Reply To: Hobby weekender 22/03/2019 – Alright I guess we're doing the 2010's…

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I’d argue that Kickstarter merely highlighted the process that has always been going on within the industry.

We’ve got a top 3 of companies that ‘own’ a specific genre and anyone who wants to get in is pretty much doomed to fail unless they get incredibly lucky by picking a genre/style that has potential to be its own thing.

Part of the problem is that some systems target (like Mythic) incredibly tiny audiences under the best of circumstances.
And then there’s the post kickstarter/launch support (or lack thereof) that effectively determines if there is a chance for the game to grow an audience at all because anyone going ‘all in’ rarely has any need to buy more stuff.

I think Mantic have done a good job with their ‘walking dead’ release by providing unique content to retail after delivery of the kickstarter.

GW operate at a scale and speed that no one can touch, which makes getting a new game of the ground even harder.

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@woldenspoons There will be a v2 Batman kickstarter on June 4th with access to the ‘season 1’ stuff.
So maybe start saving money ? 😉
(disclaimer : I’ve backed it so I am a bit biased … I also am not enough fan of Batman to know what options they have to expand the game)

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What about a proper new version of Monopoly ?
Not a simple reskin that fails to use the unique features of a theme, but one that makes core mechanics a bit more fun and modern ?
Maybe make the role of ‘the bank’ that is a fun part of the game as opposed to the thing no one wants to do.

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There is a v2 of Battlefleet Gothic as a pc game :

http://www.battlefleetgothic-armada.com/