skarsol wrote:
"Very likely" is frequently a trap when it comes to Kickstarters.

skarsol wrote:
Can we get some commitment to that in an update or similar?

 Bioptic wrote:
Why is the Chevalier wearing trousers?

This really does seem a lot like Dark Souls - in a good way!

- Main characters are all cursed, and brutal killers.
- Apocalypse has already happened, world is on the wane.
- The strong are obsessed with collecting the souls of the weak.
- Souls are the main form of currency/exp.
- Detailed Gear Grid
- "Estus Flask" Stamina Tokens
- Mime Treasure Chest
- Equip a catalyst to cast magic
- Distinct schools of magic, with each focusing on a particular style of play

And those board sections are about as close as we're ever likely to get to another Warhammer Quest expansion! They look like the GW artists at the absolute top of their mid-90s game.

This isn't to denigrate the game or its lore, I think that its all been very well thought out, and has much that makes it unique! Just that if someone wanted to get a Dark Souls-type fix in tabletop form, Kingdom Death need not be the only option.

For today's update I am going to explain to you a bit about Events!
Events

Events are all those unexpected or unfortunate circumstances which might affect the Accursed negatively. There are a total of 40 Events within the base game but we will only show you 15 here because we do not want to spoil the fun of encountering something for the first time.

Events are drawn when the Group leader rolls between 4-6 once the Darkness Marker lands on a Dread Space. The Darkness Marker moves on the wheel by 1 every time a new map tile is explored or when the Darkness Roll is of 1.

Events are placed face down in the newly explored room (if this event was caused by the reveal of a new room) or face down by the room of 1 Accursed selected at random (if this event was the result of the Darkness Roll).

Events are dealt with during the Event Phase when they are triggered by the presence of at least 1 Accursed currently present within the map tile with the Event.

Now let's start reading what the Events have to offer!

Manufacturer

Some people have asked us directly about the involvement of Ludofact in our project, as there has been indication of that in our comments section. To be transparent with our backers, we can say that it is highly likely that we will be working together in making Darklight, although we cannot confirm that Some people have asked us directly about the involvement of Ludofact in our project, as there has been indication of that in our comments section. To be transparent with our backers, we can say that it is highly likely that we will be working together in making Darklight, although we cannot confirm that 100% until it’s all finalised.100% until it’s all finalised.

Hi everybody,

after reading several comments on stretch goals and value for money in this game, let me chip in from the production side again:
DIG plays it safe here, which is understandable and something I am very happy about. The exact final price of the game can only be determined after the pledge manager phase has ended. The number of miniatures and their ratio will determine how the set up of the moulds will be done. We must try to find the best set up between mould cost and miniature cost (simple: more moulds mean easier production, but moulds are expensive; using fewer moulds with miniatures that we do not require the same number of makes production more difficult and therefore more expensive per miniature). For that purpose we need to know how many of which miniature we need to produce, and how to pack them. Add ons are the variable that cannot be safely estimated until the end of the pledge manager phase. Remember, we have a Dungeon Master Kit with plastic doorways, Skorn Berserker, Skorn Warlord and the stretch goal minis as add ons as well. It makes all the difference if we have 100 Skorn Beserkers or 1000, or if we need 10 Dungeon Master Packs or 500. Also, and that is another big one, we need to work on the poses of the individual figures to make them in as few parts as possible but still transport the artistic vision of DIG. That is going to be a lot of work that also has a considerably impact on the production cost of the game.

Please also note that each stretch goal is not only a miniature but includes cards and/or tokens as well. So those also have to be printed - we need to combine things here, too, because offset printing is a b**ch for small numbers - and sorted and packed. That is another set up which DIG and Ludo Fact have to take into account and which we can only do at the very end of the pledge manager. Before that all is basically an educated guess, not more. 100 sets of cards for the Skorn Berserker or 1000 makes all the difference here, too.

What I can promise you is that we will try to optimize production. If we have space on the moulds, we will add a miniature even if that stretch goal is not reached. The same goes for cards. I will personally make sure that we add all we can, but DIG does not have to pay more for production. But that it will work I cannot guarantee at this time.

Right now each stretch goal has to pay for itself: miniature sculpt, mould cavity, cards being produced extra for it, and a packaging. Plus handling and packing. No way we can really estimate everything before we have all the pledge numbers and the exact poses of each miniature. We will do what we can. DIG and I personally want the game to be as awesome as we can (yes, because the first game that runs off the assembly belt is mine! And I will immediately call DIG and tell them that I have one, and they do not! *That* I can guarantee ;-) ).