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Yea, not too excited about GLOW IN THE DARK stuff. You cant paint them without ruining the point of them. Plus they seem kinda cheesy, like "Find this boardgame in Toys R Us" kind of cheesy. And I dont know how many people are gonna be affected by the 240k goal


But I must have an extra tank!

kenshin620 wrote:Yea, not too excited about GLOW IN THE DARK stuff. You cant paint them without ruining the point of them.

But they GLOW!


IN THE DARK!


OK, I may be a 5 year old inside. Hell, I actually DO shop at ToyRUs, albeit for Transformers and Halo Megabloks.

$50 for 32 extra figs is a good buy plus im sure they would look amazeing half painted as if there phaseing out of view ...

also gota have that tank one more and thats my sentinal sqd sorted .mite have to find somone who wants to swop there vanguard for my strain .

I wasn't aware people were clamoring for solo rules to play board games/war games xD

I think the glowing models are perfectly cool as an extra-add on, but at the same time they are something that I will ignore in favor of the other stuff, primarily Ridley, as the terrain is going to be widely released as a retail product at the same time as the KS version of it will be, and you only save 10 dollars.

I'm antsy about that Drone tank, though, as it's something I really want for Skirmish play. Like Necros I also would like to see a PDF of "Skirmish Rules" that Studio McVey would think are an appropriate way to take SW to the skirmish tabletop at 15-30 models per side. As it is I think things like the Reaction mechanic will translate pretty well as-is.

Fudging things to open the boardgame up into a skirmish game reminds me of my buddy and me doing the same thing as kids with my copies of Space Crusade and "Tyranid Attack" (Advanced Space Crusade). It's actually exactly what got us into WH40K as a complete game all those 15 years ago.

I wasn't aware people were clamoring for solo rules to play board games/war games xD

I swear on sites like Boardgamegeek, every other post about a game is how to play it solo. People evidently need to get some friends to play with, lol.

AegisGrimm wrote:I think the glowing models are perfectly cool as an extra-add on, but at the same time they are something that I will ignore in favor of the other stuff, primarily Ridley, as the terrain is going to be widely released as a retail product at the same time as the KS version of it will be, and you only save 10 dollars.

I'm antsy about that Drone tank, though, as it's something I really want for Skirmish play. Like Necros I also would like to see a PDF of "Skirmish Rules" that Studio McVey would think are an appropriate way to take SW to the skirmish tabletop at 15-30 models per side. As it is I think things like the Reaction mechanic will translate pretty well as-is.

Fudging things to open the boardgame up into a skirmish game reminds me of my buddy and me doing the same thing as kids with my copies of Space Crusade and "Tyranid Attack" (Advanced Space Crusade). It's actually exactly what got us into WH40K as a complete game all those 15 years ago.

I think the terrain is a good value to save the $10 and any potential shipping. Sort of nice to have it bought in advance.

IdentifyZero wrote:

AegisGrimm wrote:I think the glowing models are perfectly cool as an extra-add on, but at the same time they are something that I will ignore in favor of the other stuff, primarily Ridley, as the terrain is going to be widely released as a retail product at the same time as the KS version of it will be, and you only save 10 dollars.

I'm antsy about that Drone tank, though, as it's something I really want for Skirmish play. Like Necros I also would like to see a PDF of "Skirmish Rules" that Studio McVey would think are an appropriate way to take SW to the skirmish tabletop at 15-30 models per side. As it is I think things like the Reaction mechanic will translate pretty well as-is.

Fudging things to open the boardgame up into a skirmish game reminds me of my buddy and me doing the same thing as kids with my copies of Space Crusade and "Tyranid Attack" (Advanced Space Crusade). It's actually exactly what got us into WH40K as a complete game all those 15 years ago.

I think the terrain is a good value to save the $10 and any potential shipping. Sort of nice to have it bought in advance.

By the way, I know someone might have asked before but say I am buying the terrain, ripley and heaven forbid the glow in the dark figures. ($90) and also wanted to upgrade another box set into my pledge ($105) how would I go about doing this. Do I just add $195 extra?

AegisGrimm wrote:

I swear on sites like Boardgamegeek, every other post about a game is how to play it solo. People evidently need to get some friends to play with, lol.

Never been to that site, but yeah, they do need some friends. lol

True. I'll probably get the terrain, but the prospect of a wider retail release and the wait until March makes it less of a "Must buy NOW", lol.

If there's something else to spend extra money on that ships with the game release (like more terrain tiles), that will probably get my money. Closer to instant gratification.

IdentifyZero wrote:By the way, I know someone might have asked before but say I am buying the terrain, ripley and heaven forbid the glow in the dark figures. ($90) and also wanted to upgrade another box set into my pledge ($105) how would I go about doing this. Do I just add $195 extra?

You would add the extra, then change your pledge level to the 2 board games, then at the end they will send a survey, and you can say also want the terrain, ripley, and heaven forbid the glow in the dark figures.

