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Forgotten King was funny on dice, too - they had to have new die molds cut, which delayed the KS by a little bit. Oh, well.

Monolith is very strong on the creative side of the house, and they have good partners for the distribution.

The questions areas are in operations and management, along with communications, which the KS something of a window to see how well they perform when they have time to plan. That is why it's good to test them, and see how well and quickly they react, especially when things don't go as planned (like the shipping thing).

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
The questions areas are in operations and management, along with communications, which the KS something of a window to see how well they perform when they have time to plan. That is why it's good to test them, and see how well and quickly they react, especially when things don't go as planned (like the shipping thing).

Yep. Although the members of the company have boardgame experience, it's still their first KS, with a new company.

Everything ready by October???

I'll believe it when I see it, but if they really do gain the favor of Crom and have it out in October, I'll be plenty surprised. And pleased

I'd believe Wave 1 (base game, only) in production and shipping by October 31. With the money pledged so far, there is basically no risk that the main game doesn't get made, so they can pull the trigger on that right now.

But all of the expansions and stretch goals, too? Lot of expansions, stuff that is still being sculpted (e.g. Bone Golem), alt sculpts, etc. That won't happen for a bit. The Bone Golem has to finish sculpting, get through separation, have tool cut, master, approve, finalize tooling, produce, pick, pack, and ship. Lot of steps there across a lot of models.

So, have they confirmed we can add on in the pledge manager? I don't want to miss some last minute exclusive stretch goal...

Yes, it's in the FAQ...

 Alex C wrote:
Yes, it's in the FAQ...

D'oh! Thanks!

Lol, well I guess it wouldn't be a FAQ if the questions weren't frequently asked, regardless of whether or not the answers were readily available lol.

Bossk_Hogg wrote:

 Alex C wrote:
Yes, it's in the FAQ...

D'oh! Thanks!

Lol, well I guess it wouldn't be a FAQ if the questions weren't frequently asked, regardless of whether or not the answers were readily available lol.

I don't blame you for asking. I got so tired of reading the comment section trying to find any info is like pulling teeth with a noodle. Most posts are complaining about shipping, wanting more naked women, biscuits, rides on a wagon, or the annoying guy posting a link to board game geeks every ten minutes and acting like they listen to what the results of the polls are . He just claimed that the frost Giant expansion happened because it was voted as the number one desired expansion on their site.

Just got my student loan check now the hard part comes, do I go double king, or king plus barbarian? Either way I'll get all the KS exclusive items as well.

 Theophony wrote:

Just got my student loan check now the hard part comes, do I go double king, or king plus barbarian? Either way I'll get all the KS exclusive items as well.

While I don't think the initial shipping announcement was well thought out, I don't think it was done with any ill-intent. I think the Monolith dudes seem to be generally nice, good dudes. I think in their desire to be transparent and honest (which is an AWESOME thing) they miscalculated how such a high shipping cost would be received.

I expect final shipping in the US to be around $18 for a pledge with none of the $50 expansions included, which is perfectly acceptable.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

Just got my student loan check now the hard part comes, do I go double king, or king plus barbarian? Either way I'll get all the KS exclusive items as well.

Indeed...

Looks like we'll get the next SG by morning. Wouldn't be surprised if $2.5m is the last SG.

 Alpharius wrote:

 Azazelx wrote:


After seeing the shipping quote, it's close enough to doubling the price to make me change my mind from putting in $90 now to putting in $1 and worry about it later. My exposure to Conan has just been the films, as I've not read any Howard, and I've got a ton of other games of all kinds to play, so I don't have that "fan urge" on this one.

I not sure that this is a viable option - your $1 donation might end up as just that - a donation!

It's a buck!

Honestly, I'm not that worried. As I said, I'm not one who's super-excited about this one (no disrespect to those who are, of course) - so I can take it or leave it, especially with a potential shipping cost of $80.

$ 2.5M is a fine stopping point, and I hope it's not yet another Conan, as we already have enough of those:
4 Conans in Barbarian
+1 King Conan
+2 Guest Conans
= 7 Conans so far

How about Zenobia?

How about a Zombicide-esque special guest/homage figure of Conan O'Brien?

In LARP costume.

No. If we're getting any redhead at this point, I want not-Sonja.

Conan O'Brien in chainmail bikini?

And I'm in. Base box only at the moment. I like the heroes from the King expansion but not enough to fork over another $45 (unless a can scoop an EB).

Most of the add-ons I want (the women) aren't KS exclusives so I can pick them up later if I like the material.

