Rant: Backed a hyped Kickstarter game and it flopped hard

I was dead set against crowdfunding board games for years. Too many horror stories about late deliveries or broken promises. But the marketing for this dungeon crawler looked amazing. Miniatures, custom dice, the whole package. I caved and put down $120 about 14 months ago. Game finally showed up last week and it's a mess. Rules are a jumbled mess, components don't fit in the box right, and the first scenario took us 3 hours just to set up. So much for trusting the hype. Anyone else get burned by a Kickstarter that looked too good to be true?

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hunt.jana1d ago

The miniatures looking good doesn't really help when the game itself is a chore to play. The whole point is the experience, not a pretty box on a shelf.

the_cora5d ago

I mean I kinda get the frustration but honestly backing Kickstarters is always a gamble and you kind of sign up for that when you pledge, the miniatures in my copy look great and after one rough playthrough we got the rules down and now it's actually pretty fun.