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It's officially now Schrodinger's KS Campaign; neither alive nor dead, merely in a quantum state of both until someone at KS opens the box and decides whether or not we can start throwing handfuls of money at them.
I'm hoping for sooner too, but if it's out by this weekend at some point I wouldn't complain much.
...hell, with Palladium's involvement (even if it's just giving things thumbs up/down and counting money piles) I'll be happy if it launches in 2013.
... wow, over a decade since my last Rifts campaign and I still can't let that go.
And it requires a horror factor check when it stomps out.
The one in Zero? It's not nearly as amazing as the production HWR Monster (which has nuclear missile launchers in it's arms)
"...and special thanks to Judgedoug!" - Alessio Cavatore "Now you've gone too far Doug! ... Too far... " - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke
A surprising number of minis in the starter set... 18 independent miniatures for $80 ($70 early bird). There are more minis total in there but each veritech requires 3 separate sculpts for one playable piece. Frankly, Palladium's utter disregard for fans in the past made me think they'd have only around a half dozen to ten max in a starter. I'm glad I was wrong.
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$8000 already! i plonked down $130 and am anxiously awaiting stretch goals.
"...and special thanks to Judgedoug!" - Alessio Cavatore "Now you've gone too far Doug! ... Too far... " - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke
Kind of wish they'd post more details about the rules. I don't want anything to do with the completely outdated megaversal system. The stat cards looks relatively lean so I'm hoping it's not the d20 attack/percentile skill system that palladium has been limping along like a zombie with for decades.
This game comes out too late for me. Yes, it is interesting but not good enough to me to purchase and to paint up all these minis. Besides, there are only two sides for you to choose with the aliens utterly non-interesting.
wildger wrote: This game comes out too late for me. Yes, it is interesting but not good enough to me to purchase and to paint up all these minis. Besides, there are only two sides for you to choose with the aliens utterly non-interesting.
Eventually there will be 4(6) factions to choose from: Zentraedi, Masters, Invid, UEDF/RDF (plus Army of the Southern Cross and the Expeditionary Force)
But understandable if you don't like Zentraedi.
No doubt in my mind it'll be funded and maybe later on you'll like the other aliens.
Personally, I'm such a huge Robotech fan that I don't care if the rules blow goats. And apparently Alessio Cavatore was involved in their design, so they might actually be good.
"...and special thanks to Judgedoug!" - Alessio Cavatore "Now you've gone too far Doug! ... Too far... " - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke
wildger wrote: This game comes out too late for me. Yes, it is interesting but not good enough to me to purchase and to paint up all these minis. Besides, there are only two sides for you to choose with the aliens utterly non-interesting.
They did announce that they're planning on doing all the eras so there should be six "sides" eventually. They're just starting with the first and incidentally most popular era.
The VF-1A's a more than a little stiff posed and I'm frankly worried about the survivability of the Glaug's arms with those tiny elbow joints. I think I would have preferred a bit more stylized sculpting that made it a sturdier mini (as well as more dynamic poses) at the cost of being 100% accurate to the original designs. 90% is enough for me if it means that I don't have to reglue/touch up the mini every game due to breaks.
Sir Isaac Newton may be the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space, but John von Neumann is the logistics officer that eats your problems and turns them into kit.
hey MODs should there be a new thread for the actual KS? this one has 9 pages of random discussion so will be difficult for newbies to figure out where it starts to see relevant news...
"...and special thanks to Judgedoug!" - Alessio Cavatore "Now you've gone too far Doug! ... Too far... " - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke
The likely success of this KS will fund the continued use of the current Rifts rules for another two decades to come... unfortunately. The success of this is a tribute to the 80's phenomenon that Robotech was and not because of the contributions of Palladium. It looks like the $130 early birds are all gone but they weren't much of a savings anyways (just $10). I would have preferred a $70 early bird with Rick Hunter add on but he's not currently listed as one of the available add ons.
i've waited 25 years for good Robotech miniatures... so yeah...
"...and special thanks to Judgedoug!" - Alessio Cavatore "Now you've gone too far Doug! ... Too far... " - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke
So for those heretics who are totally going to be stealing these guys for their use as Unseen Battlemechs...
Would it be safe to summarize the starter set as 80 dollars for
5 Stingers, 5 Stinger LAMS, 5 Stinger Aerofighters, 2 Warhammer/Rifleman kits, a Marauder and 12 Ostrocs?
That's two companies (25 Mechs, + the 5 Aerofighters) of unseen for under 100 bucks... plus the 10 dollar Warhammer/Rifleman kits are an awesome deal.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
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Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
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IF someone wants to commit to keeping a Robotech Kickstarter thread updated, yes, by all means - go ahead and start a new one, and we'll close this one up!
Alpharius wrote: IF someone wants to commit to keeping a Robotech Kickstarter thread updated, yes, by all means - go ahead and start a new one, and we'll close this one up!
" - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke 
