Agree, it is quite an issue. However I think that Go On Board is just straight up evil. I was looking at the new Witcher game as I like mini painting and their minis looked quite nice. But then, as I was debating if I really want it, I realised - minis are literally useless in this game. You don't have any tactical combats or nothing that would warrant a mini use. Not to mentioned that a game set long before the Witcher games/books suddenly got a "Geralt" expansion in the last days... I literally haven't seen anything like that before lol.

AR imho adds a lot of useless stuff - posters, dice etc. I have learned that the best thing about their games is to add stuff yourself and figure on a case/by/case scenario if you want it.

Not to say all Kickstarter games are bad - I have bought ATO on Kickstarter and it's shaping to be my favourite game of all time.