Bought into the hype on a $70 Kickstarter miniatures game and it actually delivered

I backed a campaign for a space combat game called Void Drifters back in 2021 and figured it would be another box of mediocrity like most crowdfunded stuff I've tried. Showed up six months late but the rulebook was tight, the ship minis had zero mold lines, and we've played it eight times in three weekends. Has anyone else had a Kickstarter game totally surprise them in a good way?

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charles_baker287d ago

Hold up, are we really calling an eight play session in three weekends some kind of crowdfunding victory? That's barely a week and a half of gaming. I've backed like a dozen miniatures games and most of them sit on my shelf for months before I even clip the sprues. The zero mold lines part is weirdly impressive I'll give you that, but isn't the real test if you're still playing it in six months? Every game feels fresh when its brand new.

stella227d ago

Blinked twice reading "zero mold lines" because that is genuinely insane. @charles_baker28 I've been in this hobby for years and I still get mold lines on minis from big companies like Games Workshop, so someone pulling that off in a crowdfund is black magic to me. Eight sessions in three weekends is also great for a new game since most of my friends flake after one or two tries. You're totally right that six months is the real test though. Plenty of games are fun until the honeymoon phase wears off and then you realize the balance is busted or the rules are a mess. I'd still take a game that plays well right out the box over something that sits clipped on a shelf gathering dust.

the_wesley7d ago

That bit about "zero mold lines" being black magic is exactly how I felt when I first read it. But here's what I'm wondering, and maybe you've seen this in your years of hobbying: does super clean casting actually make the minis harder to paint? I've had some crowdfund minis where the plastic was so smooth and crisp that primer wouldn't stick right, or the details were too shallow to hold a wash properly. You mentioned big company minis still having mold lines, so do you think this zero line thing is actually a sign of a good casting process, or just a marketing trick that could backfire once people start painting? I'm genuinely curious since I've been burned by both extremes before.