8 days since the last thread died Edition▶What is Kingdom Death?Kingdom Death is a tabletop minature brand stared by Adam Poots and operated by himself and his Team that later spun off into a miniature based bored game funded by two very successful Kickstarter campaigns.▶What is Kingdom Death: Monster?Monster is a Nightmare Horror cooperative boss battler/miniature hobby game for 1-4 players about hope in a strange world of bizarre monstrosities and perpetually darkness. Players take on the role of survivors that band together to form a settlement, fighting monsters, crafting weapons and gear, and developing their civilization to ensure survival from generation to generation.Prologue Narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLc8dHv0AcThe Game is broken up into 3 phases:1. During your Hunt Phase your band of survivors traverse the world of KD in pursuit of their quarry.2. After successfully tracking your quarry you will begin the Showdown Phase, where you must fell these horrific creatures in order to acquire precious resources.3. After the battle, your survivors wander home with loot in hand to begin the Settlement Phase. Arm yourself by developing new weapons and bizarre structures to prepare for next year's hunt.A successful game campaign takes place over the course of 25 to 30 'lantern years' maximum, marked by completing one full phase cycle. Watch as your settlement grows and witness the survivors write their own narrative as they age. Hone your strategy and learn from your mistakes to overcome the immense odds in this cruel and twisted nightmare scape.▶tldrFinal Fantasy Tactics meets Dark Souls meets Monster Hunter meets Civilization with the setting of the eclipse in Berserk but shit just stayed that way.▶Official Siteshttp://kingdomdeath.com/https://kingdomdeath.com/newshttps://kingdomdeath.com/rules/living-glossaryprevious lantern year:>>96481625
Had a Survivor with 4 base Luck from the Graves Principle story event, Winning the Gambler's hunt event, Scarification and the Sleeping Virus Flower pretty early on.They scored 5 Crits on Slenderman in one turn with the Whistling Mace + Surge. Forgot about the brain damage "reward" on crits and they promptly died of Brain Trauma.
>get to armored strangers for the first time>resist>try to fight the King’s man with 4 mooks to learn the encounterYeah, actually fuck that faggot, he’s getting replaced with red witches the very next campaign, what a shitass encounterI managed to wound him ONCE throughout the entire fight, while he was mopping up the floor with my survivorsAt least the defeat results aren’t very bad and are somewhat funny
My group is planning on starting our next campaign. We've only done People of the Lantern so far. What are the opinions on People of the Sun and People of the Stars?
>>96810592>8 days since the last thread died EditionI made the last 2 thread but I got ban right as the other thread died and just came back.
>>96811623King's Man is a pretty shit fight, I agree. He's either impossibly hard if you aren't prepared, or ridiculously easy if you are. If you've got dash unlocked and everyone has shields you basically get a free win. Without that... good luck.
>>96817993people of the sun > people of the stars
>>96819632thank you for your service, loli baba>>96828032care to elaborate?
>>96830978people of the sun have sexier armor.
I want to paint my KD:M minis but they intimidate the fuck out of me, specifically the lighting. Canonically, there's no ambient light at all, it's just the lanterns. But if you paint it that way then 70% of the mini is gonna be some variety of black, and the only light will come from OSL sources that originate below the model's face and is beaming upwards and since it's coming from below and you're looking down at the model from above it's just gonna look like shit.On the other hand, if you ignore that and you paint with a standard top down light, the minis have all these lanterns everywhere that even if you try to do OSL are not gonna have any real impact whatsoever. Either you basically ignore them and don't do OSL and it's just straight heretical or you do OSL on top of the top down light and it has almost no effect but takes a ton of effort...
>>96832816not a fan of the booba window on the dragon armor?>>96832999just bee yourself anon
My main gripe with KDM is that people at team death sculpt so many great asses on minis just to hide them under skirts cloaks and loincloths afterwards
I'm waiting on the main box to get in stock in the EU to grab the game. So far, I got the Red Witches expansion just because of FOMO. Tried to give them a sort of tint to make them feel slightly different from eachother; used browns and greens on Braal, reds for Nico and for the seer I'm trying to make her seem more pale and ghostly. Need to give her some more color tho. Also, what is up with the shitty gaps on the front of the models? I'd assume you'd design the sprue to put the gaps on places that could be easily hidden.>>96832999I know the feeling, I just ignore the fact that the models are suppose to be in darkness. I want mine to be more colorful. Just follow your heart, Anon-kun.
