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2014/01/18 05:17:37
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
Eh. We only have, what, two weeks or so left in January?
And the games should be clearing customs soon and getting out into the wild in about the same span of time?
I say we see what they've got in store within a month or so.
I'm hoping for a board game that has figures from a new CORP, with starter rules to get them started in MERCS proper (plus regular starters as add ons)!
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I'm hoping for a board game that has figures from a new CORP, with starter rules to get them started in MERCS proper (plus regular starters as add ons)!
I suggested just that on their forums,.....
A head to head or solo board game similar to Space Hulk,... Missions, etc.
Include one or two factions like EU Inc and EIC,... Make them in plastic in the game,... Include cards and rules for the tabletop game.
Cool bonus for the board gamer,... And an inlet to the tabletop game for possible new fans.
2014/01/24 22:44:00
Subject: MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
Nah. I'll be taking a couple pictures next week in and update. It should be good. We have solved the Power of Attorney issue and things are moving towards us.
So, good news there, right?
2014/01/26 23:49:14
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
Nah. I'll be taking a couple pictures next week in and update. It should be good. We have solved the Power of Attorney issue and things are moving towards us.
So, good news there, right?
Sounds positive to me. Maybe waiting to actually have the shipment in the warehouse before popping the bubbly. Probably best for them to not get our hopes up too much on the off chance they have to dash em on the ground.
2014/01/28 03:07:23
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
They really touched on a couple of areas that people need to know,..... Most everyone sees the cool looking minis and art and boards and cards,.... But it is the totally random activation of players and the teamwork that happens,... That's what makes the game so different than the other games that people would compare it to (Descent, SDE, Wrath, etc.)
You can play one card,... Then you friend plays a few, then the next guy,... Then maybe you play two more,.... Later after a few more people play cards,.... The bad guys activate,... But you've saved a really cool reaction attack card and have one card slot left to play it,....
Awesome!
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2014/01/28 18:31:32
Subject: MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
That is a badass review. I am super stoked now. I hope I can get my non RPG friends to try this. Boardgamers get scared of DMed games and things too outside the board game arena.
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2014/01/31 23:08:18
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
Update today... hopefully the pics will be visible.
All Together In Our Ignorance
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Our goal was to be “on time” and as this is the last day of January and the games are not here, I feel comfortable saying we have failed. Even if you wouldn’t have had them in hand, knowing that they were being sent out would have been a small victory.
All I can tell you is what is told to us, “They are on the way.”
It is one of those uncomforting statements that is meant to inform us that there is nothing in this part of the process that we can make faster or fix, in any way. It makes you feel no better. It makes us feel no better, but it is the only answer provided by the shipper this week.
Our expectations and emphasis on our shipment simply cannot be shared by our shipper. We are the eye of Sauron--always seeking. They have 10k+ shipments in process right now. We are but two containers in a sea of containers and everyone’s is the most important. The weight of the white space is crushing. Not KNOWING where the shipment actually is hurts us. Imagine you are a kid with a big pile of presents and Christmas is always tomorrow. Always tomorrow.
We expected it this week. Now we expect it next week.
Lonely...so lonely.Lonely...so lonely.
In the meantime, we received the sleeves two weeks ago. Metal miniatures are in the warehouse. The Battle Foam inserts are here. T-shirts are here. The lithographs are here and Keith has the pens. I don’t know when he intends to begin signing them, but he assures us he has the pens.
Sleeve row in the east wing of the warehouse.Sleeve row in the east wing of the warehouse.
Battle Foams finest Myth inserts reporting for duty.Battle Foams finest Myth inserts reporting for duty.
The racks in the warehouse were put up a week ago in preparation for the incoming shipment. The pallet lift and pallet trucks are ready. And so we wait.
We fill our days with game design, customer service, and the 800 pound Crawler in the corner. It stares at us.
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2014/02/09 04:50:10
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
I want to see less advanced copies shipped, and more backer orders shipped! Thanks for the impressions. I was curious how it would work with a smaller number of players.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2014/02/09 21:21:10
Subject: MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
I completely understand the need for review copies, but it does grate a little bit that the KS ones aren't shipped yet. Review copies need to go out before retail, but it'd be awfully nice for backers to get their in this same timeframe as well. What's the current sitrep for their shipping of the KS copies?
Our goal was to be “on time” and as this is the last day of January and the games are not here, I feel comfortable saying we have failed. Even if you wouldn’t have had them in hand, knowing that they were being sent out would have been a small victory.
All I can tell you is what is told to us, “They are on the way.”
2014/02/10 02:12:42
Subject: MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
So in the meantime, and since there isn't a whole lot of info yet and we're all still sitting around waiting for Myth to arrive, MERCS has started to unveil their next game, Recon.
It's going to be a board game set in the Mercs world. So far this is the only known picture of it. They said they'll be showing more about it over the next couple of weeks. From what I understand, they'll be starting the campaign for Recon once Myth is getting out into the wild.
