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 Alpharius wrote:
It is getting harder to resist this one...

Ill make the naive question, why resist?

The value of what you get at the Blitz level is just ramping up and up. The $20 for four tanks is just golden, and now we’re about to add canine units!

They do need to add a couple of extra paid-only options and one or two more core set upgrades though. The paid-only ones will help get us to the next stretch goal, and the core set upgrades will encourage those not in yet to jump in as well as some core set guys to buy a couple of the add-ons (like the 4 tanks one!).

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The value of what you get at the Blitz level is just ramping up and up. The $20 for four tanks is just golden, and now we’re about to add canine units!

They do need to add a couple of extra paid-only options and one or two more core set upgrades though. The paid-only ones will help get us to the next stretch goal, and the core set upgrades will encourage those not in yet to jump in as well as some core set guys to buy a couple of the add-ons (like the 4 tanks one!).

As much as I don't want to put more money in this, I agree that more add-ons would help add some more dollars, especially of they're as good a deal as the 4 tanks for 20$. I jumped on that when I saw it, as well as the extra tiles. This is shaping up pretty well and we still have over two weeks.

These little dudes are AWESOME. Love the puppies. A lot.

I'm glad we got new rivets, but am I gonna sound ridiculous if I say I probably won't use the dogs in the game much as I don't want to send them onto the battlefield to get blown up... I like dogs too much maybe.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The value of what you get at the Blitz level is just ramping up and up. The $20 for four tanks is just golden, and now we’re about to add canine units!

They do need to add a couple of extra paid-only options and one or two more core set upgrades though. The paid-only ones will help get us to the next stretch goal, and the core set upgrades will encourage those not in yet to jump in as well as some core set guys to buy a couple of the add-ons (like the 4 tanks one!).

I'm betting there are plenty more heroes stashed in the wings ready to pry money from our wallets.

I'm not sure what else they could really add to the core set - it seems pretty replete as-is. Maybe some plastic trenches/bridges to go over the trenches? Plastic tank traps?

I feel like they've been super generous with the freebies for Blitz. (which, obviously, I think is great) and they've done a really good job on upgrading the core set a ton too.

 PsychoticStorm wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
It is getting harder to resist this one...

Ill make the naive question, why resist?

That's east!

1) KD: M cleaned out the game budget for the time being!

2) The Game Budget Savings Initiative is currently being dedicated to the upcoming Confrontation: Phoenix Kickstarter that CMON will be launching sometime this year!

New video showing the unit stats and how they work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Z_dQPrb2s&feature=youtu.be

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
It is getting harder to resist this one...

Ill make the naive question, why resist?

That's east!

1) KD: M cleaned out the game budget for the time being!

2) The Game Budget Savings Initiative is currently being dedicated to the upcoming Confrontation: Phoenix Kickstarter that CMON will be launching sometime this year!

That's interesting, where have you heard that the Confrontation Kickstarter will be appearing this year?

Scrub wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
It is getting harder to resist this one...

Ill make the naive question, why resist?

That's east!

1) KD: M cleaned out the game budget for the time being!

2) The Game Budget Savings Initiative is currently being dedicated to the upcoming Confrontation: Phoenix Kickstarter that CMON will be launching sometime this year!

That's interesting, where have you heard that the Confrontation Kickstarter will be appearing this year?

No 100% proof but updates 12 and 13 from Guilds of Cadwallon suggets it

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/guilds-of-cadwallon/posts/372869

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/guilds-of-cadwallon/posts/373266

it may depend a bit on how they get on identifying and fixing up the masters of the minis which were meant to be in a bit of a state when CMON got them, and how the translation/rewrite of the rules go

Nothings confirmed but it's very likely to be this year although Wrath of Kings is supposed to be next on CMON KS list as that's just about ready to go where as Phoenix still needs some work but there is a Confrontation holder website in place (http://www.confrontationphoenix.com) and Guild of Cadwallon backers will be getting the Beta rules when they are available

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

Scrub wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
It is getting harder to resist this one...

Ill make the naive question, why resist?

That's east!

1) KD: M cleaned out the game budget for the time being!

2) The Game Budget Savings Initiative is currently being dedicated to the upcoming Confrontation: Phoenix Kickstarter that CMON will be launching sometime this year!

That's interesting, where have you heard that the Confrontation Kickstarter will be appearing this year?

