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I can hardly express how excited I am to hear Poots cite Arkham Horror as an example of a game that lacks organization and how that can kill the fun of the game. The idea that Kingdom Death might turn into a sea of cards where significant portions of each turn are spent just figuring out where to draw from was one of my biggest fears and Arkham Horror would have been my go to example of a game that does it wrong.

100% agreed: Dominion is the only card game I've liked, and I hated the setup time for Arkham Horror. Similar taste is definitely encouraging.

 Buzzsaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
...
Some new art:
Potentially NSFW

Done by Lokmanlam 'just because', I think.

Spoiler:

Let me point out that Lockman has posted that picture on his deviantArt account with the following disclaimer;

Have a nice dream!!!!!

This is a personal fan art , not an official kingdom death artwork.

those faces could easily be the new troll face.

From Adam in the KS comments

Creator Kingdom Death about 12 hours ago

EU - Shipping, I want it. you want it. Until I have exact box dimensions and weights I cannot get a final quote. There is also the huge logistical issue of making sure the tremendous variation in inventory all gets safely to an EU fulfillment center and then it boils down to this. Do you want my team packing your order safe and sound? Or do you want a vendor I pay to pack the orders? I need to ensure that if I do work with an outside company that they can handle this fairly complex pick and pack order. I am currently in talks with shipwire and I am testing their services out, there are a few other leads I am looking into but I have not committed to anything yet and therefore I cannot report anything officially or make any assurances.

It is frustrating for me, because I am pretty sure we kickstarted the production of a high quality game and the talent of many wonderful artists. However the reality is, that shipping is EXPENSIVE and this game box got much larger and much heavier then I anticipated when the campaign started. If anyone has any professional experience with a vendor they trust, please feel free to reach out to me as I plan on continuing exploring options before making a firm commitment.



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Creator Kingdom Death about 7 hours ago

The current plan is to handle Domestic fulfillment personally. Still looking into solutions for the EU and the rest of the world. CMON does not have their EU warehouse setup yet, so they may not be a viable option for me. The scale of the project and the large number of expansions raises the logistical complication bar by quite a bit. It's not a problem, but I do want to find the best way to do it, to ensure a smooth experience for you backers and to try and not spend too much of the budget on shipping companies and instead on talented artists. Does anyone know anything about shipwire? Their reps are very enthusiastic, but I can't find anyone that actually uses them.

Update #74 · Jun 24, 2013 · 5 comments

Hello!

I hope everyone has been well. The team has been working like crazy and I am pleased to share our developments thus far.

- Schedule Update
We are still aiming to hit our target date to begin shipping rewards in november. At this time the manufacturing partners involved have made it their priority to meet our very aggressive timeline. Things will be close as time is tight. As we work as hard as possible, If I feel the quality of the game or its components will suffer in any way, I will let you know and we can decide if we should delay it or not. While I feel that maintaing our timeline is of the utmost importance, Anna has reminded me several times that actually you, the backers, are the most important and that no one wants anything to be rushed.

- Shipping Update
The current plan is to personally fulfill all of the domestic rewards from our warehouse / studio in brooklyn NY. We are looking into better solutions for the international rewards and have started to contact fulfillment companies for quotes and deals. The fact that USPS shipping rates more then doubled during the course of the KD campaign has not made this task any easier! Currently about 400k of the funds have been budgeted towards shipping and I'd like to reduce that and shift the money towards production & art.

- Plastic Manufacturing Update
This is one point I am super excited about. We have secured a vendor and a process that I am very confident in. I personally flew to china early may to spend time touring the facility and going over the finer points of the project and the team their is quite capable. They are a small operation and due to the size, complexity and timeline of KD have had to expand to take up the job. The majority of engineering and production will take place from now until september. Once I have a good variety of samples to check, I will take loads of photos and divulge all of the details for everyone. Thankfully they see KD as a wonderful portfolio piece and want to give every last miniature the full attention it deserves.

- Cards & Printed Material Update
I've gotten a lot of concerned emails from fans in regards to warped boards and low quality token sheets from many kickstarter games. I have done a fair bit of research into the projects in particular that were named and I am aware of what lead to some of the issues. We are using a US based board game manufacturer that has been in the biz for 35 years. They are capable of standard components and the more premium components that will be used for KD. The game cards will be printed on a thicker greycore card ( used for casino poker cards ) and the token sheets will all be sealed in a climate controlled area to ensure they don't warp. There needs to be a fair bit of lead time for this, as its not a fast process.

- Hit Location Dice
I got em! They are awesome! We might mix in a very small amount of glow in the dark pigment to the white, to give it a more matte off-white feeling. This gives the die more contrast between the gloss black and matte interior and in my opinion, gives it that little extra pinch of handsome.



