Merry Christmas Chris! I’m hoping we can collaborate next year if your game. I think you do a great job and although we have different tastes I enjoy your videos. Have a great day with your family. ✌🏻
Sean Peck
2024-12-25 14:16:14 +0000 UTC
I have backed since 2013 and I don't back any more games. Why? I have too many games. I only have 8 crowdfunding games left and the three I properly will never see. I'm part of the "Unbroken" saga...
Look very carefully when backing games! I lost nearly 1000 dollars through the years backing games.
My advice for you it:
A: back for 1 dollar.
Or
B: Buy retail or used.
If you buy retail you get it home with you. If you buy used you take a small chance.
If you back crowdfunding you take a huge chance. Publishers can go bankrupt or run away with your money and you can't do a thing.
I was fortunate that I live in Europe when Holy Grail Games went bankrupt in the middle of delivering Rallyman Dirt. It was a French company. The North America backers got zero.
You have to be careful!
Hans Peter Bak
2024-12-16 21:07:37 +0000 UTC
I’m rather new to these newer board games, about a year in (I grew up with monopoly, scrabble and Yahtzee) and I’m new to backing games.
I enjoy your content. It makes me take double looks at things so I end up with Less buyers remorse than I usually have 😅.
As far as what I want to see, I’m enjoying watching and catching some past videos. No suggestions yet…
I will say waiting has not been the fun part of crowdfunding. Not only that… I have seen that it seems to be the norm for games to be delayed.
What they seem to all have made “normal” it appears is that they don’t even state the date expectation change or apologize for an unseen circumstance or even just explain it! Every single one does this it seems. Well except for Starling games with Everdell Duo… I was blown away that it’s so early! 😱 (well mine was supposed to be here Saturday but I have no clue what is happening in Perrysburg Ohio that it came to a screeching halt there for days) but I also realize they are a huge company and probably pretty much had it ready to go.
I do like the ones that have great communication and provide video of what’s going on. It’s interesting to see the whole process unfold and the game actually getting made or packaged.
My biggest disappointment so far, Elf Creek Games. I late backed Santa’s workshop and the expansion for Merchants of the dark road. I think it looks very dead in the water … is it wrong to still hold out hope 🤷🏻♀️😂 I did end up getting Santa’s Workshop secondhand from someone who was willing to sell me their deluxe copy from BGG 😱 They didn’t even scalp me… if fact they gave me a huge deal and had only played the game once. It was fantastic… restored a little of my faith in humanity 🙂
Thank you for your honesty … that’s so hard to do publicly right! 😂 I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!