Atramagus Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'll second evergrin's suggestion (love the profile pic, BTW). Find ways to game together and watch for ways to help her grow in her hobbies. Or even take up a new one together. Trust me on this, it keeps the romance alive. Joy and I will celebrate thirteen years this October and we still get accused of being newlyweds. This is definitely the way to go. My girlfriend (well, fiance as of this weekend!) and I are always looking for something new to try. My enthusiasm over the Bones KS campaign was contagious; she kept threatening to steal all of the characters that I was getting, so I ended up getting her her own vampire set and some paints so that we can paint together. Aside from this, we are going to be taking up scuba diving soon, and she is going to help me learn a new musical instrument. Find things you both enjoy, or things that you can teach each other. Don't forget to try new things yourself; you'll be surprised at how much she may be able to teach you! And to Reaper, I agree with the OP. Thank you very much for staying in touch with us and letting us know how things are progressing. I love checking my email and finding a new update, and even though I do definitely want to see the RPM as soon as possible, I know that you are doing what you can to get that out. This has been an amazing experience, and you have definitely found another loyal customer in me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocturne Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'll second (or15th... 16th?) the sentiment that the communication thorughout the kickstarter was excellent, even during the manic final moments when questions were dissapearing as soon as they appeared in the Comments page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGoblin Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 @BlueGoblin: Its a togetherness exercise - lots of things to paint together.... Congratulations to Reaper for the great communication! Now just to look forward to all my new toys arriving! I plan on trying to get her started later this fall and winter, once it gets too cold to get out very much. I'm hoping once she starts, assuming I can talk her into it, she might find that she enjoys it. Right now she rolls her eyes when I suggest it, but between work and wedding plans she's about overwhelmed. I try to help, but there's not a lot I can do for her on this, so I try to stay out of her way. I have too much anxiety trying to figure out what to tell my fiancee when the box with about 300 minis shows up. The worse part is she'll be my wife by then... No, in all seriousness, massive props to the Reaper team! Why don't you take her to a game convention or two? Great way to naturally introduce her to paint minis at the Paint & Take station. Show how happy you are when you are playing games such as D&D, simple boardgames, & etc., and tell her it is a hobby that you love since you were a kid. If you help her have fun, and impress her in a good way, she may help paint 300+ bones figures with you when they arrive. Also, encourage her to keep on enjoying her hobby whatever that is. Running, yoga, cooking, concert, gaming... do things together. : ) I'd love to taker her to a con, and maybe I will when we get settled wherever we go, since I'm now currently job hunting across the nation. Our hobbies have fallen by the wayside lately since we've both been working and in school getting master's degrees. We are a little bit of an odd couple, she likes to go hiking and fishing while I like gaming and going out to plays/movies. We do support the other's hobbies, but I don't know if I can get her to pick up my gaming ones, especially since she tends to roll her eyes when I mention D&D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 My wife's ideal gaming would go something like this: Her character steps into a room. There are 50 monsters. For each monster roll a d6: 1-2 Faints. 2-3 Wails, falls prone, begs its profane gods for deliverance. 5 Charges wildly, hoping for a swift and merciful death. 6 Poops itself to death. For any remaining conscious, roll a d6: 1-2 Swift painless death 3 Horrible death 4 Messy death 5-6 Horrible, messy death She lists the loot she thinks would be cool, which her character finds and hauls back to town. Bards sing songs of adulation. Her character does some stretches to stay limber, slays a dragon or two, and retires for the evening, and wakes to discover s/he has been deified. THE END. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrift Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 @smokingwreckage..clearly we married the same woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyver074 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 This is not my 1st purchas from reaper! but I am glad to help out a company who puts out a quality product and helps keep the hobby alive and kicking. When I saw the bones KS I jumped at it pledgeing only at the $15 lv. then twords the final stretch bumped up to the $100 lv. So my next order from them(that's if I dont see them at a local convention) will be paints to paint all the mini's i'll have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryfter_92 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Adding my two cents, Awesome job on the keeping the masses informed! The overwhelming success of the kickstarter is a testimony to the quality and personal service that we have all come to enjoy when dealing with you at Reaper!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 My fiancee would spend 3/4 of the adventure in town kitting up, then have the other characters slay monsters so she could pick out the best jewelry. Not necessarily the most powerful, the most attractive. "Oh, I know that amulet gives me +100 HP, but it's YELLOW gold. Reeeally, can't they make one in white gold, it flatters my coloring better!" Sorry, caller. You died. Let's take another call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrym Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Props to Reaper for the splendid campaign. Congrats, also, to those making the step towards marriage. I am among your ranks and this will be my second marriage. The campaign was very exciting and I literally bought my first Bones figure the month before. It was so exciting that both of my kids (21 and 20) wanted to get in on it and paid me for some options and repeats. They both paint minis already. The fiancée, not so much, but we bond over my nerdiness anyway. I managed to score some freelance work to ensure I had adequate funds for this investment. I've been buying and painting miniatures from Reaper for many, many years and enjoy every one of them. *checks to make sure his shopping cart still has his 6 other planned pickups and rubs his hands together gleefully* I look forward to cutting up some dupes of my own to test out the modding of Bones. Keep up the good work. Here's hoping for a second KS in late 2013 or 2014 when I might be able to justify the expenditure again. Perhaps a new licensed line or even a concept contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I'll second evergrin's suggestion (love the profile pic, BTW). Find ways to game together and watch for ways to help her grow in her hobbies. Or even take up a new one together. Trust me on this, it keeps the romance alive. Joy and I will celebrate thirteen years this October and we still get accused of being newlyweds. This is definitely the way to go. My girlfriend (well, fiance as of this weekend!) and I are always looking for something new to try. My enthusiasm over the Bones KS campaign was contagious; she kept threatening to steal all of the characters that I was getting, so I ended up getting her her own vampire set and some paints so that we can paint together. Aside from this, we are going to be taking up scuba diving soon, and she is going to help me learn a new musical instrument. Find things you both enjoy, or things that you can teach each other. Don't forget to try new things yourself; you'll be surprised at how much she may be able to teach you! And to Reaper, I agree with the OP. Thank you very much for staying in touch with us and letting us know how things are progressing. I love checking my email and finding a new update, and even though I do definitely want to see the RPM as soon as possible, I know that you are doing what you can to get that out. This has been an amazing experience, and you have definitely found another loyal customer in me. Congratulations on your engagement! My husband I have been playing roleplaying games together for almost thirty years, along with a core group of old college friends and some younger generation. We don't do simple hack-and-slash, but we enjoy multileveled roleplaying and problem-solving. Those monsters will come in very handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atramagus Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Congratulations on your engagement! My husband I have been playing roleplaying games together for almost thirty years, along with a core group of old college friends and some younger generation. We don't do simple hack-and-slash, but we enjoy multileveled roleplaying and problem-solving. Those monsters will come in very handy. Thanks! We're both very excited, although it will be a long engagement. It sounds like you both have an excellent gaming group; I've gotten her interested in painting (we just started yesterday with some Learn to Paint kits), but I haven't been able to convince her to join my group for an actual game yet. I'm going to try to get her to do some one on one roleplaying to see if she might like that. Enjoy the monsters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakandara Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I'm going to try to get her to do some one on one roleplaying to see if she might like that. Just a reminder that this is a family-friendly forum... ~v 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I've been engaged for 5 1/2 years now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kericmason Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I've been engaged for 5 1/2 years now! My brother got married in our backyard, by the judge who lived up the street, with the neighbours as guests whom we saw driving home from the court house... It can be done cheaply, and you can save your money for important things that last, like mortgages. Of course you need a partner who shares the view that the wedding industry is a colossal waste of money! :) And back to the topic, I am also pleased with the communication Reaper has been provided. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Oh, it's not money (well, not entirely, hah). I think I called her bluff when I gave her the (awesome, claddagh from Dublin) ring. I'm in no rush, but I would like to do it while our favorite band is still active (they've already agreed to play for us). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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