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Ah, thanks Orlando. Looks pretty nice painted up.

It'll probably be on sale for more than what I'd give for it as well.

and here's the Har ancient

Hello Space Cowboys!

Last week we submitted our brand new Rail Raiders Infinite board game to Kickstarter—then, at 8:00 this morning, it was declined. What!? Well that was unexpected.

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Between SPM and CMoN I'm reaching a bit of a saturation point on chibi miniatures.

Entering Q2 2016, I was hoping for some more info on Void Break.

Yeah, I think I'll probably be "done" with things when Legends delivers.

At least for a year or so.

Ninja All-Stars as Deal of the Day for Miniature Market at $45.

The problem with the NAS boxed set is that it comes with those generic models, not the nice sculpted models.

On the plus side, MM has a lot of SDE and RK stuff on clearance at 50% off...

Rail Raiders KS is live - with a $50 buy in that gets you all stretch goals - which is pretty nifty IMO.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sodapopminiatures/rail-raiders-infinite

And only 21 minis initially! Though I'm sure stretch goals will bump that up a fair bit. I appreciate not being inundated with 30 repeat sculpts of something that you'll never actually need/use/paint.

Soda Pop sure like their unique dice mechanics, don't they? Kinda neat though. Hopefully it doesn't slow play too much compared to standard dice mechanics.

Not sure what I was expecting from the board, but it seems rather minimal. Bit less exciting than I was expecting I guess, going from the amazing ones for SDE and NAS.

Minis are nice as always, especially the heroes (villains?).

Price is good.

The Doomtown card game also uses poker hand mechanics, although the poker values are part of the strategy of building a deck. We've also had custom dice since, say, HeroQuest.

Having gone through the rules, the basic rules concepts are fine.

ced1106 wrote:
The Doomtown card game also uses poker hand mechanics, although the poker values are part of the strategy of building a deck. We've also had custom dice since, say, HeroQuest.

Oh I don't mind the custom dice aspect at all, I just hope that having to learn poker and compare hands doesn't slow play as opposed to, say, comparing skulls and shields.

I think the poker mechanic is very fitting for the game and quite a cool concept though!

Quite frankly, mechanically, I don't understand why RR doesn't have a deck of playing cards at its core.

Probably to avoid having to reshuffle the deck over and over. Rolling dice is much easier and has a larger number of outcomes. Five aces could potentially tie with another five aces, something not possible with a standard card deck.

And I'm pleasantly surprised at the... economy of the game. Was expecting another large KS which this doesn't look to be. Granted it just launched today.

Interestingly, looking at the rules, it's not clear how it adjudicates tied hands.

I was pretty sure I was going to pass on this before it hit KS. Chibi or not, I've not nearly as much love for space western as I do fantasy or ninjas, I knew even if we didn't enjoy NAS, the models were damn sweet enough for how much I paid for it. However, this seems much more... I don't know, not over-designed? Over-complicated? I don't really know how to put it, but it seems simple and fun, and with the pledge price being literally half of what I was expecting, I'm tempted to jump in.

Now just give us more space western ladies, it's kind of a sausage fest at the moment.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

SD Shadows of Brimstone.

You're welcome.

[drops mic.]

 The Fragile Breath wrote:
I was pretty sure I was going to pass on this before it hit KS. Chibi or not, I've not nearly as much love for space western as I do fantasy or ninjas, I knew even if we didn't enjoy NAS, the models were damn sweet enough for how much I paid for it. However, this seems much more... I don't know, not over-designed? Over-complicated? I don't really know how to put it, but it seems simple and fun, and with the pledge price being literally half of what I was expecting, I'm tempted to jump in.

Now just give us more space western ladies, it's kind of a sausage fest at the moment.

I feel like the train cars seem kinda small as a "map" to move around in - it seems like that would limit a lot of the tactical ability to do stuff. I also don't like how they have the huge text printed on them - I get that it makes it easy to check during the game, but sticking it on a card seems like it would have worked just as well.

I'm a sucker for the minis though, so I pledged day one. And I'm sure they'll have more western ladies soon, SP knows their audience.

Sodapop also knows that they can charge $10 for female miniatures as add-ons, judging by Kickstarters past

I don't have a problem with sections of a boardgame board having text on them, cards would just be clumsy I feel. I do wonder how having a 1D map is going to work though! Colt Express was an extremely simple game, and still distinguished between "in the carriage" and "on the roof".