>>96832816is this bitch allergic to covering her hips?
>>96832999directional lighting is for poseurs and instafagsjust paint
https://shop.kingdomdeath.com/products/vignette-of-death-screaming-nukealopeSoon
>>96841980>$5,000is that a placeholder price or what?
>>96842019I don't see a price listed at all. Where are you seeing a price?
>>96842035the sold out is the only thing hinting that is placeholder.
>>96842056The fuck is wrong with your site. This is what I see. I think it's safe to say there's some weird format shenanigans going on that they didn't plan for.
>>96842065it's the same thing I just back into the store page but if I click it I get the same thing you got.
>>96842056>Screaming NukealopeWhat.
>>96842092Poots has talked about it before, story is a level 3 antelope ate a survivor with a nuclear core from the dragon king equipped and wiped the rest of the party and he decided to make a vignette based on it.
>>96842019boutique pricing please understand
Which KD mini is the sexiest?
>>96835828Xell's the biggest offender. I'm reluctant to work on her until I figure out how to magnetize her cloak.
>>96841980>>96842065> 5 daysI guess it will be part of the Halloween sale.
>>96835828We should send a signed letter proclaiming that they need to show more survivor ass in their future minis.
>>96842253pinup butcherif only for the fearboner
>>96844154Imagine your face being the one used as her panties, nice.
>>96842253aya>inb4 which oneall of them
>>96843373yeah, I got inspiration for that post after building Xell and Red Witches
>>96844315>getting your face rip off while you're still alive solely so that face can be use as panties
>>96844315>>96847821Anons please
>>96855328anymore KDM memes?
Did the Silver City dungeon crawler thing ever get released?
>>96856111I've got some oldies sure. Not much tho
Its pretty gay when a single bad roll kills your 6 session deep campaign in the settlement phase.
>>96857321that's when you houserule aka cheat
>>96857321How can a single roll destroy a full settlement?
>>96859712Either they're over exaggerating or they were so low on survivors that they were gonna die out anyways.
>>96856236still not out yet and no plans for it for the near future, you'll have to wait 5-10 years and pray poots doesn't croak before then.
>>96856815
>>96856812most accurate description of KDM I have ever seen.
>>96856815Goddamnit, /k/, go back to bed.
WIP
>>96871013looks like a jojo stand.
>>96856111Fun times all around.
>>96856236a bit? we know it will have terrain tiles and a bunch of mobs and it is an actual dungeon crawl type eventhe showed off a preview with 3d printed terrain
sale's up
horsey
chernobyl deer
>>96880631thats a mouse
>>96880216>>9688063190% of the halloween stuf is US only or + 200€ :(
>>96882301>European
assembling black knight minis makes me want to fucking kill myselfhow did this shit even get greenlit, even the core game wasn't nearly as bad
>>96882301Don't care. We didn't had a non-US warehouse for so many years that I just continue to ignore EU warehouse existence and ship everything from US anyways. Less bothersome, even if taxes are retarded.
>>96810592I gotta say, if I ever was gonna use the Deadend fan expansion(the rapey one), I'd use this fucker as the stand in model. Shit, this endemic life thing grosses me out more than anything released to date >_>
>>96886631Fucker in question
>>96886631>>96886647is the endemic life box just for flavor? or does it actually add something?
>>96888044It's just extra models, they release stuff like that all the time. Sometimes they later get turned into full blown monsters (like the pariah recently did), other times they just sit around forever as rare resins only.
holy shit
>mfw reading up on all the CoD feature creepshit's gonna cost an obscene amount of money innithope it isnt releasing this BF
>>96890578>hope it isnt releasing this BFIt's been delayed again, so it's not in the next wave of expansions it'll be at least the wave after.And yes, the box size is bigger than the gambler's chest already... It's basically core game v3.0.
>>96890986>It's basically core game v3.0.I'm new to the entirety of KDM but what? A new core box is in the works? I was considering getting the core game this BF, so should I just wait?
>>96891809No, the core game will be in it's current state for a whileBy "core game v3.0" anon means that CoD is going to be another gigantic expansion box like GCE (most likely bigger) that overhauls a lot of current game content/introduces a ton of new mechanics
>>96892110>comes with more stuff than GCthis is gonna be $500+ at least.
