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Hello Everyone,

Please forgive the self promotion, as I think I am in the right section of the forum. We at Wreck-Age are launching a Kickstarter to fund our box sets that are slated to come out at the end of the year. You can find out more info at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyacinthgames/a-tabletop-rpg-and-board-games-project-from-chicag

Thanks for checking us out!

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Edit:

We have hit two of our stretch goals, which means for every hardcover book or box set pledged you get a bonus Staker and a blister of pack dogs (there are three to a blister). So for example pledging for a book and two box sets will nab you three bonus Stakers and nine bonus dogs! At $10,000 we will be reaching the Drifters stretch goal. The Kickstarter has been updated to reflect this info, so give it another click if interested.

Im a big fan of this miniature range, but i agree with what Micheal said in the comments section of the kickstarter page. For people who might be unaware of what Wreck-age is, not including actual pictures of your models and detailing what each boxset contains is a massive turnoff.

I really think you guys need to have a pledge level that is moderately inexpensive and accessible to people, most kickstarters i've backed usually have it around the $100-$120 area. If you had a $120 option for example you could have 2 boxsets of a persons choice and a limited edition model as an incentive. You could also use it as the minimum pledge level necessary to receive any future free items added to the campaign.

Some more stretch goals and freebies/optional purchases would be great too, Personally im not interested at all in mission cards or counters and would rather have more models made available to me.

What about including the poster that was in the first KS as a small stretch goal, Also is there any reason you can't use both the exclusive drifter leader and Doctor Moreau with his dog companion from the first campaign? I don't think anyone would mind if they were made available again for this Kickstarter.

What happened to the pledge level i suggested over on your forums for people who backed your previous Kickstarter for all 12 models/or have purchased all the models from you store? i remember Anton thought it was a good idea and said it would be included. Its the reason i haven't pledged yet, i just don't want to pay an extra $70 or so for models that i already own.

(Edit.)
I don't know if its possible to change a kickstarter project title, but Including the actual name Wreck-Age in the kickstarter title might be a good idea. Especially since your pimping the game at Gencon and people might try searching for Wreck age only to find the previous completed campaign.

Agreed that without pics and details of the models in the boxsets, I think it very unlikely this will be funded. The video is also rather unorganized... There need to be model greens, details, etc...

Speaking as someone who has never heard of Wreck-Age, and often goes in on these things purely to pick up a couple of nice models (and doesn't care about backstory, rules, etc), I see the first buy-in to get any miniatures since I'm outside the US is $30 for two figures that lack greens or even concept art that I'll get sometime next year...

While I wish you the best of luck, expensive miniatures with no visuals doesn't pique my interest. And while I'm admittedly not really interested in another set of miniature rules myself, I note that your $25+ pledge levels don't include the PDF quickstarter rules, etc. Digital product essentially costs you nothing once it's been created, so I'd suggest that if you're going to create it anyway, make it part of all pledge levels that are higher than the one you introduce it in. Same deal with the digital rulebook. It's cheap/free "added value" and might help you get some of the higher level pledges.

They've just added a few new pledge levels and a couple pictures to the Kickstarter, for some reason they used an awful brown shade which really make a few of the Reclaimers look terrible. although i think it might just be the brown shade that makes them look rough, if you look closely you can see lots of fine lines and Armour plates.

I've also tracked down some pictures of most of the models that they've shown off already that should be included in the boxsets. I didn't add any of the Stitchmen models as the only 2 that have been produced are on the left in the original post.

Concerning the price of the miniatures, for a skirmish game i think they're pretty much on par with the costs of similar games. in the video they mention that the boxsets will have 6-9 models per box so thats $8-$10 per model depending on the faction.

(Hopefully these pics aren't too big, i tried resizing a few of them but they lost too much detail.)

Drifters.



Stakers.


The Order of the Reclaimers

Thanks Mr Gutsy! I was just about to post in here that some of the issues stated in this thread are resolved, and we appreciated the feedback. About the video, I must admit that video isn't any of our strong points ha ha... But we are trying to get better at least!

And you will find in the FAQs that if you backed the original KS we will be allowing you to swap out minis you may have for that for others in the range. We definitely want to take care of anyone coming back for more .

Let me know if there is anything else we can do to win you guys over!

-M

Serious as a heat attack, PLEASE get some paint on those minis.


Between the two pictures of them, without- and with paint, they look 110% better with the paintjobs.

