Rivet Wars Kickstarter - CMON New Miniatures RTS Inspired Board Game (Funded!)

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**DaveC**

Here's a few new WIP shots of the new miniatures from Ted.

**DaveC**

Just got the survey email from Kickstarter - all they want to know now is your address, email and number of Omega tile packs required.

This is not the CKPM yet just the KS survey.

other images that came out recently

**Alpharius**

I'm thinking I should have this one - looks like fun!

And a far less annoying campaign than Krosmaster is turning out to be!

**PsychoticStorm**

I really do not like the bulldog, he should have gone for a saint Bernard.

**H.B.M.C.**

Update:

Kickstarter survey sent

Update #48 · Apr 4, 2013 · 31 comments
We just need two pieces of info from you, a good email address to get a hold of you at (might be different from your Kickstarter email) and how many Tilepack Omegas you'd like (if any), as these have the longest leadtimes.

Once we receive this info we'll pre-populate our pledge manager at https://ckpm.coolminiornot.com and send you the links to login in a few weeks - you will then be able to confirm all the options you want and pay for any additional items on top of that.

So if any'a y'all didn't get that E-mail it might be a good idea to do something about it quick.

**cincydooley**

Alpharius wrote:
I'm thinking I should have this one - looks like fun!

And a far less annoying campaign than Krosmaster is turning out to be!

You're telling me.

Did you not get I'm on Rivet?

**Alpharius**

No Rivet Wars for me - I had to not back something in Kickstarter!

Too many projects coming down the pipe...especially the oft rumored and hinted at Confrontation Phoenix one. Though the buzz on the actual rules for that one isn't good.

I'm about to pull my Krosmaster pledge too...

This one looks really good - I suppose I'll be picking it up at retail!

**DaveC**

Ted seems to be getting through the miniatures at a good rate. These are 3D prints

He mentioned that he is sending a batch off to the factory soon so they can produce some samples of the final miniatures for approval.

**PsychoticStorm**

Wow nice progress!

**cincydooley**

Does anyone recall why they made the move from St. Bernard to Bulldog? A bulldog is in no way, shape, or form a working dog like a St. Bernard is.....

**DaveC**

This is what Ted said about the change

"the German dog is supposed to be painted as a german shepherd. I guess it looks a little like a doberman so you could paint it that way as well. The reason I went with the bulldog is that the allied dog would have been a modified version of the german dog, not an original sculpt from the ground up. And I felt it lacked character. Whereas the bulldog really says allies, at least to me. Maybe it's the churchill thing Also many people suggested it and it grew on me. The main reason is just to have a nice visual difference between the two. I hope you will enjoy this and understand. And wait until you see what I have planned for the Ottoman canine unit...but I shouldn't be talking about stuff like that now. "

**cincydooley**

That's all good. I just can't see a bulldog doing any "functional" work. Nor can I see a bulldog having any kind of useful purpose in wartime. He'd have made a cool attachment or something, but I wish they'd have gone St. Bernard or some sort of working dog.

**PsychoticStorm**

I too would expect a st Bernard.

**Rotgut**

Wow, I completely missed this kickstarter.

Looked at it a few minutes ago and very disappointed I didnt know about it, I absolutely love the atomic robo so Im hoping someone will be up to trading one for the zombicide survivors when all that gets shipped.

Since I have no idea anything about it is there a retail release date attached to this yet?

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

If you are serious about wanting in email CMON and see if they will let you in

kickstarter@coolminiornot.com

They're not adverse to letting people in late (I know a number of people where allowed in to relic knights late)

Since you're already in the system from zombicide it's worth a shot

**DaveC**

The CKPM emails are going out. There is an error on the CKPM the alternate infantry that were unlocked are missing, as they haven't sent an update yet I'm sure they'll fix it before the official announcement. Guess I'll have to wait until they fix it.

**PsychoticStorm**

Thanks for the heads up, waiting it is.

**H.B.M.C.**

Filled mine in. Couldn't remember what I spent the last $10 on, then I remembered it was the turrets (as they weren't included at the time). So that means I get 4 turrets... or 3... or something. Yay!

**cincydooley**

Filled mine in to. Ended up adding an additional $50 for the plane expansion. Because I'm a sucker.

**DaveC**

The CKPM now has the 12 Alternate Infantry option so complete away, I'm all done now.