OTOH, the poker dice appear to be functionally identical to "roll Xd6, and count the pips", so that is an overcomplication in the resolution mechanic.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
OTOH, the poker dice appear to be functionally identical to "roll Xd6, and count the pips", so that is an overcomplication in the resolution mechanic.

Or it could just be a little theme appropriate flavor too then?

Part of me thinks I'd rather play Poker.

Schmapdi wrote:
it seems like that would limit a lot of the tactical ability to do stuff.

I don't see much for tactics here, and don't know why anyone would compare it with Shadows of Brimstone, other than theme.

"Any action type can only be performed twice during a player’s turn.

Move: The Raider may move to an adjacent train car.
Search: The Raider may reveal a Loot token and draw the number of Loot cards shown. A Raider may not Search if a Lawbot is on the same train car.
Showdown: The Raider gets into a shootout with Lawbots or opposing Raiders!"

Your mini's then, act more like pawns on boardgame spaces than miniatures on a grid or map. That's not tactical, at least compared to positioning your miniatures on a grid on a boardgame section (eg. Shadows), or map in a wargame. (Of course, if your definition of tactics is different, your mileage is varying. I also hear that tactics in Shadows amounts to finding the bottleneck...) I guess you could argue there's tactics in the sense that you want to optimize your limited number of actions but that's too broad a definition for me (until they make a worker placement miniature wargame...).

I'm reading the rules (too lazy to closely watch the video so correct me) and, while the poker dice are a change of pace from d6's, I'm not seeing how they're a *necessary* mechanic, unlike, say, the Doomtown card game, where you use poker hands to resolve combat, and thus need to take this into consideration when you construct your play deck. Maybe individual cards will allow you to do stuff with the poker dice you can't do with d6's.

Still, with all that being said, there's nothing wrong with selling a light game, and reviews may later show more depth than my impression. OTOH, ND/SPM aren't known for their gameplay, so maybe this game will end up sitting on the shelf. Too bad SPM/ND didn't make non-chibi mini's for Shadows.

RRI is not a tactical combat game, obviously. It's a game of running around and picking up treasure. The intent is to have the most turns getting the good treasure, preventing your opponent from getting more/better treasure.

Apparently - there will be a second and final optional purchase expansion that will be offered come Wednesday. I'd imagine it will be $25 as well, though they didn't say as much.

I have to say - I like the model of "Here's a Kickstarter, here's two optional expansions that contain a good amount of content" much better than "here's a KS, here's 30 different $10 optional single mini purchases."

Yeah, you can't tailor it for EXACTLY what you want, but it just keeps things much cleaner and easier to deal with.

Not fan of a western setting, but I must say the concept behind is really fun.

Yep, the system would have been fine with a card deck, but to be honest, the "poker dice" are an interesting idea. At least, I didn't read people complaining it was overcomplicated or that the symbols made nonsense. Guess it's easier for westerners with a western theme, indeed.

Tiles are small because you actually move from tile to tile. The place where you place the miniature on the tile has no effect other than for the pleasure of it. Looks a bit like old Deadzone that way, except I don't believe there is a limit in number of miniatures you can put on a tile.

Less tokens and smaller tiles = less space to storage and needed to play. A very nice idea. I think this game has a good potential to sell.

Meanwhile, I like this stretch goal;



But I must say I would be fine with just this one;

So the plastic Double Dollars are unlocked. Now here is what you get in bonus with the Space Cowboy Pledge at 50$:



Another stretch goal is revealed;



Now that's something nice; a free addition to the Space Cowboy pledge. Card sleeves are always useful for games using cards, especially when you play often with snacks and drinks around! Having protector sleeves with a thematic back is always nicer.

Still not seeing any Trigun characters. No Nicholas, Milly, or Vash! What's up with that?

The second optional expansion was posted yesterday for $25:


In summary, so far as of Update #9 at 154K:

$100 for the core game + 2 expansions + bonus loot ($50 for core game + bonus loot, $25 each for the expansions)

28 Unique Miniature Sculpts in the Kickstarter - (1 still locked, 6 of them in the optional add-on purchases only)
62 Miniatures Total in the Kickstarter (1 still locked as stretch goal, 16 of them in the optional add-on purchases only)

The free bonus loot would be roughly worth $110-$150 dollar if purchase at retail stores (my guess on their retail value)

Kinda wish a lot of those weren't chibi-fied. Would make some interesting characters.