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45k Yay!

Terrain goodness~

I, for one, welcome our MEdge overlords!

All hail the Spiral Arm!

Seriously though, I really like what I'm seeing so far. I, myself, haven't backed the kickstarter yet mostly due to financial reasons (trying to buy a house... trying to escape my own 'Spiral'... called the 'Rent Spiral' haha).

But who knows... if some stuff falls into place prior to the end of the kickstarter, I'm definitely going to put my quarter up on the cabinet.

EDIT: 67 hours to go? doh! hope something falls into place soon!

 djphranq wrote:
I, for one, welcome our MEdge overlords!

All hail the Spiral Arm!

Seriously though, I really like what I'm seeing so far. I, myself, haven't backed the kickstarter yet mostly due to financial reasons (trying to buy a house... trying to escape my own 'Spiral'... called the 'Rent Spiral' haha).

But who knows... if some stuff falls into place prior to the end of the kickstarter, I'm definitely going to put my quarter up on the cabinet.

EDIT: 67 hours to go? doh! hope something falls into place soon!

I wanted to post the first sentence yesterday, lol.

I hope it works out for you, I backed it just to keep on being a good lil' DCM and I'm not entirely disappointed. Hopefully as time goes on, everything will continue to improve.

And boom goes the explosive material based on nitroglycerin, using diatomaceous earth!

I put down 90 bottlecaps to back this baby dog!

Not like I need to pay my mobile phone bill on time anyway

Okay, I took a couple days off posting because I didn't want to be either overly argumentative or draw the thread too far down the direction off-topic for an extended period. And I do apologize if I was rude to anyone in previous posts. Now-

@theophony: throughout the inception of this game, I have felt that there's been an element of people who are just angry Dakka went and made a game, I guess because it means Dakka would have some level of investment in a particular range rather than being entirely 3rd party in all aspects? Are we still cool with CMoN now that they have games then? It seems I t's been one "well I'm no longer investing" threat one-after-another for some different reason since the Kickstarter got going, despite the massive levels of response from the game creators AND their attempts to address the problems (doubling the box set, adding ad closing buttons, etc.). Now it seems to be some of the fervent fans that are the reason for their dismay? Do we say "good work, 5-10 guys, you ruined everything for MEdge because you irritated some posters"? I see a similar group of 40k diehards, but I don't really see people posting saying "good job 40k white knights, you blew my interest in 40k."

I don't know, maybe I'm just on the opposite side of the fence- I personally don't see MEdge as anything perfect or the one true savior to war gaming, but I think it's pretty good so far and has good potential. I just can't understand how one poster making silly comparisons between new and old products serves as a "that's it, I'm out." Does the same apply for all other game systems, because I've seen it everywhere.

And to be clear, I feel that your posts have been largely well-explained and rational, so thank you sincerely for that.

@carlos: again, I should have read his comment more exactly- it read that he was tempted to delete his account, not that he feared deleting it trying to find the X. I just think this is way past the point of reasonable, for a couple of ads that total 2 in email and a banner that you can close. I can't imagine surfing any other gaming website if your restrictions on outside exposure are that severe.

@MLaw: if you're going to call someone out as the bringer of doom to 40k, you really ought to explain your reasoning. After you did, however, I find it crazy that you attribute all of that to yakface. And if most people didn't want the game to be ordered and better balanced, don't you think they just would have ignored him and gone on their merry way? The INAT ended with 5th edition, and 40k has gone on for two editions without any sort of successful attempt to structure the game, and instead made into a free-for-all in army composition and lack of balance. And people have left in considerable numbers (if their dwindling revenue is to represent this).

I dont have money to invest at the moment, so I emailed yakface, no reply.

So I pledged $1, then came to my senses. The minimum bank fee for a $1 currency transaction would be offensive to me. I will end up just wasting about £3 just to have a placeholder.

So I come here. This is a Dakka game right. Can't the devs just hook me in later? Also I would really like to pay in £.

I started out at sixty and then uped it to ninty buckaroos.

I backed it today.

I haven't had time to really look at either the rules or the background. The minis are OK -- some are great, some are average.

I backed because I've spent five years or so on Dakka for free, and £12 a year seems pretty reasonable.

And, I backed because this is a big, ambitious project with some big names attached right from the start, and I love new SF worlds, especially ones designed for wargaming and with fiction by Alastair Reynolds (that's a great combo that no-one else is doing I think!).

I am looking to get in on the terrain sprues definitely. Really, those could have been a successful Kickstarter on their own merit, I think. For me at least they are the best part of the entire project here.

Well overall I would say this is an unmitigated success. Got my free terrain sprue so I'm happy. I'll have to make some bases for my Hunters and Angels but tis a small price to pay.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Well overall I would say this is an unmitigated success. Got my free terrain sprue so I'm happy. I'll have to make some bases for my Hunters and Angels but tis a small price to pay.