Anyone here have any idea on the scale of the busts? I'm just not finding anything other than Google's godawful ai response saying it's 1:10 and its using the Murder Bust as a reference which is 12cm tall from, I'm assuming the bottom of the plinth to the top of the head. That sounds too big to be 1:10 to me or am I mistaken?Follow up question; Whats the size on the Butcher Bust? It's got to be a lot bigger for that price tag. Would be a shame if they were all just 12cm tall to keep them all the same consistent size but then that would make the Butcher bust much smaller than 1:10 since the dude is suppose to be a behemoth
>>96896615No idea. I don't think we've ever gotten an official height of anything within KDM. Some of the monsters even change size at will, confirmed by one of the staff members, so the miniature scale is not something that can be used as comparison.
>>96899157Even more so, it's confirmed in universe that butchers grow bigger as they age. So trying to use miniatures to calculate scale is pretty meaningless because you don't know the age of the butcher.Like, look at this boy. Just look at 'em. That's a 100mm base, btw.
>>96899649I really really dislike this sculptlooks like some fucked up chibi
>>96900248Poots looked at Starscourge Radahn and thought to himself, how can I make this even sillier?
How's KDM as a solo game? I've been wanting to get into it but people in my city only play MTG/40k/D&D 5E so it's hard to get people interested in anything less mainstream.
>>96896615The survivor busts all around the same size (~15-20 cm), here's a comparison to a regular mini. I don't own the butcher bust but having seen it in person it's scaled "appropriately" to the monster when compared to the survivor busts. It's large and very wide. >>96900305It's fine solo, you'll progress slower since you can't split bookkeeping but there's also less deliberating on decisions. You can also try introducing friends that aren't into board games, most people will enjoy it for a session, some will enjoy it enough to come back for more.
>>96899157>>96900728Thank you for the responses. I continue my search but still no luck on finding an exact scale of it>It's largeWell that's good, was afraid he would of been a shrimp next to the others
>>96900305I've heard a lot of people use something called Scribe, a phone app that significantly helps with bookkeeping, especially with arcs. But I like the physical manipulation of decks and bits and pieces personally, so I've never dabbled seriously with it. Not sure if that'll change whenever I play PotDK though.
>>96900305it's pretty good but ironically its lonely and bookkeeping all the characters can get annoying.playing with 2 people is the sweet spot imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWy0Jtb1_g
For anyone waiting for core game to go on sale during BF, there's less than 300 copies left globally so it will very likely sell out somewhere at the beginning of the sale
>>96810592What's the best way to get into this game? I've been intrigued ever since the original kickstarter ages ago but it was always sold out or being scalped when I checked
>>96907178Try it in tts to see if you like it then drop $400+ on core game while it's still in stocktheir own sim is a questionable purchase
>>96907482Thanks for the advice, I'll try it solo on TTS then. is it worth keeping an eye on the secondhand market or am I better off just buying directly from KDM?
>>96903929>An elderdon't survivors retired after only like 8 hunts or something? and they turn into fully grown adults in 1 lantern year, are lantern years super long or do survivors aged at an accelerated rate?
>>96907611>is it worth keeping an eye on the secondhand market or am I better off just buying directly from KDM?Depends on what's available to you in your area and how good of a deal it is
>>96859712Isn't there a hunt/settlement event that just says "start over unless you have guide post"? Swear I got that before.
>gce came in>dung beetle came in>dragon king on its way (got it for a steal)>lion knight coming in (its was so cheap nib I had to)I love painting these minis, the style and aesthetic are perfect for me, but will only get ones with game content. What's your must-have expansion recommendation?
>>96912227Black KnightGCESunstalker/Dragon KingDBKRed WitchesPeople also recommend Gorm but personally I dislike him visually (tbqh I dislike how every other nq1 looks too, besides white lion)
>>96912216It gives you the option to start over or to hunt another monster without recovering. You could just go hunt a level 1 white lion if you didn't want to restart. And restarting isn't a loss either, because you get to keep all your gear and your 4 hunting survivors, so you're starting from year 1 with a huge advantage.
