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I screwed up and didn't get a Black Friday special when it was being offered (they kept selling out) and took the regular Survivor level instead. Still, I think I'm getting more than fair value for my dollar at that price and won't be holding out to try to get a lower price. I also want to support Adam as much as possible.

Even at that, I see myself upping my pledge amount to around $330 - $380 easily. The only thing I'm concerned about is the lifecycle of the game and expansions/addons beyond what is offered in the kickstarter.

 cincydooley wrote:
I really dont know where I'm going to spend my money on this. Too many options.

ALL OF THE OPTIONS!

My guess is while KS backers will get all the expansions (that they pay for) in a lump Adam may well spread them out and treat them as individual releases for the game....

That will provide a solid pipeline of support for the game in the wider world which should be good for the long term player base....

(I may even restrain myself and not open the expansions all at once, and save some of the bigger ones that change your start up state like the Sunstalker and Dragon King for later games....... honest, LOL)

I'd hope that there is also opportunity to transition survivors (or maybe settlements) that thrive into the 'Heroic' game Adam has plans for later, sort of live running your new RPG campaign in the city state the characters from your old party ended up running

AsI write this there is a BF deluxe survivor open for $253.

$42 savings - I bet it goes fast!

 spiralingcadaver wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
I really dont know where I'm going to spend my money on this. Too many options.

100% with you on this one-- first KS where I've felt the good options are more than my budget allows...

Agreed!

I think I'm going for all the expansions, and then it is hard choice time in terms of pinup extras and such...

Yeah, I got one of the first Survivor BF deals and, quite frankly, I feel like that $20 savings is like I'm stealing. The amount that's going to be in that starter box alone is startling.

I've set my budget at 3 bills so I get the Herald of Death Stuff. I think, at this point, here's what I'm looking at getting:

Survivor BF - $129
Dung Beetle Knight - $25
Flower Knight - $15 (and this seems like I"m ripping him off at $15)
Dragon King - $30
Holiday Nico - $20
All the Pin Ups - $105

Puts me at $324 with 5 Game Expansions and over 70 minis. That just seems like a TON of game and really, really nice miniatures.

Dammit. Now that I'm looking at it, I could add Gorm and Spidey and Up my minis count to close to 100.

Damn you, Poots. Damn you.

I am looking forward to this more than anything I've seen in a long time. I really hope it's as good as I expect!

This game can blow, for all I care, I just want those delicious miniatures! Even in plastic, once they're painted, I'll love them like they are resin

987k! Sweet fancy Moses, I hope we do hit the big one today! Anyone else feel like an addict for these updates, or is that just me?

Orlando: I may *try* to do the same thing. And while I haven't much faith in myself for actually waiting (I know I won't be able to wait to open the Flower Knight first, because that's one of my all-time favorite miniatures out of any line) so maybe if I limit myself to building my pin-ups and the Flower Knight first, then do the game box, it may be able to keep me busy enough to not attempt to build everything at once.

 The Fragile Breath wrote:
987k! Sweet fancy Moses, I hope we do hit the big one today! Anyone else feel like an addict for these updates, or is that just me?

Orlando: I may *try* to do the same thing. And while I haven't much faith in myself for actually waiting (I know I won't be able to wait to open the Flower Knight first, because that's one of my all-time favorite miniatures out of any line) so maybe if I limit myself to building my pin-ups and the Flower Knight first, then do the game box, it may be able to keep me busy enough to not attempt to build everything at once.

I feel like an addict, waiting for my next fix with these updates. I'm really looking forward to the lore behind "The Lantern Festival" and The King!

Less than 9k to go!

An important point for people to consider with this campaign as compared to others is that it's been repeatedly confirmed that tere will be no post-campaign pledge manager. It's very important therefore to be sure that your pledge is exactly what you want it to be before the close on Monday.

@Buzzsaw: I think it is a clever ploy to make sure people over-pledge in case there are extra stretch goals being added in the last day or couple of hours. :p

grefven wrote:
@Buzzsaw: I think it is a clever ploy to make sure people over-pledge in case there are extra stretch goals being added in the last day or couple of hours. :p

Hehe, perhaps, Adam is cunning...

I am wracked with indecision on my pledge, I am holding onto a Black Friday launch special Deluxe Survivor ($250), and I'm just not sure if the 6 resins are a better investment then other stuff (hehe, I'm also holding a BF Survivor, ).

Every time I think "Aw, I don't need those guys..." I look at this and say, "crap, maybe I do..."

