[Kickstarter] Mantic Dwarf Kings Quest. ALL DONE.$1.05 million final.

[Neldoreth]

Looks as if the plastic furniture is not going to be included in the retail box game, it has been moved into the Kickstarter only bonus minis section of the pledge graphic.

Not so much the "new Heroquest" after all 

Heroquest had those card-board and plastic furniture right? Did they have anything other than bookshelves?

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[robh]

Closing in the $500k stretch goal which is the Abyssal/Demon expansion. Fairly generic looking concepts which makes them suitable for uses outside the game. At the low price Mantic are putting on the expansion sets getting 2 or 3 would give enough rank and file troops to work with the much better large Demon figures and Beasts from Heresy or Reaper. Very cool army for God of Battles or Fanticide.



That is the expansion starter, if it progresses like the orc expansion, there will be double that number of figures including a boss/large monster type.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/dungeon-saga-the-dwarf-kings-quest

Neldoreth: Yes Heroquest had tombs, alchemists bench, weapon racks, torture rack, cupboard, altar, tables, chests and a fireplace.

[Elbows]

Yeah, I've lost interest (still pledging) since they basically max'ed out the release box.  Almost all of the latest unlocks have been unlocking expansions - something I don't care about because I won't be buying them.  I'm more than pleased with the box contents but I don't imagine we'll be getting any more for the $100 pledge --- maybe one or two special characters.

The Abyssal expansion is weak at $25 (compared to the greenskin one) so I imagine further unlocks will just pad that - maybe give us a couple of free fiery fellas in the main box.  Stretch goals have just wandered away from the $100 pledge for now.  Overall, decent result.  Curious to see if it spikes as most do in the last 2-3 days.

[beefcake]

Yep. I'm beginning to lose interest as well. More interested in heresy monsters now as I'll probably get around to painting them. Leaving off the expansions unless I can add them in at a later date.

[maxxev]

$515,000 – BONUS Forces of the Abyss, Adventurer’s Companion upgrade

If we hit this stretch goal, we will upgrade the bestiary in the Adventurer’s Companion to contain all of the different types of enemies from the Abyss.

To get you started with the red devils, we will include not 1, not 2 but 3 Abyssal miniatures in a pledge of Dungeon Master ($100 and Early Bird): 2 different types of Lower Abyssal and 1 Lower Abyssal Magi!

[fred]

I'm starting to get quite excited by this KS - but I can't decide if I'd actually play the game that much.

The amount of stuff you get in the base game and the first expansion look very good value for money (and I expect the Abyssal expansion will grow to the size of the Orc one too).

The funding has really shot up over the last few days, the above goal has nearly been reached over night.

[Elbows]

It's following a very typical KS pattern...big jump initially due to excitement and "new" quality...then it flattens out for the middle two weeks.  Then the final week (particularly the last two days) will sky-rocket an additional 50% usually.

In fact, I'll say...$713K as my final guess.

Now, I'm just more curious if Mantic has shot their bolt with the extras for the main box though.  Three plastic figures is a nice add on.  If we hit another, say $100-150K I'm curious if any of the further stretches will really benefit the standard pledge level.  I'm not overly excited to spend even $25 extra on expansions since the game will likely not be played too much (not enough to warrant an expansion purchase).

Always fun to watch the last week of a Kickstarter though, regardless. 

[fred]

Yes, I was expecting a final surge towards the end, but interesting that it is happening now, I think in part to the release of the higher value pledges.

The Orc expansion at £15 for 17 figures (including 2 or 3 big ones) + tiles and cards and rules, looks well worth getting, especially with a further 10 or so Greenskins added to the base game.

The only other add on that appeals so far is the resin bone piles and wound makers.

[robh]

I am sticking with my pledge for the basic set only, no add ons during the KS but may pick up the expansions to keep the rules and cards and trade off the figures and floorplans.
I would prefer a pdf "print & play" version of the expansion rulebooks but they have said no plans for that currently.

[maxxon]

Heroquest had those card-board and plastic furniture right? Did they have anything other than bookshelves?

Yeah, it had quite a bit of stuff.

I redid much of it replacing the card parts with other stuff. Here's a couple of examples:




There were tables, weapon racks, bookshelves, coffins etc.

[beefcake]

Yep. That made heroquest so cool.

[robh]

According to Chris at Mantic there is still no final decision on whether the plastic furniture will or won't be in the retail box.  He said it will be decided later when the core game is launched.
 

[Quirkworthy]

If you are backing it on KS then you'll definitely get it all, which is why they aren't so worried about deciding now about retail versions.

[Argonor]

I can see those Abyssal guys as something I might get in droves when released for KoW, to make a GoB28 proxy army from 

The Force of Nature also sounds very interesting. The world of Mantica is separating itself further from being a Warhamster lookalike, which is definitely a good thing in my book!

[fred]

Forces of Nature for KoW is cool - I built an army (in 10mm) from this list, and it was both great fun to put together, and plays well. Its good to see some of the heroes in DS being from the Nature lists.

The abyssal from DS seem to be offering rather more choice than the KoW ones - which is good as the KoW list was a bit thin. If the DS ones make it back in to KoW that would be cool.

I think it was quite clever of Mantic to start with KoW armies that are similar to those in a certain well known 28mm world, but they now seem to be happy to branch out a bit further.