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I'd think sooner would be better. You have good momentum going, you should capitalize on it. Waiting just gives time to forget about it or spend hobby money elsewhere. My 2 cents.

As much as I'd like to give you the money now and be assured of delivery, waiting until the 4th seems like a good plan.
As many projects as you've backed, I'm sure that I'm not telling you anything new... but you want as much buzz as possible in the first 24 hours. You may want to wait to launch until those production copies are in reviewer's hands.

That has been my thought Anpu-adom, but the more I think about it, having reviews come in when they can already link to the live campaign may be even more useful, since people could instantly check it out and back it if they like what they see.

If anyone else wants to weigh in on that, please let me know your preference on timing! No matter what, I will be showing off the production samples and sending them to blogs before launching, it will just be up to them as to when they get their reviews in (and if they come in staggered, that may even be helpful with the usual "Kickstarter drought" in the middle of a campaign).

I think waiting till the 4th will be fine. The zombicide kickstarter is going to probably start around when yours ends at that point but that shouldn't affect as there will still be two more paychecks until that one and we haven't really heard about anything big coming in may outside of that. So wait till you have the most stuff to show and go from there. Especially figure out the Armada ones I'm in for those.

4th sounds good. Hopefully there isn't too much overlap between yours and the EFT DLC KS.

Or if there is, you and Cyp get together for a crossover Stretch Goal.

Thanks for the fantastic feedback guys - the 4th it is! That will give me time to show off a few more panel themes, and for independent sites to receive their samples, so it should be perfect

I took at look at the Myth rulebook, and it has five types of status effect tokens. Also, their Fate dice are black and white, but their symbols are in color on the cards. Send me a PM if you're interested in creating panels.

Zombicide 4 starts late May. Dunno for others, but in April-May, I will be pledging for more KS than my budge will allow! ):

Quick update - here's what I've been up to! A lot of little things... and one big thing:



- New laser cutter installed in the shop and new exhaust vent hooked up to the outside
- Hired an artist to speed up the release of new panel designs and themes. Hopefully, this means we'll get to things like Firestorm Armada much faster
- Working out the details of UK/EU distribution with a UK-based distributor, so that the project will be EU-friendly

So, I'm in the midst of all those details, but it will all hopefully make the launch go very smoothly, and allow me to produce panel sets while the campaign is running!

Production parts are still on track for next week, I'm very excited to get those in and show them off

 RiTides wrote:
- Working out the details of UK/EU distribution with a UK-based distributor, so that the project will be EU-friendly

You sir are a hero and a saint.

I try . Want to keep the international Dakkanauts happy! Even with the Dakka Dice orders, I tried to ship the international packages first since they take longer in transit. If I'm able to get everything ready by the time the full production run comes in, I may do the same here.

 RiTides wrote:
I try . Want to keep the international Dakkanauts happy! Even with the Dakka Dice orders, I tried to ship the international packages first since they take longer in transit. If I'm able to get everything ready by the time the full production run comes in, I may do the same here.

Yeah, when you last did Dakka dice, that was a nice gesture of yours. But I'm not fishing for preferential treatment here, I'm just happy that you're not acting like a type #2 Eagleland inhabitant, like some of the jerks who run or back a KS and knows that the world is bigger than just Texas.

Wow man, these are really cool. Consider me a fan

Hm, looks like something else I'll be spending money on! Very cool looking

Do waaaaaaant!

Seriously, i could spend years playing with laser cutters xD

 BrookM wrote:
Yeah, when you last did Dakka dice, that was a nice gesture of yours. But I'm not fishing for preferential treatment here, I'm just happy that you're not acting like a type #2 Eagleland inhabitant, like some of the jerks who run or back a KS and knows that the world is bigger than just Texas.

Please, if you had ever driven across it, you would know that nothing is bigger than Texas

(And really, it is the Californians and North Easterners you want to be targeting.)

 Wehrkind wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Yeah, when you last did Dakka dice, that was a nice gesture of yours. But I'm not fishing for preferential treatment here, I'm just happy that you're not acting like a type #2 Eagleland inhabitant, like some of the jerks who run or back a KS and knows that the world is bigger than just Texas.

Please, if you had ever driven across it, you would know that nothing is bigger than Texas

(And really, it is the Californians and North Easterners you want to be targeting.)

You guys are all the same to me.

New panel designs are cut! Two for Dogfight, four for Vehicle Damage, this finishes off those sets



And a 30-second video of the rasterizing process:




The new artist has worked out wonderfully so far, and if we hit our timelines we should be showing the full Infantry / Monster panel set in about a week! Then Star Wars Armada, Malifaux, and Firestorm Armada are in the queue

Let me know your thoughts on these, and we'll have lots more to show soon!

I've missed the sounds those laser's make.

This is awesome news! Won't be long now!

*holds money at the ready*

It is a really great sound, though, isnt it? Love it!

Progress is looking great RiTides! Very much looking forward to seeing this come to fruition!

Wow that thing was going really fast.

Don't know why I thought the cube panels were thick cardboard based on the previous pics.

So these are acrylic tokens with icons printed on them?

Yes they are acrylic. And not simply printed on, but etched on! Pretty sure you'd have to take a tool to these before they'd scrape off. If the prototypes are any indication, they're really durable.

Love the redefined designs. Keep us informed when you go Live!

 Piston Honda wrote:
So these are acrylic tokens with icons printed on them?

As Ramos says, these are definitely acrylic - it is actually etched 2-tone acrylic, so the laser cutter is just etching off the top layer of acrylic to expose the color underneath. It ends up being extremely durable! I will have to do some stress test videos

Solar_lion / Vanguard - Yes, we are getting extremely close! The launch will be in 2 weeks, on May 4th, and I will have a lot to show off as I ramp up to it (photos of the finished injection molded tool, the injection molded cube samples, and images of more new themes for the panels!)

I will have to do some stress test videos

All 4 forces?

IIiu, I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, could you explain? Like, will I attempt to crush it, stretch it... and I'm not sure what the other forces would be - torque it and...? I was mostly thinking of a crush test, since that would be the most common (i.e. stepping on it ).

I just sent off the Infantry / Monster panel set to the artist, and am hoping to have the full set laser cut and ready to show off in a week!

Maybe abrasion? Grind a tile with your foot into your concrete shop floor?

Microwave one to demonstrate a hot desert car.... I kid, please don't try that lol.

I am sure they are quite durable fellas, you guys must really beat on your stuff! I'd be happy as long as they don't break apart when falling onto a hard floor from table height myself.

I'm not sure if I mentioned that I've had to remind Wehrkind multiple times that when he slaps me on the shoulder, it tends to leave a bruise . Certain people will be rougher with their cubes, but my expectation is for them to be sturdy enough to treat like dice and just toss them in your dice bag . That will likely be the first stress test, along with stepping on them.

Last night I got my first report back of a test shot from the injection mold! They still have to polish the mold, so I won't get real photos until later in the week, but it is very exciting to be so close to having a finished product!

Not sure more than standard durability testing is necessary. The underwater pressure test or the deep space vacumn test or the shot from a large bore weapon is probably over kill. While I support the let my cat play with them test I'm afraid my cat is too busy with her personal life than to be consumed by such trivial non cat issues.

One of those times the clock moves too slow! Looking forward to the launch.

Based off the Adepticon photo, you stepping on them wouldn't be much of a test. Send a set my way, and I'll really put them to the test.... *blinks innocently*