Just so happens that I need massive amounts of road warrior miniatures.

These fit that bill.

We need to talk about vehicles, though.....

I was able to see a few blisters of these minis while at GenCon, and they are really nice. Highly detailed, excellent proportions, overall very well done.

There was one in the Adepticon swag bag, but I've never had any others to compare to. The pics above make it seem they have a cool aesthetic.

Thanks for the kind words guys... Here are a few painted minis from the last few months:

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That Adepticon mini was limited to that event BTW. Hope you like him

-M

Those painted minis look super nice.

They've updated the kickstarter with some new concept art (Stitchman art is below.) as well as listing what exactly comes in each of the faction boxsets.

The Hy Planes Drifters
This set will contain a Chieftain, 3 drifters, 4 grubs (novices), and an exploding boar.

The Stitchmen
This box set will contain a doctor, 3 hunters, an orderly, and a body snatcher, which is a spider-like mechanical construct used to prepare bodies for processing.

Stakers
This box set will contain a 2 field hands, a scout, 3 outriders, and a sapper.

The Order of the Reclaimers
This box set will contain a scriviner, a power-scav, a zealot, a server, and 2 reclaimers.

(Female stitchmen concept, or at least i think it might be female...)


I think one of the big problems you guys made with this kickstarter was jumping straight to the 15k stretch goal, instead of gently pushing the campaign to go higher and higher. Another problem could be the stretch goals, while the counters, mini rulebook and mission cards are great for gamers, for non-gamers these stretch goals just aren't very appealing.

Just an idea, but what about having 4 early stretch goals that add an extra model to each of the faction boxsets for the kickstarter? you could include the models in the boxsets strictly for the kickstarter and sell them separate after the campaign ends.

(Example.)
Extra Staker at $3,500.
Extra Drifter at $7,000.
Extra Stitchman at $10,500.
Extra Reclaimer at $14,000.

It could help you guys overcome this early rough patch, and it might also add a little more incentive to potential backers to pledge to the campaign.

Ooooo... I like this.

I'll have a better look at it when I get home.

So far, I love the setting, the models are awesome and it's something I wouldn't mind giving a go at playing.

Is it campaign friendly?

@Gutsy That's sound advice, I forwarded it on to Anton who I think updated it accordingly. Thanks man!

@Pusifer- it's campaign abd community oriented actually

-Matt

These figs look really great

So if this is an RPG/Table Top Game, which version does your rule book cover? Will it be covering both? Is this more of a skirmish game similar in size to Dark Age?

Both the RPG and skirmish game will be in the core rulebook yes. Games average from 6-9 minis per side, with 9 generally only coming in when it's later on in a campaign and as low as four if they are tougher single models like Stitchmen.

We are running a demo day this weekend I'll shoot some video there and post it up here in our YouTube channel.


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I hate to pretty much 'bump' this thread with some pictures, but we just got these and want to show them off. Some Reclaimers-

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I've got several of the Wreck Age minis in my collection. And have participated in and done demos. My first demo was at Adepticon and I was hooked. The minis are very awesome and can't wait to see more.

I've blogged some about the game over at www.spruehammer.com if you wanna check out more. And there are some of my minis I've painted...please don't hold my poor painting skills against the minis, its not their fault, lol.

Also, there are some WIP pics on the Spruehammer facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spruehammer/209727655718458?ref=hl I just recently starter working on some of the Stitchmen models.

Wow! Those new Reclaimers are just stunning.

Only $461 to go until this is funded.

Any idea Matt/Anton when the Vale death cult and the Church of Fun might start getting some models or concept art? i absolutely love the ideas behind both of these factions.

Funded! Thanks everyone who pledged or checked it out. A little less than 2k for the extra stretch goal which nets the Staker box set another mini.

@gutsy- The Vale is my little pet project, you must like the cults ha ha. I am working on them in earnest but they need some polish. Let's just say I have been doing some research into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanation and death cults for them. Ha.

Your kickstarter page is MUCH better organized now, so that's great . Congrats on getting funded!

Thanks RiTides, you may have noticed some of your suggestions snuck in there

I just checked in on the Kickstarter page, already at 7k!!
It'll hit 10k in no time.

I am of course pulling for the 100k stretch goal, a set of generic plastic post apoc figures sounds awesome!!

