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**RiTides**

cvtuttle wrote:
Backed it myself earlier and posted to The IC's Facebook page. I will be sure to mention it in our next episode (which drops next Monday).

Thanks so much, Carl! Really appreciate you guys' enthusiasm and support for the product

it has been so helpful!

ced1106 wrote:
Speaking of crates, some games have crates with different numbers on the bottom, and ModCubes would be ideal for this.

It is funny how popular the crate idea is on Dakka

I will have to get to it at some point for sure. A lot of these things come down to figuring out exactly what ratio of tokens would make sense (for the 80 included in a set). I will be thinking on this one!

Fantasy will be coming once they put out the new rules, too

Theophony wrote:
Too bad there's no way to get the kickstarter link to appear in your signature line RItides

Or banners, those could be neat

Hmmm yes, you have a good point

let me fix that!

Dark Severance wrote:
Definitely backed! In for at the very least ModMadness, may jump in for more later. I'm cutting back on my Kickstarter spending dollars mainly because I'm funneling my normal "monthly hobby" funds into my own projects for now... artists and 3D sculptors aren't cheap.

You're completely right, they aren't! I did all the modeling here myself but to speed things up on releasing new sets I've hired an artist. It has been a good tradeoff for the time savings, but not cheap!

Thanks so much for the support guys, I have been blown away! I will stay on top of things here as well as in the KS comments, but if I missed anything feel free to shoot me a PM, etc

**Anpu-adom**

So I upped my order already... usually I wait until the kickstarter is funded... but that just isn't going to happen this time.

Down the road, I'd love to see the crates with both the objective/points numbers on one side and different ones with the secret objective (ie... skyfire/gravity wave) etc. on them.
I say down the road, because really... RiTides... you have enough to do to get this out the door; don't burn yourself out on this. Save this for Kickstarter #2, when you can have the textured panels and cubes made up.
Under-promise but over deliver.

**RiTides**

That is great advice, Anpu-adom, and I will try to do so! (I.e. not overcommit)

My ideal scenario is actually retail release for all themes after this Kickstarter - this is going to be a lot of work, and a lot of orders all at once, which helps pay for the large upfront costs involved in getting the laser cutter and having the mold made. But once it is fulfilled I think I'll be happy to just sell new sets on the website when they are ready

How does this signature banner look? I've made each of them a link, so if anyone wants a banner just click on "quote" for my post and copy / paste that line into your sig:

Okay, time for me to crash for a bit again

. Thanks for the fantastic response to the campaign and for all the tips here, see you on the flip side!

**Theophony**

Shiney banner is shiney

I'll probably be kicked out of the League of Extraordinary Riviters for removing my banner and subverting it with a kickstarter banner

, but the word must get out.

**Stormwall**

Theophony wrote:
Shiney banner is shiney

I'll probably be kicked out of the League of Extraordinary Riviters for removing my banner and subverting it with a kickstarter banner , but the word must get out.

Can I have your banner and your spot?

**shadowfinder**

Yep very happy about this.

Hoping you get to put Stealth and shrouded in the 40k monster FMC side. As a Tyranid player I have that going all the time.

Looking forward to the extra colors. with how the first day has started. Do you have extra colors for higher level as it seams to me this just might be a little popular.

I don't know why I think that though...

**RiTides**

Yes, I am sure it will slow down a bit now but it is great to be close to funding

Stealth is definitely going in on the 40k side, likely instead of Pinned, which I have been informed is just the same result as "gone to ground" in 7th edition!

**Stormwall**

Not that it matters but, I've not pledged yet. So... count an extra pledge to still be incoming.

Actually... I'm in for a dollar. I hope I can up it later?

**Ehsteve**

Would there be any potential for stuff like textured chevron/striped dice in the future?

**whalemusic360**

A mere $15 away from being funded!

**varag**

And we're funded. Not by me though, we were already just over when I finally got home and turned the computer on. But kudos to all of us for getting there. Now, more of you pledge so we can get green.

**RiTides**

Update is posted here! Copied below

Funded in under 24 hours! Thank you!!