992.5k and counting. Going to get the King when he shows up for sure.

Need to hurry up and work out my final pleage for this one, currently at surviour and only a few days left. Cant decide between more expansions or all of the pin-ups, more gameplay or more T&A, a very hard choice if I do say so.

Does anyone know if the Pin-ups are going to be available after the kickstarter? I know Nico isn't but what about the normal ones?

I think they will be, although at a higher price. I believe it was mentioned somewhere, you'll have to either look around or hope Poots can answer that one for you.

On a slightly off topic note, my Forsaker arrived (number 233 of 450), and he looks awesome. I can't wait to put him together.
One question for Poots though, my Twilight Knight (I'll post pictures some day, I promise!) came without a numbered certificate. is the TK not part of a numbered run? I figured that I originally lost it, but looking at the way my Forsaker's certificate was packaged, I know that this cannot be the case. I ordered them both from CMON, if that means anything.

 Rolt wrote:
Does anyone know if the Pin-ups are going to be available after the kickstarter? I know Nico isn't but what about the normal ones?

I must've scanned straight past it a dozen times-- on the KS main page, it lists the MSRP under the KS price for the pinups (except Nico)--$18 vs. $15

Yeah, the scantily clad ladies are pretty close to retail, so if you need to wait on purchasing anything they're the ones to put off, imo (and to wait and see how the artwork translates to the sculpt).

 RiTides wrote:
Yeah, the scantily clad ladies are pretty close to retail, so if you need to wait on purchasing anything they're the ones to put off, imo (and to wait and see how the artwork translates to the sculpt).

I wouldn't trust anything from them to be purchaseable, after their initial release.
Almost anything from their webshop is and has been "sold out" for months. And likelyhood of reprint is uncertain.

Less than $1000 left to hit the magic million dollar mark. I expect the total to easily hit the 1.2 mil mark as pledges get adjusted upward (to buy expansions and such) on the last day or two.

EDIT: Holy crap that was fast!

Bam! We get the king. I look away for a couple min and over six hundred was pledged!

 adhuin wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Yeah, the scantily clad ladies are pretty close to retail, so if you need to wait on purchasing anything they're the ones to put off, imo (and to wait and see how the artwork translates to the sculpt).

I wouldn't trust anything from them to be purchaseable, after their initial release.
Almost anything from their webshop is and has been "sold out" for months. And likelyhood of reprint is uncertain.

That's their limited edition resins. Part of the whole point of this campaign is to make the models out of plastic and have them be more widely available! He has already said that the pin-ups will all be available later (with the exception of holiday Nico, I think).

That may change my perspective on mine then. Trying to convince myself I like Carassco enough (and I do) to get past the penis tail. :-)

 cincydooley wrote:
That may change my perspective on mine then. Trying to convince myself I like Carassco enough (and I do) to get past the penis tail. :-)

Or you could use some greenstuff and change it to a proper tail ending in a tuft of fur.

It's crossed a million. Unbelieveable. Well, not really.

Yeah, given that the king was previewed in the very first video, I don't think KD can honestly say they didn't think it was possible to get here.

They probably would have put the king lower if necessary, but no need!

I can't remember from what he said earlier, but this is the final "expansion" that he said he would offer, right?

Thanks for all the help guys, I didn't notice the Pin-ups had a MSRP on them either, thats a sure-fire they will be released later. Since thats the case I'll aim for expansions for the main game, gonna cap myself at $400 for this one, which should get me the base game (survivor level) and bunch of expansions, mostly major ones.

Now that were've hit the 1mil mark and all of the planned expansions are done I'm very curious to see where the kickstarter will go from here, we still have 3 days left after all.

I can't remember from what he said earlier, but this is the final "expansion" that he said he would offer, right?

Yes, this is correct RT, it was mentioned on the christmas/sunstalker update.

Here you go:

I have only 2 more gameplay expansion planned! If there is more demand for gameplay content after that, I'll have to get very creative as the production pipeline is pretty much pack! Adding any more large content will make the nov 2013 date nearly impossible to hit and I will really have to be extra careful! I think some super small stuff can get squeezed in, but certainly no more major expansions!

I'm so happy that this $1mil expansion was hit with a respectable time before the campaign deadline. I had my doubts.

Personally, it gives me time to assess all the options and see how much I should increase my pledge. As of right now, I'm just base game plus some arbitrary amount.

Yes, Adam said that this would be the last game expansion. He will still be adding some stretch goals but no more game expansion sets.