McVey keeps finding ways to take my money. The glow in the dark are gimmicky, but kinda cool at the same time. I just wish it would be a small pack of them, and as a bonus to the 100+ level (maybe only like 6-10 guys instead of tons of them).

IdentifyZero wrote:
Never been to that site, but yeah, they do need some friends. lol

Reading through the SW thread on Boardgamegeek is quite irritating. The amount of people commenting on the line of (and I may be exaggerating slightly) "Well, if the rules aren't free, then I'm NEVER going to buy or play it. I can't believe that a company in this day and age expects me to pay for the rules!" I bet they get really heated if someone mentions monopoly.

Edit - dakkamods, any chance you could add "Sedition Wars" to the SW abbreviation?

Glow in the dark?!? But....who, plays a boardgame in the dark?.....I mean, it's a stretch goal, so those who have already invested really need not worry about it, I guess, but it seems like a strange incentive, even if it draws in new investors.

Delephont wrote:Glow in the dark?!? But....who, plays a boardgame in the dark?

I would, if I had glow in the dark models. I'm weird.

sparkywtf wrote:

IdentifyZero wrote:By the way, I know someone might have asked before but say I am buying the terrain, ripley and heaven forbid the glow in the dark figures. ($90) and also wanted to upgrade another box set into my pledge ($105) how would I go about doing this. Do I just add $195 extra?

You would add the extra, then change your pledge level to the 2 board games, then at the end they will send a survey, and you can say also want the terrain, ripley, and heaven forbid the glow in the dark figures.

McVey keeps finding ways to take my money. The glow in the dark are gimmicky, but kinda cool at the same time. I just wish it would be a small pack of them, and as a bonus to the 100+ level (maybe only like 6-10 guys instead of tons of them).

I agree with you on that. A small pack of them added on to the $100 level for the 240k stretch goal would have been much cooler. I think it might have also given more incentive towards purchasing the pack of them as well since you would already have a few guys and you would want more of them now!

The only bummer I see is that for me, I won't be buying the $50 glow in the dark set, but if they hit the stretch goal, I will be getting the optical camo glowy versions of Vanguard characters and the Brimstone and Witch figures, which I then won't have a need for. I'd much rather have had an extra tank(or two) instead of the glowing stretch goal.

Hopefully the rules for optical camo from the solo scenario is something that can be integrated into the main boardgame scenarios, maybe as a tech upgrade when purchasing troops for a scenario. Then I'd be slightly happier for the stretch goal, other than I'd then have no Vanguard troopers to give optical camo to unless I spend the 50 bucks.....argh.

They should have made it $25 for just the vanguard troopers, as the Strain models are PURE gimmick.

AegisGrimm wrote:The only bummer I see is that for me, I won't be buying the $50 glow in the dark set, but if they hit the stretch goal, I will be getting the optical camo glowy versions of Vanguard characters and the Brimstone and Witch figures, which I then won't have a need for.

Actually, you won't.

"If we hit this stretch, every Lights Out campaign pack gets an additional glow in the dark Scythe Witch and Brimstone and a Opticamo Kara and the rest of the characters! (Don't have shots for the Opticamo characters yet, but you get the idea)."

The glowy Stretch Goal only applies to the Glowy $50 set.

AegisGrimm wrote:The only bummer I see is that for me, I won't be buying the $50 glow in the dark set, but if they hit the stretch goal, I will be getting the optical camo glowy versions of Vanguard characters and the Brimstone and Witch figures, which I then won't have a need for. I'd much rather have had an extra tank(or two) instead of the glowing stretch goal.

Hopefully the rules for optical camo from the solo scenario is something that can be integrated into the main boardgame scenarios, maybe as a tech upgrade when purchasing troops for a scenario. Then I'd be slightly happier for the stretch goal, other than I'd then have no Vanguard troopers to give optical camo to unless I spend the 50 bucks.....argh.

They should have made it $25 for just the vanguard troopers, as the Strain models are PURE gimmick.

The 240K stretch goal only affects the Lights out Campaign pack ($50). So no, you won't get the characters in opticamo etc... unless you shell out $50 more for Lights Out.

Whoops, missed that. Kind of a "pass" for me, then. I'd still like to see a set at $25 dollars for just the Vanguard side that the 240K stretch would also affect, though.

That I would almost definitely do, as even in full normal light (so no actual glowing effect), the then clear-effect Humans have a cool portrayal of being under "Optical Camo" versus grey (or painted), while bright neon green Strain really have no purpose above normal Strain other than driving the price of the glowing set up.

AegisGrimm wrote:Whoops, missed that. Kind of a "pass" for me, then. I'd still like to see a set at $25 dollars for just the Vanguard side, though. That I would almost definitely do, as even in full light (so no actual glowing effect), the then clear-effect Humans have a cool portrayal of being under "Optical Camo", while bright neon green Strain have no purpose above normal Strain.

Maybe they'll be radioactive like the glowy Zombies in Zombies!!! ?

im thinking more a viewed through night vision look ..