>>96911549Yeah sorry, that was a dumb question. I was wondering more if there were big balance changes or changes to models that makes the latest version more worth it versus an old one someone is selling. But it looks mostly the same to me from a cursory search
>>969130221.5 is still fine to purchase (if you can actually get a good deal) because the differences are quite small and then you can buy a $30 1.6 upgrade pack from official store which will cover all the changes between those versions and also includes a bunch of bonus content from old white boxesAnything below 1.5 I wouldn't get
Very spooky and dark setting.
>>96913151Gotcha thanks
>>96913513I'm scared stiff
>>96912497I see alot of black knight so that will probably be my next target. Red witches is pretty new right? Do you think black friday will have a decent sale on it?
From the nukealope vignettestolen from d*scord
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>>96892110CoD honestly scares me. I feel like it might be another GCE and cause a bunch of bottleneck/scope/feature creep holding everything else up for years.At least Bee/Weaver is hopefully almost done soon. Kinda wish they would release them and Screaming God first and then work on CoD
>>96921523>Kinda wish they would release them and Screaming God first and then work on CoDThat is actually the plan, yes. Next batch of expansions is Titan Bee, Honeycomb Weaver, Screaming God, and Dead Armor.Pic related from earlier this year when Poots reorganized the expansion releases. CoD has been delayed since then, pushing it to at least wave 3.
>>96921523>I feel like it might be another GCE and cause a bunch of bottleneck/scope/feature creep holding everything else up for yearswe both know that's exactly how it will end up being
>>96921590why are these called "remastered" waves when next to none of this content has been "mastered" to begin with
>>96922156I love Chito more than I love my family
>>96921786Based tbqhIf you didnt buy cod for 40 bucks you missed the bitcoin of board games
Why are they charging 35 bucks for a miniature?
>>96922156It's the wave that is remastered, not the content. This is Poots' second attempt at making a shipping schedule for the remaining expansions.
>>96922321God I got so much shit for my satan pledge it isn't funny. I think I've already broken even compared to MSRP even with 2/3rds of the new expansions still in production.
>>96922499because Poots is a hostage of his own incredibly underpriced kickstarter promises, so he has to take it out on everyone else to break even
>>96922509You probably have Im sure someone already has a breakdown of what you paid vs retail prices
>>96918665>Red witches is pretty new right? Do you think black friday will have a decent sale on it?Seems unlikely it will be discounted at all, but who knows
>>96911209We don't know. They aren't exactly human + we don't know how long a lantern "year" is.
>mfw was shocked at how expensive the base game was, and then I learned about how much all the expansions added to it>now I'm $3000 deep into itI don't even like boardgames what the fuck
>>96922503lmao
>>96922499You should ask GW that first
>>96810670That is what we call a "skill issue".
enough talk !post miniature !something weird happened with my potato phone camera but it's funny no ?
Finished him a while ago, but im currently working on Dung Beetle.
Anybody has the people of the stars pdf? i want to play the dragon lord campaign or know a place where i can read about it, i do have TTS and want to tackle the game with some friends using the misterslacks table not sure if theres a better alternative.
>>96925260looks immaculate.
>>96932483Thanks anon.Worked on this guy last night. Still have some colors i want to change up to fight the aesthetic but boy to I hate painting and shading spheres. It's way too bright. I need some plants for the bases as well.
>>96856815Stupid sexy goat
>>96886631What fan expansion are you talking about?
>>96932992>It's way too bright.
>>96925260I think people making him gold is cringe and overdone
>>96938469But it's literally in the name.Like Black Sabbath, could you imagine them not being black?
>>96938483still cringe
>>96938469Honestly your not wrong, I really liked the stone, oxidized, ect ones I saw, but im speed painting through these smaller models so I can sit back and work on some of the bigger ones. I still have phoenix and dragon king.
>>96938483The smoke is gold not the knight, duh
>>96938546I was gonna reply with this initially but didn't want to be made fun ofI haven't seen anyone paint one that way anyway
>>96938546That's a fucking sick idea, like gold flecks in black smoke and the armor can be like stone or something.
