Kickstarter - Glory to Rome

[DanielIndru]

Daca proiectul de pe Kickstarter reuseste sa adune fonduri, Glory to Rome va fi republicat drept "Black Box Edition" cu o noua grafica, un nou set de reguli care se va adauga celui original si o cutie mult mai buna decat plasticul editiilor anterioare.

Proiectul mi se pare foarte ambitios din punct de vedere financiar, cei 21.000 USD trebuie stransi in 22 zile.

Am fost pesimist si-mi cer iertare. Jocul a strans deja 14.000 USD in mai putin de 2 zile. E absolut incredibil si asta arata cata "foame" de acest joc s-a adunat in comunitate din partea celor care nu au reusit sa-l savureze din cauza graficii si cat de apreciata e initiativa si noua grafica.

from http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1055140

[DanielIndru]

Acesta este primul update al proiectului, primit ieri in cursul dupa-amiezii:

Two days in and Glory To Rome, Black Box Edition has just hit it's $21K target - as I write we have 545 backers and $22,423 in pledges. I guess I'd better start writing my apology letters!
Thank you everyone who has pledged for Glory To Rome, Black Box edition in the past few days!
This has been a humbling experience. I always knew we'd get a few hundred sales from people who have been holding out for the new art, but really expected that after the first $8K or so the pledges would really slow down as we switched to getting sign ups from people who have not played Glory To Rome before and were intrigued by the buzz we've been getting.I guess things have moved on a bit since I was going to the post office a couple of times a week to ship orders personally to every store anywhere in the world that carried our games.

A few weeks ago we started talking over on BoardGameGeek about offering a few PROMOTIONAL CARDS in addition to the main game. This will be 18 cards - 3 each of six different types to match the 6 role types / card colors.
We are both interested in getting your feedback on the suggestions that are already in, and also are wide open for you to make new and interesting promo card functions.
Provided that we reach at least $25,000 in pledges then we will print out these cards and make them available as part of the Kickstarter offer - anyone who pledges before we hit $25K will receive both the badge and the promo cards; anyone who pledges after that will get a choice between receiving either the badge or the promo cards.
We're also working on an boardgamegeek microbadge offer which will be exclusive to this promotion - will provide more information in our next update!

Iar acesta este cel pe care l-am gasit in posta de dimineata. Lucrurile se misca foarte repede in Roma si banii vin gramada:

So, firstly I'm not complaining (at all!) but that was way too quick - I really thought it would take at least a day to get to $25,000 - so I'm planning to give the double benefit (promo cards and badge) to any pledges that come in before midnight EST today.
The conversation about what the cards should actually be is now in full swing over on boardgamegeek - if you get the chance please stop by this geeklist to give both your thumbs and suggestions:
YES! We'd love to see your Glory To Rome card idea
I'm really, really pleased to be able to make these cards at the same time as the main print run - it'll make a huge difference to their consistency in both card stock and color!
Thanks everyone!

We are starting to run out of things we can give to everyone, so how about the following:
When we reach 35,000 we will select 7 luck pledgers to receive a complete set of our 2011 new games releases - Barons, North Pole, Hot Potato and whatever new games we release at Essen (but not rereleases of existing games). The prize will be awarded randomly based on people who have either pledged or commented on the Kickstarter (so no purchase necessary!) although you'll get one chance per $30 you've pledged (rounded down) so that people who've teamed up to order multiple copies together don't get penalized.

[DanielIndru]

32.500 USD stransi si al treilea update la proiect.
De departe e cel mai spectaculos, cel mai rapid si cel mai bine finantat proiect pe Kickstarter din cate stiu.

Am putea incepe sa punem pariuri despre suma la care se va ajunge pana in data de 22.08. Eu zic ca se ajunge la 60.000.

[DanielIndru]

La 35.000 a fost publicat al patrulea update, fodurile totale sunt acum de 38.000 si urca in continuare.
Vad ca Cambridge Games nu prea mai stie cum sa-i rasplateasca pe cei implicati acum ca fondurile cerute aproape s-au dublat:

Next Stop $40,000!

Once we hit $40,000 we are going to expand our promotional items lists as follows:

1) Limited edition badge (with pin)
2) Limited edition badge (no pin - use as leader token)
3) "BLACK BOX" promotional cards (18 total)
4) "I.V" Republic / Promotional Cards - Merchant Bonus Cards, Republic Conversion, Promotional Cards (39 total)

Each backer who qualifies for a limited edition badge will receive the following picks:

• One choice automatically (instead of limited edition badge)
• Extra choice if your first pledge was before midnight EST on August 3rd
• Extra choice if your first pledge was before midnight EST on the day we hit $40,000
• Extra choices can be purchased for an additional $5 pledge

RUBBLE ANYONE?

If you have played the current version of Glory To Rome you'll know that there are six different materials - RUBBLE, WOOD, BRICK, CONCRETE, STONE, MARBLE. With the requests that have been coming in we'd set up tiers for most of these but I realized that RUBBLE was still missing.

