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Yes, I don't really see the benefit in them re-emphasizing that they think they can hit an October deadline. Even if they get all their stuff done by then, there is always a high chance of delays at the manufacturer, or with shipping, or customs that can add significant delays outside of their control. I'm pledging with the expectation that it could be over a year late and I wouldn't be surprised.

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

Not that I've seen...

Your best bet might be to contact them directly through the Kickstarter messaging system?

I've asked for more info about the bases, but I'm thinking the counterbases could be used as color-coded lipped bases for other games, and hopefully can be used as "base sleeves" with other miniatures...

 Alpharius wrote:

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

Not that I've seen...

Your best bet might be to contact them directly through the Kickstarter messaging system?

Tried that, no response. Was just curious if anyone else had.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
$ 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?

Or, we could get an 5th Conan for Barbarian, making 8 total... Oh, well.

skarsol wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

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

Not that I've seen...

Your best bet might be to contact them directly through the Kickstarter messaging system?

Tried that, no response. Was just curious if anyone else had.

While I appreciate that they're busy now, that's a shame!

I can't see them NOT allowing a $1 pledge to up it via a PM with add-ons, but, I can also see them not allowing it, or not allowing anyone post-campaign to get KING level or who knows what!

I'd just put $1 in and see.

Best case: You can upgrade/buy add ons.

Worst case: You lose $1.

No commissars here, just Conan.....and you'll die slowly.

I'm usually a completionist so at first I was like who expansions... then I was like, but I don't see anything dramatic about the expansions or a huge savings. They didn't take a CMoN or Mantic route to expand the expansions in the KS, which is truthfully fine. That just means they aren't a 'necessary need to get' because of exclusives and lets me get other things. If I like the game enough I'll pick up the expansions at warehouse pricing later.

I've never tried it before but others have said you can pledge, then if the funds aren't there they will allow you later to change payment types.

Or you know, find a friend to pledge with.

 Alex C wrote:
I'd just put $1 in and see.

Best case: You can upgrade/buy add ons.

Worst case: You lose $1.

That's what I already did, but was just curious if anyone had already asked it and gotten a response.

Girrrllls

 Theophony wrote:
I've never tried it before but others have said you can pledge, then if the funds aren't there they will allow you later to change payment types.

Or you know, find a friend to pledge with.

When the KS closes it attempts to take funds from whatever method of payment you chose. If they aren't available, you get a notification. You usually have up to a couple weeks to correct it. You can then change your payment type to a different card and providing it clears, you are still good. If however you don't do it within the time frame, then your pledge essentially becomes canceled. Sometimes even then, providing you get in touch arrangements can be made but those are less reliable. Essentially you have an extra 2 weeks of time to get funds.

I am sure that Monolith will allow backers to upgrade to King or add things. The only question is whether they will allow a $1 pledge to count as a backer.

Barring a specific statement to the contrary, I would assume that Monolith will not accept $1 pledges as PM-eligible. With $2M and the vast bulk of backers at King with adders, they don't need $1 pledges to increase the backer count and marginal workload. Most importantly, there is no reward level associated with anything under $90, so it looks like, and is, a donation with nothing expected.

If I were Monolith, I'm sure they would allow a $90 Barbarian backer to trade that huge, heavy box for $90 worth of adds.

If you're just for gameplay value, just pay $90 for Barbarian. 180+ minis (including scenery) for $90(+$20 S&H) is a tremendous deal, better than CMoN's famous 100 minis for $100.

If you're a completist, pay $135 for King to get the King exclusives, along with whatever expansions you absolutely must have.

But, if you're not getting Barbarian or King for all of the SGs, you probably should wait for retail. All of the retail packs are non-exclusive, and will almost certainly be discounted cheaper than what you will pay via KS. No tying up the money for those things, wondering when Monolith will deliver, whether the game will be any good.

Finally, I'm pretty sure Monolith will deliver by October. October, 2016.
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 Mr Morden wrote:


Girrrllls

Wait, no chainmail bikini?

What?

I am so disappoint.


Also, she totally needs a bikini wax. It's like nightmares of the 70s.

The fur is a pretty good substitute.

There's probably a limit on how close they can make it to Sonja before it becomes an issue.

What the hey though, it's another female character so I'll get it.

Is it wrong of me to hope for one more King- level bonus goodie?

