Steve Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Inspired by Andrew Jones' post on G+ here are some major news updates on the upcoming God's War boardgame, direct from Sandy Petersen on the Boardgamegeek forums: "We have traveled some distance down the road of how much Gods War will cost, at least on the Kickstarter. So, first off, let me say that everything I say here is subject to change! I cannot be held to it, in case our manufacturer or our sculptors or for that matter our concept artists suddenly increase costs. But our plan is to price it in this way, subject to the vagaries of fate and economics. Also note that we do keep our eyes on whether or not we can reduce prices - which we would do if our costs unexpectedly lowered. We are believers in the theory that if we can reduce our prices, we will increase our sales by more than the proportional difference, so while this is a selfish theory from our point of view, it also benefits y'all. However, at no point will we decrease quality of the game components. Making it "cheaper" is only acceptable if it goes along with unchanged or even improved material. Again note that these are estimated Kickstarter campaign prices - everything will be more expensive on store shelves. THE CORE PLEDGE $100. Contains the core game, with everything needed to play. Also entitles you to all stretch goals. THE EVERYTHING PLEDGE $350. Contains ALL of the stuff being produced for this kickstarter, a total of 9 boxes. At the moment it includes 166 figures. Once all stretch goals are met, it will include 198 figures by my estimate. This is a significant drop in cost from Cthulhu Wars, yet it contains figures that are, on the average, larger than Cthulhu Wars – many of the figures in Cthulhu Wars were cultists. In Gods War, we have no cultists. The factions have no “universal” unit, though buildings come close. " Also, Jonathan Geere posted the following on G+, though I can't find the BGG source for this: "Update also from BoardGameGeek: Q) Are you still on track for an April Kickstarter for Glorantha: The Gods' War? Sandy – we just bumped it to a final firm date of May 9th, to ensure all of our ducks are in that row." Edited February 9, 2016 by Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRose Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Thanks. Going to start putting money aside so I have a few coins come April. My wife for some reason think paying for the House and feeding the kids is more important then me buying games so it takes me a while to make a big purchase. I don't understand women. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Steve said: Also, Jonathan Geere posted the following on G+, though I can't find the BGG source for this: "Update also from BoardGameGeek: Q) Are you still on track for an April Kickstarter for Glorantha: The Gods' War? Sandy – we just bumped it to a final firm date of May 9th, to ensure all of our ducks are in that row." The link to the source (which took me a while to find again!) is at the end of the page: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1477780/ask-sandy-8/page/8 Edited February 6, 2016 by jongjom clarification 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 7 hours ago, TRose said: Thanks. Going to start putting money aside so I have a few coins come April. My wife for some reason think paying for the House and feeding the kids is more important then me buying games so it takes me a while to make a big purchase. I don't understand women. I totally get where you're coming from mate heh heh 1 Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkokko Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Lots of prewarning is good... these kickstarters are like vampires - bleeding you dry and yet leaving you feeling weak but good and yearning for more... Quote My Glorantha/Mythras blog with Glorantha Cult One-pagers and Mythras Encounter Tool updates and Mythras GM Charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRose Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 So anyone know what faction are planned. I understand Sky, Chaos, Air and Darkness are in the base game.. For one I would later like to see Prax(Spirit?) Lunar, Malkoni, Kralorera and maybe Earth and sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 No Praxian faction, but Genert is part of the Earth faction. Sea, Earth, Lunar, Malkioni are player faction expansions, and get their war god/magic god/other god in the respective expansions. Ducks, dragonewts, Vadeli, and I guess ´aldryami and mostali are independent factions in the Elder Races expansion that can be allied. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zit Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 will there be any way to play it over Internet (pbem or whatever ). I'm not talking about a computer version, but about mechanics allowing at least to play per mail. I think board games designers should think about all these poor players spread all other the world without enough partners. And it would increase the sales, since every player would need a copy of the game ? 1 Quote Wind on the Steppes, role playing among the steppe Nomads. The running campaign and the blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippyHippy Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 How much would it be with P&P? I was basically costed out of the Cthulhu Wars by the shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 4 hours ago, Zit said: will there be any way to play it over Internet (pbem or whatever ). I'm not talking about a computer version, but about mechanics allowing at least to play per mail. I think board games designers should think about all these poor players spread all other the world without enough partners. And it would increase the sales, since every player would need a copy of the game ? I don't think that anything delaying the game would be that much fun to play. A single game doesn't run that long, and it is fun when played at a good pace. Dragging out the player turns could reduce the enjoyment quite a bit. The gather phase could be done by an administrator who manages the board that is streamed e.g. via webcam(s - one for the total, and a second zooming in on actions). The action phase has a couple of interactive steps, like trading (e.g. the Black Market heroquest of the Darkness faction which can trade away a rune once per turn) or combats, or non-interactive ones like placing a unit on the board or moving the units from one area (or, if Yelm makes it out of hell, all of the Solar units regardless where they stand - possibly only after placing a heroquest, I only played Chaos and Darkness so far). Combat consists of counting the dice for each size, rolling them and counting the kill and hurt results, and applying special rules like automatic kills or hurts, then applying these results to the units in the area. The player moving a hurt unit out chooses which unit, the player having caused the hurt chooses where it goes. Rolling the dice could be done via an app, or simply under the eye of a webcam. Assigning losses and acting those out is probably best done by talking to one another. A hangout with webcam coverage and a master board doing all the moves would be possible, I guess. That takes some work for the host, though. Copying all the moves to your own physical board at home would create differences sooner or later. An adaptation to a virtual game board could be done, I guess, or score cards, possibly printed, with the units shown as symbols. Not manhandling those miniatures takes away the haptic component of placing your units. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baulderstone Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 7 hours ago, Zit said: will there be any way to play it over Internet (pbem or whatever ). I'm not talking about a computer version, but about mechanics allowing at least to play per mail. I think board games designers should think about all these poor players spread all other the world without enough partners. And it would increase the sales, since every player would need a copy of the game ? There are a lot of excellent board game adaptations to PC and tablets these days.Seems the best way to make it playable over the Internet is to make it an awesome game that gets good reviews and sales, then take it to an established company and make a deal to get it made. Given the success of King of Dragon Pass on mobile devices, I don't think licensing another Glorantha game in that market would be the toughest sell in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingot Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 6 hours ago, TrippyHippy said: How much would it be with P&P? I was basically costed out of the Cthulhu Wars by the shipping. If you can't afford Gods War as a final product, I understand the draft rules and components are available here...? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/164702/glorantha-gods-war 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippyHippy Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 17 hours ago, ingot said: If you can't afford Gods War as a final product, I understand the draft rules and components are available here...? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/164702/glorantha-gods-war Really after the full game - I like the models - but the delivery cost is astronomical to NZ apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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