The questions was what to include on this reward tier. I wanted it to be less than WOOD, so it couldn't be a full game; then I realised that at some point we'd need to create the REPUBLIC and PROMO cards for the regular edition, and thought "why not now?". Also, with Heiko chasing me off the creative team, I'd love to have one last chance to demonstrate my "Award Losing" graphic design skills before finally hanging up my mouse and closing down INDESIGN for the last time.

[Chuckila]

O chestie care nu am inteles-o:

Free shipping to any game store (anywhere in the world!). Please add $5 otherwise.

Care este definitia "game store". Sau mai bine zis, de unde stiu ei care adresa este game store au ba?

[DanielIndru]

Banuiesc ca pana la urma ai putea sa pui "Chukila's Meeples, Dice 'n' Cubes" la adresa ta si sa spui ca esti magazin de profil, dar cred ca scopul e sa centralizeze cumva livrarile pentru mai multi oameni care sunt in acelasi oras sau in aceeasi zona, sa trimita mai multe pachete sau unul mare pe aceeasi adresa. Plus ca mai e si bucuria aia comuna cand magazinul anunta "Au venit cutiile negre!!" si 10-20-100 oameni ii iau cu asalt portile.
In lumea utopica din capul meu cam asa se intampla.

Edit: Uite ce zic initiatorii proiectului:

We will ship your game anywhere in the world for $5 extra. Also, the $5 is per address, not per game, so if we have multiple pledges going to the same place then we only need $5 once - we'll work out the details once the Kickstarter has completed.

[DanielIndru]

Alt prag a fost atins: $40,001
Asteptam cu interes noul prag si un nou set de bonusuri.

[suf]

djdano, incep sa cred ca tu esti contribuitorul principal

[DanielIndru]

Da, da, cu 0.1% pana acum ma pot considera contribuitor principal. La fel cu ceilalti 1000 de contribuitori.

[DanielIndru]

Jocul este acum finantat in proportie de peste 200%, cu $42.500.
S-au schimbat si materialele promotionale oferite participantilor si s-a stabilit ca urmatorul prag este la $48.379, cu $1 peste finantarea de care a avut parte Eminent Domain in noiembrie 2010:

WOW. Just WOW.

Glory To Rome, Black Box Edition hit its initial $21K target in just over two days and is continued to attract great interest and pledges!

Since we are well ahead of our initial target and as a thank you all the support we are receiving, we are providing a variety of choices for additional promotional items:

WE JUST REACHED $40,000 so our promotional items lists is now as follows:

1) Limited edition badge (with pin)
2) Limited edition badge (no pin - use as leader token)
3) "BLACK BOX" promotional cards (18 total)
4) "I.V" Republic / Promotional Cards - Merchant Bonus Cards, Republic Conversion, Promotional Cards (39 total)

Each backer who qualifies for a limited edition badge will receive the following picks - not that this is instead of the limited edition badge mentioned in the tiers:

• One choice if your first pledge is August 9th or later
• Two choices if your first pledge was before midnight EST on the day we reached $40,000 (August 8th)
• Three choices if your first pledge was before midnight EST on the day we reached $25,000 (August 3rd)
• Extra choices can be purchased for an additional $5 pledge

THINKER / RUBBLE - your choices are in addition to the Badge / I.V promo cards since those are the main benefits from your tier.
WOOD / BRICK - see above. These are choices you receive instead of the limited edition badge. For BRICK both sets of choices are based on your first pledge date.
BRICK / STONE - you get one set of choices per copy of the game. Also the timing for all the copies is when you made your first pledge, even if it was at a lower level
CONCRETE - as an Architect your pledge automatically qualifies for the August 3rd tier. Thank you for your support!
STONE - You also get one set of choices per copy, based on the timing of your first pledge. However, if you pledge for 12 or more copies ($360) then your leader gets Honorary Patron status and all the benefits of MARBLE, so you will get one of everything (see below)!
MARBLE / LEADER - as Patron or Leader you'll receive one of everything. Thank you for your commitment to making this new edition a success!

NEXT STOP IS $48,379 (details to follow!)

[DanielIndru]

Update #5:

This target is a big one - it will make Glory To Rome Black Box the most successful Board / Card Game Kickstarter project so far! Sounds like a reason to celebrate!
Firstly, a serious benefit for everyone - if we hit this tier we will expand the Promo Cards to include 10 different buildings (36 cards) instead of 6 buildings (18 cards). By the way, THESE CARDS are the ones we're proposing - there's still time to vote for your favorite!
Secondly, another across the board benefit - everyone will get a boardgamegeek microbadge! These are exclusive, not for sale items that will be awarded based on your tier. Art to follow once Heiko gets back from vacation!
Thirdly, we are also including two additional promotional choices:
1) Limited edition badge (with pin)
2) Limited edition badge (no pin - use as leader token)
3) "BLACK BOX" promotional cards (18 total)
4) "I.V" Republic / Promotional Cards - Merchant Bonus Cards, Republic Conversion, Promotional Cards (39 total)
5) Player Mat "risers" - probably clear plastic feet
6) "Travel" version of the player camp - probably 3.5" x 2.5" Tile thickness
Since this is Glory To Rome, there's quite a DEBATE GOING ON about exactly what options we should use for these two new items - we'd love to hear your opinion!
Finally, If we hit $48,379 then everyone will gets two additional promo choices - so the new levels will be:
• Three choice if your first pledge is August 9th or later
• Four choices if your first pledge was before midnight EST on the day we reached $40,000 (August 8th)
• Five choices if your first pledge was before midnight EST on the day we reached $25,000 (August 3rd)
• Extra choices can be purchased for an additional $5 pledge
Thank you all for your pledges and support - we always believed that this new edition of Glory To Rome would be popular but to have reached almost a thousand pledges in only 9 days has been an amazing experience!
By the way, our business model is to always be on the look out for new designers, so if you have a game idea you'd like us to take a look at, please take a look at our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES.