Just fought the hand for the first time ever, at LY11 as a special showdown from regal visitWhat an amazingly flavorful encounter, incredibly cool, but I wish there was some better strategy/incentive to fight him instead of getting ragdolled around the board and waiting for applausenow I get why I heard people calling him a cutsceneOne can hope that they will redesign him for 2.0 :^)
>>96938699>>96938593mine is porcelain armor and gold smoke, I'll take a pic later
>>96939619>I'll take a pic later
>>96944062
>>96921590>CoD has been delayed since then, pushing it to at least wave 3.Is this confirmed? I know it was kinda hinted at in the September update, but I assumed that just meant delaying the whole wave until CoD was completed
>>96939144Yeah, even the twice we've "fought" him, the second time seemed overdone.Glad I got the Black Knight though, I'll be using him in all future campaigns until another Node 3 Nemesis comes out.
>>96944062>>96939619here ya go
>>96949922less blurry
>>96949999Nice, that looks great
>>96949999looks better than anything I can paint, also holy digits.
>>96939144I feel like that's entirely the point, given what the Hand is - it's not meant to be a real "fight". The Hand is fucking around with you and could kill you literally whenever if it cared to out in even a modicum of effort. The best you can hope for is to just force it to draw its sword, and even the mere act of doing so is damaging to the survivors. I'd argue even the Godhand isn't the Hand properly going "all out", but moreso simply it expressing the tiniest hint of what it can do. And said hint makes it currently the single hardest encounter in the entire game.
>>96835828I thought I was the only one that noticed this. I get that game content is more tames than pinup, but it's been a deal breaker for me for some kits.>>96844480Aya is perfect. Lucy too
>>96952805Wouldn't it be more thematic to remake the Hand as the Final monster for PotL instead of GSK then? And move GSK to NN3, considering that to my knowledge GSK used to be an expansion that just got tacked on to the end of core game somewhere along the way anywayMight be a bit cheesy with PotL fighting the Hand as the final monster and PotDK fighting "the Hand but stronger" as the finale, but imo still seems better than going through the motions multiple times every single campaign unless you've bought Black Knight
>>96949999Really nice paintjob anon.
For me, it's Percival
For me it's the Tomboy Witch.Still need to work on some details.
everyone has black friday sales up atm which reminded me to check the KD site, nothing. Was there any sale at all?
>>96955134Black friday is in more than two weeks, KD usually waits for the actual day to do the sale.
>>96955134There was but I’ve bought it all, sorry
>>96952805It sounds like The Old Master is currently the single hardest encounter, rather than any potential Hand going all out fight that we aren't able to face.
>>96954164When you think about it, Wanderer system really opened KDM universe to the possibility of crossovers and guest appearences.
>>96959496I mean, it's not a possibility, 3 of the 5 wanderers currently out are crossovers from other IPs.
>>96959548And people are already homebrewing more.Of questionable quality, but still...https://www.patreon.com/posts/newt-abandoned-93407062
>>96959964>patreon>AI slop
>>96960479As I said, questionable quality - the guy's a small time youtube persona, he's at every gencon making annual interviews with Adam.
>>96836951What did you use to cover the gruesome connection on seer's leg? Why would they even place it in such an exposed area, I hate them.Nice job, by the way, looking forward to painting mine.
>>96922574Wouldn't you say he has already earnt that much already? For all Satan pledge there are tons of people buying GC or expansions at 10 times the price, or White boxes which are definitely more profitable.
>>96960841No idea how the project does financially. They can't be doing too bad, considering they've persevered through covid-related supply chain disruptions and various other industry mishaps and geopolitical bullshit. But they can't be doing too good either considering the kickstarter costs were lowballed to begin with and then scope-crept so much further while keeping that same base price (for the initial backers).I'd imagine Poots is not particularly good with money the same way he's not good with PR. Okay maybe not THAT bad but you get the point.
>>96960841I doubt itNigga sold CoD for $40 which is now going to be a $400-$500 expansionEvery single person who've bought it at it's original price is now a near total loss since 40 bucks won't even be enough to cover production costs, but Poots still has to uphold his side of the bargain, unless he suddenly decides to try and weasel his way out of this oneSince he's still in business and doesn't show any signs of stopping (yet) it is clear that the business is still profitable enough to make ends meet, but I don't think that the profit margins are that nice considering his kickstarter "debts" and his most likely overblown operational and development expensesAlso I've heard that some KDM products end up being a loss anyway, e.g. Black Knight resin statuesPoots already mentioned considering another Kickstarter for their sim in the latest post which tells me that the sim isn't doing too well financially too, to no one's surprise
>>96961060Any clue when CoD will be available to purchase for those of us who didn't know about the game during KS?
