Reply To: [unofficial weekender] And then there was silence.

[danlee 22812xp 1]

Now the kids are back off their holiday, and I’m back at work tomorrow, hobby will resume as normal. My pledge is to get started on the Rorkanouts (think I spelled that right).

 

• You backed a crowd funding campaign. You’re all hyped about it. And it took ages for them to delivers. Now your pledge is delivered and your enthusiasm goes *poof*. Did that ever happen to you?

I don’t get that hyped about kickstarters, so I’m not that fussed about their delivery. When Kickstarter first took off I tended to back the huge board games with massive model counts (e.g. Conan, Mythic Battles). They took a couple or years to deliver even if they stuck to schedule, so a being a year late I wouldn’t even notice. I made a point of painting all the models and playing the games so I got value out of them. The last big one I bought was Monster Hunter, and by the time I arrived I just immediately sold it on. It wasn’t so much disappointment, it was just that by the time it arrived, a few years after I backed it, I had realised how much shelf space these games take up, how long it takes to paint the models, and the fact I still hadn’t finished playing the other epic games I had backed.

 

These days I just tend to back smaller campaigns for 3D print files. 99% of the time these guys have the files already done (except maybe some stretch goals) and they deliver within days of the project finishing.

 

@sundancer “6 more hours until the first “semi reliable” predictions. To be honest, I am a wee bit scared of the potential outcome.” I used to worry about UK politics, but our guys are just lame. Nothing as scary as what is starting to emerge on the European continent. Look on the bright side though – I doubt your outcome will be as bad as the USA.