I was really hoping this campaign would've been a bigger hit by now, im a massive fan of this range and ever since i read about the plans for a second KS i've been wishing it would be a huge success for you guys.

But its quite understandable why the campaign isn't flourishing as well as it could, i think ultimately this is a pretty bad time for a small company to be launching a kickstarter. Over the past couple months we have seen the miniature Kickstarter/IndieGoGo scene completely over-saturated with projects. And at this point launching a really successful KS campaign all seems to be boiling down to how big the name of your company is or how much 'free stuff' you can give away.

Anyway, with 12 days still left in the campaign i think this KS has the potential to go up to 20k-30k.

Just a few ideas for Matt/Anton:
Add some additional information to the original post in this thread, as the lone URL and a very small picture of your models looks a tad amateurish. Include all the necessary information from the KS page. Eg, green shots, concept art, pledge levels, stretch goals. (it means people won't have to scroll halfway down the page to see the images i posted.)

Also since you're the OP maybe change the title of this thread to reflect that the campaign has been successfully funded and list the most current stretch goal. Eg, Wreck-age Kickstarter, Funded! $7,500 goal added - Extra Staker model for all boxset pledges.

Adding a couple pledge levels for both a 2 boxset deal, and a 3 boxset deal without the rulebook might be a good idea too. While i don't know if there will be any takers, it does mean you will have those bases covered just in case anyone is interested.

And finally what about adding a $15 pledge level that includes buyers choice of one of the limited edition Switch City Agent models?

(edited for bad spelling.)

Good calls gutsy, I'll update the post this evening when I have a moment, but I wanted to drop in and announce we hit our first stretch goal at $7500! Every box set pledged for will receive a bonus Staker mini. Drifters are up next at 10K.

And I would agree that KS is more about free stuff for the consumer and marketing for the company than it is about actually funding new start ups these days. I can't say I am surprised by this, because Kickstarter's TOS allow for it it is kind of the logical conclusion. I also like free stuff just like anyone else ha ha.

-Matt

Congrats on hitting 7.5k, the campaign has had a decent push too with only $1653 to go until the free drifter.

I'll be honest, im a tad confused by the current updated stretch goals. For example i chose the $235 option that includes 4 boxsets, 2 agents and international postage, so does this mean i get an additional 4 models per stretch goal achieved? And if the campaign reaches $15,000 i would be getting an additional 28 models? (16 models, and the 12 dogs.) I really can't help but think i read the KS page wrong as that sounds like way too good of a deal.

Are you guys planning on bringing back the limited Ed. character stretch goal? if so have you considered taking a page from both Sedition Wars and Zombicide by keeping a small amount after the campaign is finished to sell strictly at conventions/demos?

Gutsy,

You have it right with the stretch goals, and if we hit $15k that is totally worth it to us.

We will be bringing back the farther on stretch goals if we get close to them, they were muddying up the water being in there so early I believe.

So far we have not sold any limited minis from our original Kickstarter, but have used a handful of leftovers for different contests and what have you.

Good questions again, thanks!

-M

Getting close to the free drifter models with only $446 to go until the big $10,000.

Some new gruesome female Stitchmen concept art taken from the Wreck-Age Facebook page, hopefully Matt doesn't mind me posting this.



(just a few more questions below as usual, you must really be getting sick of me Matt. )

Are all these extra models going to be new completely new sculpts? or duplicates of your existing range.

Also what happened to the optional Junkie/Vagrant and the caravaneers $15 blisters? they're not listed on the KS page and i had one of each included in my pledge.

Ha ha not sick of you in the least, if anything I should thank you for the feedback. Marketing is something we have yet to master, so any helpful nudging is appreciated

We are going to try to have as many unique sculpts in the bonus minis, but I am sure that some will be conversions. Sylvain is already on board to do some pretty heavy duty overhauls of sculpts we have so we should be good n the unique mini/heavy conversion front.

The junkie/caravan option should be back up tomorrow or Monday, we are cleaning up the language a bit. We were thinking of removing them (yet still honoring the pledges) since we wanted to make the KS leaner, but a few people wanted them back pretty much immediately. Make sense? Also-The Caravaneers are on the way to us next week!

And I will raise your concept art with an illustration:

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Well, this series definitely has my interest piqued, consider it backed. And as a Post Apoc Junkie, the more the merrier, in this market. I am eager to see the rules for "community" based leveling that has been mentioned.