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2015/03/13 20:31:47
Subject: (Kickstarter - Now Live!) Wasteman Previews!
weeble1000 wrote: There's more backers and more money in the US when it comes to Kickstarter.
For me I tend to take preference for KS in $ over other currency, not because I'm in the US. It is simply because my Credit Card companies don't hit me with International rates and extra fees. Granted I could shuffle things around and utilize cards that don't charge it, but my most used card (because of mileage) does charge me when I do international foreign transaction fees or whatever they want to call it this month. Last year alone there was about $1000 in fees alone... about half of it was from Kickstarters the rest was from purchases made overseas.
2015/03/13 21:38:00
Subject: (Kickstarter - Now Live!) Wasteman Previews!
Pete Melvin wrote: In any case we are back over 10k again.
Seriously though, Mantic for March as well?! Bloody ridiculous.
To be fair Mantic, TTG and CMoN were already announced they were doing KS in March as far as 6 months ago. Exact dates weren't announced by March was the scheduled time and the rest were done around Dec/Jan. Still even knowing that, you can't always hold back as there will always be 'other KS' going on but yeah this is a rough month even for me. I've already had to cut back, mainly because I have about 6 Pledge Managers closing also this month which makes things even tighter.
2015/03/13 21:49:02
Subject: (Kickstarter - Now Live!) Wasteman Previews!
Wasteman will remain my primary. It is the kind of project ks was designed for.
I like some of the TGG 2 mini concepts but unfulfilled KS and running another is a red flag.
Mantic are abusing the system. I fully backed DBX but KS after KS aftr KS is just ridiculous. Again they havent fulfilled all previous ks commitments, however they have a reasonable history of fulfilment, but with a bad record of making errors in their dispatches.
As for cmon, i wouldnt touch them with barge pole tied to the end of the QE2.
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KS has become a difficult market in general for legitimate "little guys" that the system was designed for, ironically mirroring the typical business industry.
That said, Wasteman is still a more interesting concept, will have better minis, and has more heart than any big company KS can manage. It's the coolest thing out there right now. It has a frakking soundtrack!
Wasteman! Wasteman! All hail the Wasteman!
2015/03/15 23:14:35
Subject: Re:(Kickstarter - Now Live!) Wasteman Previews!
Cards look pretty funny, they remind me of the random event cards from Blood Bowl or Dreadball and the like, and look like they fit the character of the game really well.
#7
Things get M.A.D!
Posted by J L Fairclough
Today I shall mostly be talking about...
Mutually assured destruction, or M.A.D cards bring a whole extra level to your games, with all manner of bizarre and random events that characterise the unpredictability of the wastes. Each opponent starts with a hand of five of these beautifully illustrated cards, dealt from a larger deck. You have the opportunity throughout to gain extra cards via interacting with scenery or figures with certain skills. These cards can be played to drastically change the tide of a battle, be that through helping yourself, or hindering your foe! Most cards can be used to do either.
Here are some examples of a few cards to give you an idea of the craziness:
Alien Abduction is great card with loads of uses. Snatch away your prized behemoth from impending doom at the last second, or even remove your opponent from an objective on the last turn for them never to be seen again! Either way this powerful card leaves all but the sturdiest of wastelanders with some curious reoccurring nightmares...
Malfunction can be a thorn in the side of anyone wishing to call upon the awesome might of robots. This card allows you to forgo an activation to assume direct control of your opponent’s mechanical monsters!
Pain Killer is an extremely useful card! Bring your minions back from deaths door, get a boost to take the edge off, or apply some interesting ointment to clean some of those extra limbs right up... You could even patch up your enemy just to have the satisfaction of blasting even more holes in them...
Mega Tornado is a great way of traversing great distances in one quick flurry of flailing limbs (and the occasional stray mootant). Use this to get right to the objective at the last minute, or blast a dangerous foe as far away as you can before they turn you into pulp!
Now hopefully having sated your taste for the wastes, I’m off to do some more video editing...
Here's a nice video interview recorded yesterday, giving some insight to the separate "factions" and workings behind the game!
Automatically Appended Next Post: I literally can't even.
I can't EVEN!
So... Beasts of War just posted an exclusive look of the first stretch goal, which will become available as an add-on purchase at 20K (which is also the funding goal of the whole thing), the Murmmoth.
That is one of my gripes about KS now. Everyone wants the Mantic treatment, high number of models for a low cost. Models that I might add were going to be made ANYWAY, just not as quickly as they did. People seem to now expect a stretch goal to GIVE ME ALL THE THINGS!
its ruined what should be used for innovation and by small operations who want to grow and get things to market that might never have done so.
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Certainly some people do, and some will only go for the mega value deal...
but a fair number of us back smaller KS by new/small companies,
but these companies need to realise that they'll do well to get 200 backers and run (at least initially) projects that can work within these parameters.
Start small, fulfil well and next time you've got built in cheer leaders after more
2015/03/19 19:11:04
Subject: (Kickstarter - Now Live!) Wasteman Previews!
but a fair number of us back smaller KS by new/small companies,
but these companies need to realise that they'll do well to get 200 backers and run (at least initially) projects that can work within these parameters.
Start small, fulfil well and next time you've got built in cheer leaders after more
This is a lot of truth. I often forget that its generally only the vocal sociopaths that re the most obvious while the rest of us churn away quietly in the background.
Check out my gallery here Also I've started taking photos to use as reference for weathering which can be found here. Please send me your photos so they can be found all in one place!!
Providing the kickstarter goes well I should be there handing out flyers, but I don't have a stall this year. Next year hopefully! I'm on the waiting list.
Alrighty folks, I received my order from ThunderChild Miniatures yesterday... and only naturally, I created a video! It's pretty much just an unboxing/quality review/size-comparison kinda deal. Feel free to ask questions or link it should someone else ask about the models.
***yes, I know (at the time of posting) that the video is sideways, YouTube says "editing in progress" so it should be right soon enough...
I ordered a few things from them yesterday. Can't wait for them to arrive.
Also having so many ideas re terrain.
Getting excited!
Check out my gallery here Also I've started taking photos to use as reference for weathering which can be found here. Please send me your photos so they can be found all in one place!!
Found a cool Revell 1:32 truck kit at Walmart yesterday ($20! Hell yeah!) that I've been assembling and painting into a terrain/scenario piece for Wasteman. Notice the Glory Hog next to his new "Pig Rig"!
A new stretch goal has been added! This thing is damned amazing.
All we have to do is get to 150 backers (which is going to happen any day now), and the LOWbot gets added to all pledges at the "Brawl" level and above for free!
So cool.
Got my Thunderchild order today too - only ordered on Saturday evening.
Fingers crossed that this will make the target.
Check out my gallery here Also I've started taking photos to use as reference for weathering which can be found here. Please send me your photos so they can be found all in one place!!