**Rotgut**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
If you are serious about wanting in email CMON and see if they will let you in

kickstarter@coolminiornot.com

They're not adverse to letting people in late (I know a number of people where allowed in to relic knights late)

Since you're already in the system from zombicide it's worth a shot

Thanks for this, I emailed them and they added me to the late backer list!

**PsychoticStorm**

thanks for the heads up!

**BobtheInquisitor**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I finally got word back: non-blitzkrieg add-ons are a go.

I just got an email telling me that I don't have access to the pledge manager and cannot use my pledge to buy add ons because I did not buy a blitzkrieg pledge. The email is from Ginger Minton, the exact person who told me I could buy the add ons individually before the campaign ended. To say I am pissed is an understatement.

I was planning to add a few other tchotchkes with the pledge manager, but now I think I'll wait for deep ebay discounts if I ever buy another piece of Rivet Wars crap again. I'm really tempted just to demand a refund at this point.

For anyone else who pledged for just add ons, I'm very sorry. I feel awful that I may have wasted your money as well.

**Alpharius**

Do you have the email that says you can do this?

**BobtheInquisitor**

Yes. I just sent it back to them and asked if it was still valid. I was just too upset to wait for a reply.

Honestly, I'm much more upset about having misled other people by posting here that it was okay than I am about losing the money. I really hate that they have retroactively made a liar out of me.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

[REDACTED],

You just need to add money for the items themselves.

Ginger Minton
CMON Customer Service

From: [EXPUNGED]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 1:59 PM
To: Ginger Minton
Subject: Re: Rivet Wars Kickstarter Question

Hello Ginger,

Thank you for getting back to me. Do I need to add shipping or anything for shipping to a US address? Or do I just pledge, say $20 for the vertical tanks and $20 for the BOSS for a total pledge of $40?

Thanks,

[REDACTED]

From: Ginger Minton <ginger@coolminiornot.com>
To: [EXPUNGED]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: Rivet Wars Kickstarter Question

There are several! You can add:

The Jetpacker
M3 Vertical Tanks & Lanskriegers
Cpl. Cher Ami (Ally Hero) & Capt. Elsa Frost (Blight Hero)
M7 B.O.S.S.

Ginger Minton
CMON Customer Service

From: [EXPUNGED]
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:17 PM
To: kickstarter
Subject: Rivet Wars Kickstarter Question

Hello Cool Mini or Not,

For the Rivet Wars Kickstarter, which add-ons can I pledge for without pledging blitzkrieg? Are there any "add-ons" available to every backer? Please let me know, because I would love to support Rivet Wars, pledge a few tanks and characters now (to add to the game when I buy it retail), but I don't have Blitzkrieg-level funds to give.

Thank you,

[REDACTED]

This is the conversation. Have I been reading it wrong or something?

**DaveC**

Dug this one up again

No great surprise here another CMoN KS runs late

Rivet Wars production update
Update #54 · Jul 19, 2013 · comment

We've just completed a thorough review of the project and there are a couple of things we needed to adjust:

1. The plastic terrain won't fit in the core box - the whole thing becomes just too big to put on a retail shelf. All backers will still get the plastic terrain for free, but the retail box won't include them - they'll be available separately. What will be included will be a set of card counters as originally designed, and backers will get that as well.

2. The clip on damage markers are trickier than we expected, so we're doing some more work on the tool so that it will work better. The scope of the add-ons is adding more time than we anticipated, mostly in the moldmaking phase which needs to get done correctly. This means the schedule has to be revised:

a. Shipment 1 will only include the core box and possibly the plastic terrain, and will most likely complete production in October and will likely ship from our warehouses in November.

b. Shipment 2 will contain everything else, all the free items and optional items including the Battle of Brighton and the heavy tanks, and this will go out as scheduled in Q1 2014.

We apologize for the 2 month delay, but felt this was necessary in order to ensure that Rivet Wars you receive is a solid product. We'll update again as the project progresses.

As usual, if you have any concerns about your specific pledge, please email kickstarter@cmon.com and we'll get back to you in about one business day.

**Lt. Coldfire**

I couldn't be less surprised.

**Azazelx**

Interesting to see what was a "retail box upgrade" pulled.

I'm glad I stayed out of this one. More KS self-control can only be a good thing.

**PsychoticStorm**

Not surprised, but also not bothered, it will come when it will come.

**Rotgut**

After telling me I could get into this late they went dark on me and I never again heard from anyone there again.

Did the surveys ever go out?