[DanielIndru]

Proiectul asta o sa ramana in istorie, ascultati-ma pe mine.
Mai ales ca se finalizeaza... de ziua mea.

[DanielIndru]

I really thought I had a day or two before I'd be announcing the next tier, but the way things have gone today it looks like it's coming up fast!

On the other hand, I really need to put in a couple of real days of regular work, so I'm not going to be able to give a full update until the weekend, and so I didn't want to leave everyone hanging completely about what the next tier is.

We've been adding a lot of promo choices over the past few tiers so next up is a sweepstake - there are going to be 12 prizes which I hope you guys will be extremely excited about, although I'm going to hold off until we get past the current the tier to explain exactly what they are - you'll find a clue below!

After talking to the Kickstarter team, we need to collect the actual entries outside of their pledge system so you can find the entry (not) HERE.
Sorry guys, it turns out that BoardGameGeek don't want to host the entry form either - will work out some other method to collect entries...

RULES: The prizes will be allocated randomly based on entries we receive on the linked thread before midnight EST on the day the Kickstarter thread hits $60K, or at the end of the Kickstarter program, whichever comes first. Judges decision is final (I'm the judge). We reserve the right to modify the competition in any way (including cancelling it completely) if something comes up. Cambridge Games Factory employees and directors are not eligible.

[DanielIndru]

Going up...

[DanielIndru]

Twelve prizes will be allocated randomly based on entries we receive on the linked thread before midnight EST on the day the Kickstarter thread hits $60K, or at the end of the Kickstarter program, whichever comes first.

The twelve prizes are advanced copies of two never before published games that we will be releasing in the next 12 months. We'll be giving out six copies of each game (when they are available) and they will all be signed by the designer.

I'm not going to say much more right now, except that one game takes place in a GARDEN and the other is (sort of) about SILVER. Both are incredibly good - we are really looking forward to telling you more when we get closer to publishing them!

[DanielIndru]

Nu mai e mult pana la 60.000:

[DanielIndru]

Finantat in proportie de 270%, proiectul se apropie de final si de cei $60.000 estimati de mine initial... pe care ii va depasi cu siguranta:

[DanielIndru]

DRUM ROLL!!! Surle si trambitze! Fanfare! LUMEEEE!!! S-au rupt baierile tuturor pungilor din lumea asta si proiectul a trecut azi-noapte de $60.000:

Si am primit al 8-lea update:

From $61,000 to $75,000 we're going to do a sweepstake draw every $1,000K to give one choice of Heiko's limited edition poster, a personal letter of apology from me, or a copy of one of the international editions of the game (so up to 15 prizes total).

I'm really not convinced that we're going to get to $75,000 but if we do then it's going to be another HUGE milestone - these are the rewards we're offering:

1) Another promo choice for everybody. I'm running out of ideas so am open to suggestions for what this should be - so far my best idea is a compact mini-box to go with the travel camp sets!

2) A one person "Factory Worker" flights + hotel trip to Shanghai for the weekend of Sept 17th including visiting the printer to help with checking the final versions, assembling the promo packs, etc. I will work out the specifics if it looks like we're getting close.

One note, though, is that while I have no problem with the winner transfering this prize to a friend or family member it is a pretty huge prize for a company of our size so if the winner isn't able to use it then we'd like to auction it on Ebay and donate the money to a charity of the winner's choice rather than have the winner sell it on at a profit.

I'd better get back to work - thank you ALL for the incredible support!

Cheers,

Ed Carter
Managing Director
Cambridge Games Factory

[DanielIndru]

Vincent Arebalo - kickstarter supporter:

Your progress is amazing! The folks at the "Far West" RPG Kickstarter project have done exceptionally well and are claiming that their progress is a record for an RPG project - is your progress a record for a board/card game? I've haven't seen one go this high in the past, though I may not have seen them all.

Ed Carter - Cambbridge Games Factory:

Yes - we became the most funded board / card game when we passed Eminent Domain at just over $48K. On the "Most Funded" tab in the Discovery section there's a Video Game Secret HQ at $64,965 (on a $2,000 target!) - if we pass that then we'll become the most funded game project to date of any kind!

[cristianf]

Prea tare.