Completed Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King

[ahayford]

 

Yeah, spm stated they won't do anymore unassembled due to the backlash and outrage at people having to use glue on the base set. Just wishful thinking...

 

That... really doesn't sound like something worth getting outraged about... 

 

You wouldn't think....but you'd be wrong.

[Nocturne]

Board gamers are a totally different beast from other gamers.

[Magnus Mercury]

This is what happens when kids don't have to assemble their own G.I. Joe vehicles growing up...

[Citrine]

Considering it took me about 9 hours over 3 days to trim and assemble the base set, I can see why people who area not used to assembling little people would be upset.

[Magnus Mercury]

Considering it took me about 9 hours over 3 days to trim and assemble the base set, I can see why people who area not used to assembling little people would be upset.

 

Wow, that's completely different.  I was thinking it was kind of "ready to assemble" from the descriptions.  Were the parts still on sprues, had flash to remove, etc.?  If that's the case, then I can definitely understand why some were upset.

[Citrine]

The minis were on sprues, each type of mini in its own baggie, which was nice. There was quite a bit of flash, this would not be an issue for people not planning to paint theirs. Except for one model, the joints fit very nicely together. On one of the kobold models the tail didn't fit in its slot at all, so that was a pain in the posterior.

[Talae]

The minis were on sprues, each type of mini in its own baggie, which was nice. There was quite a bit of flash, this would not be an issue for people not planning to paint theirs. Except for one model, the joints fit very nicely together. On one of the kobold models the tail didn't fit in its slot at all, so that was a pain in the posterior.

Way to be punny.

[Citrine]

I try :-)

[Mattnuke]

Funny, mine were not on sprues. My models had variable amounts of flash.

 

The heroes were all pretty good. The wrymlings had some weird mould lines in the mouth and one of my kobolds had an awful amount of flash (one of the ones with the spear).

 

One kobold's sword was miscast. It looks like a half size sword in length.

 

I think it took about 5 hours to trim all the flash, smooth the mould lines, and glue them all together.

 

Really, for the amount of models, cleanup went fast. I do think the average person buying a board game would be surprised by the amount of work.

 

One other thing which surprised me was the size of the minis. The chibi sculpting style lends itself to fairly big 28mm figures, at least in bulk.

Edited April 30, 2014 by Runelord151

[redambrosia]

When I initially looked into getting SDE a lot of negative reviews were all about assembly time. Which I can understand. Every other board game I've gotten has had pre assembled figures.

 

But yeah, it's not something that bothers me

[Mattnuke]

Oh boy, and so it begins.....

 

Read through the 1e rules and it looks really fun. That gave me the incentive to hop online and pick up Roxor, Van Drake, and Kaelly......

[MissMelons]

Kind of wish there was late backing to this. Least you guys finally got your pledge managers.

[Mattnuke]

I'm not sure, but you could try contacting Deke at Soda Pop to see if you could get in late.

 

I think they allowed that on an earlier Kickstarter.

[SGHawkins09]

Pledge manager is up (in a way) and it looks like if you did not get in on the kickstarter you can still order the various items.

[Darsc Zacal]

Looks like Rewards fulfillment has been delayed a few months to a March/April timeframe.