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Why is it that most of those kickstarter games shown in the table are for miniatures? My understanding is that they are basically add ons for existing rpg ish g

• jtbigwoo 11y ago
  Three things, I think: It's much easier to build hype with pretty renderings of miniatures rather than just with pictures of cards and dice. I think folks are more willing to lay out $50 or $100 for a game with miniatures because it seems like you're getting more stuff. Even if the game sucks you get all these cool toys you can play with. These games inevitably have higher revenue per user which gives them a much better chance of making the leaderboard. The cheapest reward level for Zombiecide: Season 3 was $90 and they raised about $237 per customer. Compare this to Tiny Epic Galaxies which had a similar number of backers and only raised only $33 per customer.
• mikepurvis 11y ago
  I can't really speak to the miniatures/RPG type games, but the folks in my eurogaming circle have pretty much sworn off buying kickstarter games. KS's video pitch tends to optimize for games with high visual appeal, or that are otherwise thematically awesome (funny, clever, dark, etc), but are lacking (or at least insufficiently tested) in actual gameplay fundamentals. The one I got bitten by was Euphoria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29GYH1sb2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29GYH1sb2g As above, gorgeous artwork, great theme— but it practically plays itself. The gameplay is a notch or two above parcheesi, but with fifteen minutes of rules explaining on the front end.