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I dunno, I just was never all that impressed by their past offerings, zombicide was okay but I didnt really get into it until recently. A lot of their stuff I still find kinda meh, but they got some true gems in their range as well.

I am an avid warhammer of almost two decades. CMON got me into board games and I have to say that zombicide, Acadia quest, rivet wars, wrath of kings, xenoshyft, etc have been a blast. We actually play these more than infinity, 40k, wfb, battletech, etc now!

CMON are pretty smart and pick and choose games they know are winners. Most of their games bridge the gap of board game and miniature game/cmg. They get hate like GW juat because they are a major contender now.

I love guillotine games and cmon, I was Leary with this game because of mcvey, but he stuck to the mini designs which is where he shines. This game looks awesome and I am fully on board now that we have all 7 sins and the apocalypse box!

chaos0xomega wrote:
I dunno, I just was never all that impressed by their past offerings, zombicide was okay but I didnt really get into it until recently. A lot of their stuff I still find kinda meh, but they got some true gems in their range as well.

What all have you played?

One that I did not back on the KS was Dogs of War, and was incredibly surprised how much I liked it when I played it. Pretty fantastic game.

A bunch of stuff. Dark Age (1st ed) was a bit of a letdown, it died pretty quickly in my area and everyone lost interest. Sedition Wars and Relic Knights were mehhhhh to the extreme, Kaosball also. Zombicide, like I said, was okay, but we had the issue where we would run out of zombies and as a result they started activating twice and it got stupid pretty quick. It wasn't until later on after Season 2/3 that it began to feel reasonably playable as a fun game that wouldn't end in an exercise in frustration. Aside from those games, most of their other offerings simply haven't appealed to me from a gameplay or fluff perspective.

I have been wanting to give Rivet Wars a try but haven't had the opportunity yet.

chaos0xomega wrote:
A bunch of stuff. Dark Age (1st ed) was a bit of a letdown, it died pretty quickly in my area and everyone lost interest. Sedition Wars and Relic Knights were mehhhhh to the extreme, Kaosball also. Zombicide, like I said, was okay, but we had the issue where we would run out of zombies and as a result they started activating twice and it got stupid pretty quick. It wasn't until later on after Season 2/3 that it began to feel reasonably playable as a fun game that wouldn't end in an exercise in frustration. Aside from those games, most of their other offerings simply haven't appealed to me from a gameplay or fluff perspective.

I have been wanting to give Rivet Wars a try but haven't had the opportunity yet.

Hah, I can see where your opinion would be colored based on what you've played.

I personally enjoy Kaosball, but can understand where it may not be someone's cuppa.

Rivet Wars is a really fun, approachable game. I'm hoping we see a second starter with the Ottomans and the Ruskies sooner rather than later.

If you enjoy unique co-ops, The Grizzled is fantastic. Very unique WW1 co-op. Only $20 MSRP.

One of the guys in my local group has the entire kickstarter setup which he offered to sell to me, however I haven't really been able to find a good in depth review of the game to determine if its something I'd be interested in, so until we can find a time to sit down and play that is kind of on-hold. I know there are some videos out there, but I do most of my internet browsing at work, and besides that I prefer to read rather than watch a video.

The Grizzled sounds interesting but I havent been able to find any information about it either.

The Grizzled Watch it Played:




Rodney is very good with all of his videos (I think he does them for all of Plaid Hat Games' games) and they're very easy to watch.

ugh, its a 21 minute video... what ever happened to people just writing a review in a concise easy to follow manner?

I'm guessing the Grizzled was a direct release? I had heard of it, knew it was coming, but that was the last I heard.

Total seems to be steadily going up as well.

I guess all the fence sitters waiting for that 7th sin are starting to commit.

chaos0xomega wrote:
ugh, its a 21 minute video... what ever happened to people just writing a review in a concise easy to follow manner?

Sorry, that's not a review. He teaches the game. My bad!

Grizzled is a non-KS release. There were copies at GenCon and the official street is Oct 10, I think?

 cincydooley wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
ugh, its a 21 minute video... what ever happened to people just writing a review in a concise easy to follow manner?

Sorry, that's not a review. He teaches the game. My bad!

Grizzled is a non-KS release. There were copies at GenCon and the official street is Oct 10, I think?

