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Yup, this was basically a campaign for Bigthulhu, and the game felt secondary. Compare what you get for $100 on this to $100 on The Others or $120 Hate. It isn't like they needed to pay to license Lovecraft either. No Nyarlathotep and tons of missing servitor beings like gugs, moon beast, innsmouth hybrids, etc.

Moreover, I would be friggin embarrassed if I was CMON. If you subtract the extra amount Bigthulhu is bringing in (approx $700k), DMD is barely making more than HATE. The Cthulhu Mythos is HUGE and that's the best they could muster? Maybe jerking your backers around on day 1 with fake limited copies of the big guy wasn't the best plan?

 Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Yup, this was basically a campaign for Bigthulhu, and the game felt secondary. Compare what you get for $100 on this to $100 on The Others or $120 Hate. It isn't like they needed to pay to license Lovecraft either. No Nyarlathotep and tons of missing servitor beings like gugs, moon beast, innsmouth hybrids, etc.

Moreover, I would be friggin embarrassed if I was CMON. If you subtract the extra amount Bigthulhu is bringing in (approx $700k), DMD is barely making more than HATE. The Cthulhu Mythos is HUGE and that's the best they could muster? Maybe jerking your backers around on day 1 with fake limited copies of the big guy wasn't the best plan?

Could also be that there has been no updates on Zombicide green horde in two months and plenty of backers (late or otherwise) are still waiting on their copies.

I'm willing to bet that some of the apathy towards this one also comes from the fact that the player characters are straight up boring. They're just a bunch of 1920s civilians for the most part. There's only so many flappers you can have before it gets boring.

I think the CMON staff is getting burned out. The last couple of campaigns (Zcide Invader and DMD) have both felt phoned in, especially DMD.

Mixing up Yog with the Dunwich horror was a rookie mistake. Between this and Solomon Kane, the KS campaigns involving two of my top three IPs have both fizzled this summer. I'm pretty bummed.

I’m happy putting my money into this one. Lots of figures for Strange Aeons, Pulp Alley, hell even TiNaT or 40k. Game is secondary for me.

The monster figures, for the most part are great. It's everything else about this campaign that felt lackluster and incredibly phoned in, I felt. Zombicide Invader was pretty phoned in, too, what with its almost complete lack of add-ons and half-assed cameo figures. DMD though? Yeah, it really feels like even less effort was put into it. The monsters will be great in other games. Someone ought to make some crossover rules to use them in Zombicide.

I am actually very happy with this one. $175 for all the game content including;

5 Elder ones
17 Episodes
Plenty of monsters and investigators

Sure you miss out on the bigthulu at that price, but honestly I can miss it!

This has to be one of the most disappointing final days I've seen on a KS.

All the diehards in the comments are just sitting around trying (successfully) to snag cheaper Bigthulhu pledges as people drop.

I have yet to back a CMON kickstarter, but I am usually very tempted by the end. This time I wasnt even slightly interested. Investigator vs Cthulu/ lovecraftian horror has been done to death by now.

I'm inclined to think a Delta Green or Cthulhutech game might've gone over better. Investigators vs Mythos creatures has been done plenty, but military vs Mythos creatures hasn't.

For how lackluster the offer is, $1M+ and no money-losing days is a fantastic result.

i jut wanted the big guy. sadly, i didnt notice this campaign till last week so i'm set for april 2020 (but there was a note that they will increase its production so it appears people will get them sooner).

Will put the rest of the game on ebay for sale cheap. no interest in it.

Sanjay

Given how rich the source material is, they could have given the Mythic Battles Pantheon treatment to Lovecraft, instead it's a game based on what seems to be the most cursory of glances at a Call of Cthulhu rulebook. And you don't even get that many miniatures. And a lot of the miniatures look like straight up board game miniatures. If I ever do get this for CoC minis, I'll wait until it's on deep discount like The Godfather is right now.

Looks like the Yog Sothoth content will be safely secured. The pace has quickened, so there may well be time for another, and perhaps one after that to be unlocked post-campaign in typical CMON fashion.

I'm in for a dollar, I'll have to see how I feel during the pledge manager. The Lost Episodes seem alright, but the rest of the exclusive content just doesn't do it for me. Investigators are all fairly bland, both in concept and detail, Dagon is OK, but the Deep Ones are awful. Big Cthulu would be nice, but the shipping costs and practicalities of storing such a large item don't seem like it'd be worth the trouble. I might pick it up at retail if I can find it on a discount.

It's odd. The campaign is by no means a failure, especially considering it lasted just under half the time of their usual big displays, but it's really disappointing. The whole thing has felt really uninspired and surprisingly apathetic. I don't think I had unreasonably high expectations, considering the franchise they're dipping into, and yet somehow it feels like a let down.

