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 cincydooley wrote:

I have enough games no one plays sitting at my house.

Side effect of CMONitis, right?

150 backers just a few hours into the first morning is looking good, and I think we'll see many more as people see this throughout the day, plus the exposure at Salute.

 malfred wrote:
If I had 5k I could troll the entire maelstrom verse :(

Phew. So glad I don't have to enact my DCM veto power.

 Snrub wrote:

 malfred wrote:
If I had 5k I could troll the entire maelstrom verse :(

Phew. So glad I don't have to enact my DCM veto power.

It's about as strong as my ability to blow 5k on a digitalis cult, least me tell ya.

I do intend to pledge. I'm just stuck at work right now.

Ah. So basically what you're saying is... I don't have DCM veto power? Is that it?

 Alex C wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

I have enough games no one plays sitting at my house.

Side effect of CMONitis, right?

Nope. The only CMoN KS that I've backed that doesn't see regular table time is Guilds of Cadwallon and Sedition Wars. We have a kaosball league night. My brother and I play rivet wars about once or twice a month. Zombicide and Arcadia Quest see regular table time at the end of the night when we are drinking. And Wrath of Kings has a slow grow league starting at my LGS, thanks in no small part to WHFBs in flux situation.

I meant, specifically, WWX, Arena Rex, Warmahordes, and the various Spartan games, though planetfall has also been seeing time.

Man, way to be over achievers guys. Basic goal of $20,000, and you're already at $13,000 within the first few hours.

Way to go

 Grey Templar wrote:
Man, way to be over achievers guys. Basic goal of $20,000, and you're already at $13,000 within the first few hours.

Way to go

I posted it on my facebook. I have a few friend who love board games and have been hungry for a science fiction tabletop game.

Yeah, I think this will be a lower key KS. The lack of a la carte items and a focus on a quick delivery of a boxed set will probably keep the dollars low and the backers high.

I was really hoping to see some pics of the Hunter model or render today but no luck so far. There is still lot of time obviously in the KS since it's day 1 for that reveal to happen but the lack of an ala carte option (for good reasons stated above) means I wouldn't be able to get multiples without models I'm less keen on anyways.

 darrkespur wrote:

 Vanguard-13 wrote:
So when will we see the Hunters and Scarecrows?

Obviously after the KS. But I'd love to know if it's something we will see next year, or maybe this year?

Why do you think they will be after the kickstarter?

Our schedule of development is fairly straightforward:

Jun - Kickstarter ends, Beta rules go out to backers who requested them. Playtesting and final tweaks to ruleset, final plastics are completed and production ready.

Jul - Rules go to design stage, Plastics produced in volume and shipped to us.

Aug - Rules put in to print, final components ordered and shipped to us.

Sep - Rules shipped to us

Oct - Packaging of product

Nov - Product shipped out to our distribution centers and then sent from the US and UK to all of the world.


Unless I miss-read this, We won't see the kits in stores until Nov/Dec. So I assume we won't see new units in stores until then either?

Welp i pledged

this be me first KS.

Why the super long campaign? I think that was a big misstep. There is no way you can sustain momentum that long. I've backed, but there are a lot of other ks campaigns starting between now and then which could steal your thunder.

They wanted the pledge period to cover 2 paychecks so everyone has a chance to pledge at the sweet spot level.

 Vanguard-13 wrote:
Unless I miss-read this, We won't see the kits in stores until Nov/Dec. So I assume we won't see new units in stores until then either?

Like most Kickstarters, I'm sure this will deliver to backers first, then stores right after. But that doesn't mean we won't see new units during the campaign just that there won't be any units that are still at the concept stage - everything will be either already tooled, in-process, or about to be tooled. That is the only viable way to deliver a hard plastic campaign in the same year it is launched!

I agree the campaign is long, and that's probably why lego has been a bit cagey with info on some of those other units (to reveal over the course of the campaign). But maybe we can at least get some testimonials from people who are able to snag a peak of things at Salute this weekend

 RiTides wrote:

 Vanguard-13 wrote:
Unless I miss-read this, We won't see the kits in stores until Nov/Dec. So I assume we won't see new units in stores until then either?

Like most Kickstarters, I'm sure this will deliver to backers first, then stores right after. But that doesn't mean we won't see new units during the campaign just that there won't be any units that are still at the concept stage - everything will be either already tooled, in-process, or about to be tooled. That is the only viable way to deliver a hard plastic campaign in the same year it is launched!

I agree the campaign is long, and that's probably why lego has been a bit cagey with info on some of those other units (to reveal over the course of the campaign). But maybe we can at least get some testimonials from people who are able to snag a peak of things at Salute this weekend

That would be awesome. Thank you RiTides!

I just can't wait to see those mecha available. I would gladly give up the Karists for a Hunter or Scarecrow.
But maybe those will come out as add-ons at some point. Here's hoping!


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Just as a side note:



The entire arm blade that this Shadow Walker has is an amazing design. From the blade on the gun, down the forearm to the blade off the elbow. I love the design and whomever made it should get an award! (and I kind of want to make a gauntlet like that now.)

Backed! Hope to see an all terrain pledge-level before the end.

This is exciting to watch! Sadly, I'm waiting on a paycheck before I can pledge =( Stoopid job.

So I'm sorta surprised though about the modeling terrain sprue from the other day. I know it's set up as a stretch goal thingy according to the KS page, but would that have been a good low end pay range item for people who wanted to wait on other future armies, or weren't interested in the main game? Or is a stretch goal something added in for all levels if they hit it? I don't know how that works, I've never KSed before.

Well, the money doesn't come out until June, so you can pledge away and worry about it later.

KS only takes payment when the funding period ends, so feel free to pledge now!

I would imagine the Terrain Sprue will become an "Optional Buy" later on.

Meaning, after you pledge, before they send out your pledge level, you can pay $X to have Y amounts of Terrain Sprue's sent to you.

Wow, I can tell you guys have been studying dakka discussions about kickstarters, because this one is very tight. The final note about communication etc after the KS is closed is evidence you've learned from others mistakes.

 Alex C wrote:
KS only takes payment when the funding period ends, so feel free to pledge now!

And you can always back out if catastrophe happens between now and then.

 pretre wrote:
Well, the money doesn't come out until June, so you can pledge away and worry about it later.

And someone trusts you with a credit card? (Joking around)

Do they accept 40k miniatures on trade?



Really looking forward to a gaming Christmas.

Pledged for $90 for now.

Great to see this get so much so quickly!

 GrimDork wrote:
Feels like this is moving a lot slower than I expected, but then again most of the mantic kickstarters get crazy funding up front from return customers and I haven't backed much else lately.

I guess I was expecting a large flood of dakka-folk to be on it instantly too, but 9k is particularly slow either.

When they allow for adding on terrain sprues and drones, I expect the numbers to move more quickly.

Still, it does seem much slower than I had anticipated. I expected it to fund at CMON speed.

Really looking forward to pics of the booth at Salute!

Remember this is still a first time project after a glut of popular projects.

I expect a slow burn.

This is quite an exciting development. It isn't something I would typically back, but I'm in for $10 right now, because I love the idea of Dakka having its own homegrown game. I'd really like to see this succeed and grow into something great.