- Lantern Armor
The lantern armor is the most durable armor that can be crafted in the core game and it is not an easy set to reach. I was never fully satisfied with the original sculpture and thankfully there was enough time for me to slide in a resculpt! So now you can check out the Lantern Armor as was truly envisioned!



- Hunt Board
Lokman and I worked on this one together. He supplied the awesome border artwork and I did the layout. The center of the board is a unique gameplay element. When you reach this space, you trigger the overwhelming darkness story event. This represents the survivors traveling far away from their settlement and deep into the darkness where the atmosphere is its thickest. In this story event only the courageous or insane get by unscathed.



- Font Size
We've decided to try and stick to an 8pt font size as our minimum wherever possible. While personally I have no problem reading a smaller size, I've chatted with Anna and many of the backers and resolved that bigger is better. For reference most magazines use an 8pt font as do magic cards. In picking a font, we agonized for a while and ended up selecting a special type of font that's edges come to a point to make it more readable.



- Sculpted Slender Man
When the Slender Man concept art was revealed, Jacques-Alexandre Gillois instantly sent me a message the simply said. Let me sculpt this one! We finished up the sculpting on schedule and here are the photos of Jacques inspired sculpt.



- Aya Origin Comic
At this time I am not sure we will make the print deadline for this to be included in the game manual. If that is the case, I will release it online for everyone to enjoy.

And the art continues to be arted!

Now that's one hell of an update - thanks for posting it!

Every day I'm sad I missed this one, when do you think we might see stuff available to order outside the KS? Mid 2014?

I managed to get a Flower Knight from the website a few months ago when they came back into stock.

My god..... The Slender Man looks incredible....

I really wish I snagged him now!!!

It's amazing to me: despite spending more on this campaign then any other, I still feel that I missed so many great things...

Argh!

 Buzzsaw wrote:
It's amazing to me: despite spending more on this campaign then any other, I still feel that I missed so many great things...

Argh!

That was because it had a ridiculous number of KS exclusives late in the game.

And there sure do seem to be a lot of people being bitten in half in the new art.

Dear Raging Heroes: this is how you run a Kickstarter.

 shamikebab wrote:
Every day I'm sad I missed this one, when do you think we might see stuff available to order outside the KS? Mid 2014?

I managed to get a Flower Knight from the website a few months ago when they came back into stock.

Sadly, I don't think we'll have any idea. Thats why so many people went close to all in with this KS, because getting stock of some of their items is so hard in the first place.

 cincydooley wrote:

 shamikebab wrote:
Every day I'm sad I missed this one, when do you think we might see stuff available to order outside the KS? Mid 2014?

I managed to get a Flower Knight from the website a few months ago when they came back into stock.

Sadly, I don't think we'll have any idea. Thats why so many people went close to all in with this KS, because getting stock of some of their items is so hard in the first place.

I know that's what I did, and why I did it!

$1134 USD here... I feel bad every time I think about it...

I know I got all the expansions and the individuals figures in plastic, and I was nowhere near that...

You must have added a lot of Resin for it to get that high?

Pledge Total 1164
Pledge Reward Level Survivor
Herald of Death Gift
KD: Monster Tshirt l
Selected Options:
Twilight Knight Gift
White Speaker Gift
Flower Knight Expansion 1
Dragon King Expansion 1
Gorm Major Expansion (includes Regeneration Suit) 1
Dung Beetle Knight Expansion 1
Spidicules Major Expansion 1
Sunstalker Major Expansion 1
Lion God Expansion 1
The Lantern Festival Major Expansion 1
Slender Man Expansion 1
The Lonely Tree Expansion 1
Promo: Holiday White Speaker Nico 1
Promo: Kara Black 1
Promo: Candy and Cola 1
Messenger of Courage 1
Messenger of the Spiral Path 1
Messenger of Humanity 1
Messenger of the First Story 1
KD: Monster Custom Dice x5 1
Allison the Twilight Knight: Plastic 1
Adam and Anna Resin Collectors Edition 1
Leather Queen Resin 1
Rawhide Dame Resin 1
Lioness Resin 1
Phoenix Dancer Resin 1
Primal Huntress Resin 1
Dragon Sacrifice Resin 1
Regeneration Suit Resin 1
Sunstalker Dancer Resin 1
Aya the Survivor Resin 1
Paul the Survivor Resin 1
Illuminated Lady Resin 1
Lantern Festival Girl Resin 1
Silk Assassin Resin 1
Twilight Witch Resin 1
Stone Face Base Inserts x50 2
Flower Knight Resin 1

