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 judgedoug wrote:
I also agree that there should be the "sweet spot" pledge level highlighted right at the top of the page. A big ad saying, "GBP 100 gets you 24 clip together modular tiles of one type, enough for a 6x4 board, shipped anywhere in the world!" then the wargamers would see that and immediately go, "that's a deal, I can afford that" without having to search through all the text descriptions etc.

Hmmm... I admit I found the page confusing when I first looked at it, and that that does indeed sound like a good deal.

Hmmmmmmmmmm........

Unfortunately, I don't play much in my home, if I did I'd be all over this in a heartbeat.

 Surloch wrote:
Got my pledge in. Only for a 6'x4' as that's already stretching the budget, but putting my money where my mouth is.

When explaining to the wife, she said she would be happy to buy me a cheap tablecloth and dye it green...just isn't the same lol.

Thank you Surloch! every pledge gets us to making this Kickstarter and company a reality. Quick big thank you to you and all here on Dakka Dakka who have pledge so far. We arep psyched up. Also played a few games today with the crew. Good times. Who hope you share the smiles and good times on our gaming boards too!



"Unfortunately, I don't play much in my home, if I did I'd be all over this in a heartbeat"

Thanks Rtides =). The fact that you would pledge in a heartbeat if you played more at home really means allot. It is hard to contain our bursting excitement about our own products. You & the Dakka Dakka community have spurred us onward and also evolved our product lines. This is truly for you all and you are the best resource and wisdom we can touch on. We just can't wait to see people playing on our Gaming boards. =)

Mini update: we are still working at the influx of messages sent to us yesterday and today. Some awesome interest that has got us even more psyched up. More soon.




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Update: On 46%! 14 Days to go! We have jumped 11% Since Sunday. Thank you! Still working through all the messages we have got from allot of you. Every pledge counts and thanks again for bringing it closer to reality. We hope our Games & Gears gaming boards are a great addition and a part of your Christmas & Holiday gifts. These are great investments for your and your hobby! Thanks

Sweet! come on people lets back G&G! I want those hybrids!!

Your video about how sturdy the board is hanging over the edge of a table convinced me. I pledged for the 4x8 board.

Hopefully it gets funded.

 Kirasu wrote:
Your video about how sturdy the board is hanging over the edge of a table convinced me. I pledged for the 4x8 board.

Hopefully it gets funded.

Dear Kirasu, thank you! We are really proud and super excited with our boards. We have an awesome design team here @ G&G. We just want you to play tons of games on our Games & Gears boards. Going to check out your armies you have linked in your sig. Having them on our gaming boards is what it is all about!

@Darkeldarcrone, thanks your enthusiasm is infectious. We are rallying as many backers as we can to our kickstarter. It really is a call to arms indeed! =)

14 days to go and everything to go for. Every pledge counts so we thank you.


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I would love to see our battle boards on the Dakka gallery with people voting on all you armies.

Hi G&G !!

Thank you for your continued presence here. All the answers are helpful.

I have a couple of quick questions (forgive me if they were asked elsewhere) ...

1 - I really like the idea of the stick-on grid but was wondering if you've tested it on a painted board to ensure it is removeable (and re-useable) without pulling paint up ? I play various games, some using grids and some not, and being able to switch back-and-forth would be great.

2 - Will / Can you offer the grid in black as well as white? Depending on the board color, one might work better and be more subtle than the other.

Thanks !!

Dear Kirasu, thank you! We are really proud and super excited with our boards. We have an awesome design team here @ G&G. We just want you to play tons of games on our Games & Gears boards. Going to check out your armies you have linked in your sig. Having them on our gaming boards is what it is all about!

I intend to no worries. I'll have a big battle of the boards and I always take pictures.

 Myrthe wrote:
Hi G&G !!

Thank you for your continued presence here. All the answers are helpful.

I have a couple of quick questions (forgive me if they were asked elsewhere) ...

1 - I really like the idea of the stick-on grid but was wondering if you've tested it on a painted board to ensure it is removeable (and re-useable) without pulling paint up ? I play various games, some using grids and some not, and being able to switch back-and-forth would be great.

2 - Will / Can you offer the grid in black as well as white? Depending on the board color, one might work better and be more subtle than the other.

