What KICKSTARTER(S) are you BACKING and WHY?

I pledged for it. What the hell.

Ha!

After recently commenting to Metalface that I'm likely done buying board games....I may back this...

That video is great. Love the scowls and fists as they describe the game. Plus, they got quotes from all the right people, IMHO...Rick Priestley, John Blanche..and Digestor the ghoul!

and this...

"METAL PUNKS FROM THE STREETS OF OAKLAND! DUNGEON DEGENERATES is by Sean Äaberg & Eric Radey. Childhood partners in crime who grew up on old school role-playing & war games & love old Games Workshop products in particular - as an art form. They grew up playing Call of Cthulhu games run by Charlie Crank. They worked for Chaosium as warehouse slaves. They were in the most chaotic Noise Metal Punk band in Oakland & played ritualistic shows trying to summon demons & hordes of rats. They know that the old ways are best & they are going to drain enough blood to bring them back with DUNGEON DEGENERATES!"

This is the board game that follows DCC...and I love this sort of fantasy.

Damn. You. Metalface.

I love the look of this. Backed it without hesitation. I love supporting shit like this.

Columbob wrote: I'm in for the Jabber Wok, but the Sex Dwarf? I don't know...

Sex dwarf? Is this a PC or encounter? I don't see it.

The only thing that bothers me is that there are only around 10 encounters per area. I'm guessing each area will have several per session, so you're looking at knowing all of the encounter content after 2 plays.

Maybe that's a dumb hangup but I love having no idea what's going to happen when I have an encounter or event occur. When it becomes known the game becomes more mechanical and loses its edge.

They've even gotten quotes from Rick Priestley AND John Blanche - pretty ace.

The art reminds me of old GW fare. I'm in while early birds are still available (8 left as I type this).

Mr. White wrote:

Columbob wrote: I'm in for the Jabber Wok, but the Sex Dwarf? I don't know...

Sex dwarf? Is this a PC or encounter? I don't see it.

It's one of the enemies.

Yeah, the Soft Cell reference clinched it.

There's already someone backed at the Naga level, where you get a tattoo in Portland.

charlest wrote: The only thing that bothers me is that there are only around 10 encounters per area. I'm guessing each area will have several per session, so you're looking at knowing all of the encounter content after 2 plays.

Maybe that's a dumb hangup but I love having no idea what's going to happen when I have an encounter or event occur. When it becomes known the game becomes more mechanical and loses its edge.

That's a perfectly reasonable concern. It's my hope that stretch goals flesh out the encounter deck.

I'm not really expecting much from the game...if it turns out to be really good mechanically, that's a bonus. It's the art style, the approach and the obnoxiousness that I am supporting.

I just came here to draw attention to this, but I see you guys are way ahead of me. There's no way I couldn't back it.

Deep Madness just went up on Kickstarter, there's a 24hr early bird for those interested.

It seems to play a bit like Zombicide Black Plague except under water against Cthulhu like creatures. I'm pledging early just to see how it pans out. Since I went Knight's Pledge on Black Plague and also kickstarted Vampire Hunters I'm not sure I'm looking for another co-op minis game in the same vein.

That underwater mechanism and the room tiles flipping is a neat idea.

charlest wrote: That underwater mechanism and the room tiles flipping is a neat idea.

Agreed, the more I look into it the more I like it. It looks like it has more meat than Zombicide which is always a plus. It has over double the monster types of Zombicide plus a doom tracker that adds global effects as you play. The game already funded in about an hour, that's a good sign for the campaign. It looks like I'll be keeping my pledge. I also get a free epic monster because I got in on their Facebook share promo they ran last month.

I'm in on Deep Madness. And Star Saga. Must stop.