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Longtime Dakkanaut




West Midlands (UK)

 Alpharius wrote:
I was wondering about some of what Mantic is up to, as illustrated by DaveC's pledge 'shifting', but obviously it is working, as they've brought in 600 new backers in the last 3 days (includes this one, which has a ways to go!), at an average of $257 per backer!


Well, I think the "terrain-only" pledges - for all the "demands from the community" - wasn't as hot as many perhaps thought (even though it still "sold" respectably). There're still plenty of early bird Terrain-Bundles left.

With the exception of Dwarfen Forge - "games" seems to do significantly better than "terrain", and Mantic is running with it.

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Pious Warrior Priest




UK

@Zweischneid - Congrats! You got 3rd place in the jamplify campaign.

Resin female Rebs commander is yours.

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Longtime Dakkanaut




West Midlands (UK)

 scarletsquig wrote:
@Zweischiend (whenever you're online) - Congrats! You got 3rd place in the jamplify campaign.

Resin female Rebs commander is yours.


Thanks. And grats to your victory! (is that what they call it?)

   
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Pious Warrior Priest




UK

^ I'm not the 1st place guy, I placed 4th. I don't know what on earth the 1st place guy did (he doesn't run a blog or anything!), but it probably didn't involve much sleep.

I don't mind though, I'm happy that I was able to get a bunch of eyeballs on to the KS page.

Interesting blog post there, if you estimate a typical conversion rate of 2% on clicks, and an average pledge level of $250 or so, then 1000 referrals raises $5k for the KS total.

Definitely a very smart move, and one I will keep in mind when running my own kickstarter. You make a good point about it favouring the top few, so I think I'll do some randomly-selected rewards as well when setting up jamplify.

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Near Golden Daemon Caliber






Illinois

Boooom 1mil!

 
   
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Oberstleutnant






Perth, West Australia

Awww yeah. Something like 20-30k per hour now.
   
Made in us
Major




In a van down by the river

Yeah, finally threw my pledge in too.

Congrats to Mantic on joining the million dollar KS club!
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





Runnin up on ya.

Looking at the success of this campaign, it just strikes home how much GW is missing out on when they dropped Specialist Games. It's obvious there's a market for a reasonably priced, small-medium scale skirmish game.

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do 
   
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Fixture of Dakka






Plague Mech that was unexpected! and both are Resin too guess that's another $40 in then
   
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Trustworthy Shas'vre






One Million Dollars


Should I go the extra $60 to get to an even $400? I probably will get there in unexpected addons anyway...

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In a van down by the river

 agnosto wrote:
Looking at the success of this campaign, it just strikes home how much GW is missing out on when they dropped Specialist Games. It's obvious there's a market for a reasonably priced, small-medium scale skirmish game.


And the bolded part is where GW's interest in the idea ended.

You are correct though, and I think Mantic's business idea of "do what GW decided to stop doing" seems to be going well for them.
   
Made in gb
Longtime Dakkanaut




West Midlands (UK)

 scarletsquig wrote:
^ I'm not the 1st place guy, I placed 4th. I don't know what on earth the 1st place guy did (he doesn't run a blog or anything!), but it probably didn't involve much sleep.

I don't mind though, I'm happy that I was able to get a bunch of eyeballs on to the KS page.

Interesting blog post there, if you estimate a typical conversion rate of 2% on clicks, and an average pledge level of $250 or so, then 1000 referrals raises $5k for the KS total.

Definitely a very smart move, and one I will keep in mind when running my own kickstarter. You make a good point about it favouring the top few, so I think I'll do some randomly-selected rewards as well when setting up jamplify.


Really? With taps on the 1st page-post link here on Dakka, I thought that was the only conceivable way to get that much traffic (as there are no similar threads like this on other comparable sites like Warseer or Bols).

Glad you like my little comparison!