Thanks !!

Dear Myrthe, great questions and thank you for asking them.

Answering your questions in the order of which they were asked:

1. We are using the IPAD screen protector covers as test which is exactly what they are, they are one and the same thing but with hex grids on them and bigger. Tests show they are fine on painted boards, However I would recommend that you matt varnish your Games & Gears Gaming Boards before applying the Square/hex grids this is a personal recommendation & I have a habit of matt varnishing everything. So it is re-useable as long as you keep the sheet where the grid sheets initially peel off (another personal recommendation or keep them on the battle board). However over time if there is a continuous peel on and off switch to other boards the self adhesive side would slowly erode which is only natural. However in spite of this you have some super low cheap rates for our Hex/square Grids so we would recommend to bulk buy so you have at least half a decade or more of usable Games & Gears grid sheets.

2. Good point!! We will offer both colours black or white (thanks). We would recommend to bulk buy these as you can use these for campaigns and other uses to. We will update our Kickstarter to reflect this point!!

Let me know if there is anything else. =)


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 Kirasu wrote:

Dear Kirasu, thank you! We are really proud and super excited with our boards. We have an awesome design team here @ G&G. We just want you to play tons of games on our Games & Gears boards. Going to check out your armies you have linked in your sig. Having them on our gaming boards is what it is all about!

I intend to no worries. I'll have a big battle of the boards and I always take pictures.

Awesome, we want to create an online gallery with players armies on our battle boards but there is Dakka Dakka to do that on so we hope that will be it =D. It might be kind of sad but we will spend hours pouring over the galleries and looking and everyone's armies and what paint schemes people have come up with on our battle boards. This excites us =D


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Because we can and are able to: we have just added two colors to our hex grids. Black & White as we can print both colors =). Special thanks to Forum member Myrthe.

I made a mini pledge for a few board sections. Would have got more but I am growing tired of spending so much on kickstarter and having nothing to show for it. 6 projects backed but nothing delivered yet. Time to go back to the old fashioned way of buying stuff that is actually available I think!

Hey commander Cain,

We know your issues!! We also have backed other projects.

The reason why our Initial KS goal is so high. Is this:

1. We would not put you at risk
2.Nor would we put our business at risk.

Lets be honest here we know psychology like some (but not all) other projects if we gave a super low goal which some do to be honest (as we are in the manufacturing business) we could have probably made our superficial low goal by now and be on 200% or more on our KS have allot more backers as stretch goals would be unlocked faster. But that would be putting you at risk and our business at risk too. If we do not actually acheive the real monetary levels we need to. This superficial tactic can pay off and sometimes doesn't. It's a gamble we will not put you or us in. Why is this a risk to us? Because if we are successful with our Kickstarter it allows us to enter this market and we are in it for the long term & our promise to our customers is paramount.

Our Initial goal and further stretch goals levels do two very real things. First they keep us honest, 2nd they insure we deliver on time. We are very pedantic on delivery on time as 3 things are engraved to our foreheads (figuratively speaking) 1. Good Price, 2. Great Quality 3 Deliver on time. We know the honest road is the hardest road. But to be honest we would never put you or us at risk. It is not mutual nor fair to any of us. Hence our Initial High KS goal. Which will fulfill all our commitments to you.

We also are not sub contracting any of our gaming boards. We make them, we pack and we send them.

Our future in this market is in your hands and the communities via your pledges and backing.

We know exactly how you feel and we are very stoic in our position. Even though we know it is easier to over promise than under promise. We hope so far you have seen this in they way we work. The stuff we can do we will do and the things we cannot do right now, we hope to do in the future.

Also thank you for being part of the G&G army of backers. We want to get to a 1000 + pledges and with the communities blessing and backing we will! Lets all gear up, we are very serious, very committed and good times ahead if we all make it happen.

Sincerely,
The Team

Update: we were kindly interviewed by Pins Of War. Here is the link http://blog.pinsofwar.net/games-and-gears-interview/ hope you like it and please share it with everyone.

Great read & interview! Going to up my pledge, want some cracked earth boards. I like the ice style.

Update: according to one of our great backers.

Games & Gears is already in the Top 5 Kickstarter terrain project via money raised!!!

