Kickstarting and Screaming

A good friend’s Kickstarter.

Since you know this guy…have you read/reviewed any advance copy of this? It does sound very intriguing.

I have not. But I’ve seen and played his work in WoW (of course, like everyone else).

Darkside Detective Season 2 , Kickstarter! I loved what I played of the first game, so backing this for sure!

This looks to have very little of what I adored in the source material. Especially the base version of this version.

They should add a set of sealed envelopes as a stretch goal. Each envelope would contain an amazing plot twist that, in retrospect, explains a lot about the setting.

Hmm not sold on the description of the gameplay but I gotta a feeling a number of people are going to buy this just for the minis.

Just saw this! Damn, I miss the Brothers Chaps.

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Hit 50% after 4 days, I think it will be fine. But still get the word out if you know anyone that is interested.

This looks like a pretty neat boardgame. I love the cube drop mechanic. Already funded with 26 days to go. Designed by the guy who designed Game of Thrones, Arkham Horror, Sid Meier’s Civilization, and Descent: Journeys in the Dark.

3 hours left to get in on the early funding tier for an extra hero.

I’m backing it also as it looks really interesting. Not a big fan of timed exclusives though. It’ll discourage later backers from joining in.

Going to repimp this as there’s only 48h left. He’s been really active on podcasts and reddit AMA’a as of late, with former colleagues like Mark Kern, Kevin Jordan, David Ray and possibly more.

This game is not just a gimic cash grab, its actually an interesting look at the look at the turmoil, and provides many factions that vye for the power in the WH and the presidents ear. It really sounds like it has some interesting game play!

Tom you may remember Auz from CGM who we both worked with, he did the review here :)

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/video/180303/potus-battle-inside-trump-white-house/potus-preview

And this got funded today!

We did it! We’re funded! And exhausted! But mostly funded!

This is the point where you’re meant to say that you’re ‘humbled’ by success, but I’m not going to do that because I’m a professional writer and so try to use words correctly. However , I know I speak for everyone involved in say that we’re incredibly honoured by your support and your faith, both in directly pledging to make Nighthawks happen and in spreading the word until people were sick of the sight of the bloody thing.

Darkside Detective Season 2 has 6 days to go, needs $6,000 to get funded.

Dev’s are trying to summon the final few dollars!

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Very nice, I did as well!

They hit 100% earlier today, with 70 hours to go!

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I’ve got to admit. I am not… pleased with the idea of larger companies using Kickstarter. I don’t know if they are trying to remove risk or just let their customers take all the risk but… it doesn’t seem right.

The campaign itself seems to make that pretty clear: better feedback from customers, particularly those that are looking to use the product for applications other than gaming, before product launch. On top of that, though it’s not mentioned in the campaign, the ability to gauge how much interest there actually is in the product before committing to manufacture is a huge boon compared to only finding out no one wants this after they’ve already made and shipped a bunch of them.

Given that it’s a major company with the means to make things like this already, I don’t think it’s a “let customers shoulder the financial risk” situation.

They can get feedback from customers and pay for research to get that information before launch without asking for money upfront. I just don’t think Kickstarter should be used as a place for large, established companies to take money from smaller campaigns which are often from those just starting. It’s hard enough for those without a marketing team to get noticed.

This complaint keeps coming up, but I don’t think it bears out. First, the idea that established companies suck funding away from less prominent Kickstarters has never been substantiated to my knowledge - if anything, they tend to get people to visit Kickstarter who didn’t previously and those people then back other Kickstarters. I know that’s sure what happened with me when Double Fine pitched the project that became Broken Age, and I’ve now backed over 300 other projects. Now, certainly most people have to make decisions about how to allocate limited funds, but a company launching a product through another channel is still competing for the same overall dollars - it’s not like that money is already allocated to Kickstarter.

Secondly, there’s no inherent reason that the benefits of crowdfunding should be limited to a particular size of company. Just because someone could finance something through other, more traditional means doesn’t mean that it’s the best way for them or the consumer either one.