(KICKSTARTER) Deadzone Kickstarter - Funding Successful

[Giger]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/deadzone-the-sci-fi-miniatures-board-game

Already smashed through the $50k goal.  Really looking forward to this, the scenery alone will win a lot of people over regardless of the miniatures/rules though I'm all in here and hope to be able to use the miniatures in Warpath.
You can find a very handy tracker on the Deadzone KS home page which is updated for each stretch goal and lets you know exactly what you will get at the various levels.

Here's a break down of the stretch goals achieved:

$50,000 – Funded!
$100,000 – One FREE scenery sprue upgrade
$125,000 – FREE specialist minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer Engineer, Plague 2nd Gen, Marauder in Ripper Armour with Long-ranged Weaponry, Rebs Grogan with Desolator Heavy Weapon
$150,000 – One FREE scenery sprue upgrade
$175,000 – FREE faction support minis added to Faction Starters – 2x Enforcer Sentry Guns, 2x Plague Hounds, 2x Mawbeast Bombers, 2x Rebs Drones
$200,000 – FREE mini The Survivor, Mercenary character
$225,000 – FREE specialist minis added to Faction Starters – alternate 2nd Gen, Marauder Goblin Sniper, Enforcer Sniper, Teraton Brawler
$250,000 – FREE additional scenery sprue
$275,000 – FREE minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer with Assault Rifle, alternate 2nd Gen, alternate Yndij, two extra sets of Ripper Suit Weapons
$300,000 – FREE deluxe gaming mat upgrade
$315,000 – Shadrek Mal-Raz (The Helfather) mini add-on
$315,000 – FREE Nexus Psi Digital Campaign
$332,500 – FREE Enforcer with Assault Blade mini added to Enforcer Faction Starter
$340,000 – FREE Rebs Yndij rebel fighter mini added to Rebs Faction Starter
$347,500 – FREE Marauder Sniper mini added to Marauders Faction Starter
$355,000 – FREE 3rd Gen Plague with Heavy Machinegun added to Plague Faction Starter
$375,000 – FREE scenery sprue
$400,000 – Landing Zone BattleZone terrain option
$415,000 – Four specialist minis unlocked as add-ons – Marauder Hulk, Rebs Kraaw, Enforcer with Incinerator/Burst Laser weapon options, Plague 3rd Gen with Grenade Launcher
$430,000 – FREE trooper minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer with Assault Blade, Plague 3rd Gen, Rebs Sorak, Marauder Commando
$450,000 – Fortified Defence Line BattleZone terrain option
$460,000 – Chovar mercenary mini add-on
$500,000 – Expanded Universe factions and FREE Faction Starter to Strike Team and up
$510,000 - One additional building sprue to each BattleZone for FREE
$520,000 - FREE Doctor Gayle Simmonds (Plague character)
$525,000 - FREE Deadzone short-story compilation
$537,500 – FREE Recon Unit N32-19 mini
$550,000 – Ruined BattleZone terrain option
$560,000 – FREE Asterian Drone with Energy Cannon/Shield Generator and Forge Father Inferno Drill added to faction starters
$575,000 – FREE Asterian Asterian Cypher with Fission Beam and two with Flux Rifles and three Forge Father Brokkrs added to faction starters
$590,000 – FREE Nastanza, Twilight Huntress (merc)
$600,000 – Deadzone Compendium: The Ultimate Gamer’s Guide
$610,000 – Zombie Rules
$635,000 - FREE Hard Plastic Plague Zombies (also as add on)
$650,000 - FREE new Asterian and Forge Father Specialists added to faction starters
$665,000 - FREE Wrath, Judwan Mercenary
$675,000 - Big games rules added to Deadzone Compendium
$700,000 - Enforcer Faction Booster
$705,000 - Deadzone Acrylic Counter Set add on
$728,986 - FREE DreadBall Character (random)
$730,000 - Plague Faction Booster
$740,000 - FREE Blaine, Mercenary (Kickstarter exclusive)
$765,000 - Rebs Faction Booster
$775,000 - Solo Play and A.I. Cards
$800,000 - Marauder Faction Booster
$810,000 - Asterian and Forge Father Upgrades
$825,000 - FREE Codename Oberon, Nameless Mercenary (Kickstarter exclusive)
$860,000 - Asterian Faction Booster
$875,000 - Plague Zombie Campaign
$910,000 - Forge Father Faction Booster
$925,000 - FREE Freya, Forge Father Smuggler
$935,000 - Resin Loot Counters
$950,000 - Nem-Rath, Asterian Observer
$960,000 - Meet the team
$975,000 - Kish, Plague Named Character
$1,000,000 - FREE 2 more Scenery Sprues in Strike and Deadzone Collector's Edition Book!
$1,015,000 - Sergeant Howlett
$1,050,000 - Deadzone Plague/Corporation Strider
$1,065,000 - Eddak P’mera, Yndij Hunter
$1,080,000 - Bjarg Starnafall, Forge Father Character
$1,100,000 - Marauder Stuntbot
$1,120,000 - FREE Faction Starter Boost
$1,140,000 - Chief Radgrad, Marauder
$1,150,000 - Defense Line Upgrade Scenery Sprue
$1,170,000 - Female Enforcer Pathfinder Sniper on Infiltrator Bike
$1,180,000 - Boomer, Marauder Grenadier
$1,200,000 - Urban Pattern Iron Ancestor, Forge Father Vehicle

