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If you just want the retail edition, you're not really doing yourself any favors by backing. That's the Tidal Blades campaign in a nutshell for me. When I go for a game on KS, it's not because I just want it a couple of months early, it's because I want all the extra enhancements that are cost prohibitive at retail. If you want to just pre order retail copies of games, it's not the best platform (even though it's frequently complained about for doing just that). Many people, myself included, just ordered Root after the campaign and got the game within a month or so of when backers got it at their doorstep, with all the same content and goodies. What I'm getting at is that it wasn't really a kickstarter, and maybe that's why you were put off about other projects you're looking at now.

Root was a bit of an odd exception, it was essentially just ordering the game in advance, nothing really else involved. The reason why so many games try to use exclusives is because without them, there's no pressure on you to back instead of waiting for retail.

You gotta question what you're going to kickstarter for, I think.

So my question to this subreddit is: which Kickstarters do you feel have spoiled you, both in value and gameplay? Is there a game or publisher that you feel does right to their fans? Or have you crowdfunded a game that exceeded your expectations? What do you think Kickstarters could do to better cater to potential buyers in the future? I don’t know if I’ll ever back another game, because I worry it will pale in comparison to the phenomenal experience I’ve had with Root.

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But between them throwing in an expansion for free and the uniqueness of the game, they utterly spoiled me and ruined my taste for crowd-funded games, it would seem. The thing is, I might’ve considered making that purchase if Root didn’t exist. Do I want to spend $127 on a game that is still largely unknown? Not a chance mate, especially when I could pull out Roll for the Galaxy (or even Lords of Waterdeep) and get a similar experience gameplay-wise. Turns out, the expansion isn’t even included - it’s $25 extra ON TOP of the extra $10 they are charging for an $80 “deluxe” game. That seemed like an acceptable deal, so I popped over to their pledge management page.

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That is, until they announced yesterday an upgrade with the deluxe box AND a nifty new expansion, for just $10 more. $60 for the “retail” version is just as expensive, and to get the good components, you have to fork up $80. And I love the mechanic of upgrading dice - Roll for the Galaxy is one of my favorites! This should be a shoe-in purchase for me.īut in comparison to Root, I just don’t think I can back it. As someone who was enamored by Root’s artwork, the world-building in Tidal Blades obviously appeals to me. I’ve been eyeballing Tidal Blades this past week. Not to knock their game - it might be amazing, but that price tag is a huge risk to take. Cloudspire intrigued me, but I couldn’t get past the $100 price point for a game that might be outclassed by any tower defense game I could by for $5 on Steam. Huge kudos to Leder Games for running an amazing Kickstarter for what I consider to be a stellar game.įast forward to this week, where I’ve started lurking Kickstarter a bit more. And with its scarcity, I am so happy I picked up Root when I did in the manner I did. And what was the end result? This summer, one of my now-favorite games arrived at my doorstep with amazing components, a free expansion, and captivating, unique gameplay. Spending $60 (plus $10 shipping) seemed a little steep, but I decided to treat myself. I’d never played a COIN game, or anything more asymmetrical than 7 Wonders. At the time, it didn’t make sense to risk spending my money on Kickstarter for a game I couldn’t predict the quality of, especially when I had yet to play so many quality games.īut Root lured me in. This was a pretty big deal for me, as I’d been playing games for several years and operated firmly in the mindset of only buying well-established classics for good deals. About a year ago, I backed my first ever Kickstarter: Root.