Conan [Monolith Boardgame] - KS over and funded

[Eric the Shed]

I suspect it will be later and the expansions sent out in 2017... Hopefully

[PanzerKaput]

I dont believe that Monolith have the capability or know how to get this out at all, beside the figures has anyone seen any of the other game components, like a finished board, cards, tokens, anything? When Monoliths realised this was a huge project they should of hired extra staff to help instead of working on there next game.

[von Lucky]

What other game are they working on?

[Duncan McDane]

PK, the inhouse staff or external artists aren't the problem. They - like so many other compagnies - use Chinese factories to do the actual outhouse producing, and there's the delay. They don't have any influence on the production capacity over there.
Zombicide Black Plague got delayed too. My guess is that with the Miniature Boardgame craziness from last september-december ( not mentioning other games or products ) the factories have been hugely overbooked ( remember the extended PM on The Others? ) and there's a big backlog.
Anyone who ever has been dealing with Chinese will know that a signed contract/agreement isn't the end of the game, it's just the beginning ( not meaning to be nasty/racist or whatever, it's simply a cultural thing. They never say "no", but they will to it their way whenever they want, how they think it suits them best, unless you put your own controller over there ).
I can live with the delay, for they give a sound reason.

[von Lucky]

I also think that companies who set up Kickstarters should be more comfortable (but I guess that may scare off people from pledging) in stating delivery time is for their dollar goal amount. I think they knew October 2015 was achievable when they had an $80,000 goal. $3.3 million and 16,000 pledgers was going to blow that out.

I've dealt with manufacturing in China. There's a lot that you have to accept you won't have control over. I thought a 6 month delay was optermistic, but achievable. Will just have to wait.

[Duncan McDane]

Things have changed in China. Chinese New Year isn't the big problem. Whether or not the workers are coming back from their families is the problem now, since wages are so low it doesn't make a big difference anymore ( if any at all ) if factory workers go to the big industrial cities or go work in their own districts/cities.
And Monolith couldn't foresee that. No-one could...

[Elbows]

I'm okay with delays...as we've seen production materials and they look good.  I'd rather get a good game late than a wrong game early (or the piece-meal, 10 wave release style of some others).  This is one of the better looking KS I've backed, so I'm still hopeful.  The additional time sucks, but oh well.  Toy soldiers. 

[supervike]

Arg more delays!


Kick starters are both a curse and a blessing for gamers

[obsidian3d]

The only problem I really have with the delay is that they knew about it for a few weeks before they communicated it to us. I know it's a minor quibble, but still kind of annoying. I'm looking forward to when the game finally arrives, but will be surprised to see it delivered before q4 this year.

[Eithriall]

I'm okay with delays...as we've seen production materials and they look good.  I'd rather get a good game late than a wrong game early.  This is one of the better looking KS I've backed, so I'm still hopeful.

No need to say more. You're right.

[PanzerKaput]

Well after Fred Henry stating that some mistakes have been made with not hiring more staff and being overwhelmed by the scale of the project I actually feel for the chap and all the staff. What annoyed me is two things, one they knew the deadlines where not going to be meet and didnt inform the backers and two, they actually informed Mythic Battles, there next project readers first before backers of Conan. Also it would be nice to know what stage everything is not just the minis and how long realistically it is going to take.

[Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye]

One thing I don't understand is: why does one of the pirate ships have cannons? This is a game set in the Hyborian Age, yes? It's still Conan, right?

[Arthadan]

They're not cannons! They're ballistas. 

[Cherno]

Nevertheless, the Hyborian Age in places seems more like 1500 A.D. if gunpowder hadn't been invented (Aquilonian Knights in full plate armor, something was was not invented until the end of the 14th century), and advanced ship designs like Galleons exist (although it's not clear if those have any artillery).

[Cherno]

Not directly related to the KS, but I just found out about "Conen: Exile", an open-world survivial game set in the Hyborian Age, in development: