Kickstarter

I thought I'd talk about some of the stuff I've backed on Kickstarter for this week.  Now I live in the UK so I often see games on there that I just can't back, some of the shipping costs on projects to the UK are sky high.  Have backed a few that were EU friendly and a couple that were low cost enough that it made it worth it.  It is my biggest issue with Kickstarter really, that so few projects can ship to me without paying almost as much for the postage as for the actual game.

Saying that I really like Kickstarter, I think it is a great way of getting games printed that might not have been released otherwise.  I do think it is going a bit too far for some companies, there are plenty of companies still using Kickstarter that could afford by now (with so many successfully games previously released) to produce games without Kickstarter.

So what Projects have I backed?

King of Tokyo

Does anyone remember the old computer game Rampage? Ever wanted to play that on a board?

King of Tokyo is a more recent purchase for me that has been seeing a lot of table time.  It is a fast and fairly simple dice game.  As the name suggests it is basically a King of The Hill style combat game.

Dice Masters

There are a lot of different sets for Dice Masters now.  I have two and my usual opponent has three (two differant from me).  They are the ones my opinion is based on because that is what I have experience with but they all work the same.

I have the DC Justice League set and the Marvel Uncanny X-Men sets (with a few Age of Ultron cards and dice thrown in that my friend gave me as spares).  I normally play against my friend with his Uncanny X-men, Age of Ultron and Amazing Spider-man sets.  It is one of my most played games and one I actually have a decent win/lose ratio at.

Sheriff of Nottingham

Smuggling and bribery, it's all fun and games...right?

That's the theme of Sheriff of Nottingham.  Each of the players is trying to get goods from the market into the city of Nottingham.  The problem is that the Sheriff is checking sacks as they come through the gates and not everything in your bag is legal.