Rogue Trader the PC game (actually the Mandate, but damn close)

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**Macok**

The idea sounds wonderful but they lost me with "content updates and first expansion pack" that doubles the game price.

**Lynata**

To be fair, you're also getting a concept book PDF, the Lore Codex, the soundtrack, and some customisation stuff. Leaving this out, $10 for an expansion and $3.33 DLC doesn't seem like a bad offer.

And even if it did not include content updates and an expansion pack, $40 is a pretty good price for a PC game nowadays, at least one with these production values.

No need to go for the Midshipsman tier, though. If you think $40 is too much, why not get just the base game for $20?

**Palindrome**

It also gives you access to the beta, a common pledge upgrade.

Well its past the half way mark now, hopefully things will start to go a bit faster in the next 3 weeks.

**Macok**

Lynata wrote:
To be fair, you're also getting a concept book PDF, the Lore Codex, the soundtrack, and some customisation stuff. Leaving this out, $10 for an expansion and $3.33 DLC doesn't seem like a bad offer.

And even if it did not include content updates and an expansion pack, $40 is a pretty good price for a PC game nowadays, at least one with these production values.

No need to go for the Midshipsman tier, though. If you think $40 is too much, why not get just the base game for $20?

The soundtrack and some other stuff is in the 20$ already.

Why won't I get just the base game? Can you tell me how much of the game is in the base game? The game is apparently cut into pieces.
Kickstarter is already like buying a pig in a poke. A semi-transparent poke but still, you have no idea what you're actually buying. Now whey give you only half of the pig, or only quarter or a whole one, who knows? You can buy the rest later... at an unknown price.
Too many unknowns for me.

**Palindrome**

Its broken $300k now after a strong couple of days so maybe there is hope yet....

**erick99**

I checked on their funding status again and wow. Massive increase, and still plenty of time to go. I'd been concerned it wouldn't get funded, but after the past couple days, I've no doubts.

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**Palindrome**

Its nearly broken $400k now, $100k in 3 days isn't bad

We may even hit a stretch goal or two now.

There is a newish trailer as well (bearing in mind that the ingame photage is prealpha)

An updated design document was put out today and goes into some detail on boarding actions. Boarding actions were one of my main draws to this game and if they live up to their design document then I will be very happy. http://yourcrew.mandategame.com/#part%20troi

**MajorStoffer**

I finally got around to backing it.

I wants my space russia.

The only question is, come 2015, is my ship more akin to a Rogue Trader, or the Battlestar Galactica?

**Palindrome**

MajorStoffer wrote:

The only question is, come 2015, is my ship more akin to a Rogue Trader, or the Battlestar Galactica?

I think that it will be somewhere in between. I don't think that there will be the range of options available to Rogue Traders (the first stretch goal of 'away missions' will help a little here though) but on the other hand there will be quite a lot more freedom of action and choice than in Battlestar.

It just hit $400k.

**KalashnikovMarine**

I bumped my pledge to the $40 level. I'm all in for this!

Just so I can sound general quarters on my own freaking space ship~

**Lynata**

Huh, another 10k just now. Only $90.000 more until it hits the minimum goal.

I begin to feel much safer about this kickstarter being successful. Would've been nice if it hit more stretch goals, but honestly this is something they can also collect money for via PayPal, as long as the first 500k are secured.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Wooo! As long as this gets funded I'll be happy.

**Palindrome**

If it can maintain this level of funding it will succeed. The PR machine is bound to be gearing up for the final week so its all but certain to reach its goal now. The most optimistic Kicktraq projections based on the last couple of days suggest that it may even hit $1 million

**Ahtman**

I'm not sure what has generated the increased pledges over the last day or two, and I don't care. With the expected bump in the final days I have no doubt this will get funded, though considering the sudden uptake I wouldn't be surprised if we hit the $500k mark by the end of the day, or at the very least tomorrow.

