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ashmire13
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:03 pm

Ouch indeed! Lol... But worth it, I'm sure.

I think I'm going to (with my $125) go for the Hydra and driders, that's $25 and swap out Sophie for either demons and something or the case. Seems a good sized case, but I might take a look over here first as well, then I can get more minis!

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:49 pm

How about this DCC RPG module project: Craft of Corpse Born from Dragon Claw Adventures...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667 ... rpg-module

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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:35 pm

I'm offically suffering from Kickstarter fatigue...

I draw the line at collecting... D&D beach towels.

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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:09 pm

Scooby Rex wrote:How about this DCC RPG module project: Craft of Corpse Born from Dragon Claw Adventures...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667 ... rpg-module

I wouldn't touch this though, if I were you yet...

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:59 am

I love miniatures some times a bit over zealous with needing them rather then wanting them.

With figures in mind I have come across some lovely concepts and wanted to share...

Eastern Front Studios

http://www.easternfront-studios.net/

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/135 ... s?ref=live

A highly detailed line of miniatures based on the weird and whimsical Low Life game by Andy Hopp (but usable with any system)

LOW LIFE RPG

COMING OUT SHORTLY - Dwarven Gladiators

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVKDDUni ... e=youtu.be

Eastern Front Studios is now the official miniature producer for Kobold Quarterly starting with their Midgard line of miniatures, more news to follow...

Marauders of the Frozen North - Barbarian miniatures

Undead - Miniatures

http://www.koboldquarterly.com/KQForums ... php?t=2678 for the most recent news...

Yours
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:43 am

Interesting pictures and such, but I don't think I'll support this Kickstarter. In particular, this question caught my attention.

Where's the stuff we haven't yet received from the last kickstarter you did?

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:28 pm

If you missed out on the Reaper Kickstarter, it is apparently not too late to participate.

I received a Kickstarter e-mail which states:

OK, this link is for newbies only!!!
If you missed the Kickstarter and want to get involved, go enter in the e-mail you would like us to contact when the post KS Reaper pledge manager goes live. If you've already pledge, this is not for you! This is NOT a link to the Reaper Pledge Manager!
http://www.reapermini.com/ks/

Sheesh. Apparently they are confident they'll be able to process all these orders on time. Either that or they're just greedy.

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:14 pm

I got that too and am rather narked. I presume that 'newbies' won't be able to get the Options at the price those who bought into the actual KS did. That'd be bad ethics I think.

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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:42 pm

not to get too OT, but here's an interesting KS for those who like STTNG, pinball and emulation ...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/106 ... generation

The licensing obviously isn't cheap, but I would've expected it to be higher than $60k.

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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:11 pm

ashmire13 wrote:I got that too and am rather narked. I presume that 'newbies' won't be able to get the Options at the price those who bought into the actual KS did. That'd be bad ethics I think.

I wonder if there is an established set of ethics for Kickstarter style projects.

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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:23 pm

FormCritic wrote:
ashmire13 wrote:I got that too and am rather narked. I presume that 'newbies' won't be able to get the Options at the price those who bought into the actual KS did. That'd be bad ethics I think.

I wonder if there is an established set of ethics for Kickstarter style projects.

I would presume that business is business in most cases, what companies say and do isn't usually what companies say and do anyway..

(oh I didn't do the Reaper KS.. I don't do mini's :roll:

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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:59 pm

FormCritic wrote:
ashmire13 wrote:I got that too and am rather narked. I presume that 'newbies' won't be able to get the Options at the price those who bought into the actual KS did. That'd be bad ethics I think.

I wonder if there is an established set of ethics for Kickstarter style projects.

I think Reaper deserves a pass because the server died during the final 10 mins. I know that Kickstarter frowns heavily on any subsequent payments (they don't get their cut that way). I won't name any names but I missed the end of a KS before I could up my pledge in order to get a stretch goal reward and the author let me PayPal him. I don't have a problem in that case because I was already a backer.

I think if KS was smart the would consider having some kind of second chance function where for a higher dollar amount people could get in on funded projects that they missed.

Overall though I am willing to wager that the black market post-project transaction happen all the time.

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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:14 pm

FormCritic wrote:
ashmire13 wrote:I got that too and am rather narked. I presume that 'newbies' won't be able to get the Options at the price those who bought into the actual KS did. That'd be bad ethics I think.

I wonder if there is an established set of ethics for Kickstarter style projects.

I'm thinking that it's more a case of individuals ethics vs money grabbing

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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:04 pm

[quote="Nogrod] I think Reaper deserves a pass because the server died during the final 10 mins. [/quote]

I've got a feeling there were lots of buyers who will claim their pledge did not land for that reason.

Reaper actually encouraged refreshing the page to watch the dollars go up.

I logged on to watch the end and was chagrined when the page wouldn't load. Kickstarter should plan for that.

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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:49 pm

FormCritic wrote:
I've got a feeling there were lots of buyers who will claim their pledge did not land for that reason.

Reaper actually encouraged refreshing the page to watch the dollars go up.

I logged on to watch the end and was chagrined when the page wouldn't load. Kickstarter should plan for that.

I watched it die live on my PC

It felt like watching David Bowman disconnect HAL when it got to the 10 minute mark. Everything wasn't updating right, comments grew more crazed, then BLAMO! a Kickstarter error screen popped up in the browser.

It was better than watching TV. I blame the big Cthulu mini.

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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:53 am

I think it kinda sucks, especially if they do let new pledgers buy the options for the cheap price.

It was a clear winner for days before it ended. If anyone didn't pledge until the last hour and it died on them, then I'd say tough...

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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:28 am

There has been no indication that Reaper will not allow anyone who wants to buy in and purchase just about any product.

There might be something like that happening....but Reaper has not said that.

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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:52 pm

A fun tool for Kickstarter, to get a sense as to the eventual landing point... note that I have no idea if it's just a simple dumb trendline ala Excel or some fancy-schmancy historical-based projection.

http://www.kicktraq.com/

you can enter any project that's in process:

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/143390 ... monte-cook

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