Wow, we are funded in just under 24 hours, thank you so much everyone! I took a screenshot to commemorate it =)

The response has been amazing - everything I had hoped for, and even a bit more! I do have a good plan from here, so just to copy and paste from the main page, these are the stretch goals we're now working towards:

$18,000 - Blue and Green cube colors will be offered
$21,000 - A token set compatible with Malifaux will be offered
If we are able to hit the $18,000 goal, I will be taking a poll on what colors people would like to see next! I will also be doing this with any other token sets we are able to unlock - I want to offer what you guys want the most =)

If anyone has input on how best to conduct a poll for backers where each person can only vote once, please share! I am leaning towards simply making an update where people post in the comments of that update with their vote as the easiest and most transparent method, but I am open to suggestions.

Finally, here are a few forum badges and signature banners, if you would like to share the campaign in your profile on forums! I will make up a few more options later in the week, as well:

If you are able to share the project with friends or on forums that you frequent, we can hit our stretch goals faster and unlock more colors and token sets =)

Once again, thank you so much for your amazing response and for funding the project so quickly!! If you have any questions on anything at all, please post in the comments or send me a private message, and I will be sure to respond by the end of the day. Cheers!

I am thrilled to be funded, thank you very much for the support guys! Now on to blue and green cubes

**Solar_lion**

WHooo hooo.. Great showing in the first 24 hrs.

**Anpu-adom**

Here's an idea for you...
plan some 'half' sets of tokens.... each would have 20 rather than the full 40. A 'half' set would be perfect for 'Epic' play in X-Wing.

Start thinking about your packaging system now. Steve McLaughlin of WWPD took a tour of Battlefront's production facilities... posted a video of their "Pick Boards" something similar might work for you as well. You basically glue one complete set to a board, and have your help copy it before bagging.

**Necros**

Are you able to do fancy looking cubes, like where the plastic is swirly / sparkly / kinda translucent like dice?

**overtyrant**

Any chance of orange inserts?

**Necros**

So now that you have the real parts in hand, how good do they roll? Would they be good for something like rolling a hit location for a certain giant robot mech gladiator arena skirmish battle game? Would they fall apart easy when you roll them or do the pieces fit in snugly?

**Solar_lion**

Numbers keep going up. Hopefully all those the emails weve collected have reached all those intrested and they'll jump on this as well.

As for more questions.. What army is Gits starting Next? What trama caused WM to be so witty? How does Graven keep possessing my cat!

Seriously though.. Kudo's for coming up with a great gaming aid.

What also will be intresting to see is what combinations of effects people put into their cubes, Some like the vehicles should be common place with slight variations for flyers ect.

**Theophony**

$17938, come on minions, Alpharius wants his green and blue cubes....For the Emperor!

**Dark Severance**

Over on various Facebook groups (mainly X-Wing) I'm really surprised of the 'fear' for ModCubes. Is there really such a fear of people cheating in XWing?

I do suggest a video setup with XWing, bumping the table, placing them down, etc. I mean these are the size of dice, to get a dice to roll from a flat, requires a fairly big bump which would cause other issues on a game play table. People are worried about bumping them while they move things and go "Oh that was X and now its Y".

**Alpharius**

Theophony wrote:
$17938, come on minions, Alpharius wants his green and blue cubes....For the Emperor!

I appreciate the support but...Alpharius wants his ORANGE and BLUE cubes...For the Emperor!

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

Dark Severance wrote:
Over on various Facebook groups (mainly X-Wing) I'm really surprised of the 'fear' for ModCubes. Is there really such a fear of people cheating in XWing?

I do suggest a video setup with XWing, bumping the table, placing them down, etc. I mean these are the size of dice, to get a dice to roll from a flat, requires a fairly big bump which would cause other issues on a game play table. People are worried about bumping them while they move things and go "Oh that was X and now its Y".

A bump that would tip over a die would do a hell of a lot worse to the minutia of ship placement, in terms of game rammifications. Chalk it up to overly crazy fans, being crazy. :-p

How's this for a request... Kings of War could benefit from just a higher volume of numbers of keep track of nerve. Any chance at a simple set with multiples of single digits, all the way 0-9? Double digits?

**weeble1000**

RiTides wrote:

Dark Severance wrote:
Definitely backed! In for at the very least ModMadness, may jump in for more later. I'm cutting back on my Kickstarter spending dollars mainly because I'm funneling my normal "monthly hobby" funds into my own projects for now... artists and 3D sculptors aren't cheap.

You're completely right, they aren't! I did all the modeling here myself but to speed things up on releasing new sets I've hired an artist. It has been a good tradeoff for the time savings, but not cheap!

Thanks so much for the support guys, I have been blown away! I will stay on top of things here as well as in the KS comments, but if I missed anything feel free to shoot me a PM, etc

Holy cow! Aint this the truth.

