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If I have the 200 dollar core game anyway, and the gamblers chest is a 100 dollar add on, is it worth sticking with the core game at that price rather than changing to the gold lantern one? It works out the same price and this way I still have the cheaper core game in case I decide the gamblers chest isn't worth it right?

 ImAGeek wrote:
If I have the 200 dollar core game anyway, and the gamblers chest is a 100 dollar add on, is it worth sticking with the core game at that price rather than changing to the gold lantern one? It works out the same price and this way I still have the cheaper core game in case I decide the gamblers chest isn't worth it right?

Yep. Exactly. I'm riding out my EB Silver Lantern which is nothing more than an EB Lantern Upgrade with the gambler's chest and first hero add-ons. I expect that the value will be there when everything is complete. It's already there for the 1.5 upgrade and that's not even half revealed.

I managed to snag one of the 200$ core game pledges. how much was the dragon king expansion last time?
Need that awesome dragon model in my life.

I have the core game, correct me if I have assumed wrong, but I was under the impression that the $60 1.5 Core Upgrade comes the new book, what ever cards AND the Gold Smoke Knight?

Chopxsticks wrote:
I have the core game, correct me if I have assumed wrong, but I was under the impression that the $60 1.5 Core Upgrade comes the new book, what ever cards AND the Gold Smoke Knight?

Correct - the new version of the core game extends the campaign and adds a new boss (the Gold Smoke Knight), and the upgrade pack contains this.

Hbbyaddict wrote:
I managed to snag one of the 200$ core game pledges. how much was the dragon king expansion last time?
Need that awesome dragon model in my life.

I think it was $120 retail when it was in the web shop. It was something like $40 during the Kickstarter.

Yea it was ridiculously cheap during the first kickstarter. I don't think we will ever see those prices again.

I like the dragon, but quality wise, it is not among the best models of KD. Look a bit toyish. At 120$ US I don't think it's worth it. But at 25 (the KS price) it was a hell of a deal

The detail was pretty shallow- I've painted most of 2 now, and you can get some good effects, but you really need to work for it. The campaign, though, is awesome.

ecurtz wrote:

Hbbyaddict wrote:
I managed to snag one of the 200$ core game pledges. how much was the dragon king expansion last time?
Need that awesome dragon model in my life.

I think it was $120 retail when it was in the web shop. It was something like $40 during the Kickstarter.

They upped it to around $70, I think, the second time the pledge manager opened once Poots realized how expensive it was going to be.

Did he up the price of the Lantern Festival in the pledge manager?

Just had a quick gander in the comments. 'Tis as expected. Grumbling about moving on unlocks and a surprising amount of whinging about the male pinups.

Really? they look quite good, to me and it was something he had mentioned many times in the past.

I like the male pinups. Don't get them very often.

Well Nightmare Adam looks fabulous.

Will he include the cat?

Update.

Gambler roll is Adam's self-insert miniature.

Dragon King reprinted.

Pinup is a Dung Beetle female.



Who wants to bet the silhouette is a pinup dude in high heels on his inflated sack?

 Absolutionis wrote:
Who wants to bet the silhouette is a pinup dude in high heels on his inflated sack?

Male Tanuki pinup?

Eh... IDK, are the male pinups succeeding as pinups? IDK. None of these have really grabbed my attention. If the dung beetle pair were cheaper, I might want them, but it's just a bit pricey.

Chances are.. Dung Beetle Knight pin-up.

Yeah, it's clearly the dung ball that's missing from the two Dung Beetle dancers.

 zedmeister wrote:
Just had a quick gander in the comments. 'Tis as expected. Grumbling about moving on unlocks and a surprising amount of whinging about the male pinups.

I don't think it's surprising at all. I'm all for male pin-ups - it's nice gay/girl gamers can get some cheesecake too - but they are going to be a very small portion of the audience - so for 95% or better of the crowd it's going to be essentially a "wasted" stretch goal. From a business standpoint they don't make a lot of sense.


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 Absolutionis wrote:


Who wants to bet the silhouette is a pinup dude in high heels on his inflated sack?

The silhouette kinda just looks like a penis with legs TBH.

Confirmation from Adam that they'd like to ship the existing expansions in Wave 1 if possible but it is dependent on how production goes.

 zedmeister wrote:
Just had a quick gander in the comments. 'Tis as expected. Grumbling about moving on unlocks and a surprising amount of whinging about the male pinups.

Eh, there really is no reason to drag out showing off the stretch goals that have been met so far. Show the first dozen or so, then drag out the rest if you must, but if you want to entice even more people to pledge, sweeten the deal sooner rather than later. We're closing in on the Christmas season, when people have to decide where their money is going (presents, end of year bills, start of year bills, etc.), so you want first dibs on people's wallets.

They ready to finish the rest of KS 1 yet?

We're still waiting on a few things, yet....

ecurtz wrote:
Confirmation from Adam that they'd like to ship the existing expansions in Wave 1 if possible but it is dependent on how production goes.

That's... um... reassuring? As pin-ups do little for me, i'm likely sticking with Ancient Gold Lantern, and i'm naively hoping it might actually all show up next summer. :-p

 Grot 6 wrote:
They ready to finish the rest of KS 1 yet?

We're still waiting on a few things, yet....

Like?

 PsychoticStorm wrote:

 Grot 6 wrote:
They ready to finish the rest of KS 1 yet?

We're still waiting on a few things, yet....

Like?

the physical cards for the promos which are going to be available in the store at some point (for KS backers?) at cost + postage

and official assembly guides (which probably wont happen?)

but that's it as far as I know

Yeah, pretty sure that's all. As much grief as I've given over that stuff, the cards were addressed.

But, yeah, the lack of real instructions is still lame.

Did we get the paint guide that came with the Kara Black figure?

 PsychoticStorm wrote:

 Grot 6 wrote:
They ready to finish the rest of KS 1 yet?

We're still waiting on a few things, yet....

Like?

Final KD:M Kickstarter Update Scheduled for November 5th. (Took off info for Lantern Festival.)
•Aya Painting Guide - Complete
•Kara Black Skin Painting Guide - Complete
•Digital Art book - Final Copy & Then into copy editing
•Holiday White Speaker Nico Settlement Card - Going to add this to the printed card pack (along with the cards from the recently released plastic models, that many backers already have). These will be available for cost + labor + shipping.