Megacon Games MERCS & Myth Interview!
October 3, 2014 by deltagamegirl22
We're sitting down for a chat with the guys behind Megacon Games who have created such games as the awesome MERCS and of course Myth! If you ever wanted to find out more about these games then you don't want to miss this!
Find out more about Myth!
Head on over to the MERCS Hub!
More coming in an extended Backstage interview too!
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You say ‘and of course Myth’, but alas I am yet to see my Kickstarter arrive here in the UK. Never has a product been better named – we’ve heard great stories from afar, but as yet no physical evidence has reached our shores!
I’m afraid I’m very sceptical of supporting megacon games in the future. They handled the Myth Kickstarter very, very poorly. Talk is evidently very cheap.
Same here. Also europian. Hopefully we get our stuff at the end of the month.
I wouldnt be bothered by the delays if the guys from megacon had delivered when they said.
First they said before xmas 2014. But then because of tax issues they said next year. Then they delivered the base game only to US backers(bad show there). Now we have to wait……
I already played the game because of an amercan friend in the army. The game is very good, but as they say its a sandbox and you need to be ok with that….
I agree completely. Their mishandling of Myth put me off the Mercs Wossname Kickstarter. That it’s on open sale in the US and Europe is still waiting is pure BS.
I managed to pick up a copy of Myth in a retail store here in the UK recently – so I’d probably get in contact with them if I were you.
We have to wait. The game is curruntly in customs in germany and hopefully be release next week.
Yes, that is all part of the problem. It’s been available retail for a while now but there have been many issues with actually delivering the kickstarters. Last I heard they were all in Germany, but I have yet to receive an update like the rest of the backers in the UK (and possibly Europe) I imagine. All we hear are excuses, followed by weeks of ignoring the backers, followed by more excuses to explain why the last set of excuses apparently amounted to nothing. By the time the game gets to us it will already have an outdated/incorrect set… Read more »
There are a lot of upset Myth backers and there are also a lot that are really happy with it. As someone who missed the KS and then kicked myself repeatedly after seeing the gameplay videos, I have been following all the twists and turns ever since. I was lucky enough to buy a refunded pledge several months back and as in the UK I am also looking forward to EU shipping hopefully starting next week. When buying a refunded pledge I had to pay $50 international shipping rather than the $13 of the original KS. However, the pledge value… Read more »
I got a refund in the end – could not be doing with all the work of dealing with imo a flawed game…disappointing.
Meh, as long as I get my stuff I can live with a delay.
Sure, Megacon games had made some decisions I disagreed with, but I still expect to love this game. As long as they come through in the end, I consider this a succesfull kickstarter.
I’m looking forward to the next one.
Doesn’t mean I’d mind having my stuff now, though.
I have to say. Mercs Minis really hit the nail on the head when they changed their name to MegaCon. lol
Still waiting for this farce of a kickstarter to arrive.
Lol. Just lol.
The thing is, i’m expecting to see a shed load of Myth coverage on BoW saying how awesome the game is and completely glossing over the problems and outrage that people have had. Afterall. When was the last time you saw anything on BoW that slagged off one of their sponsors..? Don’t get me wrong. I love BoW and I love Warren and the gang that run it. Hell – I think they’re awesome. But at the end of the day – How can they be unbiased when Mercs sponsor them..? The Myth kickstarter has provided me with a shed… Read more »
We have already stated we held back coverage until EU kickstarters were shipped. We’ll judge the game on the game and how much fun we can have with the game, you might have had a bad experience granted, but I’m not sure why we should have to take that into account on the game itself. We have waited until it’s available, you go into kick starters aware of the risks – I don’t think many have shipped on time. If you’d like me to quiz them on a show about what happened I’m happy to do that, if you’d like… Read more »
I do appreciate and respect that you’ve held back the coverage. And i’ll admit that I wish you’d waited untill the EU backers had their stuff, but I also understand that you can only do it for so long. I’m not saying slag the game off for the sake of slagging it off. If that’s the impression I gave then I appologise. What I meant was that there will always be an element of bias towards the designers and even if the game was a sack of arse I doubt that BoW would come out and say so – or… Read more »
I wouldn’t expect you to do any different Warren! Impartial is the name of the game… True, I wouldn’t mind a ‘from the horses mouth’ question and answer session on the whole affair, but I don’t expect it to affect the review of the game itself or even be included in the same discussion. Must admit I’m worried about the increased usage of the term ‘sandbox game’ that appeared as the, erm, ‘delivery’ of the Kickstarter progressed. I really don’t know what that is supposed to mean. It seems to be used as some kind of excuse for shortcomings in… Read more »
Sandbox is normally a term you hear more with computer games and rpgs, particularly the former as rpgs are inherently sandbox to begin with. It refers to a game in which the player or players have considerable freedom in their actions and can explore the setting, rather than being railroaded from one point to the next.
I just got my second wave shipment of Myth as a US backer today. Very pleased with the quality and packing. Tiles and cards look great. I am ready for some coverage. Hope everyone else gets theirs soon.
🙂 I’m hoping we can film a full demo game with them. The guys are so much fun and really bring life to the game with their enthusiasm. They truly make anyone want to play when you see them in action!