I might get it for Conans, monsters, furniture and the Picts, not a fan of everything else, really.

BUT

Anouncing a MIKH sculpt really makes me want to get it LESS than an empty stretch goal (heck, even a stretch goal that is a personalised insult) would.

A MIKH sculpt and an October delivery date

oh my

I guess it might happen

I'll leave this here




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We're at 2.382killion right now, we did 199,000 yesterday and we have 31 hours left. Next stretch is the 8th incarnation of Conan. I know we can reach that at the 2.5million mark.

Mikh...

Well, there goes any remote chance of having it this year.

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:A MIKH sculpt and an October delivery date

oh my

I guess it might happen

Alex C wrote:Mikh...

Well, there goes any remote chance of having it this year.

MIKH will be ready for an October delivery...

...of Septimus and Nero!

(I want my AR stuff already you lazy git, nobody should ever hire you again)

So they're now up to 17 separate sculpts that are Kickstarter Exclusive? Aren't they just hampering the future of the game? I mean, I'm a potential customer who would totally buy these minis if they end up of decent quality. I'm just not willing to buy them unseen.

 Alex C wrote:
Mikh...

Well, there goes any remote chance of having it this year.

If they deliver this by October, I'll publicly eat my horned helmet. And that's not even factoring in MIKH.

 Trodax wrote:

 Alex C wrote:
Mikh...

Well, there goes any remote chance of having it this year.

If they deliver this by October, I'll publicly eat my horned helmet. And that's not even factoring in MIKH.

I raised the same doubts with Jamie.

He still maintained the October estimate.

I was still a bit skeptical, but maybe they have their gak in order?

Until today, when full on skepticism returns with the knowledge Mikh is involved.

 Trodax wrote:
So they're now up to 17 separate sculpts that are Kickstarter Exclusive? Aren't they just hampering the future of the game? I mean, I'm a potential customer who would totally buy these minis if they end up of decent quality. I'm just not willing to buy them unseen.

 Alex C wrote:
Mikh...

Well, there goes any remote chance of having it this year.

If they deliver this by October, I'll publicly eat my horned helmet. And that's not even factoring in MIKH.

but they're not selling minis, they're selling a game so I really don't think it matters to them

MIKH is a great talent, but, yeah...not one to be super worried about deadlines.

At least I get to use this pic again though!



Get ready to feel the same as one guy holds up an entire wave of shipping...

Oh, MIKH. I'm sure he's a swell guy. He's a lovely sculptor. He just seems to be a poor time manager.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

 Trodax wrote:
So they're now up to 17 separate sculpts that are Kickstarter Exclusive? Aren't they just hampering the future of the game? I mean, I'm a potential customer who would totally buy these minis if they end up of decent quality. I'm just not willing to buy them unseen.

but they're not selling minis, they're selling a game so I really don't think it matters to them

Yeah, sorry, I should have said that I could potentially have bought their game to harvest it for the minis, if nothing else. What I mean is, they could probably have used a bunch of these exclusive sculpts to set up some future expansions. For example, a Pirate expansion containing a couple new scenarios together with Conan the Wanderer + Savage Belit + N'Gora. Or a Mercenary expansion with Mercenary Conan + Valeria. Or a King Conan expansion with King Conan + Pallantides + the Black Dragons. Or a Monster expansion with Thog + the Man-Ape + the Sabre-Toothed Tiger + the Demon of the Earth. It just feels like a waste of nice sculpts. Or rather, it feels to me like they're trading away future sales for a massively successful Kickstarter.

I would personally have felt a lot better about this campaign if it was smaller and put forth with more of an attitude of "it's OK if you don't support the Kickstarter, we'll love to sell you this stuff at retail as we're pretty sure it'll be great and you'll love it when you see it" rather than "buy it today and tell your friends, we assure you it's going to be great!!!". But maybe I'm just getting old, grumpy, and Kickstarter-weary.

Summary of current rewards at King level:

 cincydooley wrote:
Oh, MIKH. I'm sure he's a swell guy. He's a lovely sculptor. He just seems to be a poor time manager.

Yeah, not very likely seeing how he has screwed me over on a deposit on a commission from 2013, and that he doesn't reply to my attempts to contact him.

Anyway; an october delievery on a project of this magnitude is not very likely to happen; just compare it to Kingdom Death. But if they do make it, I will honestly be very impressed by them.

Have they given any comment at all on buying addons in the PM if you aren't getting the full game ($1 pledge)?