 Still Standing wrote:
Pledge Total 1164
Pledge Reward Level Survivor
Herald of Death Gift
KD: Monster Tshirt l
Selected Options:
Twilight Knight Gift
White Speaker Gift
Flower Knight Expansion 1
Dragon King Expansion 1
Gorm Major Expansion (includes Regeneration Suit) 1
Dung Beetle Knight Expansion 1
Spidicules Major Expansion 1
Sunstalker Major Expansion 1
Lion God Expansion 1
The Lantern Festival Major Expansion 1
Slender Man Expansion 1
The Lonely Tree Expansion 1
Promo: Holiday White Speaker Nico 1
Promo: Kara Black 1
Promo: Candy and Cola 1
Messenger of Courage 1
Messenger of the Spiral Path 1
Messenger of Humanity 1
Messenger of the First Story 1
KD: Monster Custom Dice x5 1
Allison the Twilight Knight: Plastic 1
Adam and Anna Resin Collectors Edition 1
Leather Queen Resin 1
Rawhide Dame Resin 1
Lioness Resin 1
Phoenix Dancer Resin 1
Primal Huntress Resin 1
Dragon Sacrifice Resin 1
Regeneration Suit Resin 1
Sunstalker Dancer Resin 1
Aya the Survivor Resin 1
Paul the Survivor Resin 1
Illuminated Lady Resin 1
Lantern Festival Girl Resin 1
Silk Assassin Resin 1
Twilight Witch Resin 1
Stone Face Base Inserts x50 2
Flower Knight Resin 1

When all that comes in, it seems you'll have quite a good time painting and assembling!

From the KS comments today

Creator Kingdom Death about 18 hours ago

We have upgraded the pledge manager to allow people to change their shipping address. If you are changing your address from domestic to international, you will need to contact anna@kingdomdeath.com.

Thanks~

 shamikebab wrote:
Every day I'm sad I missed this one, when do you think we might see stuff available to order outside the KS? Mid 2014?

I managed to get a Flower Knight from the website a few months ago when they came back into stock.

Me too.. I guess it must come eventually, but I'm trying to forget about it and hopefully remember this time next year or something!

Quickly! Get yourself to the Kingdom Death website, there are a bunch of awesome new figures for you to spend all your cash on.

I just ordered these to add to pinup collection.

1 x Pinup Survivor
1 x Experiment of Death
1 x Chosen
1 x Savior - 20 Years
1 x Savior - 40 Years
1 x Savior - 80 Years
1 x Savior - Super

yay.

Sweet! Too bad I'm tapped out on funds right now. Does the Savior- 20 Years' left leg look a little...wonky to anyone else?

Damn, I've got Nico and White Speaker but 40 years old Savior was sold out too fast. Well, she does look best from all the Saviors, hope she is getting a remake after some time.

Missed out again!

Oh well, I guess Jury Duty was worth it.

Damn!! Missed out on 20 and 40 year old saviour :(
But have you guys seen the Chosen!!!
http://shop.kingdomdeath.com/product/chosen

WHAT THE!!! WOW

 Makaleth wrote:
Damn!! Missed out on 20 and 40 year old saviour :(
But have you guys seen the Chosen!!!
http://shop.kingdomdeath.com/product/chosen

WHAT THE!!! WOW

All I could see was (confused looking) Sanguinius.

And...looks like there's still plenty left?

The Savior (40) looks really good... KD's hero sculpts impress me much more than their modular ones.

 Alpharius wrote:
And...looks like there's still plenty left?

Yeah, I've noticed his non-cheesecake figures sell a little slower than the big monsters. Either price, or the lack of mammary glands.(not that I mind the mammaries, mind )

 Sinful Hero wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
And...looks like there's still plenty left?

Yeah, I've noticed his non-cheesecake figures sell a little slower than the big monsters. Either price, or the lack of mammary glands.(not that I mind the mammaries, mind )

I'm sure you're only imagining things. Adam just makes more of certain models than others as is evidenced by their being out-of-stock almost continuously.

In fact, sir, I do believe with a moniker such as Sinful Hero it's safe to say you're of less than questionable morals. I ask you to leave the fine upstanding, egalitarian patrons of Poot's Fine Boutique to their fancies free of your outlandish and sinful claims.

 Dentry wrote:

 Sinful Hero wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
And...looks like there's still plenty left?

Yeah, I've noticed his non-cheesecake figures sell a little slower than the big monsters. Either price, or the lack of mammary glands.(not that I mind the mammaries, mind )

I'm sure you're only imagining things. Adam just makes more of certain models than others as is evidenced by their being out-of-stock almost continuously.

In fact, sir, I do believe with a moniker such as Sinful Hero it's safe to say you're of less than questionable morals. I ask you to leave the fine upstanding, egalitarian patrons of Poot's Fine Boutique to their fancies free of your outlandish and sinful claims.

Oh, good sir! I would never dream of sullying such a fine establishment with my patronism! Perish the thought!