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Badass "Sister Sin"






Camas, WA

Short of them having a completionist bundle, I think I'm in for $328
Strike Team - 143
Ast/FF Bundle - 50
Enforcer/Reb Bundle - 50
Marauder/Plague Bundle - 50
FF Starter - 35
Ast Free Strike Starter - 0

Looking for great deals on miniatures or have a large pile you are looking to sell off? Checkout Mindtaker Miniatures.
Live in the Pacific NW? Check out http://ordofanaticus.com
 
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





Runnin up on ya.

 pretre wrote:
Short of them having a completionist bundle, I think I'm in for $328
Strike Team - 143
Ast/FF Bundle - 50
Enforcer/Reb Bundle - 50
Marauder/Plague Bundle - 50
FF Starter - 35
Ast Free Strike Starter - 0


Pretre, that's what I'm in for but add the AI deck ($8).

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do 
   
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Fixture of Dakka







Hmm, this really is complicating my paint scheme ideas...
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut




UK

I'm surprised the mech is going to be in resin considering there is (presumably) a restic tool of the dreadball version

I wonder why they think it would be just too much trouble to modify that?

 
   
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Pious Warrior Priest




UK

 Zweischneid wrote:

Really? With taps on the 1st page-post link here on Dakka, I thought that was the only conceivable way to get that much traffic (as there are no similar threads like this on other comparable sites like Warseer or Bols).

Yep, really! You can check the credits page of Ironwatch fanzine if you want to match up the IRL names to usernames.

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Longtime Dakkanaut




West Midlands (UK)

 scarletsquig wrote:
 Zweischneid wrote:

Really? With taps on the 1st page-post link here on Dakka, I thought that was the only conceivable way to get that much traffic (as there are no similar threads like this on other comparable sites like Warseer or Bols).

Yep, really! You can check the credits page of Ironwatch fanzine if you want to match up the IRL names to usernames.


Nah. I believe you. I... dunno.. just assumed that the 1st place guy must be the traffic from this thread. I genuinely cannot think of a single other place on the internet that has more Deadzone-related traffic than this discussion right here. Even I got at least half of my hits from Dakka, in addition to my blog, twitter, facebook, reddit, google+ etc..,etc...

   
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[DCM]
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If SS would have done a better job of keeping this thread updated, I'm sure he would have placed higher!

Thank you so much!
Update #84 · Jun 2, 2013 · 17 comments

OK – just wow! When we first pressed launch at the end of April we couldn’t have imagined getting this far.

Without your help we certainly couldn’t have achieved any of these things - just check out this list! (and scroll right to the bottom for new stretch goals!)

$50,000 – Funded!

$100,000 – One FREE scenery sprue upgrade

$125,000 – FREE specialist minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer Engineer, Plague 2nd Gen, Marauder in Ripper Armour with Long-ranged Weaponry, Rebs Grogan with Desolator Heavy Weapon

$150,000 – One FREE scenery sprue upgrade

$175,000 – FREE faction support minis added to Faction Starters – 2x Enforcer Sentry Guns, 2x Plague Hounds, 2x Mawbeast Bombers, 2x Rebs Drones

$200,000 – FREE mini The Survivor, Mercenary character

$225,000 – FREE specialist minis added to Faction Starters – alternate 2nd Gen, Marauder Goblin Sniper, Enforcer Sniper, Teraton Brawler

$250,000 – FREE additional scenery sprue

$275,000 – FREE minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer with Assault Rifle, alternate 2nd Gen, alternate Yndij, two extra sets of Ripper Suit Weapons

$300,000 – FREE deluxe gaming mat upgrade

$315,000 – Shadrek Mal-Raz (The Helfather) mini add-on

$325,000 – FREE Nexus Psi Digital Campaign

$332,500 – FREE Enforcer with Assault Blade mini added to Enforcer Faction Starter

$340,000 – FREE Rebs Yndij rebel fighter mini added to Rebs Faction Starter

$347,500 – FREE Marauder Sniper mini added to Marauders Faction Starter

$355,000 – FREE 3rd Gen Plague with Heavy Machinegun added to Plague Faction Starter

