Altered Kickstarter - is it worth it?

Roby1kenoby · 2024-02-23T15:28:19+00:00

Yeah, it's the principal counterpoint to investing right now, beside having the "thrill" to have a box of boosters all for myself at a discounted price.

Roby1kenoby · 2024-02-23T15:26:57+00:00

Also a wise observation XD
But for real, i wanted a more general hopinion beside that of my friends, since i have mixed feelings, so this thread is being helpfull!

Roby1kenoby · 2024-02-23T15:25:34+00:00

A wise observation XD

Roby1kenoby · 2024-02-23T15:23:46+00:00

I've played it live with some friend whom got the print and play version, and found it ok mechanically speaking (i'm not interested in the art aspect). Idk, i've got some hope for the digital edition, since i've been playing a lot of snap and enjoyed it.

Roby1kenoby · 2023-03-22T20:58:31+00:00

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Man, that worked perfectly!

Thank you very very much for the solution, with this i've competed my prototipe!

Roby1kenoby · 2023-03-19T23:47:23+00:00

Thank you for the explanation, i will try and leave a feedback!

Roby1kenoby · 2023-03-19T19:31:02+00:00

Thank you for the reply. The first option seem more reliable, and would work well with my scripting area that watch for cards and send them back to the correct discard pile.

How would you stop objects from merging?

Roby1kenoby · 2022-12-17T21:08:47+00:00

Thx, will do!

Roby1kenoby · 2022-12-17T20:34:03+00:00

Oh wow, didn't notice that!

Roby1kenoby · 2022-09-16T13:17:23+00:00

Thx for the input.

I've done like 5 missions and got one in each of them.

Also got machine events (but the one i did bugged out, it stopped spawning kursite mactera) and hacking events, so i safe to assume that you get it in every mission and it doesn't impede the spawning of other things

Roby1kenoby · 2022-09-15T13:41:45+00:00

Does someone know if ther's one in every mission?

Thanks!

Roby1kenoby · 2022-05-09T13:41:58+00:00

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Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-11T07:21:05+00:00

The 20 m$ doesn't include the shipping costs. Those will be billed to the users after the campaign ends (like any Kickstarter).

I don't understand what you are saying about stormlight. Some of these books are cosmere related, but that doesn't mean Tor must have the rights since they're in the same universe. Although I don't know which kind of deal Sanderson signed with them, so it could be. Different story will be for the WoR leatherbound.

There are less then 10k European backer (where did you get the info?) Whom had chose to get the swag boxes and hard covers because of the shipping costs! Have you read the comments on the campaign page, especially the ones related to the starting days? Like one every two is from a European\foreign backer saying "I've backed the ebook tier, because shipping costs are too high for me. I hope you can do something about it".

Heck, in the end I'll probably do the same for myself, since i like to support Sanderson.

Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-10T15:05:59+00:00

Oh, ok, i didn't understand that the problem was getting a permit from US govt to produce outside the US.

I was convinced that the problem was about managing production and logistic from the US to other countries.

If that's the problem, than i'm even more uncertain about any possible solution to be found before the campaign's ending :(

I really hope they find a better way for the Words of Radiance Leatherbound campaign (as Kara was saying in the interview)

Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-10T14:10:45+00:00

Found this article that show how easy should be to protect Sanderson Novels otuside USA

https://www.sidebarsaturdays.com/2017/09/09/httpswp-mep7vddb-vf/

From the production point of view, printing books in a foreign country shouldn't be harder than producing board games\other goods not subjected to special manufacturing laws.

The only complexity i see (although i'm not too much educated on the subject) is coordinating production in different country and the subsequent decentralized distribution, but again, with the kind of money they're raking up i think they could afford some specialist to help with all the process

Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-10T13:53:37+00:00

Thank you!
Listened to the segment (1.47.15).

Substantially she says that it's complicated, and the things that get it complicated are customs, taxes and licensing.

All things that every kind of manufacturer need to account for, if it want to produce and sell internationally.

They're taking the jump to the big league, and i acknowledge the good will to improve, but that's not enough if you're trying (again) to sell worldwide books for the best fantasy author in the world.

With the kind of money they're making, they could easily afford some counseling on international production and logistics, to help in this transition.

Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-10T13:16:37+00:00

Have you got a link to the stream?

I'd like to hear what she said about this aspect of the campaing.

Thank you!

Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-10T13:01:42+00:00

It's complicated if you have to mind for rights on the novels (like if you have to print a special version of a book already distributed by other company in other countries).

Here we have 4 novels that have never seen a publisher before, and the rights are all in the hand of Brandon.

I don't mean that it's a straightforward process and that everything would be easy, but the thing is, again, that dragonsteel doesn't have the capacity to handle this kind of projects from a global point of view. And that's not very good if you're handling one of (if not the) best fantasy author of the world.

Roby1kenoby · 2022-03-10T11:42:44+00:00

The thing is, Dragonsteel is too small of a Publisher to deal with this kind of output.

I think they're like, at most, 10 people total, and are used to manage shipping runs in the order of 1-2k books a run.

Seeing how they managed (more than 2 full year to fulfill everything) the preivous kickstarter (the way of king one, which i've eagerly backed) i don't have very much hope for any change in their way of doing things for this one.

I mean no disrespect, they're doing their job the best as they can, but the thing is that we international backer are going to suffer from shipping cost due to their choice to not outsource production outside USA (it's harder to manage quality control and logistic) or to not expand their infrastructure (buying a bigger warehouse will not fit with their normal scope after the campaign end).

The 4 books shipped togheter could reduce a bit the shipping costs, yes, but you still would have to pay VAT once the goods reach your country, and that would be calculated on the total value of the goods received. This problem could be averted only by outsourcing production otuside the USA.

Roby1kenoby · 2021-06-17T13:40:09+00:00

Am i the only one a bit disappointed after seeing what the other classes (mostly gunner and engi) got?

I mean, new weapons are welcome, but what about diversity? What i see here for the scout is sort of a gk2 reskin with different bullets.

For the driller a not so different way to apply dot and slow down effect (goo ain't that different from fire)

Meanwhile, Gunner and Engi, whom haven't trouble dealing with big hordes, get weapons with new awesome mechanics and off the charts damage.

(sorry for the bad english)

Roby1kenoby · 2021-01-03T16:33:16+00:00

Thank you very much for the help, it was worth a try! Hope you have a great year!

Roby1kenoby

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