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My brother got me King of Tokyo and all of its expansions. He is not a board gamer, so it was awesome for me to be able to share something with him that made him ask to continue playing for 2-3 hours. I hope it means that I can play more things with him as I get more knowledgeable.

Totally keeping my eye on Slaughterball. I tried last time to help. It will be exciting to see where it goes- this go around looks much more successful.

I also saw a tactical dice game Called Taledian Tactics (think Final Fantasy Tactics, but with dice representing monsters).

I have the full size coconuts, so I am debating getting Duo. I think the special ability cards for Duo are superior. I’d also love to have a few pink coconuts for the boys. 😛

My only currently supported projects are Maha Yodha (which REALLY needs more people supporting it for the art and educational value alone), and The Worst Game Ever, combining all the actions your hate from all your favorite games and putting them all in one (enjoyable) experience. Cheap enough to be in it for the giggles alone.

I’m not backing as much as I used to. Saving some scrilla.

Stretch Goals have been revised for Mahayodha. A wonderful set of changes. Makes it quite worth it to pledge- even if you only get the PnP.

I have also backed Psychological Warfare, battling brain to brain, unloading psychological baggage and getting Therapy along the way.

Black Market Warehouse looks really cool. Just got launched today. But what I yearn for is Mahayoda. Infect sounds dope, creating diseases and playing cards to build resistance, have different transmission vectors and in which regions your outbreak occurs.

I’m fairly new to board gaming. Some of my friends had HUGE (like, over 700 games) collections, and friends and boyfriends worked at my local FLGS at the time. They’ve been around me a lot, but I’ve hardly played. Milton Bradley, which was a bulk of my experience, didn’t create anything I liked, so it took awhile to get into. Monopoly was the only one I liked till I was 17. Munchkin Was then introduced into my life, and everything was great.

But I just didn’t know much. I didn’t even know how to begin asking questions or finding anything that appealed to me. There are so many board games- all at a hefty price tag. Even Gloom (never played it but highly recommended) is $20. Without much experience or being able to know the look/feel of components, I think I was passively scared to explore. Magic the Gathering has taken thousands from people who are serious about it, and it is complex to know what sets are tournament allowable, or cards like ‘Primeval Titan’ which I believe was taken out as well (didn’t play Magic either, but have been around a lot of talk).

Fast forward 5 years to a Christmas party last year, playing Zombie Dice and King of Tokyo, and I fell in love and wanted to experience more.

I’m backing things pretty exclusively on Kickstarter because it benefits me to not only get the game at a cheaper cost, but I can usually have access to free/reduced cost expansions. I like helping people just starting out or have indie companies. I like getting a sense of what people see as fresh or new. What people are excited for. I’ve learned a lot backing projects this way. It has shown me resources like the BGdot and BGG. It’s given me an idea of how complex I’d like my mechanics. It opens doors to user friendly versions of something brand new (Province is a great example- being a worker placement game in a digestible form). Once I am licensed in what I went to school for (Massage Therapy), then I’ll be more apt to buy retail (or may have games to trade in at that point) and expand further.

But till then, I’m learning and am happy.

Backed:

Linkage: Totally digging the science-games lately. Nice, small, unique, fairly simple once you understand DNA and how it works.

Enigma: Looks interesting. I know little, but I love historical things. I did not support his last KS Wallet Battles because of similarities to Coin Age, but this looks like its own unique beast for the right price.

Dragon Slayer: Finally caved. Just Sounds fun. After playing Zombie Dice with my friends, I can see this going over well with my group. Plus, metal dice and shiny box.

Psychological Warfare: Just popped up the other day. The concept was interesting, getting to ‘mess’ with people’s heads, have them going through actions to make “decisions based upon balancing your: Mental Energy, Psychological Baggage, Attacks or Defense, High energy cards vs. Low cost cards, and Therapy,” as quoted from their KS page. This looked like something that might make people I don’t normally get the pleasure of playing games with interested in. Looks promising.

My eye is on March of the Ants; I love supporting locals, but the art needs to get incorporated.

By the way, Chopstick Dexterity Mega Challenge 3000 has allowed you to bundle Coconuts with it, along with many of Mayday Games’ other titles.

Last day for Dig Down Dwarf and Yoink! from 64oz Games’ Blind Games KS. These are too exciting to pass up. Board games for the blind is a very good cause to throw at least a buck behind.

Dig Down Dwarf and Linkage are the only 2 projects I’m backing right now. Both look small and promising. After the KS funding ended for the Bacterionomicon (Of which I was lucky enough to get a copy of Healing Blade with), it seems like it will be a good addition to my shelf. I’m really digging the anatomical/biological games lately.

What wonderful news! Thanks Chris!

Oh yeah! That box is going to look so good on my shelf! We gave Jesse so much more work, but it’s going to be amazing. The excitement I feel is overwhelming.

Looks like Cross Hares is due more around August, according to the Kickstarter comments from 1A Games. This is Not an official announcement of a due date, but a better idea of when we’ll get to play with these critters.

The collectors edition (including the Crossroads expansion, Eriku promo, miniatures, and other things is live now! Click Here >

Amen to that, ya’ll.

Well, the Kickstarter for this game went way above its goal, monetarily and with a nice community that sprung up. Now we wait for release in March-ish.