Review, learn to play, same difference. Watched it, Im in. Looked wonderfully simple while still be very complex, if that makes sense.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'm guessing the Grizzled was a direct release? I had heard of it, knew it was coming, but that was the last I heard.

Total seems to be steadily going up as well.

I guess all the fence sitters waiting for that 7th sin are starting to commit.

It'a the 48 hour warning/reminder. It's what got me to toss a dollar in. I'm sure theres others that waited to see and have now pulled the trigger with the reminder email.

chaos0xomega wrote:
A bunch of stuff. Dark Age (1st ed) was a bit of a letdown, it died pretty quickly in my area and everyone lost interest. Sedition Wars and Relic Knights were mehhhhh to the extreme, Kaosball also. Zombicide, like I said, was okay, but we had the issue where we would run out of zombies and as a result they started activating twice and it got stupid pretty quick. It wasn't until later on after Season 2/3 that it began to feel reasonably playable as a fun game that wouldn't end in an exercise in frustration. Aside from those games, most of their other offerings simply haven't appealed to me from a gameplay or fluff perspective.

I have been wanting to give Rivet Wars a try but haven't had the opportunity yet.

I have admittedly little board game experience but I've found Rum and Bones to be fun.

As to the actual KS for The Others.. I hadn't looked at it for a while. The men of faith look rather pants :( The sculpts they're previewing aren't really close to the others IMO.
Loving the look of the hounds of Wrath.


Is there a good place to get CMoN Board Games at a discount post KS if I miss out on them? Respect to FLGSs but I can't pay the prices most of them charge (retail..gah!?!? what!!?!?)

I just added a dollar. I'll look into it when the PM comes around, but I like the Apoc set and am a bit indifferent to the others. I get to boardgame once a week if I'm lucky, and we're still at the point of Zombicide S2+Expack, with TONS of others unopened as of yet. I don't really understand the premise of this one from my casual glances, and the figures aren't enough to tip me over at this stage.

In for a buck as well. The shipping charges on Zombicide Black Plague were a bit of a shocker, so it makes more sense (to me) to wait for the pledge manager so I can get the full picture cost-wise.

Dearly hoping the shipping costs go back to what they were from Z3 and earlier, as I really am into those monster figs.

Yeah, the Black Plague shipping costs from a local hub turned out to be almost as much as ZC S2 coming from the US. I paid it and got all the stuff I did since it simply works out cheaper overall then buying it locally or ordering from the US later, but ouch.

I did it for Zombicide, but for other games? Not so much.

As it currently stands:



All the WRATH stuff will soon be in, curious to see what's next though!

Probably a 5th non KS exclusive hero - 5 heroes plus police and firemen acolytes plus 5 non exclusive tiles plus upgrade cards plus 3 dice = a new team expansion for retail which backers get as part of their pledge

Good call there DaveC - and most likely spot on!

Is my maths right? 113 minis for $100? Plus a free game included in the box of course

 Necros wrote:
Is my maths right? 113 minis for $100? Plus a free game included in the box of course

That's the same count I have.

I imagine Wrath will be fully unlocked in the next 2-3 hours at the latest. we're already at 1065k, up from 1051k about an hour ago.

A lot of swag for a hundred bucks (plus the inevitable giant shipping charge for all this).

Just about 10k to go, and at the rate this is going all of Wrath should be unlocked.

I really like those hounds of Wrath. Wouldn't mind some more actually. I guess when this hits retail.

Would be cool to see some of the sins as add on boxes in the pledge manager.

Its been a long while since I did a CMoN KS... Is it safe to assume a $1 and "no reward" pledge now will give me access to the Pledge Manager?

yes. i think.

Yep, they cover that in the FAQ.

This is looking like a great deal now (as expected) but I may still have to skip just because I just blew almost $200 on HINT. Gonna throw in $1 for the pledge manager though, maybe next month I can swing it.

Aeneades wrote:
Yep, they cover that in the FAQ.

Indeed!

Can I make just a $1 pledge now?

You can make a $1 pledge now, and when the Pledge Manager goes live after the campaign has ended you can add more funds to get a full pledge and any add-ons you'd like.

Well, we cleared 1.1mil

You can make a $1 pledge now, and when the Pledge Manager goes live after the campaign has ended you can add more funds to get a full pledge and any add-ons you'd like.