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Replay and study the campaigns and battles of Robert E. Lee in the American Civil War, 1861-65.
October 7 - Nov 11
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/columbiagames/bobby-lee
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/sirlin/pandante
October 8 to Nov 7, 2013.
I know he gets folks all hot and bothered, but his games are of excellent quality. I am underwhelmed by anything above the "Buy the game" tier ($35) here though. Another $5 gets you--ready? Three poker chips.
Ok.
Jump up to $60 for those poker chips -and- a poster of a game you haven't played. Uh, sweet?
The next tier I would consider is the one with the legit poker chip set--the chips look nice and the box looks well made, and it's $300. Holy FUCK. No thanks.
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With that, I can't for the life of me understand why they're kickstarting these older titles. Don't get me wrong Napoleon is great and I understand Bobby Lee is as well (haven't played it), but these titles are already in print and play fine as is. That's one of the things I like about Columbia...games always in print with some for almost 40 years.
A few months back they put up a poll on their site of what games they should develop next. The results are posted as well. Some neat looking titles. However, they seem to be totally ignoring that poll and just kickstarting existing, in-print games.
I don't get it....
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With that, I can't for the life of me understand why they're kickstarting these older titles.
Doesn't this Columbia kickstarter do sort of the same thing as the GMT P500 thing with a known product? They get to make a few bucks and make a few more customers happy, with little downside.
I sprung for the Valley Games P500-ish Die Macher and Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage under that sort of scheme, and was reasonably happy. The Die Macher graphics sucked ass, but the RvC was okay. Granted, this was before Valley Games started ripping people off.
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Tell me this isn't the single most retarded KS ever.
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895563242/...rog-aaa-level-mmorpg
Tell me this isn't the single most retarded KS ever.
Less than $1M for an AAA MMORPG - how could it go wrong?
I'm tempted to spring for the digital version, so that when the whole thing goes tits-up I can laugh about it with a clear conscience.
/not really that tempted
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SuperflyTNT wrote: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895563242/...rog-aaa-level-mmorpg
Tell me this isn't the single most retarded KS ever.
"PC World" - get it?
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It looks like they're sticking an Oculus Rift in the $250 level, which has got to be the only reason this has sold at all..from stupid people who probably don't realize that they're not saying you'll get one early or at a discount.
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Schweig! wrote:
SuperflyTNT wrote: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895563242/...rog-aaa-level-mmorpg
Tell me this isn't the single most retarded KS ever.
"PC World" - get it?
...actually I don't.
*vomit*
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SuperflyTNT wrote: This is not "that ad". It's a KS scam deal. I'd be 100% surprised if anyone gets anything but a thank you note and a puff of dust as the game owners flee to India.
But enough about that.
THIS MUST BE PURCHASED.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/...-the-miniatures-game
How this isn't being talked about as if the place was on fire, I'll never know. This is so awesome. My problem is that I'm flat broke, thanks to Repo and his damned "Oh, Attack Wing is really good" and "it's has a Trek feel" commentary. Bastard cost me 200$.
Hey Pete, this is done (game design) by the same guy who did Deadzone. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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