$64,000 for a metal roof! Is the cost of labor and materials higher where you live? My Dad can put a metal roof on a single story small to medium size house for less than $7,000. Even if the internal structure needed redone it shouldn’t have been more than $15,000. I feel sorry for you if you got ripped off. If the guys that did your house charged 64,000 I hope they rebuilt the trusses (if needed), and used OSB, roll paper, 2x4s and 2x6s planks (not 1.5x4 furring strips which rot off in 20 years) and at least 18 (not 19) gauge metal. But don’t worry if they did actually do a good job your roof should last your lifetime unless a strong natural disaster strikes.
I'm so happy to see all these projects finally coming to fruition for you, after all these years, J! It couldn't happen to a nicer bloke and a lovlier family <3 Please send my love to both Steph and Anne, as always. I've not been keeping up with the online boardgames community generally this last year, apart from the Discord server that I call home, you know the one :-) Both kids have their big national exams this year, the BAC for Rhianwen and the Brevet for Elis, as well as having to move on to uni and a new high school in September. I also finally managed to get to the UK in March to see my oldest daughter for the first time in years and to meet my grandson for the first time! He was 3 this month and is gorgeous. I miss our chats very much, and chatting to all our other online BG friends, but, like you, real life is just too busy, stressful, demanding and sometimes I just need to switch off from the screens and focus on what's tangible :-) I hope everything goes well for you with both the launch of RDR and the KS campaign! If RDR ever gets a French edition, let me know, I've got French friends that would love it ;-D 💚💚💚
Excellent list! I agree on most of what you said, especially on Dominion and Spirit Island. The only game I've played I don't agree on is Game of Thrones. Played it several times and I don't see the replayability since it has a balance issue.
Thank you for the update and congratulations on the projects! I'm also looking forward to them! What an amazing time we live in isn't it? Where we're just watching video content about board games yet we also know you, the creator, and you make it so very personal and connect with us in such a real, down-to-earth fashion. Thank you!
Thanks for the update. Seen so many creators dissappear of the face of the earth without a word. You do what you want to do and if that means downprioritizing ”3 minutes”, fine. Good luck with everything. Something koto.
I'm very angry with you. Now I'm waiting to buy 2 of your games! The agony! Best of wishes for your absolutely well deserved success with those, and I will keep watching whatever you have the time to give us :)
Ooh, I hadn't heard about the book deal. Yay! So happy for all these great things coming to fruition for you. I don't suppose Arkus will have Shadow Moon Syndicates at Board Games by the Bay Hamilton? I'm still bummed I wasn't one of the folks who got to check it out at Wellycon. Thanks for making sure we got cutie patootie Anne photos in this video. ❤ How is she in kindergarten already? Time just flies, doesn't it?!
I'm going to write up a big article at some point about why the game doesn't have a solo mode. As you are probably aware, I am a solo gamer, i do solo gaming videos, but i also think not every game suits a solo mode. In fact, a lot of the time it's like creating an entirely new game using the components. We will have rules for bot players, mostly for a 2 player game to make the board more interesting. But with the way the interactions in the game work, and how much take that is in the game, a solo mode just doesn't suit. And i'd rather not do a solo mode than do a rubbish one just to sucker the solo only crowd into backing it. I respect the solo hobby too much to do that.
Wait, you say your videos take a long time to create? Shouldn't they just take about 3 minutes? j/k :P Super excited about Red Dust. I have had it pre-ordered on P500 for what seems like ages. Can't wait to get it to the table!
Awesome stuff. I still have to put the idea for my board game on the paper. For now, it is just a thought in my head. It's not easy I must say. Either way, I wish you all the best, and if you have a copy of the game circling the EU reviewers (for the KS campaign), I'll gladly make a video about it.
I had the great good fortune to play Shadow Moon Syndicates recently at an NZ boardgame event (with Shem Phillips demoing it, no less!) and I can confirm this game is very, very good. It is very strategic, highly interactive, the rules are not too complex and even in the prototype version I played, the art and design was just fantastic. As I said in a short post on Boardgame Geek, we do not need any more games, but we will still back this one. It is a great game from a great content creator. It is really cool to see Jarrod having this string of successes. Well deserved sir!
