Reply To: Soloman Kane KS about to arrive, and I couldn't care less!

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@horus500 if you want ‘instant gratification’ then Kickstarter/crowdfunding and pre-order isn’t where you should go 😉

Most people say they want great games over great miniatures, but the market says that people are perfectly happy buying average miniatures when the hype/advertising budget is high enough …

Sometimes it is because they don’t know any better, because the other companies just don’t have the marketing budget to make themselves know outside of their respective niche.
And sometimes they genuinely like the stuff that you may look down upon because your personal taste has changed (through experience).

I kind of wish people (and the companies) would stop treating crowdfunding as a pre-order/marketing campaign, but I know that’s not going to happen because the system works (until it doesn’t).

The (board/table top) game market is too small and often too niche to justify regular funding and production so it is good to see that this is a viable solution for companies that don’t have the advantage of an existing product that could help fund further development of ideas they might have.

All we need to be mindful of is to be aware of why we invested into a crowdfunded project to begin with.
IF you have a clear reason that goes beyond a temporary love for the hype generated then you will find that you will have more enthusiasm left once the product does arrive and delays won’t affect your expectations as much.

That doesn’t mean that you won’t be dissapointed if a superior product is in your hands before your kickstarter arrives, but it might lessen the impact.