EmbraCraig
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I couldn't see a thread on this, so although I'm not affiliated with Mantic in any way I thought I'd post something up.
Mantic Games have a new Kickstarter out, for a new board game called Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King's Quest. The initial $50k funding goal went in 4 minutes (previous campaigns of theirs have funded fast, but that's a new record for them), and the campaign is now sitting at $167k.
I'm posting up a little bit about it here as some of the goodies in the box are likely to be of interest to RPGers - rewards for the base pledge currently includes 5 heroes, 21 general undead bad guys, 3 nice looking boss minis and a selection of dungeon tiles when you include the strech goals that have already gone. They're also including an advanced play guide which will add more RPG elements to the base board game for those that want them. Obviously, they'll be looking to put out more stretch goals over the next 4 weeks and the base package should get even better.
The minis in the board game will be coming in coloured 1-piece soft plastic. I got to have a look at some of the minis for their Mars Attacks! board game at the weekend, which are made of the same stuff, and they look good. Detail is pretty good, the material is similar to the Reaper Bones minis, but a good bit stiffer - stil more likely to bend than snap when they get knocked around, though.
Over the weekend, Ronnie from Mantic did a little seminar up in Edinburgh, and was talking about the plans for this kickstarter. Stretch goals are likely to include more hero minis, possible 'legendary' versions of the heroes, more bad guys to flesh out the scenarios (zombie trolls have been mentioned quite frequently). All of the monsters will be undead to begin with, but later on we might start to see expansions using different ranges - I think he said greenskins would be the first of them.
I've included an image for a little look at the base level of the $100 pledge level (currently the only one on offer - I'm sure there'll be more options when there are more choices to be made). This doesn't include the strech goals that have already gone...
Mantic have a good record for chucking a lot of stuff in their campaigns, and have plenty of experience of fulfilling big campaigns now - I think this should be a good one.
Mantic Games have a new Kickstarter out, for a new board game called Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King's Quest. The initial $50k funding goal went in 4 minutes (previous campaigns of theirs have funded fast, but that's a new record for them), and the campaign is now sitting at $167k.
I'm posting up a little bit about it here as some of the goodies in the box are likely to be of interest to RPGers - rewards for the base pledge currently includes 5 heroes, 21 general undead bad guys, 3 nice looking boss minis and a selection of dungeon tiles when you include the strech goals that have already gone. They're also including an advanced play guide which will add more RPG elements to the base board game for those that want them. Obviously, they'll be looking to put out more stretch goals over the next 4 weeks and the base package should get even better.
The minis in the board game will be coming in coloured 1-piece soft plastic. I got to have a look at some of the minis for their Mars Attacks! board game at the weekend, which are made of the same stuff, and they look good. Detail is pretty good, the material is similar to the Reaper Bones minis, but a good bit stiffer - stil more likely to bend than snap when they get knocked around, though.
Over the weekend, Ronnie from Mantic did a little seminar up in Edinburgh, and was talking about the plans for this kickstarter. Stretch goals are likely to include more hero minis, possible 'legendary' versions of the heroes, more bad guys to flesh out the scenarios (zombie trolls have been mentioned quite frequently). All of the monsters will be undead to begin with, but later on we might start to see expansions using different ranges - I think he said greenskins would be the first of them.
I've included an image for a little look at the base level of the $100 pledge level (currently the only one on offer - I'm sure there'll be more options when there are more choices to be made). This doesn't include the strech goals that have already gone...
Mantic have a good record for chucking a lot of stuff in their campaigns, and have plenty of experience of fulfilling big campaigns now - I think this should be a good one.
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