$375,000 – FREE scenery sprue

$400,000 – Landing Zone BattleZone terrain option

$415,000 – Four specialist minis unlocked as add-ons – Marauder Hulk, Rebs Kraaw, Enforcer with Incinerator/Burst Laser weapon options, Plague 3rd Gen with Grenade Launcher

$430,000 – FREE trooper minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer with Assault Blade, Plague 3rd Gen, Rebs Sorak, Marauder Commando

$450,000 – Fortified Defence Line BattleZone terrain option

$460,000 – Chovar mercenary mini add-on

$500,000 – Expanded Universe factions and FREE Faction Starter to Strike Team and up

$510,000 - One additional building sprue to each BattleZone for FREE

$520,000 - FREE Doctor Gayle Simmonds (Plague character)

$525,000 - FREE Deadzone short-story compilation

$537,500 – FREE Recon Unit N32-19 mini

$550,000 – Ruined BattleZone terrain option

$560,000 – FREE Asterian Drone with Energy Cannon/Shield Generator and Forge Father Inferno Drill added to faction starters

$575,000 – FREE Asterian Asterian Cypher with Fission Beam and two with Flux Rifles and three Forge Father Brokkrs added to faction starters

$590,000 – FREE Nastanza, Twilight Huntress (merc)

$600,000 – Deadzone Compendium: The Ultimate Gamer’s Guide

$610,000 – Zombie Rules

$635,000 - FREE Hard Plastic Plague Zombies (also as add on)

$650,000 - FREE new Asterian and Forge Father Specialists added to faction starters

$665,000 - FREE Wrath, Judwan Mercenary

$675,000 - Big games rules added to Deadzone Compendium

$700,000 - Enforcer Faction Booster

$705,000 - Deadzone Acrylic Counter Set add on

$728,986 - FREE DreadBall Character (random)

$730,000 - Plague Faction Booster

$740,000 - FREE Blaine, Mercenary (Kickstarter exclusive)

$765,000 - Rebs Faction Booster

$775,000 - Solo Play and A.I. Cards

$800,000 - Marauder Faction Booster

$810,000 - Asterian and Forge Father Upgrades

$825,000 - FREE Codename Oberon, Nameless Mercenary (Kickstarter exclusive)

$860,000 - Asterian Faction Booster

$875,000 - Plague Zombie Campaign

$910,000 - Forge Father Faction Booster

$925,000 - FREE Freya, Forge Father Smuggler

$935,000 - Resin Loot Counters

$950,000 - Nem-Rath, Asterian Observer

$960,000 - Meet the team

$975,000 - Kish, Plague Named Character

$1,000,000 - 2 Scenery Sprues and Deadzone Collector's Edition Book!

Thanks to Phil and Amy Atherton for keeping this updated throughout the campaign and posting it on the comments.

It’s been an amazing month and we’ve achieved so much.

We’re going to have a great and flavourful gaming system and a brilliant community on launch, as well as a fantastic scenery range. For a small company like ours it makes all the difference – we never could have dreamed of achieving all of this!!

We cannot thank you enough,

Ronnie, Jake, Chris, Stewart, Curis and James + the rest of the Mantic Team!
Right then… what’s next?!
$1,015,000 – Sergeant Howlett

Most Enforcer sergeants are steady in battle, calmly holding a line when others have fled, or advancing methodically by long-established drill. Sergeant Howlett comes from a different school of tactics.

Most Enforcer sergeants rise through the ranks through the tactical units and it has long been acknowledged that this offers the best all-round training for a prospective leader. Tactical units face the widest variety of combat situations and foes, so the mettle of a trooper is tested most thoroughly. Sergeant Howlett has only ever served with assault units.

