Odalin - The main campaign boss (Abbadon) is actually not in the core box, its being sold as an Add-on. Their "solution" is to either buy the addon with extra shipping or use another mini as an stand-in. Extremely predatory decision that no one should ever reward them for it.
They advertised the $40 addon with the two new demons as 'use them as your allies or enemies', and then added a stretch goal to use them as enemies. This shitty behavior is an easy blacklist for me. And the typos on the project page, don't even get me started...
this and Blood are easy non-backs for me . Shipping to NZ prices are crazy. I could get grim coven standee core + shipping for only 10-20 dollars more than just paying their shipping. People complain about AR, but the std version + shipping is a bargain for many places in the World . Plus tend to refine game a lot post PM. If I'm paying crazy shipping I'll save it for Cmon United DC , least you feel shipping gives you 101 extra chibis you probably may or may not need
Well, I can't say that I don't watch your channel, so you can count that as we hearing you. xD (confusing double negatives ftw) This game has been developing for a while, and we are working tirelessly to polish it. Our goal was to make an immersive dungeon crawl that we would want to play and that we felt could cater to a wide variety of playstyles, as our team also has different tastes. Thank you for covering our game! [I am the Lead Game Designer of Dragori, just to be clear to everyone reading]
For Hexplore IT, their rule book is really small compared to other rulebooks, so I would say the rulebook would be half as many pages if it was the size of most rulebooks. To give an example, its usually the size of those pamphlets that show other games people sell.
So if you pledge 129 on the first day, you get the boss of the add-on which you can't use and if you back the game plus add-on from day 2 forward you have to buy the boss mini extra. Smells like bs and from that fact alone I refuse to back
almost pull the trigger on backing Odalin, that first day exclusive miniature is fire, but the wait stops me from backing. 1year wait for a game is too much for me. so much interest will be lost while waiting that long.
Problem with Odalin for me is in the game play everyone uses a health draining mechanic to power themselves up, and personally I hate that type of mechanic even if its thematic in the game. I was actually going to back it before I watched game play vids showing that.
Tales from Red Dragon Inn 2nd print is so tantalizing. I heard a lot of good things about that game and I love dungeon crawlers. Might bite the bullet there. I’ve only recently backed Cysmic all-in, so there may be room for one more pledge this summer. Otherwise I’m just waiting for the fall to see what Story of Many has to offer when that launches (hopefully on GF)
Just finished my first Hexplore It game and am pumped for more! Trying to tell myself not to go ALL IN as I have WAY too many games. Their page and updates are so clear and that’s a big plus for me.
I’m actually pretty excited about the Dante/Odalin crossover too. Just seems cool. But I don’t know if the gameplay will be so different. I’ll probably just play it as a one shot dungeon crawler unless that ends up being super fun then I’d consider the campaign. Blood looks soooo much better than Grimcoven. I backed both lol
Hexplore it after the first 2 excellent parts. Part 3 and 4 skipped. Now there comes part 5 which is a must have. Tales from the Red Dragon lnn comes as a surprise will have to have a look if any of the updates are needed to what is a great game already.
I'm not pledging for any of these! Hooray! This is the first Hexplore It game I am passing on. I have the other 4, it's just too much. The SGs are added into the base games.
Hexploreit isn’t that rough to learn or stay current with. It’s no Death May Die-like dice chucker, but the rule are internally consistent and just make sense. I’m probably going to pass on this one. Still getting fun out of my Vol 1 and 2. That said. Wow is this game fun because of its modularity (United/DMD…) I do think their campaign pages are fantastic. You can tell that they’ve done this before and believe in communication.
Its funny because I am getting this one, and have all the others, but, I have only played Vol 1 so far, but people love using choices from the other volumes for volume 1.
