Kickstarter board games thread

[Torf]

I would statto. If we could get 10 people together that's $10 each?

[nutter45]

I'm in

[Torf]

Though there's also then local postage costs to think about. I know this is a micro but should be factored in.

[statto]

It's $8 per copy and a one-off $10 shipping charge, so:

$13 each for 2.
$10 each for 5.
$9 each for 10.

Plus the shipping costs when it's here, obviously, but that would likely be less than Ł2 each. Additionally, I backed Yardmaster which means I get the initial copy for $7. If Steve Jackson wanted to cancel his original pledge and jump aboard then I'd be willing to put a bulk order in for everyone and post them out when they arrive. There's still over three weeks to make a final decision.

[Torf]

Great stuff. Count me in. Want to make a separate thread?

[Wooglie]

I'd be up for this too.

[statto]

Done a separate thread for it.

[Torf]

Other games I've backed on Kickstarter include;

Pairs

A pub / drinking game which is quick to play, quick to explain and has done very well indeed.

I went for three decks (Pirates / Pears / Barmaids) which worked out around $11 a deck I think from memory. They'll be doing a proper retail run once the Kickstarter delivers. I'm very much looking forward to this one.


This town ain't big enough for the 2-4 of us

Ridiculously cheap ($3 minimum) for a micro game. Looks a bit like a cut down version of Carcassonne.


Province

This looks very neat and compact, a worker placement game in an envelope!


Luchador!

A fast paced dice game where you lose the dice effect if you roll the die out of the ring. Perfect for my enthusiastic die-rolling son!


I'll post reviews of all four in the main boardgame forums once they arrive (and the forum arrives!)

I also commit to not backing any more without informing my fellow forumites!

[Steve Jackson]

Bah! No good telling us about amazing looking games after the fact. That's just teasing us. I was already aware I'd missed out on Pairs, and then you have to go and rub it in some more. As I'd mentioned in the main board games thread, I did at least manage to back Luchador, and I already have the first edition on my shelf too.

[Steve Jackson]

Originally Posted by Torf

I'll post reviews of all four in the main boardgame forums once they arrive (and the forum arrives!)

Where is the new forum, dammit?

[Torf]

Yeah, I'm sorry about the post about closed Kickstarters. Consider it absolution on my part.

[Steve Jackson]

5 player expansion stretch goal for Yardmaster Express now smashed!

[Steve Jackson]

Queen Games are now giving away copies of New York (a themed version of Alhambra) and either Inka or Architekton to everyone who backs Escape: Zombie City. I don't know if they're any good, but I've already backed and more free stuff can't be a bad thing.

[Guest 29329]

Alhambra's excellent, and particularly good with two (it uses a dummy third player which I think always shows the designer's thought properly about how a game scales down...). Don't know the others....

[Adahn]

Not entirely sure this is the kind of game you made this thread to track, but I thought this looked pretty cool:

Harbour

Anyone seen anything on this recently, or played anything else by the creator?

[nutter45]

There's a thread for it in this very forum

[Adahn]

I'm an idiot I'll just be off to find it then (probably on the first page too!)

Ta for letting me know

[Steve Jackson]

http://forums.thedigitalfix.com/foru...d.php?t=628518

[Torf]

[Torf]

Not cheap, but I do like the look of these gaming mats.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GcY1ISDcU

Anyone seen any similar that are already released and UK based for shipping purposes?