No 100% proof but updates 12 and 13 from Guilds of Cadwallon suggets it

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/guilds-of-cadwallon/posts/372869

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/guilds-of-cadwallon/posts/373266

it may depend a bit on how they get on identifying and fixing up the masters of the minis which were meant to be in a bit of a state when CMON got them, and how the translation/rewrite of the rules go

Ah! Superb! Thank you both for the information... That 'sneak peek' is jut gut wrenching, I want more! xD

Looks like I'll be joining you, Alpharius, with the saving... KoD did a number on me too! xD

 DaveC wrote:
Nothings confirmed but it's very likely to be this year although Wrath of Kings is supposed to be next on CMON KS list as that's just about ready to go where as Phoenix still needs some work but there is a Confrontation holder website in place (http://www.confrontationphoenix.com) and Guild of Cadwallon backers will be getting the Beta rules when they are available

I spoke to Chern Ann yesterday about Wrath of Kings and he indicated it may be a bit farther off than expected. 3ish months away, maybe.

Also interesting to note is that CMoN recently aquired the license/property Ron and Bones from Tales of War miniatures. They had some fantastic boards set up at GC2012 so this is conceivably something that would work INCREDIBLY well as a boxed board game.

 cincydooley wrote:

 DaveC wrote:
Nothings confirmed but it's very likely to be this year although Wrath of Kings is supposed to be next on CMON KS list as that's just about ready to go where as Phoenix still needs some work but there is a Confrontation holder website in place (http://www.confrontationphoenix.com) and Guild of Cadwallon backers will be getting the Beta rules when they are available

I spoke to Chern Ann yesterday about Wrath of Kings and he indicated it may be a bit farther off than expected. 3ish months away, maybe.

Also interesting to note is that CMoN recently aquired the license/property Ron and Bones from Tales of War miniatures. They had some fantastic boards set up at GC2012 so this is conceivably something that would work INCREDIBLY well as a boxed board game.

Holy Cow! I've been wondering where the hell Ron & Bones disappeared to! I'd love to see it make a re-appearance, it was one of my favourite lines of minis, truly beautiful sculpts! Thanks for the rumour, 'tis very much appreciated.

This thread is awesome!

Painting the Allies guide by James Wappell

http://wappellious.blogspot.ie/2013/01/painting-your-rivet-warrior-step-by-step.html

That's kind of excessive for that basic of a mini, though it is a nice paint job, and the flat surfaces show off the paint job well... I just don't feel like it would be rewarding to paint.

Well, it's over the $250,000 mark.

Ted has added a rough mock up of the Landkrieger and redesigned Vert tank to his website for scale purposes - The Vert tank can now take a plug the old one couldn't

A bunch of new Core Box Upgrade stretch goals announced:

Awesome! And makes for a lot of stretch goals to be completed over the next 25k.

This is looking like a very generous kickstarter! Not my style whatsoever but it is equally fun watching the stretch goals blasted through nonetheless.

Ah good. Three practical core box upgrades. Very nice.

 DaveC wrote:
Ted has added a rough mock up of the Landkrieger and redesigned Vert tank to his website for scale purposes - The Vert tank can now take a plug the old one couldn't

Hm, that look like they'd be rather out of scale for Dust, et al?

Who thought they would be in scale? by the bases alone it was evident.

I was hopeful. Some of the DUST (and other Weird WW2 stuff out there) is a fair bit smaller. It's still kinda hard to judge the size, since I don't know how the RW figures look next to more traditional miniatures.

The box upgrades look good though - and potentially usable for regular tabletop games as well.

I wonder if the rules will be as complex as Dust Tactics. My girlfriend and stepdaughter really enjoy DT; the game is strategic yet simply eloquent in theory, but with continual expansions it has gotten a bit more difficult for my family members to digest and enjoy.

I wish I could project how much more they will attempt to add into Rivet Wars after the initial release. Sometimes less is more.

 Shrapnelsmile wrote:
I wonder if the rules will be as complex as Dust Tactics. My girlfriend and stepdaughter really enjoy DT; the game is strategic yet simply eloquent in theory, but with continual expansions it has gotten a bit more difficult for my family members to digest and enjoy.

I wish I could project how much more they will attempt to add into Rivet Wars after the initial release. Sometimes less is more.

With Rivet Wars I get the feeling that expansion content will be more flavor (new factions) than anything else.

There was a throwaway line about a skirmish game, I think. So that's a thing that might happen as well.

The (free) Skirmish rules were confirmed by CMON early in the kickstarter. Hopefully they put some thought into them rather then just rushing something out.

To be fair, any tabletop skirmish rules are likely to only be basic at least, given that this is being developed as a boardgame. I seriously doubt that it is going to get the Andy Chambers type makeover of Dust Tactics. If nothing else the "chiba" look does not look like any "battle" could be taken as too serious, at least in my opinion. I would think if you wanted it would be easier to convert existing rulesets for Steampunk, perhaps the new osprey skirmish level rules will suit?

Watching the play video, it looks llke we are going to get a nice clean system, which although not quite rock-paper-scissors, seems to give the intended feel of putting an RTS on the board. So rather than branch out to tabletop I would prefer them to develop new distinct factions (another RTS trait).