So our last goal besides a box is Hemingway with a shotgun. We all know what he did with a shotgun...

I have a funny feeling those big Cthulhu will end up being pretty reasonably priced on eBay and the like when spouses and significant others see just how much real estate it takes up.

I'm going to wait and see how I feel when the PM drops.

Their early announcement of Project Elite getting a facelift and reprint is far more exciting as it is.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I have a funny feeling those big Cthulhu will end up being pretty reasonably priced on eBay and the like when spouses and significant others see just how much real estate it takes up.

LOL. OTOH, I still have my giant SJG Ogre Deluxe box, when I really should get rid of it. It's so ridiculous.

I'm a big mythos fan and sadly this just didn't grab me, either gameplay wise or with most of the monsters,

the investigators are OK but no different to looks wise to the bunch of metals I have from through the ages,

it just didn't click for me which is sad considering I've splashed nearly enough to get the game and everything but the big Cthulhu on far, far fewer resin mythos minis from Slumbering Oblivions KS as the looks there did grab me

Ernest unlocked. They have added an additional Lost Episodes 3 stretch goal as well now at $2,450,000 (there are chinese pledges to add at the end so they are likely to use those to unlock this).



1 Episode card
1 Monsters card
15 Discovery cards
17 Mythos cards

Lost Episode 3: Fellowship and Madness will be a very different experience, drawing from the extensive content unlocked to backers throughout the campaign. In this Episode, all of the Stretch Goal Investigators are placed on the board as non-player characters. It is the player-controlled investigators' task to recruit these characters, trying to sort the loyal ones from those that have been seduced by the madness of the Elder Ones. Each of the Mythos cards included in the episode will indicate a specific exclusive investigator as a minion of the occult forces. As only 8 of these will be used in each game, the traitors will slowly be revealed as the game progresses. Don't let the madness take over!

> Their early announcement of Project Elite getting a facelift and reprint is far more exciting as it is.

You forgot the Wacky Racers boardgame!!!

PE looks like a good boardgame for the "bucket-o-miniatures" crowd. Eric Lang still has his sequel to Rising Sun, but, hopefully, in two hours we'll find out what campaign will be next!

I thought Starcadia Quest is next.

Then Project Elite in the fall/ winter.

I wonder if there's a monster to go with that monster card in the new lost episode, or if it's just stats for whoever the traitor is.

You are indeed correct!

I skipped AQ because it didn't reach my "bucket-o-mini's" threshold, but can wait for PE.

Last investigator is based on Josephine Baker. : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker

Well, despite the plethora of negativity on this thread, I'm happy, I snagged a $220 deal, and intend to sell the Big Cthulhu on eBay, plus almost the entire box set minus a few choice mins I'm keeping.
I'll end up with the mins and around $50 profit, I achieved that with Green Hordes...and the Big Cthulhu is sure to attract top dollar...especially as mine will be one of the first in the world (Australia hub is close to China...!)

yxalitis wrote:
Well, despite the plethora of negativity on this thread, I'm happy, I snagged a $220 deal, and intend to sell the Big Cthulhu on eBay, plus almost the entire box set minus a few choice mins I'm keeping.
I'll end up with the mins and around $50 profit, I achieved that with Green Hordes...and the Big Cthulhu is sure to attract top dollar...especially as mine will be one of the first in the world (Australia hub is close to China...!)

Spoken like a true scalpel! That's why we can't have nice things, people snagging deals they don't actually want, just to profit on others.

I am happy with this KS, much more so than Z:I

Mad as it sounds I like that there wasn't a ton of add ons. It bugs me not owning all the content of a game (though not to point of always getting everything!)

One add-on and an expansion was enough. Also I felt the complaints about the amount of investigators was a bit unfair. I think the Investigator to monster ratio for this has been much better than previous CMON campaigns where they pump them out.

They even got a scenario for using the other investigators as enemies, which I thought was cool.

 smurfORnot wrote:

yxalitis wrote:
Well, despite the plethora of negativity on this thread, I'm happy, I snagged a $220 deal, and intend to sell the Big Cthulhu on eBay, plus almost the entire box set minus a few choice mins I'm keeping.
I'll end up with the mins and around $50 profit, I achieved that with Green Hordes...and the Big Cthulhu is sure to attract top dollar...especially as mine will be one of the first in the world (Australia hub is close to China...!)

Spoken like a true scalpel! That's why we can't have nice things, people snagging deals they don't actually want, just to profit on others.

Yep, welcome to the real world...where have you been hiding?

This is democracy, the free market economy, supply and demand.
What on EARTH is your beef with that!

And I DO want something, quite a few of the monster minis.

If i can snag the mins i want and profit as well...what is the problem...nothing stopping you form doing that too.