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Had to pass on the new plastic minis, they're nice but a bit too expensive once you include the shipping.

Hopefully, in time they'll start stocking them in the EU warehouse.

I went for the sci-fi flower knight. The others were quite tempting, though.

Ended up snagging Before the Wall, Sci Fi White Speaker, Order Knight pinup, and Warrior of the Sun pinup. The wife and I are both suckers for the pinups, I'm always willing to buy them in plastic.

The Flower Knight was quite tempting, though I passed in the end as you can't really use him as a survivor in game, so I wouldn't have much use for it. Other than it looking freaking awesome, that is.

I forgot to hit the respond button, but the reason Adam hasn't done the digital art book yet is because stuff from Lantern Festival will be in there and he doesn't want spoilers.

Schmapdi wrote:
t reminds me that the thing I want most from my KD:M pledge is the digital art book - which seems like would be the EASIEST thing in the world to fulfill, but somehow we still don't have it.

...Assembly instructions.

Alternative settlement sheets.

That is all.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:


Alternative settlement sheets.

To be honest the fan-made options are superior to the official.

Yes, I think there are some nice fan made record sheets, but there should be official ones, and the fan guides have plenty of errors.

Grabbed five of the new models. Order pinup is my favorite of the new batch, but may be dethroned by Fade when actually in hand.

Looking forward to the digital art book and an update on Lantern Festival. Really want that King.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:
t reminds me that the thing I want most from my KD:M pledge is the digital art book - which seems like would be the EASIEST thing in the world to fulfill, but somehow we still don't have it.

...Assembly instructions.

Alternative settlement sheets.

That is all.

Both of those would probably be more work than compiling the already existing art into a .PDF file and slapping it on the internet somewhere ...

Ya, its not like he has had a full year to have those done...

To be fair, he has been a little busy...

And yet, such an integral part of these kits...

I'm still wondering if I put the Twilight Witch together correctly.

Guides certainly would help on some of these kits...

September Releases available now.



AND...

Kingdom Death Kickstarter 2

Let’s go ahead and make it official. We will be launching a kickstarter to fund the reprint of Kingdom Death: Monster on Friday November 25, 2016 - Black Friday. I will be offering no details or glimpses, as I prefer to keep it a surprise.

I'm not a big fan of the role survivors. I typically get some of the resins or pinups that I could proxy in the game. I don't think those would proxy in well.

The update gave props some community members for their contributions. That's always nice to see.

I kind of like the role survivors. I'm not sure I like them enough to purchase them mind you, but I like the levity behind them and as an image it really brings the insanity of the backstory to the Lion Knight encounter vividly to life.

While those, the Goblin Guard and Mountain Man are all interesting, I think this month is a pass from me. Nothing overtly wrong with the models, just not things I feel the need to add to the collection.

Curious if the reprint is going to include anything of interest to the original backers, and obviously what the status of the Lantern Festival is but I assume if anyone had read those details they would have shared them here.

Definitely gonna keep an eye out for the Kickstarter.

Finally, a White Speaker Sword Hunter for a reasonable price!

Wanted her for a while, so that was a purchase. Also grabbed the Knight, as I've really enjoyed all the character class models (plus she really reminds me of Saber from Fate Stay Night).

I wonder what the reason behind running a Kickstarter for a reprint of their previous KS project.

grefven wrote:
I wonder what the reason behind running a Kickstarter for a reprint of their previous KS project.

Probably because the upfront costs of ordering all the models and the printed parts is a lot of money, particularly if the print run is to be economically viable. I'm betting the print costs will be the highest, given that the molds for the models already exist. A Kickstarter at least defrays some of those costs. The upshot is that fulfillment should be fairly quick, since the foundation already exists.

I wonder if this KS will also fund some good instruction manuals for the kits.

Okay, I'll shut up and see myself out now.

 BrookM wrote:
I wonder if this KS will also fund some good instruction manuals for the kits.

