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 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Jet lagged and sensing a sale, I headed to the computer at 3 AM.

Naturally the new savior and valkyrie, the two models I liked the most, were gone.

Grabbed the white speaker and survivor at least.

Maybe encores will show up sporadically over the next few days. Gotta keep checking I guess...

Just ask on the FB group to join the KDM Discord, the bot gives you notifications every time there's new stock in the store.

Thanks for the heads up on the discord thing.

I'm with you John- the gambler's chest is my most anticipated item due to the sheer variety of figures that are coming in it.

Although I'm really fond of the first hero sculpts we're getting too.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'm with you John- the gambler's chest is my most anticipated item due to the sheer variety of figures that are coming in it.

Although I'm really fond of the first hero sculpts we're getting too.

Same! The First Hero couple look really good. Too bad that's Wave 4, so it's even farther down the line.

The only other models I kinda wish I could have gotten separately are the Apotheosis male & female, but I didn't want the rest of their expansion.

Fortunately, there are a *TON* of models in the GC, so I think I'll have enough on my plate to tide me over for a while.

What one would people recommend as a continuation of the standard Monster set?

Glad to see that they are limiting it to two per order, means that hopefully these will only go to people that actually want them.

Normally, people get Gorm and Dragon King first, then Flower Knight, Sunstalker and/or Dung Beetle Knight (except sold out?).

@Pacific if you hate Armoured Strangers, then Slanderman is good. I like sculpt and gears what you can make from black water are cool.

Is this game even attainable? I love the concept but the whole creating artificial scarcity thing seems moronic to me. Great models, great background, great rules. Why not produce more???

 Midnightdeathblade wrote:
Is this game even attainable? I love the concept but the whole creating artificial scarcity thing seems moronic to me. Great models, great background, great rules. Why not produce more???

Absolutely, it is. Core game is in stock, shipping globally.

There is *no* artificial scarcity involved here. This isn't Nintendo trying to manipulate sales numbers. This a very small manufacturer producing at the limit of its capability.

If Adam knew for sure that there was greater demand, he absolutely would produce more - he's in the business of selling things, and the Monster side of his business is designed to sell in 5-figure volumes. When he booked factory time for Wave 2 production, he had a floor of preorders based on initial Kickstarter Pledge Manager volumes and late backers (about a year ago), and he added what he anticipated to be a year's worth of product sales. Then, he re-opened the Pledge Manager (about 6 months ago) to capture a few more preorders, and was deluged by people wanting to add a LOT more stuff, to the point that some items were almost entirely pre-sold. He shipped all of those preorders, and nobody who preordered appears to have gone without. He just didn't anticipate that there would be that much pent-up additional demand. So now he'll need to produce more stock for the store as part of Wave 3, in 6-ish months. There are probably 25,000 to 30,000 copies of KDM out there, and he's probably sold something like 20,000 Dragon Kings expansions.
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In other news, I've completed building my Survivors!

Many thanks guys!

Will check some of those recommendations out. That Gorm looks quite amusing while at the same time horrifying!

Now get 'em all painted!

I think that's my goal this summer, finally finish painting the damned core set that I've had for I don't know how many years...

I'm gonna build first.

(ETA - I only have the Watcher and Phoenix to go before I'd have to deal with the Armor Kits that don't really excite me)

 Midnightdeathblade wrote:
Is this game even attainable? I love the concept but the whole creating artificial scarcity thing seems moronic to me. Great models, great background, great rules. Why not produce more???

To add to John's response, the game itself is attainable. The problem is with the extra models that they make, like the Valkyrie and Bard, that aren't really a part of the game. Those extra models are the hard to get models.

Those extra models are resin. They're not mass production plastic. He makes 1,000? time to sell? It's not a lot

Ended up buying the Bard redux, which came up to a lot more than I intended after the currency exchange that I totally did not factor in.

I could, of course, cancel the transaction, but I feel that would be poor sport at this point. I just have to make it a REALLY expensive paintjob.

Well at least I can get the core game. Thanks for the responses.

