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Abaddon is abandon
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12-05-2016, 03:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-26-2017 10:07 PM by Old Dwarf.)
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Abaddon is abandon
Well at least it's KS Expansion "Shattered Command"
which had a Goal of 12K but will be lucky to reach half that. (alas as a backer I really wanted this to succeed). Abaddon the base game came out several years & seemed (to me at least) like a winner. It was a C&C Game with a cool Si-Fi Theme and the best figures of any C&C Game. 3 Types of Giant Robots + human Inf. I means what's not to like? But it never really picked up any Buzz, the publisher Toy Vault supported it with a couple of bonus Missions and then silence Now suddenly Toy Vault announces & starts a KS for an Expansion of this basically dead game. The KS is a bargain the Expansion is only $15 and you can also get the Base Game and the Expansion for $40. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...f=kicktraq Due to the size of the Game shipping outside the US is a bear and Toy Vault isn't doing much to advertise the KS. For me it's a "WTF" were they thinking starting a KS with no advance build up for an Expansion to a Game that most never heard of then doing little to promote after the fact. The real shame is that Abaddon is a good game and the KS Expansion adds some cool stuff to it but Toy Vault has just mishandled it from the beginning. OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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03-26-2017, 12:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-26-2017 10:08 PM by Old Dwarf.)
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RE: Abaddon is abandon
Well my batting average is ZERO on KS Si-Fi Games. I had pledge Mars Wars by Worthington Games
(the Hold The Line system publishers. It was a Block Game whose concept was conflict on Mars between China & the US and also had a Bug (think Star Ship Troopers) Army. It was a $5000 Campaign that in 3 days went to just over $16,000 & was headed towards it's 2nd Stretch Goal. The bottom began to fall out & with just over 2 days left had fallen to just under $12,500 in pledges and Worthington pulled the plug. The drop started when they put up a rather vague how to play vid. and could not provide rules nor even the box contents. The SG frankly were extra blocks & missions that should have been part of the core game. In general there wasn't much incentive to KS pledge vs just waiting for retail release (even price wise- even shipping was more expensive than an online store). Still I like the concept and hope they reboot an updated KS. OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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04-18-2017, 04:05 PM
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RE: Abaddon is abandon
Well I may get another chance at bat in Mars Wars.
Worthington Games is working on a relaunch. This time they have EU Friendly shipping and the rules will be formatted for the upcoming KS relaunch so you know exactly what you will be getting. OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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04-18-2017, 11:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2017 11:05 PM by mqstout.)
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RE: Abaddon is abandon
"If you didn't have bad luck, you'd have no luck at all".
I've had a good record with board games. Lots of slow delays, but, pretty much all successes and showing progress. Now, video games... I've had, I'd say, 60% success. Pretty abyssmal. A lot of last-minute-changes that make the whole thing worthless. In general, physical products have been more successful; ephemeral/digital ones, not so much. My experience. In fact I just had a KS board game delivered: March of the Ants + Expansion. |
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04-22-2017, 12:32 PM
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RE: Abaddon is abandon
I still have 4 KS that I'm waiting on to be completed ,the ever waiting SoB Mine Cart Wave 2, Cuthulhu Wars 2
(just got an email it's in the US but on super secret Lock down by Customs) then The Cult & Slaughterville update). Worthington Games seems content to keep banging it's head against the KS wall, they have a new KS "Enemies of Rome" a light historical game up which funded in a couple of days then the juice runs out & they start bleeding pledges. The SG keep being $10K apart & thus they never even make the 1st one plus there not that great. OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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