This week is a really, really wonky one for me. 4 presentations to get through, a 30% CA, and then.. well, it’s just uphill. And here are the roundup of Kickstarters for the week of 11 Nov 2013:
And heeeere’s another Bug Hunt. Really. Another one? Actually I don’t mind it that much, it’s even the iconic bug hunt, and the minis are not too bad.
Two knocks against it though. One, very expensive. 75 pounds for the basic box is quite pricy, for a good number of Aliens and what looks to be totally inadequate amounts of USCM and Predators. So essentially if I want to use the USCM as alternative infantry, I’d have to go the even more expensive route.
The second knock is… do I really want MORE infantry, and Predators? I have way too much “grunt” infantry as it is and I’m not really into Predators. Even for the Aliens, I’m really not feeling the sculpts. As a whole, this one I feel is more for fans. Looks good, is already funded is a bit pricy, I think I’ll pass.
And this week we also get.. this.
Yeah I remember this one. When it first came out a couple of years ago, they pitched it as the first game to have both tabletop and mobile device integration. I looked at it and went “Why?”… mostly because if I’m gaming on the tabletop, I’m not likely to want to pull out my phone or tablet to use in game. It’s just too much of a cognitive break. Apparently people agreed with it, because it just went off the radar shortly after, and the company reported went bust.
A bunch of people rescued the IP though, I liked that, and they are giving it a more traditional shot. Their book production value looks good and the minis should still be the same as before. I’m not a big fan of the art style, but for the reading material, might be good to pick it up. It’s still short of its funding goal though.
Lastly, we have this.
No, they aren’t offering miniatures.. at least, not just miniatures. Essentially they are trying to put together a service where you can shop from their catalog of parts and put together models and get them to 3D print it out and mail to you.
If you went *blink* *blink* I totally understand.
You can also work with them to design your own model, but part of the cost there is that your model becomes part of their catalog.
Yeah. That *blink* *blink* again? I twitched too. Intellectual Property rights is going to be a huge problem here. That is if they don’t “accidentally” get sued to death by certain companies…
I am not really against this Kickstarter, especially one that promote a certain innovative mindset that has the potential to be awfully disruptive to the industry (and hence, potentially beneficial). This one would be interesting to watch, but I’m not likely to risk my money on it.
That’s it for this week’s roundup. It’s still a bit slow but there’s a sense of a turnaround — there are some interesting “small stuff” projects up there now. Might be more stuff next week.