I don't know about late pledges for Batman but Monolith, the company behind the game, doesn't do retail. They will likely have a 2nd kickstarter or expansion this year if I had to guess but that isn't confirmed as far as I know. There are always people selling KS games after release... Just how much do you want to pay.
EDIT:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/claustrophobia-1643/posts/2346272
Our next Kickstarter campaigns:
- Batman Gotham City Chronicles 2: in the course of 2019
Nice! I'm really looking forward to that one as well, but I'll wait for the second or third printing.
This had better be just a second printing for people who missed the first time or I'll be mad as hell.
Sounds like third printing in mid-May is the one to get - fixes all the typos (some which affect gameplay).Nice! I'm really looking forward to that one as well, but I'll wait for the second or third printing.
Oh they will. They won't leave money on the table and since Monolith only sells through KS now, it is pretty much guaranteed that they will have the base game too.
As for Wingspan. I love Stegmaier's stuff but the theme of Wingspan is just not appealing at all to me.
Android: Netrunner: Is the first expansion, Genesis, a must-buy? Or should I stick to newer expansions, like Kitara and Red Sands? (This is just for casual play, BTW.)
For casual play I'd start with one of the 4 deluxe boxes first instead of the cycles. Each of the deluxe boxes focuses on 2 factions. Pick a box with your favorite factions and it will significantly expand your deckbuilding options. The best cycle I think would be Kitara because it was designed to provide many new and fresh options for old cards that were thought to be core to each faction. So I think the deluxe boxes and Kitara give you the most deckbuilding flexibility for your $.
I sure agree with you when it comes to their respective price ( and at that price, CoK still doesn't come with an insert.... and character sheet should have been plastified ), but strangely enough the game got a much bigger success with people around me than Gloomhaven.So I finally got round to Playing City of Kings, I like it a lot but not sure I could recommend it when it comes to retail.
It's kind of an MMO, your group of lads wander round a mostly randomly generated map of 5 X 5 tiles, flipping over the tiles as you land on them, could be a shop, could be a monster, quest giver etc. You have a developing story quest plus take on loads of side-quests that you can get to in your own time or ignore (pus anyone in the party can attempt most of them), you also have workers that you send off to mines to gather resources; that you then spend on upgrading gear, completing gather-quests, building traps and camps.
Everyone in the party levels up together and shares resources so theres a great sense of team work and people splitting the tasks. You can pretty much always do something useful on your turn and contribute to the effort.
The monsters are generic markers and all their powers are randomly generated, I guess this is good for replayability but it felt thematically flat to me, I'd of rather fought stock fantasy creatures with predictable moves; dragons breathing fire, ice wizards doing their ice thang etc.
What I did like is that both you and the monsters only attack and move in cardinal directions and the monsters have lots of moves involving pushing/pulling heroes or workers. So on the tight maps this leads to lots of fiendish situations with really narrow margins of error, that reminded me a lot of Into The Breach. The quests are all well written and the arts great.
I guess what gives me pause is that it's expensive as hell, I got it 2nd hand for £75. I've no idea what retail will go for. The core mechanics are great but there's all this cumbersome stuff (both mechanics and components) on top that seems unnecessary and bloated, it feels like it needed an editor to come in and hack it back to the essentials. It's different to Gloomhaven that had a great core experience then justified it's size and price with tons of content.
So yeah, I dunno. I guess it's a judgement call down to your spending habits
Preview page for the new Millennium Blades expansion Kickstarter is up.
Definetly in for that big box storage.
Robinson Crusoe is very solid by the way.For people who've played both which have you enjoyed more:
Nusfjord or Feast for Odin.
Both sound interesting to me, so in the near future I may pick one of them up.
For people who've played both which have you enjoyed more:
Nusfjord or Feast for Odin.
Both sound interesting to me, so in the near future I may pick one of them up.
Spookie I don't actually own any Rosenberg games, so the sky's the limit at this point. Between what everyone has said (that Nusfjord and Feast for Odin are different enough) I'm inclined to get both in the future. When I went shopping at my local store yesterday, they didn't have Nusfjord, or I may have picked it up regardless instead of Robinson Crusoe.
We had a 4p game of Fallout two Saturdays ago. You know, I don't know what the public opinion of that game is, but we had a blast. I've only played it solo up to this point, but getting a group together and just messing around in the wasteland was an absolute blast. The only issue? Game length. Holy shit game length.
Who is going to Gen Con this year?
Game length as in.... too long? Because that's the opposite of my experiences with it. I think theres some decent exploration in there and its a neat system but the fucking endgame comes abruptly out of nowhere for an anticlimactic wet fart. I was really hoping the expansion was going to fix it, but it doesn't sound like it did.
We will ever see a new version of Netrunner after everything that has happened? I really regret not getting into it while it was still in production. I have the core set but no one to play with. I'm hoping something happens that causes a boost in players so I can jump in.
I dunno. I've played it 3 and 4 and every time it just ends in the middle of the story. Weak shit.
Coo.
Wingspan, Teotihuacan, and New Frontiers are the three new games I'm most interested in at the moment. The theme of Wingspan and the point-salad scoring of Teo are turn-offs, so I'd really like to try them before I buy them.
Finally busted out Fog of Love that I got my wife for Christmas.
Neat tutorial built within the game to show you the ropes.
I came away somewhat unsatisfied. Perhaps it's the hype of how aesthetically pleasing the game is, and how inventive, and funny, and silly it is...but my wife and I shared a few chuckles and that was about it. Sorta just feel flat. I know a big part of the game is the 'role-play' aspect and we fully intend on trying to go even further in that direction, but eh.
Trying to find playthroughs where people organically role-played during the multiple-choice stuff, and seeing how we could do a better job of that. Sort of strange to be like, "Ugh! You totally gave that waiter a wink! Now, do you feel like A) blah blah blah B) blah blah blah, C) blah blah blah, etc."
Yes this was our problem with the game, the exploration was sort of fun but the limited enemies type and then the weird game end condition and the way you get them is so random. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are into Fallout.Game length as in.... too long? Because that's the opposite of my experiences with it. I think theres some decent exploration in there and its a neat system but the fucking endgame comes abruptly out of nowhere for an anticlimactic wet fart. I was really hoping the expansion was going to fix it, but it doesn't sound like it did.
I saw several Teotihuacan at local con couple weeks ago so I picked one up but never got around to play it. I finally played it yesterday (someone else copy) and I like it better than T'Zolkin. Though the Alchemy seem to be really strong and if you don't go there and get the right one you will not win. We almost finish the pyramid and the guy I played with said he usually doesn't see it get that high. It's super pretty and I like it so much I set up the solo one that let you play against TeoBot. Also he has the first edition of the game and it seems they switch dice. The one I got has sharper edge dice and a bit dull looking. The 1st edition has prettier dice for sure (vibrant color) and nice round edge but it's super slippery and like to roll to different side so the 2nd edition is much better for game play.It's just came back in to print so you should see some copies in the wild soon. I'd certainly say try before you buy if you can, unless you've tried the likes of T'Zolkin or Marco Polo then it should be in your wheelhouse. :)
I recently bought the revised core, Terminal Directive, and about ten datapacks... probably going to do one more big buy of the datapacks and then wait to see what WoTC comes up with for the reboot (if there is one). But, yeah, should have bought earlier as the deluxe editions are STUPID expensive.We will ever see a new version of Netrunner after everything that has happened? I really regret not getting into it while it was still in production. I have the core set but no one to play with. I'm hoping something happens that causes a boost in players so I can jump in.