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What update on shipping prices is this?

I don't remember reading anything about this - is sounds like some potentially good news?

 Alpharius wrote:
What update on shipping prices is this?

I don't remember reading anything about this - is sounds like some potentially good news?

They said in comments tomorrow they were going to post an update on Canada shipping. Hopefully since its a box game, they just arrange to ship it through amazon.ca, its fairly economical compared to standard shipping.

Ah, thanks!

Hopefully they can 'work' on the shipping costs to the USA too.

They're currently at £66K, so the Snake Queen should be safely in before the end...

Comm-link prompted incoming message:

- 'Get behind the enemy lines and march towards waypoint Alpha. Take any extra weapon & ammo from the arsenal.

By chance take on the nearby storage and get some spare chips there.

Next move on to waypoint Beta. From the depot pick any equipment suitable for the next goal.

Finally target waypoint Gamma. Remember: it is a rescue mission for Snake Queen. You are her only hope, but there is nearly one hour left to extract her from the enemy camp. Will you make it?'

- 'How dare you asking me. Over.' - major Zack replied and disconnected


Major Zack's fast-track offensive is underway. After looting an arsenal, storage and a depot, now he is looking for his comrade - Snake Queen.

Back him up on the mission and get on board with a 60+ GBP pledge till 10 AM GMT on 18th May 2015
to get Major Zack for free.




Mission schedule:


Waypoint Alpha: - passed





Waypoint Beta: - passed



Waypoint Gamma: - next target




Details on the the Major Zack's free offer under the link to the campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1233379

Excellent recovery over the last day, though lazy Sundays should be more lucrative.

Only £500 to go to unlock the scenarios and Snake Queen.
Realistic goal in reach.

Notice that people have largely stopped trying to choose between Police officer and Cyborg hunter though.
That looks way out of reach now.
I hope PING offers to sell both models in an expansion.

We have just entered the last 48h period.

Link to the campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/description

Faith restored!

Our Prophet has returned!

Now go out there and whip the masses into a frenzy of futuristic cyber-punk boardgame buying!

£67549 that means we hit the £67500 Stretch Goal and unlocked Uneasy Alliances Scenario Pack and the Snake Queen miniatures.

At the pace of the last 3 days we can continue the debate 'police officer vs. cyborg hunter'.


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After a rollercoaster a week ago HINT is sky-rocketing now.

Snake Queen is unlocked:



Major Zack is available in KS exclusive price:



One Black Stone Operator is a new SG:



While another one is an add-on:



Some backers have started SAR mission for the fifth Black Stone squad member.

Link to the campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1235186

As the 70 000 GBP level was broken a hidden Stretch Goal was unveiled. Oneda sisters can play separately on normal bases or together on a larger one, with new (but unrevealed) ID card and skills.



The funding shall breach 75 000 GBP around noon today, unlocking another SG:



Link to the campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1235570

If PING are reading, could you also make the 'Oneda Sisters' are also available to buy in the addons, so I could grab an extra set?

Edited for grammar.

Hi

Exactly when i can specify what add-ons i have chosen?

saluti

We're gonna need a new prophet - this one's less than £500 from £75K!

Darth Visari wrote:
Hi

Exactly when i can specify what add-ons i have chosen?

saluti

Once the Kickstarter has ended, you'll (after a few weeks, probably) be sent a link to a "Pledge manager", where you can assign the money you've added over your original pledge cost to specific add-ons. You'll also be able to add additional funds at this point. Once you're done, the standard process is to "finalise" your pledge, which will lock it. The main reason to add additional funds now is to assist with the breaking of Kickstarter stretch goals!

Please note though - you can only add additional funds in the post-campaign pledge manager if you're at the £60 pledge level or higher.

The £1 pledge level will NOT be able to do this and you'll be stuck at whatever amount you pledged ONLY - unless they've changed their minds?

The £1 pledge is a tax to buy individual models.
I think the Core set is good enough for models value, but each to their own. Someone might only want the RAID miniatures.

Nice to see the Kickstarter has recovered, though I still believe it could have been better paced, and some, in facet most, of the stretchgoals and add ons are not well explained.

However I am very pleased and frankly surprised to get to £75k, and the choice of two unexplained models. Lucky that I didn't claim it can't be done, so I dont have to eat too much hat.

Hhmmmm Cyborg Hunter or Police Officer... unfortunately I think I would need to see the renders or models to really decide. Currently leaning towards Cyborg Hunter though but that could change.

Hi

Thanks for the answers.

saluti

Help me, lazyweb -- does the game look any good? I don't necessarily need more minis, but I like cyberpunk themes and well-designed boardgames.

The Policewoman got less votes in the poll and all cyborgs shall beware as the Cyborg Hunter is out on his hunt after breaching the 75k GBP level.



The fifth Blackstone commando operator popped up as an addon:



Also for the last 24h on KS another SG was set:



Link to the campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1236462

 Orlanth wrote:
The £1 pledge is a tax to buy individual models.
I think the Core set is good enough for models value, but each to their own. Someone might only want the RAID miniatures.

Nice to see the Kickstarter has recovered, though I still believe it could have been better paced, and some, in facet most, of the stretchgoals and add ons are not well explained.

However I am very pleased and frankly surprised to get to £75k, and the choice of two unexplained models. Lucky that I didn't claim it can't be done, so I dont have to eat too much hat.

We need a new Prophet!

This one's really taken off as of late!