I have to say, I was super enthusiastic about Myth when I backed it. I offered to pay to get the game shipped to me, when it shipped to US backers. Didn’t get a response. I still haven’t received a single part of my kickstarter rewards, even though the game has been in retail for ages. How hard would it have been to involve the EU and AU distributors to ship the main box locally? Apparently that’s whats happening now anyway, AU backers are getting their core game through Aetherworks, who is a distributor. It’s hard not to feel frustrated,… Read more »
People seem to have a misconception of how Kickstarters work. I have yet to find a miniatures game kickstarter that hasn’t met some sort of delay or other problem (except maybe Reaper but even they had a delay I believe). Although, the stars did seem to align for Megacon as far as misfortune goes, look at games like Kingdom Death (still being developed and it ended like 2 years ago). The whole point of KS is that it is a gamble. Could they have done shit better, communicated better, etc, of course, but they’re like a group of 4 people… Read more »
Wel for me it’s not the wait. It’s the things that megacon guys did and said. I think it unheard of (for me at least) to ship stuff only to one part of the backers. And if you say in oktober/november 2013 the base game will be shipped before xmas, and then because of understandable reasons dont ship it and then only deliver to a potion of the backers in 2014. That just bad judgement and doesn’t sit wel with me. I already played the game and above issues dont take away its a good game to play….
Are you serious? That’s some pretty epic straw manning. I was happy to receive the game when it was done. I was happy to wait, until they could fulfil. What wasn’t communicated during the kickstarter, was that shipping of the base game, was done first. That’s fine, I understand they want to get the game out and selling. But to decide that they won’t ship the game to people outside the US, until everything is ready is really tough. The game has been on sale for a year. I could have bought the base game myself. It was being distributed,… Read more »
Reading the comments here about how badly MegaCon Games handled the Kickstarter I feel these are not entirely fair. I can understand some of the frustration but a Kickstarter of this proportion being late is almost expected, especially when the company is still forming. There were some Kickstarters like Kingdom Death, Relic Knight or Through the Breach that were even worse. MegaCon Games posted an update for MYTH roughly once a month. Again, not bad for a Kickstarter. Regarding issues: they tried both aproaches, being up front about possible issues on one hand and waiting till the issue arose befor… Read more »
They shipped the game for sale, without fulfilling the base game to all their kickstarters. I’m sure it would have been hard work. But the result would have been a whole bunch of backers, happily playing the game. And when people offer to pay to have it shipped from the distributor, you can at least answer their email. There were some negative things said, some impatient and horrible people. I was one of the people who stood up for MCG on Kickstarter. The guys bitching and moaning, a bunch of them have had the game for a year. I could… Read more »
And you know what, I don’t dislike MCG. They seem focused on making great games, and fantastic models. I’m really excited about Recon. But I’m putting it out there, that they mishandled international fulfilment for their product. If that’s how they choose to fulfil Recon, they are definitely going to do their brand damage!
Actually I am happy that delivery starts today/tomorrow from germany. So this should really make a difference then. I do not like, yet do understand the reasons why the base game was shipped to the US, but nowhere else. They needed to get some more free space in the warehouse. And this is also why they put the base game into distribution channels back then. The pledge levels though are not just the base game, there are lots of goodies in there. This is the real value of the KS. And shipping twice to countries where is it most expensive… Read more »
Umm just a question, what do you know that we dont,, uum let me refrase that. Dont think we have had any word about the boxes being released by german customs or that megacon people are on there way to germany. I quote ” Quick Update: Today we got through most of Texas and its 300 pledges. If our current speed continues we should be done by Thursday. EU backers: Everything looking good so far for the container to clear customs. If this holds true we will be in Germany on the 7th of October. There is roughly 1500 pledges… Read more »
Well it’s the 7th today… we shall see…
According to the german fan community “weltvonmyth.de” the guys from MegaCon did arrive today in Germany and are at the warehouse of Ulisses Games and are currently organizing and discussing everything.
It seems they will start sending out the stuff from tomorrow morning onwards.
The source is well trusted and will be there tomorrow as well.
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According to the german fan community “weltvonmyth.de” the guys from MegaCon did arrive today in Germany and are at the warehouse of Ulisses Games and are currently organizing and discussing everything.
It seems they will start sending out the stuff from tomorrow morning onwards.
The source is well trusted and will be there tomorrow as well.
They have postponed again, as the container were held up by customs, in contrast to what the delivery Company suggested… 🙁
Seem to me that MCG cant catch a break. If they would just communicate, but its a skill they havent aquired yet it seems. No official word.
Really looking forward to receiving the main game and goodies when the ship finally arrives in Australia… still think this game looks great and from all the videos I’ve seen of it, it looks like I’ll definitely enjoy playing it… … However, I probably wouldn’t back another Megacon KS (and in fact did skip on the Mercs:Recon one because of this) – not because of the delay, which I totally understand having backed over 25 KS – but I just didn’t feel the communication was up to scratch. I don’t know if it was the tone of the updates or… Read more »
I’m anotheer EU backer who has lost a little faith with MCG and KS in general after this.
Just to be clear, it is not the delay that bothers me, but the complete and utter lack of communication. There were some very unpleasant exchanges on KS and I appreciate that the conversations could be difficult. It is, however, unfair to freeze out all the backers due to some awkwardness from a small subset.
I am still looking forward to the game arriving and all the minis, but I am v disappointed with the level of communication latterly.