Sounds cool and I will be keeping an eye out for the KS, but still I ache for my Myth box. I know it is out of their hands at the moment, but I still yearn.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2014/02/10 20:35:20
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
I joined their forum, JUST FOR YOU! Put in spoilers since it's big and I'm not going to resize it.
Spoiler:
As you can see it's pretty early.
If I don't get beaten to the punch Alpharius, I'll put it up in N&R when things are more concrete and the info is a bit more solid. They're ETA on getting things rolling is supposed to be in 3 or 4 weeks.
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
Well, making mercs a boardgame is the best approach they can do, I know I will get some flack for this, but I never felt the original MERCs as a proper wargame, but as a boargame wargame.
They might change it with version 2 of the rules, but with recon I think they are in the right direction.
2014/02/12 04:57:03
Subject: Re:MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
So a new week begins and another round of suspense is upon us. Even though it isn't really Merc's fault, I still feel a bit like CHarlie Brown being told by Lucy that she will let him kick the ball this time. XD
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2014/02/17 19:38:52
Subject: MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
No idea. Even though I know I shouldn't, and I try not to, I just keep hoping this week will be the week the shipment arrives and they post pics of them having a champagne party while prepping boxes for shipment to backers. They may be wearing formal wear while this happens, but it is not required.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2014/02/18 02:19:18
Subject: MYTH (MERCS Minis) - Kickstarter $924K - and done!
Feb 24 2014
Trust & Patience, or: How I Learned to Get Out of the Way and Let the People You Are Paying to Do Things Do Them.
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Grant Me Serenity, part 1
We understand there has been quite the hubbub here as of late, hehe. We sympathize. It has been a roller coaster here as well. It appears as though you had just about ran out of patience. I know I had. I was very harsh with them a couple weeks ago, unjustly so.
Let me start by saying the games arrive at our shipper’s Indy hub, Wednesday February 26th. After they arrive, we schedule the two containers for delivery to our warehouse: we have a window of four work days (Feb 27-March 4). We have roughly 2-3 hours to unload each container.
Flush with relief and brimming with optimism, you would be right in wondering what had happened that the games are being delivered a month late. We don’t know all the details, but we do know that the games were not going to be let through San Francisco. Ever the resourceful ones, our shippers removed them and sent them up and through Vancouver.
There are many things we don’t know about the shipping process but what I know is that if our shipper BDP hadn’t been proactive in finding a solution, we would very likely still have games sitting in San Francisco customs and this update would be much different. It is why we work with them. The delay wasn’t ideal, but it was much better than the alternative.
Grant Me Serenity, part 2
I have been told (in no uncertain terms) that you all have never seen a couple of the models finished. Sorry to keep you waiting, thanks for your patience.
Lairs and Traps.
Urulok the young.
Rat King
Etrus
Agents
Male Archer Hero
Donnchadh
Grant Me Serenity, part 3
After the games are safely snugged away in the warehouse (I’ll snap some pictures and do another update), we’ll start filling base game orders. And yes, we are still going to have to fill base game orders. The issues that forced it before are still in place. We will fill domestic orders for the base game starting the day after we have brought the games in. It will be interesting to see how many of the orders we can fill per day. We have estimated 200-500/day depending upon people present. Regardless, when your base game ships you will receive an email and tracking info. I am sure people will begin posting about how they received emails their game has shipped. We’ll be moving as fast as we can, please be patient.
We expect to be deep into fulfillment for two weeks.
If you have not, I would suggest any backers double-check their shipping address this week. These are the last days to update addresses. We can still change addresses: email changes to danika@mercsminis.com Grant Me Serenity, part 4
We also plan to launch MegaCon Games next KS during the month of March. It is called MERCS: Recon. It is a fully cooperative game in the MERCS world. The game will launch with game rules and how to play videos. It has been ready for a bit now, but we wanted to start shipping Myth before we launched it. Every delay in shipping pushed Recon back further and tested our patience more.
MERCS Recon
In the end, we are very glad to have waited. We want our past, present, and future backers to trust we can fill our first KS before they double-down on our second. We’ve learned a bunch from the Myth KS. Let’s face it, Myth ended up being 5 times the size originally planned. We tried to be on time, but failed. We have already setup the Recon KS to be more streamlined and much easier to understand.
MERCS: Recon
If you are a Myth backer you will be getting an update in early March that directs you to Recon.
Grant Me Serenity, part 5
Keith and wife are still pregnant. She is now four days overdue. As I said, I am sure it is setting up to happen the day we schedule the first shipment. They are extremely excited but have just about ran out of patience.
Epilogue
We know these last four weeks have been tough for us all (backer, creator, and potential father alike) but sometimes you have to trust. When I used that word last week, some people pushed back saying we have not earned any trust because we have delivered nothing. I would argue that is the very meaning of trust. We have kept you informed every step of the way, inviting you into the process like very few KS projects. It is simply the way we work. You can expect the same process with Recon. In essence, that is what KS is about. If you trust in the product and the people, you back it. As the first Myth KS is winding down, we hope you feel your trust has not been misplaced. And we trust we’ll see you over in the Recon KS.
Now, that MERCS RECON bit might be a bit much here, but, hey, an update's an update, right?
