Reply To: Kickstarter fatique……

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Yup, Warzan I’d seen that article (in the middle of May). But there was no news on the date it was released and the “launch” bundle offered when it did come out. On the KS front I think we might start to see the bubble start to burst due to the sheer amount offered these days and the KS fatigue that starting to kick in. As many have said some products offered by companies require a high amount to buy in AND are ONLY offered via KS (so the marketing is basically buy now, everything or you’ll miss out), and are not going to retail in any form (which doesn’t allow you to buy at a reasonable pace, and hurts your local games stores).

On the Frostgrave front I think you missed out on “The Grimoire” https://ospreypublishing.com/frostgrave-the-grimoire released at the same time as the Maze of Malcor. It’s the new set of updated spell cards compiling all the spells from the main rulebook and all the supplements (I found it a useful buy anyway, as now you don’t need to try and find the spell in 5 different books).

As a gamer I do feel a certain loyalty to my local store as it forms the hub where we meet and connect to play all these games. I’ve seen many KS games come and go (we seem to have a “fad” for about 3 months on the latest big KS, then the next one is delivered and we never see that old KS game again), yet the ones offered in store seem to have a regular playerbase (perhaps interest is driven by the steady stream of releases).

But all the news these days on most mini wargaming sites (not just BoW) seems to be dominated by KS news, so much so that we see “news” about KS schemes that aren’t anywhere near going live (so is this news or marketing hype). BoW was always a good news site for all things sci-fi and fantasy (with a bit of historical thrown in). All I’m asking is that we hear about a KS when we can actually back it (or do something about it), rather than see other news not covered due to KS “adverts”.

Yes, I know I’m being grumpy……it’s my age (and this heatwave don’t help), I’m oft to find a drink 🙁