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What KICKSTARTER(S) are you BACKING and WHY?
I have only backed 8 that have delivered, by biggest question mark and whale game (Core Space: First Born) has not delivered yet and should soon.
Great games: Pax Pamir 2nd edition, Oath, Spirit Island expansion, Argent and expansions
Good games: Xia expansion, Root expansions, Space Cadets Away Missions,
Fair games: Catacombs 2nd edition
And that's it. But I've been pretty disciplined about KSer.
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satisfied: Getaway, Squadron 303, Arcadia Quest and expansions, Marvel United, Isle of Cats
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Good: Masters of the Night, The Vesuvius Incident
Fair: 1 Survives
Fail: Shuriken (board game about ninjas that failed to fund)
I have actually been happier with the Kickstarter games that I have purchased just after a Kickstarter is completed. So I didn't Kickstart, I just jumped in and bought an available copy after the Kickstater was over.
Great: Camp Grizzly
Good: Saltlands, Lords of Gossamer and Shadow (rpg)
Fair: Dark Venture, Veronica Mars (movie)
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Great games: Oath, Pax Pamir 2nd Ed, Ankh, Root Underworld expansion
Good games: Tiny Epic Dinosaurs, Tiny Epic Pirates
Decent games: Big Trouble in Little China (since traded)
Pending: Tiny Epic Dungeons, Root Marauders expansion, John Company 2nd Ed, Cthulhu Wars expansions (sigh)
I've also bought a few things at retail that were KSed (Other TE stuff, Blood Rage, Root) and/or traded for stuff that was (Rising Sun.) I'm just not that interested in signing on to that much, given the huge pile that I have that doesn't get played enough (writing something involving that huge pile at the moment.) I'll automatically look at anything Cole Wehrle, Eric Lang, or Scott Almes, but won't necessarily sign on to all of it (I didn't back Cthulhu Death May Die, for example.)
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Oath, Pax Pamir (Great, of course)
Root+expansions. (Good-to-great)
(I could swear the original Root was Kickstarter but it's not on the page, maybe it was some other pre-order system)
Argent 2e upgrade kit (Good)
Pax Renaissance 2e (one I'm less happy with, it's kind of ugly and overdone)
A few curveballs from the early days:
Kremlin reprint (never played)
Guns of Gettysburg (same, Simmons titles are hard to get traction on)
Lastly, Engelstein's Gametek book. (excellent)
I don't recall anything being excessively late, Cole takes his time on some projects but it's pretty public, not radio silence.
I'm also pretty picky on KS, and buying games in general these days. I don't think there's been a year in the last decade that I bought ten games.
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- southernman
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The start of it:
Kremlin reprint - poor project by a dodgy outfit, sold it on as it wasn't up to scratch.
Space Cadets: Away Missions - well we all know how good this one was
Getting keen:
Western Legends: Ante Up expansion - Covid victim, unplayed but pretty sure it will not disappoint.
Folklore - Fall of the Spire expansion - As above.
The tsunami starts to arrive:
Tainted Grail - absolutely extraordinary
Destinies - big disappointment, far too family friendly / entry level for us, moved on with very little play.
Waste Knights 2e - Great game, recommend.
Nemesis - Brilliant game.
Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles - Next volume of an awesome game.
The main wave on its way (and I have great expectations of all of them):
Machina Arcana 3e
Etherfields
Oathsworn
Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
HEL: The Last Saga
Darkest Dungeon
Mythic Battles: Ragnarok
ISS: Vanguard
The Witcher
That lot should keep me gaming well past 2025 ... but just in case I miscalculated I have also picked up Deep Madness, Sleeping Gods, and Bloodborne on the secondary market (games I probably would have backed them if seen).
Update: memory says also picked up on the secondary Dungeon Degenerates and Gloomhaven.
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- Virabhadra
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Cthulhu Wars Bubastis / Daemon Sultan factions
Monsterpocalypse
Dungeon Degenerates card expansions
Backed:
Cthulhu Wars Onslaught 2
Puzzle Strike
Yomi
Post-KS:
Anachrony
Camp Grizzly
Crash Octopus
Dungeon Degenerates
Near and Far (the only 'meh' game on this list)
Obsession
Necromolds
Sleeping Gods
Spire’s End
A Study in Emerald 1e (unplayed)
Street Masters
Villains and Vigilantes (unplayed).
I'm too impatient for most Kickstarters and I've gotten much better over the years at not buying "great" games that I know will not make it to my table. It means that I miss out on stuff like Root, but it keeps my shelf toad population in check.
It's interesting how FOMO-centric / hype-driven so many Kickstarters seem to be. I'm looking over this whole list and with the exception of Camp Grizzly, there's nothing here that you can't currently get at retail or find easily on the secondary market (and even then, I'm not sure I'd call the BGG Store the "secondary market.") Ditto most "promo" content.
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The great
Sleeping Gods
Nemeis (and, I think after one play, Lockdown)
Gloomhaven
Radlands
These are games I still have and still like a lot. Hopefully we'll soon have time to rekindle the Gloomhaven campaign.
The good
Space Cadets: Away Missions
Tavarua
A Study in Emerald
Tiny Epic Zombies
Sorcerer
Thunderbirds
I think Study would be great if I ever got to play it more. Space Cadets and Thunderbirds were solid, but just never saw the table so I sold them. Same goes to some extent for TEZ. And while Sorcerers looked great and would probably be fun, I couldn't fint anyone to play it with (backed it because I worked with the illustrator/designer on some game pitches). Tavarua is still on the shelf. I've only ever played it solo, but a game about surfing is just too damn charming to not have.
The meh
Tiny Epic Pirates - Not epic and the map feels cramped. But the 5yo likes it, so it probably stays.
This town ain't big enough for the 2-4 of us - love the title, but very forgettable tile laying game
The Ratcatcher - a pure solo game that was way too fiddly for my taste. Sold it quickly.
Alien uprising: Zothren invasion - Not a very good dice chucker. But the idea of building robots and smashing aliens is great.
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- Virabhadra
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Biggest miss is for sure Myth.
Biggest hits are some of my all time favorite games.
Spirit Island
Argent
Cerebria: The Inside World
Rising Sun
I can't say enough good things about these games.
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Legomancer wrote: Great: 8 (24%)
These are games that I am really glad I backed and have in my library. They get a lot of play and were definitely KS wins.
Among my big KS hits: Xia, QE, It's a Wonderful World, The City, Smartphone Inc, Omen: A Reign of War. Priciest of those was Xia (the KS was for an expansion, but I got it, the base, and the previous expansion)
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