This is awesome news. If we reach our goal and beyond we will make history. So let's make history together and make Games & Gears the largest funded terrain project In the world bringing you high quality products to games on!

We rallying recruits once again to our banner. With your help and pledge we can do this!

Update: 0n 48% already on the top 5 highest Kickstarter terrain projects money raised ever!! We have jumped 15% since Sunday. 12 days to go. Everything to go for. Every Pledge really counts. Not only will we make history but you will get your awesome gaming boards in a few months! pledge now and join us on Kickstarter. Special thanks to all those on Dakka who have already pledged! =)

So close to 50% now, one or two more backers would probably do it

Still have hope you'll make it - you've got to 50% with only 70ish backers so really the goal could be met with just 100 more. That's not inconceivable as it would only take a big site or two to spread the news to get that many.

I know!! We are working furiously well here and we are hope that a pledge bomb will come to fruition very soon!

I've bumped by pledge up to £90; that's a 4'x4' set (80) + a felt tray (6) + a regular tray (4), right?

Just an idea for the hexes. If you created a stencil to lay on top of the board people could just lay it on top and spray on a hex pattern. It wouldn't be full hexes, but at least the intersections or sides due to the nature of the stencil.

yeah,
Come on people get on board, Back this project!
£100 for a 6'x4' textured board delivered to your door!

These boards Look amazing and are very good value!

Panic...

It isn't looking good, is it?

I wonder why more people aren't backing this one...

I gave my thoughts about it in a previous page, but I think it sums up to it been too honest on goal and stretch goals.

Pity because the product looks good, the price is nice and the potential is quite great.

The timing is a pretty major negative, ending over Xmas just as everyone is spent out.

Timing is my main reason for not being able to back. Too many financial commitments this time of year.
I hope the kickstarter works though.
I'd happily pay a retail price for boards like these. If the project funds and they can get some business flowing, i'm hoping to hop in down the road.

I might (although not likely) be able to back this as it looks great. But I would have been much more likely if it ended the first week of January (first after Christmas payday).

 Alpharius wrote:
It isn't looking good, is it?

I wonder why more people aren't backing this one...

You can read my posts in this topic. Basically it amounts to this ends up being a very expensive game mat unless the transition boards are done, and unlike the GW boards for example, there are no real modular 3D terrain features.

Yes, those are planned, but planned doesn't mean will be released, but I'm not spending the money on these as they don't do the main thing I am looking for in modular terrain boards in the hopes tht eventually what I want would be released.

Hello all! We are on 50% of our Kickstarter Goal! We want to thank our fans on Facebook, Dakka Dakka and the companies who have contacted us with keen sincere interest.

There is 4 days to go and we can still hit our initial goal and more if we with you do a mass backing via our Kickstarter page by pledging.

The success of this Kickstarter would mean us delivering these great products to your doorstep and insuring years of great fun via playing on them. It would also be an awesome start for us in addition to the success we have had outside Kickstarter. Your pledge on our Kickstarter will commit us to you for years to come.

Also please help us as you are our core army and share this page and our kickstarter page with as many people as you can. We have had an amazing journey and have you to thank for that. It is great times and we are so very excited. it has been amazing times for us so far.

Make this holiday and Christmas more merry with a Games & Gears gaming board coming soon to you and your home.

Thank You

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/gaming-boards-great-quality-great-price-and-great

I want my board!! You guys have been a real pleasure to follow and watch. Hope you make it!! I did my bit and upped my pledge.

I must say it has been a really pleasure on our side too. You all on Dakka Dakka have been really amazing. Also proud to be a part of the Dakka community. We will post our various armies on our gaming boards in the weeks to come. As we are committed to This forum.

We will launch our Pro Studio Line next month too. More on that soon! With our firm success (press release on our FB page) we are in this for the long term. We still want the west and wargaming market and you can make this happen.

Yes our initial monetary goal and stretch goals are honest, maybe too honest. But it is the right thing to do and we are blazing with more innovation and products here on our end.

I would like to take this time to wish you all a festive holiday too with you and your loved ones. It is good times ahead.

We still have just under 4 days to go, so you still can pledge in and make the KS happen.

best to you all!

maybe too honest, but that's something I personally appreciated.

I am keeping a close eye in further developments.