Yay!!! For Red Dust Rebellion going to the printers. It's been... a long time since you initially announced the P500 because I remember I signed up for it right away and I later bought a house and had to change my address on GMT's website... and I bought the house over three years ago now And good lord was that new roof expensive af
That’s a bingo! Seriously I’m so excited for you and your many projects. Working on a game for seven years and it’s getting printed; plus you got another one in the works. And you have a book just casually in the works haha. I’m proud of you and the work it takes to do this. I really hope you see some victory points from these moves 😉
me too, because right now i'm technically out of pocket if you take into account the cost of making prototypes and what have you. I don't get a cent on RDR until it ships ;)
A book AND new board games? Well, there goes my savings too. Sorry to hear about that roof setback; I can empathize with debilitating, out-of-nowhere costs, but congrats and cheers to all the other great opportunities and projects headed your way! 👾
Thanks for the update, J, I've been on the P500 for the GMT for over a year and a half and I had no idea the designer was the same person whose channel I watch! Now, I'm even more excited about playing it with my friends. Sorry about your roof! Thanks for all the fun reviews and great content!!!!!!!! Nick Stasnopolis
About a year ago, my daughter was hospitalized. She’s OK now, but she was stuck in the hospital. I was thinking of getting a board game we could play together and based on your channel, we got Forbidden Island. She loved it so much and it got us through 4 days of being inpatient. Now, you’re our only source on whether we buy a game or not. Just wanted to say thank you for the hard work and content you put out. Sorry about your roof and the expense that went with it. Sounds like you have some great opportunities coming up though and we’re excited to keep supporting you!
This comment touches me a lot. I don't know if you know this, but Anne was born with a hole in her heart and needed Heart Surgery as soon as she was big enough to get it, 10 weeks old. We felt so vulnerable and afraid and friends helped us through. To know that in any small way we made some other kid and parents time at hospital that little more bearable means the world to me. Thank you :)
@@3MBG being a dad is the best thing ever and just watching them and being helpless is so hard. Glad Anne is doing better (and your family). Knowing that she is your priority over everything else put a smile on my face. Thank you for what you do. We love your work and I love that my girl loves board games and much as me 😊 Keep it up my friend!
I'm so happy to hear about your upcoming projects and OOF that would be such a relief that the roof is finished. Take care of yourself and don't burn yourself out! ❤
Can’t wait to see Red Dust Rebellion appear in UK stores! I’ve been following the channel and your work on the game for a few years. Hope it sells really well for you guys 🤞
Just a coincidence re the similar "sound?" of "Red Dust Rebellion" and "Red Dead Redemption"? Very much looking forward to both of these - I P500ed RDR the day it was announced I think :D
I'd never heard of Red Dead Redemption until the sequel blew up and became really big deal in 2019 or so, which was a year or two after we had settled on our name. We figured cowboys and mars are sufficiently different that it didn't matter, but we did talk about it sounding similar and if we needed to change. The first draft title of the game was Red Mars Rising, which then became Red Dust Revolutions, and finally Red Dust Rebellion.
Yeah, 5 years ago a roof the same size would have cost 20k. But we have a huge shortage of people building and working on houses and costs have doubled in the last 5 years. Then, this roof was also full of asbestos, a known carcinogen that needs specialist removal people in hazmat suits to remove it and certify its clear before you can do any other work. They were another 20k or so. It was so much more cost than we were prepared for. (also, NZ Dollars)
Hello from the U.S.! Glad we're still going to be getting content. I often see your reviews before I see the games show up in my store, which is great because it helps me explain a bit to customers how the game plays. VERY excited to see the book. And Ann(e?) comes first! As she should. She's such a cutie patootie!
Congratulations on all the amazing projects! Couldn't be happening to a nice guy and better channel. Looking forward to seeing Red Dust Rebellion when it is out although it might melt my regular players' brains! And Shadow Moon Syndicates art looks incredible! Can't wait to see the game. Best to you in all your creative endeavors!
Shadow moon is a ton simpler mechanically. It has simple core rules, with every card in the game creating exceptions. A bit like a CCG. And yeah, im loving the art direction.