£7K yesterday!

And only (!) £4K to go for that next figure!

I'm back on the job.

Besides i never withdrew my bid, thats losing faith.

So you say!

We don't know that for certain, we just have to take it on...faith!

Two more early birdies just opened up.

Looks like some bidders haven't got the memo on how to upgrade payments.

I wonder if pledge changed invalidate Major Zack? Or are you safe so long as you don't cancel. It is very unclear.

 Orlanth wrote:
I wonder if pledge changed invalidate Major Zack? Or are you safe so long as you don't cancel. It is very unclear.

I'm not entirely sure how they can enforce Major Zack. I can't remember from the creator dashboard and info supplied from KS if the information showed the date and time someone made a pledge. I know it assigned a backer number but you can't really go off that number.

rademon wrote:
@FenixPhox
So get one and have fun.


I wish having a spare 1500GBP.

That's a bit out of my budget range

 Dark Severance wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
I wonder if pledge changed invalidate Major Zack? Or are you safe so long as you don't cancel. It is very unclear.

I'm not entirely sure how they can enforce Major Zack. I can't remember from the creator dashboard and info supplied from KS if the information showed the date and time someone made a pledge. I know it assigned a backer number but you can't really go off that number.

As long as you don't cancel the project organiser can tell when you backed

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
As long as you don't cancel the project organiser can tell when you backed

It does show up in the Backer Report but does require going into each person individually to see the "Pledged Date". In the Dashboard under Pledges it does list based on a date. I wonder if that actually outputs into a CSV with the date or into Backerkit so you can see it better than having to manually shift through it.

Although from a technical side... KS doesn't "allow contests, coupons, gambling and raffles" so it comes down to what a "limited time" offer of miniature falls under. Since it isn't available to every backer, not covered as part of a EB or limited Pledge Level (which probably would have been the best way to handle it). Is it considered a contest, since its a reward for those that backed between X period. Or is that simply a coupon, redeem Y for backing during X.

It's just a modified 'early bird' kinda sorta.

 Alpharius wrote:
It's just a modified 'early bird' kinda sorta.

Yes and no, Early Birds are a specific item based on quantity, not time and KS gives the creator the tools to do that. It's a gray area but yeah it just depends on how KS views it or rather the person who reviews it at the time of 'issue'. I wouldn't put it past a backer though to misunderstand there was a 'time limit' on that offer and because they didn't get it, try to report the KS. I wouldn't but there are people like that.

KS start skirt the rules anyways between using social media to communicate. It is one way many KS have gotten away doing contests because those contests are ran on Social media as opposed to being announced on KS. They just fulfill and facilitate it through KS.

I do hope they add Oneda sisters as a separate add-on though, since they can be combined on a single base or separate. I would prefer to have the option, without having to monkey with the miniatures since I prefer them attached to my bases, I don't like to magnetize miniatures to a base. Someone posted an interesting question about the K9 unit, if that dog can be on a separate base, since it should have different movement than the cop.



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Stretch Goal Unlocked

Some exiting hours still ahead of us. This is not the end yet It’s time to introduce you to some novelties.

Here comes Black Stone Commando Exo Skeleton Operator "Flash” - special KS price addon at £9 and AI Human Hybrid - a model which is a preview of rules expansion supplement, allowing the gamer to take control over the AI faction. The time is running low, so if you haven’t decided yet, join now.

Below you will find more information.

It was a secret project. And utterly failed one. The assumptions were ok… hmm at least for such morons, with dreams on armies taking over countries, somewhere at the end of the third world. The research and trials took almost 2 years. In the meantime the progress in robotics and nanomaterials completely changed the reality. The genetics and cloning were back. We couldn’t manage to breed a stable hybrid. The mechanic part was either rejected or didn’t accept the orders from the interface.

The whole thing was too big, too heavy, not enough… let’s say… sublime. Yes, you are right, the marketing nowadays is important even for partly illegal military project for government. I really don’t know why the objects weren’t destroyed just after the project was closed. The whole lab was hidden somewhere in the bowels of the tower. Probably it was easier to keep it in secret than to destroy it. Or not… I think it is more likely, that our board was hoping to sell it someone else anyway… or use it somehow. And they got what they deserved… She has used them! She woke them up, after she destroyed her own securities. Probably the drones were not enough for her. She had to have something even more frightening… And the rest… well you know that better than me.

The testimonies of a secret informer, alias “Serpio” during the investigation after the incident in Nakamura Tower.



She was the best among us... The fastest, the most calm and collected.. She would beat flight simulator records just for fun... People like that usually chicken out when things get messy. No one would hang out with her, she was a geek to us... We wished her all the worst, cause she challenged us, and we had to do our field maneuvers, fully armored till we dropped. We all knew that the day would come.

That one day everything would be totally screwed up and we would be called in. Only we had enough firepower to fight the newest cyberbodies, and so little wires in our heads not to be switched off by hackers for starters. A backup plan, just in case... And so it happened. We were summoned... We went there... And we got totally hammered... Surprisingly, not all of us got killed. We were smashed. A fully armored human can't compete with a cyborg. With one exception.. She could do it... She collected us, she led us out. She was quick and effective. That's why we called her "Flash".

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Only £763 with 10 hours left to break the £80K Stretch Goal, unlocking Black Stone Operator 'Akira miniature (I think it's an add-on)'. I wonder if they can hit £87500 Stretch Goal for the free AI Human Hybrid Project miniature.