Archon shipped the package containing my terrain and other goodies from D&L2 on April 26. It hung out in Poland, at the Fed Ex facility in Raszyn, for over four weeks before moving again. In that time, their third Kickstarter began and ended. I was sure it had been lost, despite the tracking history showing it being scanned a dozen times in Raszyn.
Anyway, it got here today. Some damage to the box, but the contents were fine.
That is a lot of loot for $99. Well, plus $17 shipping.
The SciFi core set, and three rooms of the Alien-inspired Xenogenesis terrain. Same as I got in the first Kickstarter, and now I’ve got all the SF terrain I’ll ever need, as far as ships/stations/facilities go. A whole lotta stretch goals in the form of scatter terrain and furniture and a few creatures in the upper right three boxes.
They had six dragons as part of the campaign, and you could choose one (or get all six for a decent price). I chose the Alien-looking Xenodragon, a unique sculpt. The Chinese dragon on the left was a million-dollar stretch goal. The campaign actually fell a little short of that goal, but Archon included it in everyone’s package anyway. On the right is the Gelatinous Cube Jerry.
All in all, pretty cool stuff from a company that takes its customers seriously. I’ve seen some mixed feedback on their last Kickstarter, mostly about how it seemed a bit unfocused or schizophrenic between terrain and minis, but I liked the direction it took. I say this even as I won’t be able to use the majority of the minis, as they are much larger than my true 25mm medium. Monsters’ll work, though. I really like the variety of townsfolk and the aesthetic, and wish I could get them in 25mm. But I’ll be happy with their sewers and a few buildings.
In other terrain news, I finally finished up some water tiles I got from Dwarven Forge last year.
This doubles what I had before. So keep an eye out for a cool lake build I’ve always wanted to do in the Greywater Chronicles.
Speaking of which – I missed the month of May’s issue. Various reasons for this, but I hope to make it up to all 3 people who follow along regularly. Maybe two issues this month? A special double issue?
This assumes I can scrape together enough to keep the doors open here.
Next week (stop me if you’ve heard this before) I should have the oft-delayed review of The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Vol.3. This is a great book; the delay not quality-of-material-related, but quality-of-blogger related.
That’s it for now; time to go through the 100+ comments awaiting approval from the last week. Hey, I wonder if VIP Hairstyles really does love my blog entries…
Thanks for reading, and I hope you are all well!