Game Updates (Aug 24)

@ Andy, @ Wind Lane, @ Akden

Thanks for the info guys, I can’t believe I missed out! That does sound cool Andy, not a terrible option, but not as cherry as the original reward. Hmm, I’ll have to think about it.

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If you’re still interested in the Reaper Miniatures, it appears Reaper will be allowing people that didn’t back to put in orders, though the price will be higher than what was offered during the campaign.

You’d have to get in at the Vampire level (was $100, will be $150), and the “add-ons” will be priced 20% more (rounded up to the next whole dollar). While not as good of a deal, it’s still less than $1 per miniature. Getting 2 giants that were an additional $10 (or a dracolich, or C’thulhu) would be $12. For comparison, they’re saying that the Vampire set will retail for $500.

The easiest way to see what’s included at this point would be to go to their Kickstarter page and click on Updates and look at Update 58 – though note that the prices were the original.

The ability to do this is not running yet (nor can people who backed make their selections), so you’ll want to keep an eye on it for a few weeks if you’re thinking about it.

EDIT – If you did not pledge for the Kickstarter, there is now a link you can follow to be put on a list to be contacted when the pledge manager goes life – see Update #62

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-an-evolution-of-gaming-min/posts

@ bobb33z3r

Yeah, it was just too good a deal for me to pass up. $100 would have gotten you 121-140 minis depending on how you used your options. And then there were a bunch of really cool add-ons for very good prices, like a set of 12 paints for $18 and there were four different color sets to choose from.

@ Wind Lane

do you mean the Reaper Bones kickstarter? I was going to kick in, but got sidetracked. Is that still going on?

I must admit that Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures is really tempting, even tough it looks like a “must buy more expansions” kind of game.

I pledged into the Reaper minis Kickstarter, and I’m going to use those to learn how to paint minis on (not to mention how much they’ll be pumping up my RPG minis by a ton). Then, I’m going to use that gained knowledge to start trying to paint up all these cool games I have with unpainted minis.

Mice & Mystics, Descent, Dungeon Run, Chaostle, Hero Quest, and saved for last so I have as much knowledge and practice as I will get will be Space Hulk.

I traded away Last Night on Earth, but I’m planning on getting it again, and I’d also like to eventually get Zombicide – so there’ll be plenty of room for me to work up my skills to as high as they can get.

I’m expecting slightly above kindergarten coloring.

I really like the story and atmosphere that goes along with Level 7 [Escape], but I’m not sure how often I would get the opportunity to play the game. I walked by a couple of demos at Gen Con but never had time to stop.

I also am eagerly awaiting my preorder of Mice and Mystics, and I held off on picking up X-Wing, but I’ll probably buy it when it comes out in wider distribution. Looks like a fun fall for gaming. 🙂

Really excited about Hobbit, which I’ll probably pick up soon. Battle Beyond Space intrigues me as well. 🙂

Same here, Mice and Mystics looked fantastic at Gen Con, so glad I pre-ordered it back when they announced it, Colby and Plaid Hat haven’t led us astray yet! Smash Up was another at Gen Con that was really a lot of fun and I could definitely see it taking away some King of Tokyo time. Seasons looks like a beautiful game but it could be clunky to play with 4 people by looks. Anxiously awaiting Fleet as well after it being the first thing I ever backed on Kickstarter.

Mage Wars will be played this weekend, I was one of the lucky 200 at Gen Con. 🙂