Ha!

Yeah, despite a very enjoyable game/minis set and good customer service, a bit miffed by the continued lack of instructions, since not everyone's experienced at building and the fan guides aren't always accurate.

What I'm actually hoping for is some nice stretch goals for new baddies. Specifically, new bosses and low-level baddies. I think the game has more than enough big bad monsters for the later half of the game, but more variety early would be very nice, and I think the Watcher is kind of a chump.

This is a nice turn of events. Perhaps I'll be able to get my hands on a copy now (that won't cost me $400)

 BrookM wrote:
I wonder if this KS will also fund some good instruction manuals for the kits.

Okay, I'll shut up and see myself out now.

DIng.

I can't really take Poots seriously because of this. Really insulting for the customers imo.

 streetsamurai wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
I wonder if this KS will also fund some good instruction manuals for the kits.

Okay, I'll shut up and see myself out now.

DIng.

I can't really take Poots seriously because of this. Really insulting for the customers imo.

Well... If you can't assemble the models without some official instruction manuals, maybe you should stick with those green army men...

All us KS backers can use 'Them Internets', because we could also use Kickstarter itself. The problems start if these models ever hit retail. I have more of a problem with the actual missing product (Lantern Festival)...

Some people see insults in everything other people do or don't. Maybe there's not something wrong with everyone else... Now you can feel insulted! ;-)

Also curious if there'll be an 'upgrade' pledge, updated cards, rulebook, and possibly new things...

Some of the models and sprues have been designed by an <REDACTED>, so clear instructions would be wonderful. fething hell, even better would be if they retooled the sprues to have certain parts numbered as well, looking at you, head sprues that are vague beyond feth.

The site we keep getting referred to right now isn't all that helpful on some things either, being either quite vague or referring to the wrong parts in some cases.

I mean, all those tiny hands on the Phoenix? Kudos to those who braved it and get it sorted out for us, but I'd really love to know why the creator, almost a year past shipping now, still hasn't bothered with this, or even deigned to give us a clear answer.

Not may games give instructions anymore. I'm a pretty novice assembler and painter and I was able to get KD starting mini's and bosses assembled perfectly fine. I had issues with shadows of brimstone mini's and they have a lot less parts. I think half of my trouble was the miniatures not fitting as snug as KD mini's

Phoenix hands? Male/female arms? Front and back wrist halves with mislabeled corresponding parts?

None of those gave you any trouble?

grefven wrote:
I wonder what the reason behind running a Kickstarter for a reprint of their previous KS project.

Probably because a $400 MSRP product is hard to restock due to minimum production volumes, etc.

My guess is that he is going to break it up into more manageable pieces: a smaller <$200 core and a few expansions.

I'm very curious, myself, and will likely back.

I think there was talk of trimming the core box slightly at one point, but I think he also followed it up with he wasn't sure if there was anything that could be removed without making it an incomplete experience. Not sure where the balance would be there myself.

One thing that would be an addon he could offer that I would absolutely buy is a sturdy organizer insert for all the (sleeved) cards and tokens from the core+expansions inside the core box. The one made by this poster on reddit looks quite nice:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomDeath/comments/4kot6v/my_acrylic_kdm_box/

Money would not be able to fly fast enough for that. I'm weird in my OCD; at varying times my house might look like the prequel to a hoarders episode, but my models will be sorted and organized with impeccable care into their own slots.

My group was just talking about how the core campaign felt a little long, actually-- we've been finding that the last 5 years or so, we're basically as ready as we need to be.

I could see trimming out the phoenix, phoenix armor, scrap smelting and everything past that, and having a different boss, for like a 15 year campaign and including that 40% or so of the game be an expansion. I mean, I guess if his dream is only the sprawl it is, one couldn't, but I think a shorter campaign would have merit.

I've actually been toying with homebrewing something similar, because, like I said, my group tends to get more than prepared by the time things are over.