I backed the BASIUS 2 project and will be receiving my basius pads within a month so I am actually looking forward to making bases for them. (and a ton of other models)

I think we've got a shot at the bases - I'm hoping we'll get there! Won't affect my pledge either way, although if anything I'll be adding to it as someone local was asking about adding on some terrain sprues

I've already added $15 more for my pledge. That's the most I can do currently. I hope we hit those extra bases.

Woohoo, past $50k! Thanks everybody that's backed us so far, we really appreciate all the support and feedback.

Was down for $90 but had to drop at the last second due to an unexpected expense.

Sorry Dakka, I'll be keeping an eye out for this game in the future though and can't wait to see it in the wild.

Good luck and here's hoping you get a few more thousand before the thing ends.

 darrkespur wrote:
Woohoo, past $50k! Thanks everybody that's backed us so far, we really appreciate all the support and feedback.

Nicely done!

And just added 3 terrain sprues to my pledge for Wehrkind

Holy crap. We just hit 55k. Audio books, and maybe we'll get those bases after all.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Holy crap. We just hit 55k. Audio books, and maybe we'll get those bases after all.

Nice. 48 hour emails went out this afternoon. Hopefully that brings a solid finish.

Did anyone else notice that in the teaser trailer for Xcom 2 there is a combat drone?

 malfred wrote:
Did anyone else notice that in the teaser trailer for Xcom 2 there is a combat drone?

At first I was like, "Wrong thread dude". And then I was like, "maybe you are making a connection between MEdge drones and Xcom drones"

Pretty much that.

Limited descriptions due to typing on phone

Man, I didn't know whether or not we'd make it to 60k and get those bases unlocked or not, but now it seems like a total possibility (finger-crossed).

I really, really hope we do because it will make writing the rules a whole lot easier if we know that all the initial models officially come with bases (as opposed to having rules allowing those models to either be on or off of bases depending on if the player wanted to put them on 3rd party bases).

So I'm super-geeked at the progress!

Mark Mondragon is a real mensch.

 yakface wrote:

Man, I didn't know whether or not we'd make it to 60k and get those bases unlocked or not, but now it seems like a total possibility (finger-crossed).

I really, really hope we do because it will make writing the rules a whole lot easier if we know that all the initial models officially come with bases (as opposed to having rules allowing those models to either be on or off of bases depending on if the player wanted to put them on 3rd party bases).

So I'm super-geeked at the progress!

Likewise! This was a super funding day, over $9K and almost 70 backers as of now

Would hitting $60K mean the drones come with enough bases to build them all as ground drones, or is it half and half? I'm guessing half and half, or else you'd have to include double the flying bases, too, but just curious.

We just need someone to Rally the Troops

Wow! Well that was a nice surprise to wake up to!

Roll on 60k!

 malfred wrote:
Did anyone else notice that in the teaser trailer for Xcom 2 there is a combat drone?

The last XCOM had combat drones too - both SHIVs (tankettes) for XCOM and flying drones for the aliens.

Sweet we get the audio books. Really happy about this as it will be awesome to paint too.

Did not think it would reach and am so happy it did.

We've just added a prize draw to win paperback, printed copies of the Maelstrom's Edge novels for free!

We are in the final furlong now, and as always, any questions or comments in the main kickstarter comments area (go to the main page, and click 'comments') are really helpful for boosting our exposure.

They are so helpful in fact, that we are offering a prize to one lucky commenter! If you comment between now (10:20 BST) and the end of the kickstarter, we'll enter you in a prize draw, in which one lucky winner out of every 50 people commenting will get a printed, paperback copy of both of our first novels - Maelstrom's Edge: Faith and Maelstrom's Edge: Sacrifice sent to them by post, immediately! To qualify as an entry, your comment must have some substance, so let us know what you like about the Maelstrom's Edge universe, models, game, artwork, or anything Maelstrom's Edge related!



To summarise:

1. Please go to the main kickstarter comments section for Maelstrom's Edge: (go to the main page, and click 'comments')

2. Add a comment with some substance - what you like about Maelstrom's Edge, what draws you in to the project, what you hope for in the future, etc.

3. You will be automatically entered in to a prize draw to win a free copy of the novels in paperback format, with 1 winner for every 50 unique commenters. Making multiple comments will only count as one entry, and comments with no content or spam will disqualify you from the prize draw.

The prize draw will take place next week, with books shipped out direct from the UK as soon as the winners confirm their delivery addresses.

Good luck everyone!

Is that promotion allowed under Kickstarter's rules? I'm sure that there was another gaming Kickstarter that ran into trouble with a sweepstake for pledgers, and you can only comment if you pledge money so...