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Author Topic: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)  (Read 8317 times)

Offline Malebolgia

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[Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« on: July 25, 2017, 07:18:34 PM »
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-tabletop-miniatures-game

And it's live.
The usual CMON Kickstarter...poor content at the start but then CMON opens up the stretch goal machine and backers are happy again ;)
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Offline Admiral Benbow

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2017, 07:27:43 PM »
150$ for a boxed tabletop game with plastics? Yes, the minis look nice, especially when painted by Jen Haley, and there will be fine stretch goals, but the game mechanics look quite poor. Let's see what's coming up ...

Offline Ahistorian

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2017, 07:30:18 PM »
For that many miniatures, I'm happy to keep an eye on this!

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2017, 07:34:11 PM »
150$ for a boxed tabletop game with plastics?

Note: PVC plastics, so not even HIPS.

Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2017, 09:18:11 PM »
I don't *think* I'll back this. And I agree the rules look a bit meh...but...with all the likely stretch goals to come this box might be brilliant value for a big box of Asoiaf goodies that you can use with Dragon rampant, Or Kings of War, or any ruleset you care to mention. It's basically a little over a dollar a model at the moment..and being Dark Sword I expect them to be good...

Offline Hupp n at em

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2017, 09:37:08 PM »
Ignoring the material they're manufactured in, the quality of the sculpts looks good.  Unfortunately, ASOIAF always looked quite a bit more like historical medievals to me in my head, and not "stylized movie-set costumes".  They're not as "exaggerated fantasy" as I thought they might be, but... I'm good.  I'll enjoy converting my Perry's.  :D. I agree with other comments on the rules, they look pretty blah to me.  Not bad per se, but not adding anything to make me consider them beyond what other sets do already, and they seem to have extra gimmicks and clunkiness (to sell you more accessories, as CMON and FFG games tend to do...) without it really adding much in the way of decisions to the game.

Offline The Bibliophile

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2017, 02:56:35 AM »
Does anybody now what scale these miniatures will be?
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Offline ecurtz

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2017, 03:36:15 AM »
32mm per the CMoN representative in the comments section.

Offline Nord

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2017, 07:25:34 AM »
When I first saw the digital renders I was interested, they are really nice - just that little bit of fantasy on a "historical" framework. I never really expect boardgames to deliver a wargame experience, if it does that's a bonus, so that aspect doesn't worry me. And theoretically, a $1 a figure is cheap. But, but....PVC....even if they do have plastic weapons to eliminate bendy syndrome. I will keep watching, but it's a much higher than usual sticker price and so far, it doesn't stand out that much. When a starter game is 50% higher price than GW, it's expensive. 

Offline SotF

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2017, 07:53:57 AM »
There's a decent gameplay video on Beast of War from a month or so back for anyone interested.

Offline Hupp n at em

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2017, 02:51:24 PM »
There's a decent gameplay video on Beast of War from a month or so back for anyone interested.

Might check this out actually, thanks!

Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2017, 10:55:00 AM »
Wasn't enough for these folks to have miniatures made for their games from Asia.

They also moved their HQ is Singapore.

No thanks.

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2017, 02:16:48 PM »
For me the breaker is pre-assembled PVC. The gameplay looks interesting enough to where I would have picked up a rulebook if this were a normal game. I just can't see myself enjoying painting a hundred plus miniatures that will have huge gaps, bendy weapons and be made more difficult to convert by already being glued.

Offline ecurtz

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2017, 04:14:19 PM »
For me the breaker is pre-assembled PVC. The gameplay looks interesting enough to where I would have picked up a rulebook if this were a normal game. I just can't see myself enjoying painting a hundred plus miniatures that will have huge gaps, bendy weapons and be made more difficult to convert by already being glued.

The weapons are made of a hard material, like Wrath of Kings, and shouldn't bend. I agree that pre-assembly leads to dubious quality though.

You'll be able to download the rulebook, you can get a draft version now, but it's incomplete.

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Re: [Kickstarter] A song of Ice & Fire (CMoN)
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2017, 05:51:43 PM »
I am tempeted by the minis, and after painting 24 of the Bloodrage Vikings a I am quite convinced about the production quality  :)

Just the 32mm scale (ok for big norse men) is my point to hesitate and I so have not pledged...yet

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