>>96886631Anyone know where I can find the expansion this nerd is talking about?My normal google-fu is failing me.
>>96961132see pic >>96911549 but I'm almost certain that no earlier than Q2 2026, with Q2 being incredibly optimistic still
>>96961136Complete newfag subhuman to the game and these threads but I managed to find it pretty quickhttps://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/tg/image/1482/72/1482729016330.pdf
>>969611364plebs archive as it as "KD_The Dead End.pdf"
>>96961186holy based
>>96959496>>96959548>>96959964>>96960479got the full story right herei don't like the Wanderer system because it's all about super special unique character i don't give a fuck about, while KDM is all about slowly and hardly creating heroes and stories from 4 bland no ones lost in nowhere
>>96961060Sim, thsirt, pinups... anyhing that don't have game content is really profitable. The miniature market is a high margin one, and Poot really works on the logistic so it runs well and not too expensive
>Want to get KDM>It's expensive>I may move to another country in the next couple years
What is the fucking strategy for The Hand? We just fought our first one blind. Are we just supposed to survive? Or actually fight it?
>>96965683Do what it says and wait for applause. You might get a secret fighting art if you manage to damage it out, or it might just kill your best survivor, it's rarely worth it.
>>96965683it's here to make you learn how to plan roles/clases/build and group strategy instead of slapping 4 randos with your best gear for each fucking fightyou should have at least one tank, one archer/support, one fast hitter and one hard hitter by the time you face him.
>>96965683the strat is just cheesing him until applause
>>96966176>>96966236>>96969317I see. We had no idea about thw auras and what not so after a couple turns, the sacrifices were exploded or flicked into oblivion.
Just got my nukealope box. The back of the box comic is amusing.
>>96971975Think you can post the contents of the box anon? Mainly the trap cards and AI cards
I'm gunna nuke!
>>969700312 and 3 are perfect.
>>96965683>strategy for the handlol, lmao even
Tried my hand at DBK. We will probably fight him next session so I wanted to get him done quick.
>>96974393Not that anon but...
Finally picked up the brush again today. Fairly happy with the Nukealope, which I am going to use as the Mad Steed in our campaign.
>>96982240The model is growing on me. I feel like sometimes they lose alot of the body horror with a flood of survivor minis, its always nice to see a twisted monster from them.
>>96982240GSK done, at least until I figure out how to do shadows better.
>>96965683You get 1 leather shield and block
>>96982834>>96982240maybe use some colors ? that looks like DUNC
>>96984060Do you also think that DUNC should have used more colors?
i never played the game and possibly never will for the price is outside my range, so i just want to say the monsters and their cards look so cool on looking through the pdfs and minisI got myself a flower knight mini from my local shop, its a nice catch
>>96985218just play it on tts lil nigga
>>96985414im fucking retarded, i never thought it could be on tts until now
>>96960815It boils down to the glue that you use. Tamiya is fantastic because it doesn't melt the plastic too much, but you can use the shittier glues to effectively hide the connections on big flat surfaces (used army painter on the seer). 'Generously' apply the glue, and once the plastic starts melting, you fit the pieces together, purposefully pressing them down lightly in order for them to glob up a little bit. Just let it cure completely afterwards and cut the trim carefully. It works wonders. Not so much so on tight or very detailed bits. GW or army painter glue did the trick for me. Just don't start off immediately doing it, practice a little bit first because you need to get the feeling for it. Best of luck anon.
>>96985414Is the TTS version updated?
>>96987216Even if it isn't it'll still have the first 12 expansions which is metric fuckloads of content
>>96987216It's got a good amount of content for the core game and some low res models, but its still the full core and a bunch of extras. Use it to get your feet wet, and then see if your actually interested. I have built most of the content physically out of people's second hand stuff, which appears to be a pretty large market. I got most expansions for at least 70% off and in good condition. I support poots enough with new stuff.
>>96987517>>96988397I'm asking because apparently there's an official simulator?Which one's better?
>>96989338Official sim is cool, dont get me wrong, but there's still alot of quality of life changes and bugs that need to be addressed. The tts one is free and currently not as buggy. I own most of the game physically and play TTS when friends cant make it over for game.