Adam Poots wrote:We will be at GenCon booth #3003 (same corner)! We've got a new release, Screaming God and Black Knight demo's and our very last Expansion Inventory form the last production run. For those of you that can't make the show, don't worry. We have another production run for expansions in place, but I don't have a date on when they will be finished yet. Thanks, can't wait to see everyone at the show!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poots/kingdom-death-monster-15/comments?cursor=21186628#comment-21186627

Just in case you didn't order enough of the existing Expansions, well, time to start saving those pennies again...

I wish he'd post an update about Wave 3. It's been a while, ya'know?

Probably after GenCon, but I will be delighted if it is sooner

‎Stephanie Gustafsson‎ to By Lanterns Light (A Kingdom Death Group)

Echoes of Death unboxing! It contains gameplay content!!! I received a special copy for promotion on BLL direct from Adam. It’s a hard plastic release and for sale at Gen-con. I don’t believe it’s exclusive to gen-con but it may sell out.

https://www.facebook.com/Lanfear86/videos/10217254131134222/

From BGG

Lantern Parasite Queen from Screaming God exp. plus possibly a new illuminated lady and the finished Gambler

Looking nice. Not going to be there this year but I could barely get into the booth last year just to look at the new models for the KSer it was so crowded.

Quite impressing.

That Gambler is everything I hoped it would be and more. Gives me vibes of my favorite bosses from the Catlevania series: Legion.

The Gambler is amazing. KD never fails to impress.

I'm very excited for Echoes of Death as a re-imagining (in plastic!) of 4 generic (i.e. non-Monster) pinup-like models to bring them into KD:M. I think it's pretty significant in that it highlights a few things:

1. Generic Classes are *not* part of the Monster (otherwise, he'd have remastered the for plastic, rather than reimagining them by translating their generic fantasy designs into Monster-specific designs.

2. There are significant revamps to how Settlements will develop, where individual Survivors bring benefits to the Settlement as a whole. This further emphasizes the Settlement over the Survivor, just in case that wasn't clear before.

3. It's hard plastic, so Adam has managed to secure more plastic production, so it's possible that the GC and other Wave 3 content is also in production, in addition to the 3rd round of original Expansion production.

I'm assuming that he made 5,000+ (a typical minimum hard plastic run), and that they will be available in the shop later. I'm hoping that I can also add them to Wave 3 when we confirm address and pay shipping to reduce my shipping costs.

If it’s one thing I regret not going to Gencon for, it’s the KD booth. I now feel the pang of the plebeians who have to wait for the shop to be updated!

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

I'm assuming that he made 5,000+ (a typical minimum hard plastic run), and that they will be available in the shop later. I'm hoping that I can also add them to Wave 3 when we confirm address and pay shipping to reduce my shipping costs.

I'd say that this is going to be very unlikely, but fingers crossed

More from BGG terrain pieces are very interesting are they designed to work with the plastic board?

The Honeycomb Weaver is a lot bigger than I thought.

Also intrigued by the terrain pieces, I'd happily buy 3D replacements for the terrain tiles.

All the pics are from either Stephanie Gustafsson (By Lantern's Light FB group admin) or Elizabeth Beckley-Bradford (KDM house painter). They have been reposted on BGG by other people. So if you want more pics and Stephanie's short video interview she made with Poots about what's available at the booth Gencon, check out the BLL FB group as there is a lot more!


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 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'm very excited for Echoes of Death as a re-imagining (in plastic!) of 4 generic (i.e. non-Monster) pinup-like models to bring them into KD:M. I think it's pretty significant in that it highlights a few things:

1. Generic Classes are *not* part of the Monster (otherwise, he'd have remastered the for plastic, rather than reimagining them by translating their generic fantasy designs into Monster-specific designs.

2. There are significant revamps to how Settlements will develop, where individual Survivors bring benefits to the Settlement as a whole. This further emphasizes the Settlement over the Survivor, just in case that wasn't clear before.

In the short video I mention above he specifically says the generics are a "creative outlet" and "not part of KDM proper". These revamps are indeed proper survivor versions of those as you say. He also says the new system included in the Echoes of Death box is just a taster of what will eventually become a properly integrated system in the game. Basically, you achieve Milestones as indicated on the new cards, and when you do, a new Fighting Art is permanently added to your Fighting Arts deck for this playthrough and all future playthroughs as well. So it's a sort of legacy mechanic.