The Fragile Breath wrote:

I'm already planning at least three different campaigns with Monster when I get it. By myself (shut it!) just my girlfriend and myself, and then the whole group of our friends, Should be unfathomably fun!

 Elemental wrote:

 The Fragile Breath wrote:

I'm already planning at least three different campaigns with Monster when I get it. By myself (shut it!) just my girlfriend and myself, and then the whole group of our friends, Should be unfathomably fun!

It doesn't look like the sort of game I'd be interested in playing (I simply ordered a bunch of miniatures and the artbook), but I'd love to read other people's reports of their campaigns and the grisly / darkly amusing ends their settlements meet. Kind of like Let's Plays of Dwarf Fortress, which this seems very much like the board game equivalent of.

So if you can imagine things have been really crazy here! I've got some big news I can share once all the paper work is signed off etc etc...

I will be able to give the final word on fulfilling rewards from within the EU once I have a final box count and the final box weight and dimensions are set in stone. Until then I can't make any promises, just expect everything to be shipped from the states until you hear otherwise.

We are down to just 300 people that need to confirm their pledges! This is excellent news and is far less stragglers then I initially expected. Anna has been working diligently thru everyones emails and making sure she takes care of each backers issues as it comes up. Its a pretty exhausting workload and it would have been simply impossible to manage that + everything else all at once.

For the card stock, we will be going either purple or black core for the extra snap they provide. Its more costly, but its totally worth it! The custom dice included in the game will be made from urea, which has a much nicer feeling then acrylic dice. It was interesting learning about it, as its a much older way to manufacture dice but it results in a slight glass feeling die with way more heft.

I've been hustling all the artists like crazy! Trying to include as much art as humanly possible before the print deadline.

Before we go into art dump mode, on behalf of all the artists, Anna, and Joe whom has taken over orders and customer service, I want to thank you all so much for this opportunity. Everyone is throughly enjoying the work!

Kingdom Death wrote:There are 700+ cards in the core box so… storage and weight is something to consider. The box we are looking at is 20"x13"x5" and weighs around 12 lbs. This is HUGE by the way and we are trying to optimize it.

 Dentry wrote:


Get those sleeves ready, boys!

Kingdom Death wrote:There are 700+ cards in the core box so… storage and weight is something to consider. The box we are looking at is 20"x13"x5" and weighs around 12 lbs. This is HUGE by the way and we are trying to optimize it.

Schmapdi wrote:
** Also - the four core survivors are probably the KD:M minis you'll see the most, game-wise! You should put EXTRA effort into painting them nicely.

 Dentry wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:
** Also - the four core survivors are probably the KD:M minis you'll see the most, game-wise! You should put EXTRA effort into painting them nicely.

You're probably right about that. Seeing that professional paint job, however, just leaves me thinking how much better they looked unpainted.

Schmapdi wrote:

 Dentry wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:
** Also - the four core survivors are probably the KD:M minis you'll see the most, game-wise! You should put EXTRA effort into painting them nicely.

You're probably right about that. Seeing that professional paint job, however, just leaves me thinking how much better they looked unpainted.

lol - I dunno if I would have gone with the super-pale male survivor. But they look pretty darn nice to me.

 Dentry wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:
** Also - the four core survivors are probably the KD:M minis you'll see the most, game-wise! You should put EXTRA effort into painting them nicely.

You're probably right about that. Seeing that professional paint job, however, just leaves me thinking how much better they looked unpainted.

We have dice!
Update #73 · May 17, 2013 · 56 comments



I have returned from china! The trip was a fantastical whirlwind with so much to see and do. All the food I was treated to was excellent. I also saw a giant duck!

As soon as things are wrapped up and I can ensure everything is in its place I will be sharing manufacturing details.

Boxed Game & Card Components
Everything is going well on this front, our print deadline looms ever menacingly overhead and all of the artists have been cranking out amazing piece of art after the next for it. I've narrowed down the card stock choice between a snappy grey core used for poker cards and a black core which might be too a little too thick and make storage an issue. I've decided against the purple core which had great memory but the card felt too physically thin for my personal tastes. There are 700+ cards in the core box so… storage and weight is something to consider. The box we are looking at is 20"x13"x5" and weighs around 12 lbs. This is HUGE by the way and we are trying to optimize it.

Dice
I got the samples of the ten sided dice today! These caused me so much anguish and I am pleased on how they finally turned out. I spoke to A LOT of dice companies and learned quite a bit about dice making techniques and the different processes people were using. Spheres and curved lines are generally easy to make on dice, its edges, especially tapered edges where things get really difficult. The engraving needs to be sturdy enough so the small edges don't break in the tumbling process so usually there is a size limit on how small a hard corner or small detail can be. The company I choose in the end actually engraves at a slight angle which allows them to get much shaper edges, which was essential since the KD font has tapered tails. I also opted for making the dice in urea instead of acrylic as it has more heft and has that old school dice rolling sound on a table. As far as mass production ready dice go, I feel these are as premium as we can get. The next step up for dice is CNC machining or laser engraving the surface of each die then hand painting it. I would love to make more "art" dice this way in the future. But I wanted to start with a strong set of simple and highly readable dice in the core game.








* painted by Scott Hockley

 DaveC wrote:
700 cards! I got 160 2"x 2" card sleeves thinking that would be enough looks like I need to order more!

 Alpharius wrote:

 DaveC wrote:
700 cards! I got 160 2"x 2" card sleeves thinking that would be enough looks like I need to order more!

Dave,

1) Where'd you get them from?
2) Is that the confirmed 'official' card size? I missed that one...

Thanks!

Creator Kingdom Death about 12 hours ago

there are two game card sizes : 2"x2" and 2.25" x 3.5" ( the same size as the art cards in the current resin boxes ) dominion card sleeves seem to fit them nicely i think yu-gi-oh sized ones do too. magic card sleeves are too big tho

 devilution wrote:
2" x 2" is a weird card size. That is going to require custom made sleeves.

The people that ordered all expansions are going to have allot of cards...

Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Really? Those look like pretty awesome paint jobs to me.

 Absolutionis wrote:
To be fair, most of us already bought into the base game. These professional paintjobs seem unnecessary and superfluous for these Kickstarter campaigns.