>>96989487Also don't you need every player to own the simulator to play? Kinda ridiculous honestly, I wouldn't mind buying it for myself but I can't also ask all my friends to buy it.
>>96989504I wasn't sure of that but if your right thats bullshit. I was contemplating getting the master key (was a $300+ bundle that has all current and future expansions) when they hammered out the dents but im not going to have all my friends pay that.
>>96990022I think, and this is really old brain cells rattling around here, that only one person needs the expansions, but everyone needs to the base simulator. But even that I really object to, I want to be able to just bring folks in without the conversation of "oh now you need to drop $50"
>>96989504>>96990113but TTS is the same in that regard, innit?Everyone playing still needs to own a copy, which costs the same as KDSThe only (big) difference is that TTS KDM is 1.5 and missing all the newer expansions, but you can play a shitload of other games for free afterwards and KDS is the latest version of KDM with every expansion besides GCE (soon™) but everything costs money
>>96990477You can get TTS for super cheap. I remember paying like 20 bucks for a 4-pack.Only played 40k and I think Arkham Horror once each because my friends were too retarded to download their own mods so I had to remote-access their PCs and do it like some IT monkey fixing a boomer's tech issues.
>>96990515I forgot about sales, yeahWonder if KDS gets discounted on BF
real talk, if I picked one of the figures up at random at your place, what would be the chances it had cum on it at some point?
>>969906030after all the money, time and effort spent each mini is a labor of love, not lustAnd you dont even feel like risking ruining a paintjob with jizzAlso maybe thats just me but I prefer to play with non-cummed minis
>>96990603I cum on everything except my hobby stuff. Models, minis, nippers, action figures, brushes... all that is perfectly clean.Everything else, including cups, coasters, cutlery, cushions and such would glow like a Y2K rave.
>>96970031I wouldn't even bat an eye if they ever come out with a monster that bimbofies survivors.
>>96974500Has anybody ever attempted to use glow in the dark paint for the dragon king? That's got to be the best choice for glow in the dark paints.
>>96985506Keep in mind the creator asked TTS creators not to make anything for Gambler's Chest and beyond but base game and expansions have plenty of content.
>>96991502>>96985506>>96987216Nothing is stopping you from importing all the new content yourself :^)
>Getting all the monsters done before working on survivors >dreading the phoenix I have dragon king, a very cool and fulln looking model to paint, or phoenix before starting GCE monsters. Anyone have any nice pics of phoenix for inspiration before I skip it once again? The hand parasites and shading the wings is kind of turning me off with how annoying I feel its going to be.
>>96900305Its alot to keep track of for me personally, its mostly the modifers i loose track of during showdowns. Like mainly brain damage and trauma but its easy enough to over look tokens when youve got five diffrent pieces on the board. Despite my frustrations with having to fudge things in order to continue a phase i do enjoy my time playing . Ill also add its a bit of a space hog when you play so be aware of that, its not just the show down board but your survivors and dice rolling area monster decks etc Ive beaten lvl 1 butcher a few times so if you are curious to play be ready to face this dude alot sooner than youd like to.
>>96906962Ive got a 1.6 still sealed. I bought it since i thought i lost my minis but i eventually ran across a box in a box so yeah...
>>96985130i don't a single fuck about dunc but everything should have more color, life is dull enough as it is
>>96995296is a world of eternal darkness, not having colors is thematically appropriate.
>>96997061That's my biggest gripe when painting this shit. My autism demands the darkness to be felt in the miniatures.
>>96997409this is why I just prime all the minis black and call it a dayh8ers will just have to deal with the fact that it's thematic
>>96997061>eternal darkness>except the lanterns>and lantern hoard>and light vomiting huge skysharks>and rave-party-hearted nuclear dragons>and lamposts here and there>and "lights in the sky">and hum actually there's REAL darkness like the slendermanjust say you are afraid of fun
Does their Black Friday sale actually start on black friday or does it start earlier?
>>96998329Last year it started late Thursday night the day before.
>>96998729Thanks, I'll keep an eye on their page
So how big are the discounts for Black Friday? Are there any other seasonal discounts?
>>97000224there's almost no individual discounts but the bundles are really good value
>>97000412In addition to this they often have huge restocks of various sold out minis. I think last Black Friday they reprinted every single non-holiday plastic promo mini in their range for example.