There's a delicate balance to deciding when to bring in an outside contractor. Sweat equity is awesome, but there are times when you can't do things, and there are times when you can do them, but it is better and/or more efficient to pay someone to do it.

You can save costs by hiring new talent, but the trade off is that the risks are higher and you have to put a great deal of time and effort into finding, evaluating, and identifying people whose work will be top rate. It took three solid months of work to line up one of the artists I am using now, and after a few excellent pieces the artist wasn't able to work on the project anymore. Luckily, I maintained a relationship and we've got the artist under contract again doing even better work. But there was something like 8 months of tearing hair, gnashing teeth, and sacrificing chickens between then and now.

The final products look fantastic though RiTides! Congratulations.

**cincydooley**

So....Is hot pink or day-glo on the horizon at all?

Because if those two were choices, they would be my first two choices (followed by black).

This post is not a joke.

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Dark Severance wrote:
Over on various Facebook groups (mainly X-Wing) I'm really surprised of the 'fear' for ModCubes. Is there really such a fear of people cheating in XWing?

I do suggest a video setup with XWing, bumping the table, placing them down, etc. I mean these are the size of dice, to get a dice to roll from a flat, requires a fairly big bump which would cause other issues on a game play table. People are worried about bumping them while they move things and go "Oh that was X and now its Y".

Isn't the fact that a world champ used them, like, enough?

**Alpharius**

cincydooley wrote:
So....Is hot pink or day-glo on the horizon at all?

Because if those two were choices, they would be my first two choices (followed by black).

This post is not a joke.

Bah, who cares?!?

$18K down, which means...

BLUE and ORANGE is now a REALITY!

**Theophony**

So what's the stretch goal after $21,000. Inquiring non-malifaux people want to know.

**Vanguard-13**

Oddly, I just got convinced to pick up Malifaux at my FLGS by about 20 players that walked in. I find a card based random number generator (Other then dice) to be an interesting concept.

And this now makes me wish for the stretch goal to be reached. So I can pick up the tiles for Malifaux.

**RiTides**

Anpu - That is a good idea, I will think about it!
Necros - I think I'm going with solid colors for now

overtyrant - I don't yet have a source for orange tokens, but I will be looking!
Solar lion - Yes, I need to have a few more playtests done so I can see what people gravitate to for assembling their cubes, and tweak the ratios if needed

(Pinned is unecessary, for example, covered by Gone to Ground)
weeble - I did not realize how literal the phrase "sweat equity" was, until now!

Dark Severance / NewTruth / cincy - Yes, I agree that any bump would knock the ships more, but it has been a concern for x-wing players who haven't yet seen these in-person! Everyone who touches them realizes they won't tip over at all... you have to pick them up, they're quite square-edged. I'm sending out another few x-wing samples to a video batrep person to show how they do not tip at all! And yeah, the world champ loved them

. I've also gotten requests for a numbered set, so that may make it in - I have to think about what would look really good and be useful as far as simple numbers or pips go. Hot pink is probably not on the list...

although a normal pink is one of the colors I have a sample picture from the factory of... hmmmm.

Theophony - I'll send out a poll regarding the next stretch tomorrow morning!

Vanguard - The Malifaux set is being worked on by the artist right now

hoping to have something to show soon, maybe on Monday or Tuesday.

New update text!

First stretch goal is unlocked - Green and Blue ModCubes!!

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We have reached (and gone beyond!) the first stretch goal, so the green and blue ModCube colors are unlocked!

Here are two images to hopefully give you a very good idea of what these colors will look like. The green is the leftmost "Pantone 355C", and the blue is the leftmost "Pantone 653C":

Here also are two parts, made by the same manufacturer who is producing the cubes, using these exact same color formulations:

Let me know what you think of the colors =)

Our next stretch goal is $21,000 - a token set compatible with Malifaux! I will also be sending out a survey in the next update (tomorrow) to see what colors and what new set people would like to see next.

Thank you again for your fantastic support!

Let me know what you think of the colors guys

. Cheers!

**Theophony**

Pantone color site to see color options. In case anyone else was curious.
http://www.pantone-colours.com

Hopefully that will help future color choices

**Wehrkind**

I know the cubes don't fall over/roll around of their own accord, but do you think you could put a steel ball bearing inside to make that impossibility less possible still? I don't know why you couldn't at home, looks like there is space.