a highly versatile figure, and players have a limited amount of each,"

"The Daimyo is your leader. Each player only gets one. They represent force on the board like any other figure, but they can also provide during Harvest time. And unlike other figures, they can be upgraded through powerful enhancements throughout the game. Daimyos provide force like any other figure, but they cannot be targeted by card effects nor taken hostage in combat."

"Each Clan has a powerful ability that affects every players’ strategic and tactical decision-making. Their abilities also give them something unique to offer during the Tea Ceremony (deal making phase) of each turn. The Dragonfly, have the ability to fly across the map and ignore normal movement rules. It is important to me that the Clans have a lot of personality, which is why I gave them all strongly defining special abilities. On the other hand, I don’t want the Clans to be pigeonholed into scripted game play either. The design of the Clans gives players powerful negotiating tools (as they each have unique advantages all the time), but the upgrade cards players buy during the course of the game are from a common pool, so even if you enjoy the Koi for their powerful ability, you’ll be able to try a variety of different strategies each game.”

"While players each represent a Clan, they may also recruit monsters to join them. Monsters like the powerful Phoenix, which never truly dies in battle. In Rising Sun's twist on Japanese folklore, the Yurei is the fell ghost of a long passed Daimyo. In the game, the player who gets to use this will have all the benefits of a second leader to their clan! Very powerful indeed.”

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Looks like Titan Forge is getting ready to pull the trigger on an oriental minis KS too

plus i'm sure there was another one floating across my facebook feed too

Oriental seems to be flavour of the month

 MLaw wrote:
After today's Massive Darkness update I'm done with CMON.. Good luck to everyone backing this

We know you're anxious to dive into the Darkness, and so are we. But good things come to those who wait, and we still have some ways to go yet. The factory is still closed due to the Chinese New Year. In the meantime we are getting everything ready to start production in high gear once the factory reopens. Once production starts in earnest we'll be able to provide you with an up-to-date schedule for the delivery of this Kickstarter.

 Alpharius wrote:
If this is the update in question:

We know you're anxious to dive into the Darkness, and so are we. But good things come to those who wait, and we still have some ways to go yet. The factory is still closed due to the Chinese New Year. In the meantime we are getting everything ready to start production in high gear once the factory reopens. Once production starts in earnest we'll be able to provide you with an up-to-date schedule for the delivery of this Kickstarter.

it seems a bit odd to have that be the cause of a meltdown at the nuclear overreactor!

The BLOOD RAGE minis were fantastic, so I suspect that these will be too.

Still on the fence about whether or not to back this one though.

 MLaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
If this is the update in question:

We know you're anxious to dive into the Darkness, and so are we. But good things come to those who wait, and we still have some ways to go yet. The factory is still closed due to the Chinese New Year. In the meantime we are getting everything ready to start production in high gear once the factory reopens. Once production starts in earnest we'll be able to provide you with an up-to-date schedule for the delivery of this Kickstarter.

it seems a bit odd to have that be the cause of a meltdown at the nuclear overreactor!

The BLOOD RAGE minis were fantastic, so I suspect that these will be too.

Still on the fence about whether or not to back this one though.

It's not so much a nuclear meltdown as a straw breaking a camel's back type of thing.. They've done how many of these now? They don't communicate unless it's dire and leave people hanging. I was in the boat of getting a French rulebook for ZBP and the only responses I got to queries about replacements were rude "wait your turn, you'll get it when you do" sort of things.. They were slightly more professional than that but only just. Then when I was concerned about my Others pledge not arriving before my move, their response was that it was my problem and I need to make sure the post office is up to date. They are the only KS I've ever had respond like that to a concern about a move (and I've backed.. too many). The Hellfire Club in Others looks like Tomy Toys ran the molds but CMoN won't reply to questions about the QA on that. Now, Massive Darkness FINALLY gets an update and it's an update to say here's some really thin doors and we have no clue when we'll have your stuff. It's not like it's their first time dealing with China.. you'd think they'd have this figured out.

Anyway.. when they get a good hit, it's good. I had 1 problem with Rum and Bones and that was dice.. I love everything else about that. The other CMoN projects I've backed have been headaches.. and they really don't seem to have changed or have a plan to change anything at this point.. so.. yeah. Not a nuclear meltdown just finally fed up with their BS.

 Alpharius wrote:

 MLaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
If this is the update in question:

We know you're anxious to dive into the Darkness, and so are we. But good things come to those who wait, and we still have some ways to go yet. The factory is still closed due to the Chinese New Year. In the meantime we are getting everything ready to start production in high gear once the factory reopens. Once production starts in earnest we'll be able to provide you with an up-to-date schedule for the delivery of this Kickstarter.

it seems a bit odd to have that be the cause of a meltdown at the nuclear overreactor!

The BLOOD RAGE minis were fantastic, so I suspect that these will be too.

Still on the fence about whether or not to back this one though.

It's not so much a nuclear meltdown as a straw breaking a camel's back type of thing.. They've done how many of these now? They don't communicate unless it's dire and leave people hanging. I was in the boat of getting a French rulebook for ZBP and the only responses I got to queries about replacements were rude "wait your turn, you'll get it when you do" sort of things.. They were slightly more professional than that but only just. Then when I was concerned about my Others pledge not arriving before my move, their response was that it was my problem and I need to make sure the post office is up to date. They are the only KS I've ever had respond like that to a concern about a move (and I've backed.. too many). The Hellfire Club in Others looks like Tomy Toys ran the molds but CMoN won't reply to questions about the QA on that. Now, Massive Darkness FINALLY gets an update and it's an update to say here's some really thin doors and we have no clue when we'll have your stuff. It's not like it's their first time dealing with China.. you'd think they'd have this figured out.

Anyway.. when they get a good hit, it's good. I had 1 problem with Rum and Bones and that was dice.. I love everything else about that. The other CMoN projects I've backed have been headaches.. and they really don't seem to have changed or have a plan to change anything at this point.. so.. yeah. Not a nuclear meltdown just finally fed up with their BS.

Well, clearly experiences will differ, and I've had pretty much the exact opposite of yours, once we got past the initial stumbling that were RELIC KNIGHTS and SEDITION WARS.

Since then, I've had nothing but excellent results and well run campaigns, start to finish. And the overall quality of all components, especially miniatures, has definitely gotten better - way better!

I'd bet that they'll knock this one out of the park quality-wise, and that they might be late by a bit in delivering it too.