Coming up:
$1,225,000 - Enforcer Peacekeepers

[Kitsune]

Waiting to see about the scenery or scenery only pledges before doing anything. Not interested in the minis or game, just the bulkhead blocks.

[Giger]

I'm sure they will do an add-on for the terrain, they would be crazy not to and they have hinted they'll be going back to terrain on later stretch goals too.

Edit: A terrain only pledge is coming

[beefcake]

I may back this. Maybe only at $65 though. D you know how much terrain comes in this base box?

[commissarmoody]

Wow, the pledges escalated quickly.

[robh]

D you know how much terrain comes in this base box?

On the more expensive sets it says 3 or 5 sprues, so presumably at most 3 probably less.
Even for the designed 2'x2' table you will probably need more. Hopefully stretch goals will add more sprues.

[Giger]

Expect to see more terrain pieces added later along with both a pledge level and add-ons.

[King Tiger]

If the terrain is as good and cheap as met terrain I'll be interested to see, other than that I have no interest in seeing another awful mantic system that will not sell.

[beefcake]

I like mantic too. I'm still waiting on the stuff from their first kickstarter. Tbh I have too much stuff at the moment, with the bones coming through as well. I really like their zombies and could imagine them fitting into this game too. I'm mostly interested in the terrain.

[Dewbakuk]

I am unsure on what exactly the games that are awful and are not selling are by this company.

Maybe it does better overseas but the shops I know of aren't really shifting Mantic stuff. They do okay direct I believe but the shops....
I don't have strong feelings either way myself, I own some of the figs but I don't like most of the stuff they've done and the one game I tried didn't impress me. I'll be interested in watching the scenery in this one though.

[Giger]

Personally I love the Mantic ranges and enjoy playing them but each to their own.  Also we should be getting a kickstarter for Warpath at some point next year, Deadzone is filling out the fluff for the universe as well as providing troops that will be elite units in Warpath as well qas the scenery.

[Argonor]

I have heard a few gripes from retailers re mantic's online sales not leaving them alot of meat on the bone.

I think that's spot on. The store closest to me has stopped carrying Mantic due to small sales, but Mantic must be making money, otherwise we probably would not see new games from them.

[axabrax]

I wonder why people are so excited about this? Is it the promise of a lot of free stuff? The models are ok, but not extraordinary. The terrain looks potentially exciting but as of now it's boxy and basic and there's not enough of it to do much with. I sort of got Dreadball, but this one seems to me to be riding on the euphoria of the last KS more than due to inherent merit. Perhaps I'm missing something...

[Van-Helsing]

Maybe it does better overseas but the shops I know of aren't really shifting Mantic stuff. They do okay direct I believe but the shops....

But are the Shops actively supporting/promoting the Games/Miniatures that are on the shelves, my FLGS has gone now - because all the staff did was sit behind the counter and watch DVD's all day.

Gone are the days when you can just stock product and expect it to sell, there is so much choice with miniatures and wargames if you don't actively promote stuff people will shop online - it is generally cheaper after all.

[Torben]

But are the Shops actively supporting/promoting the Games/Miniatures that are on the shelves, my FLGS has gone now - because all the staff did was sit behind the counter and watch DVD's all day.

Gone are the days when you can just stock product and expect it to sell, there is so much choice with miniatures and wargames if you don't actively promote stuff people will shop online - it is generally cheaper after all.

Thank you so much for summing up my thoughts on this subject in just two paragraphs!