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Got my ship naked address verification and a ups tracking number for a 17lb package that I can only imagine is Conan, due on the 12th.

OK, I'm a little jealous. I hope to see my shipping notice soon!

Thinking about it, that package might be Terra Tiles.

We'll see...

Update from this morning

Hello adventurers,

Yes, we confirm that all the add-ons will be shipped in the first wave as originally planned. We have been able to squeeze them into our production and we wanted to make you a "surprise"

THE FIRST WAVE NOW INCLUDES THE CORE BOXES (KING AND BARBARIAN), THE STRETCH GOALS, AND ALL THE ADD-ONS.

THE SECOND WAVE NOW INCLUDES THE 3 EXPANSIONS (NORDHEIM, STYGIA AND KHITAI) AND THE CAMPAIGN BOOK.

To clarify the boxes references some of you have received:
- a box reference ending with FR means it's a box only in FRench
- a box ending with EN means it's an ENglish box. Only the core boxes are in a single language.
- Everything ending with FREN means it's in both languages so you will receive tiles, sheets... in both languages.

Finally, we will be at the Essen fair this year, sharing a booth with Mythic Battles. You can come and play Conan at Hall 2, booth F-115.

Until next time folks.

So if anyone is willing to sell the "black ones" or "sabretooth" or Paolo perente box add on pm me.

Just had a DPD shipping notice today.

Honestly can't think of anything else it could be (and believe I read some pages ago that shipping would start on 30th?)

Will update later today

 Pacific wrote:
Just had a DPD shipping notice today.

Honestly can't think of anything else it could be (and believe I read some pages ago that shipping would start on 30th?)

Will update later today

I got the DPD email today as well. It is Conan. There should be an "additional info" button or similar on their site.

New Update, giving a deadline for Americas to confirm address. So no US shipping, yet. :(

Soon...

Mine has arrived - boxes look awesome - not got inside yet!

 Mr Morden wrote:
Mine has arrived - boxes look awesome - not got inside yet!

That's pretty hilarious!

Open the boxes already!

Take pics!

Share pics here!

My son got his a couple of weeks ago, and we played three games of it within the first day. It's really, really good. The game is excellent -- easily the best dungeon bash out there.

The minis vary in quality. I would say that they are on average better than Bones, but not quite as good as Blood Rage. Same kind of material as both (complete with bendy spears etc.). I don't much like most of the Conans, but the giant snake is absolutely fantastic, as are pretty much all of the monsters.

My copy should arrive tomorrow, I'm looking forward to seeing it for myself.

I got a tracking number, so things are moving!

Mine arrives Saturday.

Not sure if I'm going to hold on to it or let it all go.

Got more than enough board games with too many figures as it is.

I think I got caught up in the hype for this one.

If you sell it, I'm sure you'll get a good price for it!

Mine finally showed up today. Looking forward to cracking it open later and hopefully getting a chance to play it soon.

After two years, I'd basically forgotten about it. Always just assumed I'd see it "eventually". I'd bet $3M in orders, and 16,000 copies left them a little swamped.

Kinda surprised so many people bought into all those expansions without playing the game. I mean, almost none of the add-ons were KS exclusive, and the discount wasn't that good off the MSRP. But hey, people still pre-order video games months in advance in this day and age. One born every minute and all that, lol.

KS opened Jan 2015, closed Feb 2015, and it's Oct 2016, one full year after their Oct 2015 estimate.

I've been very curious to play it, and have been holding off pledging similar stuff waiting for this to arrive.

We didn't go for any of the expansions, as experience shows that it's a poor strategy when those are the most delayed items from a new company / project. Also, they just weren't particularly compelling from a price / content standpoint. I think it's insane that anybody fronts money for a video game.

I can see why people pre-order if they get a significant discount or some kind of tangible reward. Battlefield 1, for example, if you pre-ordered with Amazon Prime was 20% off, and you could get the game 3 days early with the deluxe edition.

Those are tangible rewards. However you could preorder on Amazon a week early and get the same deal as someone who ordered 6 months early. And at that point, it's not really a "pre-order", just an "order".

I broke open the boxes last night. It's packed to the brim with stuff. Model quality is decent, if not stunning. Some characters look better than others. But the sheer volume of items just in the basic King pledge is staggering. You'll need both boxes just to keep all the pieces around. The trays they come in are custom molded too (and have a box they fit into), which is good for easy and simple storage, unlike, say a game like Space Hulk where you'll never get all the contents back into the box once you've taken the models off the sprue, haha.

As you can see, it's almost impossible to even capture all the stuff in one picture.



People who invest a lot of time and effort into painting will want to get better alternatives though, obviously.

All in all, from a "first impression", I'm pleased. Obviously it remains to be seen if the game itself is any good, but that will have to wait because I'm out of town this weekend.

