If your childhood took place during the 80-90s, you must have heard about He-Man and the entire Masters of the Universe franchise. Trademarks and visuals belong to their rightful owners. We’ll keep you updated all the time, but meanwhile: check out what 2021 already has in store for us. ![]() Will 2021 break the records again? Will it have groundbreaking board games that will amuse us for years to come? We don’t know yet, but first announcements are already popping up and there will be even more coming within weeks. Other major hits included Return to Dark Tower (4,054,744 USD), The 7th Citadel (3,289,835 EUR) and Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (3,812,899 USD). Nemesis: Lockdown has managed to do amazing too, with 5,173,813 GBP pledged by backers. The preceding 366 days gave us Kickstarter campaigns that belonged to dozens of genres and often managed to break many records.įrosthaven had 12,969,162 USD pledged to the project and became the highest funded Kickstarter board game of all time. In that case, backers who pledged for the core board game were asked for an extra $18 (£15).2021 is shaping up to be a really exciting year for people who play and love board games. In its 6: Siege update, the company claimed that more than 80% of Darkest Dungeon backers opted to stump for the additional shipping. Mythic previously ended up in a similar situation with its adaptation of indie video game Darkest Dungeon last summer, asking backers to cover 50% of the additional costs required to see the board game to completion. The publisher also acknowledged that 6: Siege’s creation had been “much more” expensive than it planned, resulting in a longer and more costly development: “On our side, it must be said, we spent much more than expected in the development of the game, with more people than we expected working on it and longer than we originally estimated (which caused extra costs, but also has the advantage of having an optimal, well-tested, varied and balanced game in the end).” “Prices have literally exploded in all areas, and the estimates on which we based ourselves before and during the Kickstarter campaign are absolutely no longer relevant,” Mythic said. “We will remain open to other possibilities to deliver to you by monitoring the evolution of prices, even if it seems very unlikely that they will decrease in the coming months,” it said.Īccording to Mythic, there are multiple reasons the company was forced to request additional funds for the 6: Siege campaign, most notably the effects caused by “the combined crises of COVID and the war in Ukraine”, alongside the rising cost of manufacturing materials such as paper and card, increased labour costs, and shipping fees caused by record container prices. While the studio said that it would grant refunds requested by backers, it added that “these refunds will continue as long as they do not jeopardize the delivery of the projects”. If the threshold isn’t met, Mythic confirmed that it will be forced to completely cancel production and distribution of the game, with backers being reimbursed for their pledges.įor those individual backers who are “unwilling or unable” to pay the extra shipping, Mythic confirmed that their games would not be delivered as part of the game’s planned fulfillment this October. The studio said that in order for printing and shipping to go ahead, a minimum commitment rate would need to be met by backers within the next two weeks. Mythic assured backers that each amount had been calculated to exactly cover the printing costs for their specific pledge rewards. ![]() Those backers who pledged $69 (£54) for the core pledge rewards will need to provide an additional $39 (£31), while those at the $199 (£158) tier level will have to pay an extra $99 (£78) and the highest-tier backers – who have already pledged $269 (£214) - will have to produce an extra $129 (£102). (Thanks, Wargamer.) In most cases, backers will need to pay around half of their original pledge again. ![]() In an update on the upcoming board game’s Kickstarter page, Mythic outlined the additional costs required for backers to receive their copies. Watch on YouTube The trailer for 6: Siege
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