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

[Neldoreth]

[Elbows]

I have no doubt they squared that away before doing so.  I bet she's chuffed to bits. 

[maxxev]

I have no doubt they squared that away before doing so.  I bet she's chuffed to bits. 

hmmm I hope so but I would have expected to see Guild in there somewhere, and Zombiecide certainly didn't on their masses of to the wire IP rip offs...

[Braxandur]

Nice one! I never saw The Guild, looked into it yesterday ans thought it was a bit annoying,* but still, makes me appriciate the miniature more.

*I'm not so into MMORPG since I stopped playing MUDs in '97 after seeing how addictive they can be for me.

[axabrax]

Is anyone else disappointed that the stretch goals are primarily triples of the same figure? Didn't really bother me that much until the trolls, where each troll is in the exact same position throwing the exact same brick. I don't remember the Dreadball stretch goals all being the same figure...

[robh]

I am with you on the Trolls, it is such a noticeable pose that seeing it repeated will look odd. A more passive pose would have been better if they were intending to have multiples.

Overall this KS is disappointing so far, it has a long way to go before it looks better value than Descent or the D&D Boardgames and they seem to be justifying the "light" box at launch by saying the retail version will be even lighter.

[Neldoreth]

I have no doubt they squared that away before doing so.  I bet she's chuffed to bits. 

I agree maxxev on this one; if they had permissions they'd be using The Guild names, etc. I imagine Felecia Day wouldn't be happy to see it either. The Guild is a huge hit, and Geek & Sundrie is extremely successful. Not sure Mantic weighs in at the same level. That is, using Felecia Day in this Kickstarter does more for Mantic that it does for The Guild.

In any case, it's a cool fig!

thanks
n

[Elbows]

Well, I imagine we'll find out.  It's borderline impossible that word will not reach her (particularly if she's as big a geek as she puts on).  Regarding the triples of figures, I'm a little torn.  On one hand I agree, it'd be awesome for multiple sculpts.  On the other hand this is after all a board game.  I'm not excited about the bases being included etc.  Between HQ25 and this one, this one is more likely to remain in board-game configuration for me.

Right now I'm viewing this one as much more of a boardgame than a miniatures game.  I will say though with the unlocked trolls etc. I think it's close the $100 mark value now.  I've seen plenty of "luxury" board games with a similar $80-90 price tag.

[pixelgeek]

I wonder if they'll get sued for this one?

Of course not. How could she possibly sue them?

[robh]

There was a long live question/answer discussion about the game with Jake Thornton on YouTube earlier this evening.  A lot of interesting points and a more clear idea of how the game works, the similarities and differences with the DKH 1-3 sets and some details of what is (and is not) included here if the $$ keep coming in.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/c4kSBHlrIG8

On the Kickstarter itself there is now a $1 add ons only pledge for anyone wanting just tile packs, 3D tokens or figures.  Currently about $12k off the free Zombie Troll Shaman model.

[beefcake]

Glad to see the Zombie Troll Shaman on board soon. I think that is all I know about the miniatures that were to be included in the base game. The rest are all bonuses for me now.

[Neldoreth]

Of course not. How could she possibly sue them?

Haha, you almost got me! 

n.

[axabrax]

I think the problem with the duplicates is the mixing of the board game miniatures and the standard tabletop miniatures. The tabletop miniatures have a lot more variety and therefore make the boardgame only miniatures look very redundant in pose. Unfortunately putting them on the same tile is bound to create an unflattering contrast between the two groups of figures.

I think Mantic is very good at manipulating what they have to make it look better than it actually is--which you have to hand it to them is a great strategy for kickstarters. For instance, if I have 20 tiles for a game, rather than saying you get 20 tiles, I say here's 19 tiles plus a bonus tile! 

Anyway, perhaps I'm being too cynical. I just don't see this one taking off like Dreadball as things currently stand. I hope I'm wrong 

[robh]

$250k stretch goal has been passed (just!), really sharp slowdown in the funding over the last 24 hours. Still good by most KS standards but marked enough that the target between stretch goals has been cut from the previous 25k down to $10k.

Zombie Troll Shaman is now included "free" in the box and they have called the undead contingent finished. So with the original characters and all the various undead enemies this is probably where the retail box set stops.

Next Stretch Goal is a new character, Female Halfling Rogue:

[Elbows]

It seems to be moving at the standard pace of KS (except for a few which go bananas).  Initial sign-ups then a drought until the last week, where stuff bumps up.  I agree with what you said about the shaman marking the end of the retail box.  (Oddly I also guessed that they could have started the initial funding at $250K with about that many miniatures...but opted not to).

As of now it's perfectly on par with games of its type (Descent etc.) as far as what you get in the box.  I'll be curious to see if it goes wild at the end or not.  Depending on the quality of the miniatures some of the add-ons are not horrible either.