**Palindrome**

I think that a lot of it has come from a Youtube commenter called Angry Joe who was very enthusiastic about the project and publically backed it for $150. There has also been some coverage on major gaming sites over the last few days and the new trailer with a recognisable voice over actor.

Only 80k to go so if things keep going as they are we should hit the target in the next 2-3 days.

**flamingkillamajig**

Angry Joe is pretty awesome. If he was involved perhaps others like Total Biscuit got involved in it too. Total biscuit has a lot of viewers.

**KalashnikovMarine**

"[The Mandate] is literally... wait a minute... is LITERALLY my dream game. I'm freaking excited!" - Angry Joe

"Currently, I don’t think there’s a more interesting Kickstarter project than The Mandate" - RockPaperShotgun

"The Mandate I would definitely say that is a really awesome looking space opera game, absolutely, that looks incredible." - TotalBiscuit

"There are still many [Kickstarter] ideas we'd love to see completed. One example is The Mandate" - The Escapist Magazine

"Sometimes you feel like forcing people to invest money in Kickstarter projects, to ensure their creations. I have those tendencies when I see extensive plans of the Perihelion Interactive team and their space RPG The Mandate." - Games.cz (Translated by forum user: Pilgrim)

**Seaward**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Just so I can sound general quarters on my own freaking space ship~

I want bosuns' calls.

**Tibbsy**

This looks ace; backed

May be tempted to bump another $10 on for beta...

**Palindrome**

Its now been backed, despite a troll backer who withdrew a $10k pledge this morning. Hopefully it will make at last its first stretch goal by Monday morning

**purplefood**

I'd be so psyched if we got to the 700k stretch

**Lynata**

Palindrome wrote:Its now been backed

Huzzah!

Let's wait and see for the stretch goals. The cool thing is that they'll likely continue to accept PayPal monies at the very least for as long as they're working on getting the game ready for public beta, and that this cash will count towards stretch goals, so .. who knows!
The most important part is that the minimum funding has been secured and we're probably going to get a rather cool game in return.

Three cheers for the Empress!

**KalashnikovMarine**

Urah! Urah! Urah! Marines and Sailors of the Mandate! Forward Unto Victory!

**Palindrome**

There is supposedly some sort of big reveal tomorrow so hopefully that will turn on the funding taps again (and its not just another trailer). I'm surprised that they waited until the last few days though.

**Lynata**

Hmmh. Traditionally, the last few days for a Kickstarter project are the ones that see a huge influx in money. So if they think they can apply a "plus x%" boost in some way, I could see the reason behind putting it there.

Let's see.

**Hlaine Larkin mk2**

It's made its target

Also got sent this by them after

Spoiler:

**Palindrome**

The update wasn't all that exciting in the end, just an example of one of their 'great captains' who you can recruit in the game. They will also be making a nice little community event where you court marshall the $10k backer who pulled out at the 11th hour which I think is a nice touch.

The first stretch goal is almost a certainty now.

All that I need to do now is wait until January 2015 for the beta.....

**KalashnikovMarine**

Thoughts on possible sentencing for the traitor captains?

**Hlaine Larkin mk2**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Thoughts on possible sentencing for the traitor captains?

Voiding seems like both a fair and fitting punishment

**Lynata**

There can only be one reward for such treachery

Now I have to imagine how this would play out, given the "retro" style of the setting. I guess spacing him/her could be a viable form of "walking the plank"? Imagine a phalanx of Marines, carrying ceremonial sabres. Maybe even give the prisoner a space suit ... with half an hour of air supply.

I guess we could say the Lord Admiral's authority was rendered ...

... null and void.

That being said, walking the plank was supposedly only something criminals would do, with the proper navies resorting to hanging someone at the yard arm. It's a bit less practical, but also less sadistic and more traditional. Another alternative would be a firing squad, then throwing the lifeless body out of the airlock for good measure, without any of the burial honours usually reserved to those fallen in service to Her Majesty...
What do you think?