That looks awesome. We only backed Barbarian, so it's slightly less stuff. Still going to be plenty enough, I'd think!

The sheer volume seems overwhelming. Somewhat in a good way.

My king and add ons shows up Saturday. Possibly tomorrow if the fates decide it.

With my luck the Myth Journeyman will show up with it and then I'll have some real 'splaining to do...

The (non-expansion) add-ons were definitely not worth it for the price - they don't even come with the promised missions in the box! Sculpt quality is highly variable, the $10 Sabertooth Tiger looks like a tiny melted mess, but the $15 for 5 Black Dragons are pretty nice.

Worth mentioning that some add-ons not marked as "Kickstarter Exclusive" may not actually make it to retail, becoming exclusive by default. My strategy of only buying exclusive add-ons seems to have been less than wise...

 Bioptic wrote:
The (non-expansion) add-ons were definitely not worth it for the price - they don't even come with the promised missions in the box!

Didn't they say the scenarios for the add-ons would be on their website?

I seem to remember something like that because I'd much prefer they come in the box, but c'est la vie...

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 Bioptic wrote:
The (non-expansion) add-ons were definitely not worth it for the price - they don't even come with the promised missions in the box!

Didn't they say the scenarios for the add-ons would be on their website?

I seem to remember something like that because I'd much prefer they come in the box, but c'est la vie...

Possible - I was just going off the text on the add-ons that stated the content, not any subsequent comments. Good to know, thanks.

The upside is that everyone gets to the play the scenarios, I suppose! Just swap out characters & monsters. But does mean that people have paid up to $12 for 1 single-piece 28mm boardgame model.

I honestly wonder if the number of boards is what will slightly less this game down - there are so many characters, monsters, scenarios (especially with the book add-on), but only 6 fixed maps to play on, the expansions adding another 2 each. Underlying game has had an extremely positive write-up so far though.

Still waiting on my shipping notice btw. I guess it's my fault for ordering EVERYTHING...

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Still waiting on my shipping notice btw. I guess it's my fault for ordering EVERYTHING...

I've not heard anything also, plus was a early backer and ordered about every expansion... I guess that means on Monoliths next kickstarter just buy the minimum amount to get your stuff first...

You would think they would do like every reaper kickstarter and start with order number one... But if Monolith gave no direction on how they wanted the orders to be handled,

Ship Naked can pick and choose to ship orders..only yellow packages and only on Tuesday if its not raining..

Shippers go easiest first. That's the smartest way to fulfill the most orders quickest. Base pledges should always go first. Then the small +1s. And so on.

HUGE pledges fulfill last, after the team knows where all of the stuff is and can pick it and pack it accurately and efficiently.

With this many KS having been done over the years, everybody should know that and understand that for big numbers.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

With this many KS having been done over the years, everybody should know that and understand that for big numbers.

I know, doesn't make it any less annoying that those who give them the most money usually get their stuff last.

Anyway I'm glad to see people getting their stuff and enjoying it, even if I have to sit here pouting

Yeah, I get it.

So far, the only KS I've seen to break that pattern was KD:M Wave 2. But that was because there were large 4-figure pledges to fulfill, so Adam had a small part of the crew working from largest to smallest... It must have been ridiculous picking those first, hugest orders. I think that's pretty much the exception to the rule. And a pretty huge exception at that.

I just got mine today (basic barbarian pledge) and cracked the boxes open to go through the glorious piles o' minis. Most of the figures are up there with Blood Rage in terms of material/technical quality, but the sculpts are frequently. not as good. Not surprising as the Blood Rage sculpts are ridiculously good.

Interestingly it looks like the 'hero' figures are made with a different material and the details don't look as crisp as they do on the mooks and monsters. Hard to say if it's just the lighter coloring of the plastic that makes it harder to see details, or if there is an actual difference - I'm sure someone will start painting them soon and we'll find out then.

If we were only going to get one movie tie-in or reference, I'm glad it was the camel. His sculpt is great.

The map boards are good thick cardboard and I was relieved to see the art looks really good in person.

Re-read the rules and I'm excited to play - it seems like the system will move quickly but still allow for lots of options. I am curious to see how the balance works out between the overlord and the other players once the game is actually up and running.

The other thing that gripes me about this is the 2nd wave idea, the additional box sets and campaign book is delayed till next year..

But they have a ton of stuff completed for their new kick starter Mythic battles.. Why could they not put the resources towards finishing
their first kickstater before rolling out the next..

If you look at what is done for their new game and think how much could be done with the original instead it kind of makes me upset.

Yes.. I am still waiting for my stuff..and the new kickstarter is starting next week.. Sorry I can not go another round with this again..

No matter how much stuff you can get for free...