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I pre order board games. I’m looking forward to ISS vanguard and have been doing so for over a year. I wouldn’t do so with video games. Board games are easier

I pre order board games. I’m looking forward to ISS vanguard and have been doing so for over a year. I wouldn’t do so with video games. Board games are easier to understand the whole system from early design docs. Video games are more like “wouldn’t it be cool if you could do X”? And sometimes the answer turns out to be “no” when it’s actually implemented, or the actual implementation is just way watered down from your imagination. Backing something like star citizen seems like it’s begging for disappointment.

aspaviento 5y ago
> Board games are easier to understand the whole system from early design docs That doesn't make them any more reliable. Check the disaster it was the crowdfunding of "HeroQuest 25 anniversary".
- scrooched_moose 5y ago
  What happened there? From the outside I thought it was pretty smooth and successful. Delivered what was promised and only a couple months late. I think the worst I've seen is people realizing it was never all that good to begin with, and being disappointed a reprint of a 35 year old game doesn't really stack up in the modern era.
  - aspaviento 5y ago
    Here you have a summary in English[0] and the whole story in Spanish[1]. Even years after, patrons are still waiting with little hope. [0]https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/comments/ixwdog/comment/g698dit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/comments/ixwdog/comment/g... [1]https://www.xataka.com/literatura-comics-y-juegos/heroquest-25-aniversario-el-crowdfunding-que-batio-un-record-y-ha-acabado-con-nuestra-paciencia https://www.xataka.com/literatura-comics-y-juegos/heroquest-...
    - scrooched_moose 5y ago
      Oh bizarre. I hadn't seen that one. Appears to be a very dubious Spain-only campaign. As far as I'm aware, the official Hasbro one went quite well: https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system
renewiltord 5y ago
But that’s what I enjoy these platforms for: I want to precommit some small sum of money and if lots of us do it this guy is going to take an honest shot at it. Since it’s so little, I get no equity and I just get one unit of product. Fair deal to me. Disappointment isn’t that they tried and it sucked. It’s only if they don’t try. But to be honest, I don’t even feel disappointed then because I usually make a satisfactory judgment as to the likelihood of success so if it fails, that’s just a failed bet. And nothing wrong with failing on a bet.

aspaviento 5y ago

> Board games are easier to understand the whole system from early design docs That doesn't make them any more reliable. Check the disaster it was the crowdfunding of "HeroQuest 25 anniversary".

scrooched_moose 5y ago
What happened there? From the outside I thought it was pretty smooth and successful. Delivered what was promised and only a couple months late. I think the worst I've seen is people realizing it was never all that good to begin with, and being disappointed a reprint of a 35 year old game doesn't really stack up in the modern era.
- aspaviento 5y ago
  Here you have a summary in English[0] and the whole story in Spanish[1]. Even years after, patrons are still waiting with little hope. [0]https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/comments/ixwdog/comment/g698dit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/comments/ixwdog/comment/g... [1]https://www.xataka.com/literatura-comics-y-juegos/heroquest-25-aniversario-el-crowdfunding-que-batio-un-record-y-ha-acabado-con-nuestra-paciencia https://www.xataka.com/literatura-comics-y-juegos/heroquest-...
  - scrooched_moose 5y ago
    Oh bizarre. I hadn't seen that one. Appears to be a very dubious Spain-only campaign. As far as I'm aware, the official Hasbro one went quite well: https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system

renewiltord 5y ago

But that’s what I enjoy these platforms for: I want to precommit some small sum of money and if lots of us do it this guy is going to take an honest shot at it. Since it’s so little, I get no equity and I just get one unit of product. Fair deal to me. Disappointment isn’t that they tried and it sucked. It’s only if they don’t try. But to be honest, I don’t even feel disappointed then because I usually make a satisfactory judgment as to the likelihood of success so if it fails, that’s just a failed bet. And nothing wrong with failing on a bet.