What KICKSTARTER(S) are you BACKING and WHY?

For those of you without a copy of Cthulhu Wars that are looking at the current KickStarter, CoolStuffInc just dropped the price of the base game to about $130 with free shipping, making a far better deal than the KS. Also, if you're already looking at spending at least $150 on expansions (well, and not the all-in $700), then just back at the $1 level and add your expansions while getting your game sooner and cheaper from CSI.

This has been a bad month for me and KS, when I had been doing so well the last 6 months or so...Scythe, Sword & Sorcery, Keep (I'm a sucker for all of the SmallBox games), and now CW may eat into any gains I've made earlier this year.

I've been watching CSI's Cthulhu Wars pricing since they started carrying it. Today's 20 dollar price drop is nice, but it needs to go down to $115 to break even with the KS 'Mysteries of the Worm' pledge. I don't own Cthulhu Wars yet, so the $700 pledge level is essentially getting me a copy of the first print run for $100. There's an average delivery cost differential of $15 between the $700 and the $600 level.

On the other hand, I could order from CSI now and have the main game next week. Plus, I'll be that much higher with my reward level.

Decisions...

All of this has made me so happy that another person in my group dropped the cash on Cthulhu Wars.

I just backed Tavarua which is a game about surfing. I know nothing about surfing and usually I prefer games where my dudes can kill someone or something, so this is not right up my alley. But it looks ... well, nice. And I also backed it because it looks like it might just make it so I'll actually be supporting a game rather than just preordering one.

Take a look here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438045410/tavarua/description

Just backed the new edition of Arcadia Quest. I was skeptical when the first version was on KS, it looked like it was just riffing on Super Dungeon Explore since SDE parted ways with CMON, but everything I've heard says it's a smash and grab team based Wiz-War like game, and Wiz War is an all time favourite. Even if it stinks there's a list of exclusives as long as my arm, so no risk.

The game is great. You'll be happy.
I actually skipped the first AQ KS for SDE...Regretted it as soon as AQ started shipping. Traded a Descent Expansion, Doom Expansion and something else to some guy up in AK for his pledge. Thought I was overspending at the time, turns out I got a deal with the prices they're going for now.

EDIT: This time around I skipped SDE and went AQ.

'65: Squad Level Combat in the Vietnam Jungle from Mark H. Walker is getting my money.

I'm a sucker for Nam and the card activation system in combination with the absolutely beautiful art has pulled me in.

Bull Nakano wrote: Just backed the new edition of Arcadia Quest. I was skeptical when the first version was on KS, it looked like it was just riffing on Super Dungeon Explore since SDE parted ways with CMON, but everything I've heard says it's a smash and grab team based Wiz-War like game, and Wiz War is an all time favourite. Even if it stinks there's a list of exclusives as long as my arm, so no risk.

Arcadia Quest is fun but I didn't feel like Wiz-War was in any way being channeled. Two totally different beasts.

VonTush wrote: The game is great. You'll be happy.
I actually skipped the first AQ KS for SDE...Regretted it as soon as AQ started shipping. Traded a Descent Expansion, Doom Expansion and something else to some guy up in AK for his pledge. Thought I was overspending at the time, turns out I got a deal with the prices they're going for now.

EDIT: This time around I skipped SDE and went AQ.

I have no experience with the first Arcadia Quest, but I did back Inferno. Does anyone have suggestions on what add-ons if any I should get to accompany the base game?

The base pledge alone is a great value, so really you could stop there and have a lot of gameplay. From there anything with KS Exclusive and adds gameplay elements would be good and the Exclusive items will help it hold value. Pets will add the most with a new campaign (always nice) as well as the pets rules so you can put those pets from the base pledge to use. The dragons are something that I'll be getting as well. The character packs...I'm very iffy on right now. The $7 one I will, the others...I may just wait for retail later.