I'm actually glad of the solo campaign; even if you're not especially interested in the solo rules, it's another campaign and some more fluff to the universe

I'm not so sure on the clear/glow in the dark models as I'm looking forward to painting it all (eventually). Hopefully there are enough people that want these special models that the $270K goal isn't as far away as it currently seems... then again we're not quite half way through yet and if Kicktraq's estimate of the end total is anything to go by... we've plenty more goals to come

[update] The more I look at the transparent ones, it would be nice to get those to use as camo marker versions. Not sure about the glow in the dark models though... [/update]

Considering it's jumped around 3k in the last 2 hours I think we'll be fine. It's still got a lot of potential for all the people who might not have seen the terrain/ripley/dice yet too. I mean, that stretch goal was from like saturday till now so I expect it'll hit $270 pretty quick. I'm looking forward to the second tank. I might have to go in for two set's if this keeps up. A cool IG Veteran/ army, Grotesques/Wracks for my DE, and the Brimstones would make awesome Hive Guard!

And that's not even counting just the coolness of the game itself!

I think the $50 for the clear and glowy figures is a good deal and pretty cool as well.

You could always just paint up the glowy guys and have a whole bunch of extra figs for $50. not a bad deal overall, but already getting plenty with the main set + biohazard rewards, so not something I need.

But.. between this game.. Dropzone Commander.. Dust Tactics .. honestly, very little interest in 40K 6th edition now, which I never thought would happen :/ .. Guess I'll just wait and see if one of my friends has a spare mini rulebook for sale when they buy up multiple copies of the starter

Oh well no doubt imo that the minis are a good deal. Just kinda odd these pop up before just normal figures. As I said it seems pointless to buy these if all you're doing is gonna slather paint all over.

Yeah, gonna have to pass up on the $50 deal.

I'm not sure I'm interested in the glowing buddies. I think I'll wait a few days, how the next strech goals and more possible optional items are developed.

IdentifyZero wrote:

Necros wrote:Just saw they posted the solo info and a pack of transparent and glow in the dark figs for $50.. and a stretch goal for more glowy stuff at 240k.

Not for me, but at 270k they're adding an extra tank drone thingy so that'll be nice. I'll probably cave and add on the terrain pack sooner or later though...

I mean, granted at $2 a figure + the beautiful bases that McVey gives it's not a bad value. Just seems odd. I might still grab them anyways, just because they might be cool to down.

I'm not a huge fan of them BUT I am guessing you can prime and paint them like normal?????? Pretty much not so interested in those but the extra tank will be cool.


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AegisGrimm wrote:I think the glowing models are perfectly cool as an extra-add on, but at the same time they are something that I will ignore in favor of the other stuff, primarily Ridley, as the terrain is going to be widely released as a retail product at the same time as the KS version of it will be, and you only save 10 dollars.

I was thinking that too but then I was like I'm probably buying the terrain anyway so I might as well save the $10.

Delephont wrote:Glow in the dark?!? But....who, plays a boardgame in the dark?.....I mean, it's a stretch goal, so those who have already invested really need not worry about it, I guess, but it seems like a strange incentive, even if it draws in new investors.

If the glowiness is reasonable quality, it wouldn't have to be completely dark to get the effect. Playing with the lights low (enough to see the board, but dim) would still give you a cool 'seen through a targeter' glow.

I think it's an awesome idea. Not quite awesome enough to entice another $50 out of me, but cool nonetheless.

Not a huge fan of the glow-in-the-dark minis, but I am a fan of a second tank, so let's hope we make that one!

insaniak wrote:

Delephont wrote:Glow in the dark?!? But....who, plays a boardgame in the dark?.....I mean, it's a stretch goal, so those who have already invested really need not worry about it, I guess, but it seems like a strange incentive, even if it draws in new investors.

If the glowiness is reasonable quality, it wouldn't have to be completely dark to get the effect. Playing with the lights low (enough to see the board, but dim) would still give you a cool 'seen through a targeter' glow.

I think it's an awesome idea. Not quite awesome enough to entice another $50 out of me, but cool nonetheless.

I guess you could rig the board with LEDs, hell that would be super atmospheric....and play the aliens FX track in the background.....wow, could be a good themed night actually.

Delephont wrote:

insaniak wrote:

Delephont wrote:Glow in the dark?!? But....who, plays a boardgame in the dark?.....I mean, it's a stretch goal, so those who have already invested really need not worry about it, I guess, but it seems like a strange incentive, even if it draws in new investors.

If the glowiness is reasonable quality, it wouldn't have to be completely dark to get the effect. Playing with the lights low (enough to see the board, but dim) would still give you a cool 'seen through a targeter' glow.

I think it's an awesome idea. Not quite awesome enough to entice another $50 out of me, but cool nonetheless.

I guess you could rig the board with LEDs, hell that would be super atmospheric....and play the aliens FX track in the background.....wow, could be a good themed night actually.

That'd be awesome, actually.

We did a 40K Night Fight game under black light before, was pretty fun. I bet that'd give the same feel, very atmospheric.