What KICKSTARTER(S) are you BACKING and WHY?

charlest wrote: I reviewed the Road/Kill rule set nearly two years ago Pete as a preview for their first Kickstarter. It's a great game but I'm not backing this kickstarter because all of the components for the actual game are print 'n play, which is annoying as hell.

I'm a huge Johnny Lauck fan, which is why I'm all about this. I agree that it's retarded to do print-and-play for all the components besides the models.

The magic here isn't the game or the car models, though. It's the 40$ Salvage Crew (all the way at the bottom). I have a lot of them for post-apoc gaming and they're fantastic. I also have about 3/4 of the dungeon terrain stuff, which is terrific as well. To me, I'd pledge 40$ and just get those models. 2$ a pop for pewter miniatures is no joke these days.

wadenels wrote: I'm in for Worthington's Blue & Gray Campaign Series . The idea of a multi-game mini-campaign in 2 hours is exciting. Low count block games with fog of war (decoy pieces) is also something I dig. I'm hoping with the stretch goals or post-launch support they release more material that can be played with the three games available in the Kickstarter. It looks like that's the plan so far anyways.

Me, too.

The Holdfast titles were great. They are overtaking Columbia as king of block games.

Scythe is blowing up Kickstarter and I imagine will break 1 million.

We interviewed Jamey Stegmaier about the playtest process (over 1000 playtest sessions now!) on Ding & Dent if anyone is interested. Interview is in the second half of the episode.

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I plan on buying the $59 version of Scythe and adding on the $10 extenda-board (great idea). I couldn't care less about metal coins or realistic resources.

This will be the second game I've kickstarted (the other being Freedom: The Underground Railroad). With both, I trust the pedigree of the publisher and think the games look(ed) pretty slick. Plus, some locals I sometimes game with play-tested Scythe and enjoyed it quite a bit.

I like that idea. It also looks like they'll be selling the metal coins separately on their site anyway, if you decide you want those later. The fancy resources look... fine. I'd just as soon use the wood tokens.

The only kickstarter I've ever backed to date is Space Cadets Away Missions, but this looks pretty awesome. It seems fully fleshed out and about as finished of a product as you'll see coming from a crowd funded platform. There's quite a bit of time to mull it over, but I think I'll probably throw some cash these guys way.

bfkiller wrote: I plan on buying the $59 version of Scythe and adding on the $10 extenda-board (great idea). I couldn't care less about metal coins or realistic resources.

I feel you man, I can usually do without all the extra crap that bloats the price of games, but metal coins are awesome and these look especially sick. I'll take cool extras like metal coins any day of the week over crappy plastic minis.

The rulebook saying that there is very little combat means it isn't for me.

I guess buying banner space at the top of The Fort works, because I'm really intrigued by this Folklore title.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gbg/folklore-the-affliction-0

I dig the aesthetic of it and am glad to see the characters aren't all sexed up. Looks like the core game is about $100, so I probably won't pull the trigger unless reviews are stellar.

Still tempted on Scythe. I really shouldn't back it, but I'm tempted. The $60 level makes the most sense, but the metal coins are really tempting.

Chaz wrote: Still tempted on Scythe. I really shouldn't back it, but I'm tempted. The $60 level makes the most sense, but the metal coins are really tempting.

I have never played a game and thought, "this is okay, but if it had metal coins it would be the absolute shit"