Most Enforcer sergeants hang back slightly from combat, their duties being to direct the battle as a whole rather than show individual prowess. If personal leadership does need to be shown then they naturally lead an advance, but always as part of a key move within the structure of the overall operation. Sergeant Howlett leads by example, charging recklessly into the thick of battle to personally cut down as many of those who oppose the will of the Seven as he can. If others follow, that’s fine by Howlett. If not, then he’ll chew them out later, back at base. If they live.



If we hit this goal we can sculpt and tool Sergeant Howlett. Add him on to your pledge now!



NEW! $1,050,000 – Deadzone Plague/Corporation Strider

If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool the Strider LSV (Light Strike Vehicle) in Resin. We will make a Corporation and a Plague version.



NEW! $1,065,000 – Eddak P’mera, Yndij Hunter
NEW! $1,080,000 – Bjarg Starnafall, Forge Father Character

Let’s get to it!
   
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Pious Warrior Priest




UK

@Zwei: The 1st place guy said he joined basically every single facebook gaming group, internet gaming forum (board, card, tabletop, computer game etc. etc.) under the sun to get the 4k hits... so, not required to have a large blog, just to be really, really, really dedicated to the cause.

@Alph: The first post is enough work! :p

Thanks for all the update posting though, it's great to have that in here.

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[DCM]
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Mantic is already slipping - they need to keep their first page updated, especially as this one is really picking up speed now!

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Longtime Dakkanaut




West Midlands (UK)

 scarletsquig wrote:
@Zwei: The 1st place guy said he joined basically every single facebook gaming group, internet gaming forum (board, card, tabletop, computer game etc. etc.) under the sun to get the 4k hits... so, not required to have a large blog, just to be really, really, really dedicated to the cause.


I guess.

Still. Now I feel horrible for squeezing you out of a prize. I thought you're settled no matter what happens

   
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Foxy Wildborne







Yay, free terrain!

Funny how I was able to snag a $140 Early Bird on the last day
Apart from that I'm just getting the $95 terrain bundle so far as that will max out my card, but I'll try to save up for upgrades in the pledge manager later.

The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins. 
   
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College Park, MD

Mantic never posted an alpha or beta list for Rebs, did they?

 
   
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Pious Warrior Priest




UK

 Zweischneid wrote:
 scarletsquig wrote:
@Zwei: The 1st place guy said he joined basically every single facebook gaming group, internet gaming forum (board, card, tabletop, computer game etc. etc.) under the sun to get the 4k hits... so, not required to have a large blog, just to be really, really, really dedicated to the cause.


I guess.

Still. Now I feel horrible for squeezing you out of a prize. I thought you're settled no matter what happens


Well, you could always pledge on this KS if you want to make it up to me...
   
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Thermo-Optical Spekter





Greece

 Lansirill wrote:
Mantic never posted an alpha or beta list for Rebs, did they?


for warpath? or for deadzone?

for warpath they said they would not be able to.
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut




West Midlands (UK)

 scarletsquig wrote:

Well, you could always pledge on this KS if you want to make it up to me...


did that a while ago http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/zweischneid


   
Made in us
Near Golden Daemon Caliber






Illinois

Yeah it pushed me out of getting 4x reb starters and a double rebs booster bundle, but it helped ease me into the EU stuff.

 
   
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Oberstleutnant






Perth, West Australia

$1,015,000. Unlocked Iron Wolverine.
   
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Pious Warrior Priest




UK

 Zweischneid wrote:
 scarletsquig wrote:

Well, you could always pledge on this KS if you want to make it up to me...


did that a while ago http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/zweischneid



Sweet, mission accomplished.

@Lansirill: Beta list is coming for Rebs, they just can't get it out before the end of the campaign.

If you want a Warpath army for them, my recommendation is 2x rebs starter (free in strike team) + 2x rebs booster bundle ($50). As a rule of thumb, you'll need 3 models of the same type to form a warpath unit.. see the plague list for how its organized.

That should get you at least 1000 points for Warpath.

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