Awesome! I still have the original.

EDIT:
Beware! Nostalgia incoming!

The Mandate is almost there! And still 5 days left! That's cool!

What are your thoughts on the following games making it or not?

I'm happy it got kickstarted, just don't know if I'll be okay with the stick-figure art. Same reason I can't even look at Stratrekia (or whatever it's called :P)

This looks fun enough, and they even have a demo (which I haven't played yet, no time). Sadly, I don't think they'll make it...

Dex also looks like a cool game, with some interesting mechanics. Good that it reached its funding goal!

Echoes of Twilight has A BEAR RACE :D Need I say more? :P
Don't think this one will make it, either. And I only learned that it's the devs' second attempt from the post above :(

OK, right thread this time.

Saw this and felt it is at least worth taking note of.

Stalin vs Martians 3!

Let's reach those stretch goals so they can try and license Vanilla Ice for the game!

nice idea, but...

...herein lies the problem: after building up a collection of too many games that would never be played I went cold turkey a long time ago and stopped pre ordering entirely, only purchasing an occasional GOG game in the sales. I'm only aware of some of the more high profile crowdfunded games projects. I have a lot of catching up and digging to do!

Thanks :)

Most game Kickstarters go over budget, far as I know. It's hard as is, but since typical stretch goals are new areas and new game systems, this always postpones release and it adds not only work but potential problems.

Looks to me like an isolated incident in the sea of overfunded hardware and board games. Typically the more orders you have, the less it costs you per product. Of course some of the money typically goes to making things better (better materials, better manufacturing), and it's possible to go overboard with that. Also many projects lose on delivery costs, and if that's the case then lots of backers can mean more lost money.


The short of it though is that it's a lot easier to accurately estimate the cost of physical projects than it is to estimate the cost of software development.


I went cold turkey for about 3 months. :) Never with Kickstarter though. I spend a lot more per game on Kickstarter than elsewhere. Got to encourage those developers even if the games will just end up on my backlog.

What kind of games are you interested in?

Storage options for board and card games:
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Doh wrong thread!

A team based online multiplayer FPSRTS inspired by C&C: Renegade:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1967332840/renegade-0

Scraps: Customisable vehicle combat


For anyone who like to build there own vehicles & shoot stuff

Bloom: Memories is a beautiful and different action-adventure game.

I didn't see this on the first page, sorry if it's already been mentioned.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1376061185/bloom-memories-a-new-kind-of-action-adventure-rpg

This update is what got me interested enough to back it:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1376061185/bloom-memories-a-new-kind-of-action-adventure-rpg/posts/674971

Only needs $6,300 or so with 12 days to go.

Actor William Shatner designs a wristwatch

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/passages-a-watch-by-william-shatner-and-egard


3D printer that uses metal clay

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/minimetalmaker-a-small-3d-printer-that-fabricates-with-precious-metal-clay


SLC Punk 2: Punk's Dead, a sequel to the movie with most of the original actors and crew

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/slc-punk-2-punk-s-dead


Browser based tactical RPG Riftforge

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/turn-based-tactical-rpg-that-you-can-play-at-work

I'll second Bloom: Memories on KS, and add LISA, the painful RPG.

It's a whacky little RPG set in a post apocalyptic, female-less world, where gameplay and plot advancement is determined by decisions made by the player. It just funded and the stretch goals are to be announced shortly. Demo and some of the excellent soundtrack are availabe on the KS page.

I'm happy with the new direction Bloom: Memories is taking. Looks like the concept has more meat now, and the concept art has always been great. I might pledge to it at the expense of Delaware St. John. Still haven't played the demo though, I'll see how I like that.

Maia is in Steam Early Access now, keys for the backers will be available probably today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/252250/

Well, Bad Dreams didn't light the Kickstarter world on fire (still 16 hours to go though!), but apparently it lit enough matches to get a publishing deal with Red 5 Comics.
Mentioning it because Gary is doing one of those nice things and sending to all of the backers up to this point "a limited edition autographed print specially created for the Kickstarter campaign as a personal thank you for your support".