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Reply To: So the recent 9th age Kickstarter campaign failed to fund. Any thoughts on why?

December 27, 2018 at 7:45 pm #1317604

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I used to really like playing the old WHFB until 8th edition came out, I really liked the background of the old WHFB. I was quite upset like many others when GW took the direction they did with Age of Sigmar, but I could see why they did at the time.

Why did this kickstarter fail? I think the marketing behind the kickstarter was not what I would have expected. When I read through it I was confused as to whom it was directed at, a novice or veteran gamer. Or was it directed at someone who had played the beta versions of the game and already had miniatures, I don’t really know.

I don’t think the time of year was a major factor as let’s be honest as gamers we either like something or we don’t.

I think a contributory factor could have been a sign of the times, mass battle games like the old WHFB and 9th age are not in vogue these days as new projects. I know CMON done Ice and Fire, but that is played like a miniatures board game and not like the old style mass battle games. Kickstarters seem to fall in to two categories mainly, either a board game or a skirmish game and variations on these.