Kickstarters, good or bad?

[Orcs]

And they stew you in chocolate sauce afterwards.

Do they then throw you to lesbians?   

If so I might be more interested in Aztecs than I thought 

[kustenjaeger]

Greetings

I've pledged for a couple of Kickstarters that were at fairly different ends of the spectrum. 

One was IIRC US$10 for a pdf RPG companion which was pretty miuch written but the stretch goals added more content and everyone who pledged also got iterative drafts to comment on and use early.  A good experience.

The other is a board game with 28mm SF miniatures (Sedition Wars).  Here I pledged about $145 inc p&p for core box plus add-ons - the stretch goals here added both to the box contents going on sale and specials for those pledging.  In this case the game materials and artwork were in layout and many of the figures were designed.  Presupposing that this happens there'll be a delivery in December and in March or thereabouts with a lot of stuff.   I got in at the end where it was clear that, absent a major problem, the value for money should be very good for those pledging.    In this case the KS total was around $975,000.

Regards

Edward

[Orcs]

Leon,

Would you and Dave be interested in using some of the suggestions here to kickstart a new range ?  I think it might be worth a seeing if you get enough people interested.

[Luddite]

Interesting recent article on the BBC about this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19347120

[Leon]

Leon,

Would you and Dave be interested in using some of the suggestions here to kickstart a new range ?  I think it might be worth a seeing if you get enough people interested.

It's not something we've actively looked at, as the requests area does a similar job.  The only added benefit of the Kickstarter would be to have the funds available earlier in the process, meaning that it wouldn't take anything out of the regular design budget.  It'd be interesting finding a range which would bring in enough interest/pledges to make it worthwhile.

And before he jumps in, Aztecs wouldn't be it...!   

[barbarian]

You know, he has almost convinced me to sculpt one aztec warrior, just to get him quiet.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Lol !

[sultanbev]

That'll be a no on my 15mm Napoleonic Ghurkas and Tibetans then 

[FierceKitty]

I didn't say a word!

[Leon]

Some interesting examples of the ups and downs of the KS method:

Beyond the Gates of Antares - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2037958218/beyond-the-gates-of-antares

A Sci-Fi universe project, led by Rick Priestley.  With a £300k goal, 6 weeks in it had reached £100k with only a fortnight to go, and was cancelled yesterday.


Empire of the Dead - Requiem - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/832150598/empire-of-the-dead-requiem-0

This one is from West Wind, building on their successful Empire of the Dead range, with a plan to add another 80 odd figures.  With a goal of only £5k, it reached it's target within 2 hours, and in it's first day live, is currently on £20k pledged.  There's still 39 days to go, so this one could hit some quite impressive numbers.

[sultanbev]

Minarions have done one for a 1/56 armoured car:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hispano-suiza-mc-36-funding-project?c=gallery

but looks to have a short investment period!

Mark

[sebigboss79]

Some interesting examples of the ups and downs of the KS method:

Beyond the Gates of Antares - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2037958218/beyond-the-gates-of-antares

A Sci-Fi universe project, led by Rick Priestley.  With a £300k goal, 6 weeks in it had reached £100k with only a fortnight to go, and was cancelled yesterday.


Empire of the Dead - Requiem - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/832150598/empire-of-the-dead-requiem-0

This one is from West Wind, building on their successful Empire of the Dead range, with a plan to add another 80 odd figures.  With a goal of only £5k, it reached it's target within 2 hours, and in it's first day live, is currently on £20k pledged.  There's still 39 days to go, so this one could hit some quite impressive numbers.

You should mention that Gates of Antares FAILED to preview much more than promises and very very few greens and concept art. No money for fancy ideas without stuff to back it up. Big names do not always work.