Conan [Monolith Boardgame] - KS over and funded

[mcfonz]

Like I said, UNTIL.

So once people realise the product is not so good.

Either way, you have simply just supported half of what I said.

If enough people say that it's rubbish and enough people notice, it will bomb, just as Sedition Wars did, and others.

The likes of zombicide are a bit unprecedented - and is more about the boardgame crowd than the miniatures crowd as the material is not conducive to holding good detail. Having looked at some of the zombicide pieces, I was a bit disappointed after the furor surrounding them. Not as good as metal, resin, plastic, or restic IMHO. Many of the details were softened due to the material. But it is a good game.

[Braxandur]

Not as good as metal, resin, plastic, or restic IMHO.

Possibly. But the base pledges have a price per miniature that is much lower than you'll ever find with  metal, resin, plastic, or restic. I take that into account as well, but a lot of people seem to forget that. If i wanted high quality miniatures I would back other kickstarters...

For me though. the detail is often good enough, especially if you are a capable painter. I'll reserve judgement on Conan though till I have my set and have put an undercoat on the models.

[Elbows]

So what don't you like about the Conan stuff so far Mcfonz?

[supervike]

Now it is nearly here I have lots my interest in the game, now I couldnt care if it turns up, tomorrow, next week, next month. Sad state of affairs really.

This is where I'm at too.

I pledged King, plus most of the 'KS exclusives'. 

I haven't received mine yet (I'm in the US) but I'm seriously considering selling it as is. 

Game looks great, I just have lost my want for it.  To be honest, I was really only there for the miniatures, and I've kinda lost interest in fantasy.

[Too Bo Coo]

Until people run across these kind of threads that are open and honest about the product.

Zombicide was decent so it is expensive to try and pick up exclusives now. Sedition Wars is the opposite, a short while ago the base version was less than £15 inc shipping on Amazon.

I also think that eventually, the up-selling will happen less. There are more and more KS's and there are more and more that are not producing the product to the standard people expected.

I went back and forth on this one and decided ultimately against. I figured with all of the minis I have already and rule sets, I could do a very nice Conan with a tiny investment.

[Pijlie]

Well I don't have any regrets in backing this, as every b@stard  that posts pictures of his received KS confirms it was a good idea.

And I am 8 figures away from painting the entire Zombicide Black Plague KS so Conan may arrive any day now 

[Dolmot]

I got mine this week. Could have been last week but some shit happened with local logistics. Nevertheless, even though I've only checked the contents very briefly, it looks fine to me. One handy aspect is that the miniature trays look fairly adequate for storing painted stuff too (if I ever can get even started with the ~200 pieces). They're more compact than any common foam trays yet good enough for half-bendy plastics. Oh, and the minis are entirely acceptable on a boardgaming scale. Maybe they won't win a Crystal Brush but did anyone expect that from 50c/piece Chinese plastics?

I also have games planned with two different groups already so it's looking good on that front as well. For various reasons it has been difficult to arrange any games this year, but maybe Crom can finally help me.

[powerfrog99]

Got mine on Tuesday - loads of minis in this Kings Pledge  
Here my ideas after a thorough viewing with friend yesterday:
The boards, tokens and cards are made from sturdy cardboard really nice  
The plastic miniature trays are very crowded   and I agree with Dolmot - a good way to store the minis  
The minis, hmmmm a lot of good quality in sculpt and casting, but quite a few duds too. Conan with his Lion, Pallantides, Heroes archers bows are not cast fully.
The worst however are the Valkyre and  Conan the King from the "Special Boxes", quite expensive compared to the rest, but poor qaulity. We wonder a little why especially some of the characters look so neglected  
Most of the minis seem to have rralistic proportions and fit quite well to Blood Rage and Darklands, but no so GW and Crocodile Games.

In the evening we tried to play the 1st scenario, but did not completely succeed as we could not really understand the written rules and even the 2 videos on the KS page could help just a bit

So that's our findings and I think all in all it's good value for money , if we manage to fully understand the rules!

cheers Thomas

[Elbows]

That's a shame if they're more on Blood Rage scale --- that's a bit too small to match up with anything else I own. 

[Pijlie]

And another day has passed without a track-and-trace email.....

[Giger]

I received my tracking details over the weekend and it now looks like the box is on it's way to me.

[Elbows]

Just got my notice that the shipping label has been created (so I'll assume a day or two before shipped).  My other U.S. buddy had his shipped a few days ago.

[Pijlie]

Mail received and package on its way!!!

[TheMightyFlip]

Mines in my front room waiting for me

[Anpu]

Recieved the email on friday and waiting...