All they need to do is make a girl in a chainmail bikini. She can be blonde or brunette, though white-haired with dark skin would be best. Easy. Done. I can paint her whatever I like. But sculpting chainmail? No, not so easy.

King is about exclusives, and they just threw in King Conan.
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And now it's a Mesmero type with the hokey pointy shoes. Still no queen, still no chainmail bikini.

Some more painted figures:

I'm hopeful for the figures translating well to PVC. You can see the deep cuts in the muscles/folds of cloth - they seem designed in anticipation of shrinkage.

skarsol wrote:

 Alex C wrote:
I'd just put $1 in and see.

Best case: You can upgrade/buy add ons.

Worst case: You lose $1.

That's what I already did, but was just curious if anyone had already asked it and gotten a response.

Jamie@Monolith wrote:

->Have Monolith confirmed whether we can pledge LESS than $90 and then upgrade to a full barbarian or king pledge in the pledge manager?

Yes.

18hours left, get cracking guys. Especially since they are allowing the dollar pledges.

We've already done over 300K today, more than day 1, and just a couple grand away from the next unlock. I think we might just kick zombicide season 3.

 Theophony wrote:
18hours left, get cracking guys. Especially since they are allowing the dollar pledges.

We've already done over 300K today, more than day 1, and just a couple grand away from the next unlock. I think we might just kick zombicide season 3.

What was z-cides final?

They made 2,848,xxx . I think if this keeps up we will break that. The only thing I see is with this ending at noon tomorrow (16hours) it will be close.

 Theophony wrote:
They made 2,848,xxx . I think if this keeps up we will break that. The only thing I see is with this ending at noon tomorrow (16hours) it will be close.

I think it ends up over $3MM. Trending fairly well right now.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
All they need to do is make a girl in a chainmail bikini. She can be blonde or brunette, though white-haired with dark skin would be best. Easy. Done. I can paint her whatever I like. But sculpting chainmail? No, not so easy.

King is about exclusives, and they just threw in King Conan.
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And now it's a Mesmero type with the hokey pointy shoes. Still no queen, still no chainmail bikini.

Yeah pretty much. Chainmail onepiece, half-plate bikini, they could at least try. Oh wells its better than nothing. Maybe when the PM is out I'll decide, based on if they've sorted that goofy pose and if her boobs are just over the top enough to be awesome, but not so much to be embarrassing. Then I'd buy two.

If I wanted boob toys, I'd have gotten them from Kingdom Death!

If this does actually come in for October, we're going to have a lot of toys to last us through Christmas and beyond!

Stunned at the amount of stuff at King level with this, and the total pledge level it has reached. Never realised the Conan license was this popular!

Almost there!
$2,806,xxx with 9 hours left. We did just shy of $400K yesterday. The next and "Last" stretch goal is a collectors box at 3 Million. Exclusive artwork on it and thermoformed inserts to hold all the models. People were begging for this in the comments section, so seems like a nice answer for them. They don't get into to many specifics of what pledge level gets the box or how many total figures fit inside of it either. Not sure if all in would fit or even if the expansion figures would fit.

Zombicide 3 I believe holds the all time record for board game sales on kickstarter so another 40-50K will make Conan "Legendary" they say

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
A MIKH sculpt and an October delivery date
oh my
I guess it might happen

Could be worse - they could have commissioned a sculpt from Jody Siegel as well.

Well, anything that keeps me from buying forty bucks of Battlefoam or storage cases (or ten bucks of bead bins!)...

"This special, high quality collectors box will feature the exclusive art of Adrian smith and will contain enough thermoformed slots for every. single. model. that you have unlocked in this glorious campaign. All these separated into different small boxes that fit neatly inside the main chest."

As someone with a...mounting collection of boardgames, proper themed storage boxes for "extras" are a godsend. You end up with all of the crud you need for the variant that you're currently playing in one box, and everything remaining in the other. And everything's bendy plastic, so can just be tossed in any old how.

As an example, in a given game of Arcadia Quest, you're playing with a maximum of 12 heroes among 4 players. The Kickstarter came with around 40. In any given Conan campaign I think you'll need 4-6 heroes, about 30 enemy models and a few board tiles - it would be great to dump the remaining 150 minis in a box you're not lugging everywhere!

I have no idea what I'm going to do with Shadows of Brimstone - last I heard, nothing apart from the base boxes was getting retail packaging...