![]() ![]() I love getting my stuff fast, though I am also among the most patient backers when it comes to projects that suffer through a lot of delays. I love it when rewards are shipped in backer order (more or less) many campaigns that involve customization like Dave Howell’s PennyGems and Ultimate Gamer’s Storage Bags, Bibelot Games’ Reliquary Collection, and Charlie Brumfield’s Artisan Dice do this. This doesn’t always happen, but I’ll admit, I’m a full-on member of the Cult of the New, and not just in the tabletop games category (see 3Doodler I got mine in October, and also, Nock pen cases, where I got my reward almost immediately). My review remains one of my most-thumbed contributions on BoardGameGeek probably because many backers checked it out from the campaign home page, and it’s led to other designers asking me to do reviews of their new games.ģ. Similarly, I really enjoyed being in very early on Ground Floor I made a PnP of the game, we played it, and I wrote a review all in the first days of the campaign, and I know TMG appreciated that additional boost. I backed immediately, talked it up in my circle, and along with the other early-bird backers, we fanned the flames of a project that turned into a roaring success (over 7800% funded with a $30,000 goal). I was an early bird for Euphoria, but that really was a zero-risk thing. :-) A better example was my early-bird pledge for the 3Doodler, an unproven but very cool looking 3-D printer in the form of a handheld pen about as big as a soldering iron. The credibility that comes from finding a project early and talking it up in the community can’t be underestimated. ![]() For what it’s worth, I think project creators earn the early-bird level’s discount money back from me in the promotion that I do for them and their project throughout the campaign on Kickstarter itself and in my personal contacts at the FLGS, at our weekly game nights, and sometimes on Twitter.Ģ. Correctly-planned early-bird discount levels are all taken in one to twenty-four hours and get the project to between 33 and 50% of the required funding, and I consider a project “at risk” if the early-bird spots are not all gone within 48 hours. I often grab an early-bird spot as soon as I realize I’m interested in a new project, BEFORE I’ve even read the description (chances are great I’ll never watch the video). I do love early bird levels that offer a few dollars off… it’s a little tip of the hat from the project creator to those folks who take the biggest risk, backing a project when its value has not been fully examined and the community buzz has yet to be built. week I’ve backed twelve projects, half at an early-bird level, and half from the tabletop games category.ġ. I make my living as a Documentation Manager and I love to edit/proofread rules and game materials. My image has also been incorporated into four games’ art… it’s a weird form of vanity, but I get a kick out of it. Between our three KS accounts, we’ve backed over 350 projects in two years, with about 225 games or game accessories so far. I live in Bellevue, WA, where my husband and I have built a 900+ board game collection over the past eight years. I wanted to see what the average Kickstarter backer thinks about this subject, so that’s the topic for this week’s Kickstarter Face-Off. One of the ongoing debates about Kickstarter is the use of early-bird reward levels to get some forward momentum on a project right after it launches. ![]()
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