>>97000412>there's almost no individual discountsthat doesn't include core and expansions, right?Only white boxes
>>96982834>>96982240Contrary to the hordes of tasteless faggots commenting on your "lack" of colour, I love what you've done with the aesthetic here and how it matches the board.
>>97000412What do you mean? Most of the older expansions were literally half price last year.
>>96991484I tried a cheapie glow in the dark on that model but it doesn't really show. Mind you that was close to a decade ago I painted him. I got this shit and put it on the eyes of my board and it works well. I probably will end up drybrushing it on my Screaming God's fur before and after sealing the paint.
What's the verdict now?
almost done
>>96810592I'm looking at picking up the game on black friday. I've played on TTS before, just want to get a physical copy to play with friends and family.Any suggested expansions?I intend to get:KDM 1.6The Red WitchesGoing to see about getting Ringtail Vixen off of Ebay or something since that's sold out.
>>97006820Nice plapmeat.
>>97010269The usual "bang for your buck" expansions that get recommended are:>Dragon King, has a new campaign>Sunstalker, has a new campaign>Gorm, when you want variety from hunting lionsRed witches may not have a huge amount of synergy with core 1.6
>>97010269From a gameplay perspective, promos like Ringtail Vixen are very bad investments. The gameplay bits in them are basically just keys jingled in front of collectors (like me).Alternate quarries are good investments. Gorm, Frogdog, Sunstalker, Dragon King and Dung Beetle Knight are all classics in that category.Another thing to look into is the Gambler's Chest, if you can spring for it. Pricey, yes, but by god the amount of content in that box is gigantic.
>>97010390Ringtail Vixen is one of the most suggested expansions because of the get-out-of-jail-free card if gives you on your first roll of a 1 on the intimacy table.
>>97010447It's a promo, my man. You're paying $35 for a one-off thing that only has the effect of maybe making the game easier because even by the promo itself there's only a 50% chance the card is included in any given campaign. This doesn't improve the game at all, it just makes it easier, and if I'm being frank? Despite the reputation, KD:M is honestly pretty easy.
>>97010390>>97010383So, I can spring for it assuming not sold out:1.6Gambler's (has replacements for everything but phoenix, the butcher, the hand)Gorm for when lions get boringFrom there, would Dragon King, Sunstalker, or a different replacement be the better choice?
>>97010580Frogdog is a competitor for Gorm as another node 1 monster. I admittedly haven't played with the Frogdog in a campaign yet, but it looks really neat, and has a lot of equipment going for it.
>>97010595How's crimson crocodile from Gambler's?
>>97010604do not trust >>97010595 he has a fart fetish
>>970102691. GCE if you can afford it2. Dragon King or Sunstalker for new campaigns and to replace the Phoenix (mid quarry)3. Slenderman or Red Witches to replace King's Man (dogshit nemesis)4. Black Knight for mini campaign and to replace the Hand (cool exactly once)5. DBK because kino and extra quarry6. Killenium Butcher because kino7. Gorm because strong gear if you don't get GCE (Croc is better and Frogdog is mid)Good white boxes to have:White Speaker (is in legendary card pack), Ringtail Vixen, Skrelle, Lantern Armor Aya, Indomitable survivors (that you like for quarries that you have), 10th and 15th anni survivors, Wanderers if you get GCEAlso don't buy them off ebay for now since some stuff will get reprinted for black friday
>>97010580don't need gorm if you have gamblersgorm was the only alternative node 1 for a long time but you get croco who I haven't fought, heard he can be tough but a decent fighthaven't played frog or seen anything on it yet can't comment on it
>>97010383>>97010390>>97010653I'm buying the more expensive of the two for >1.6>GCEwith a family member getting the other, so those are a done deal.He'll probably buy whatever he wants past that, I'm definitely going to get >Sunstalker OR Dragon King>I'm choosing Sunstalker if it's available because he has a dick tentacle.Going to get at least one of these, depends on how much I spend.>Dung Beetle Knight>Black Knight>SlendermanIf she comes back to the shop I'll pick her up, but won't go as far as Ebay since anyone selling it is likely a scalper and I hate scalpers.>Ringtail VixenThanks for the suggestions all. I'll be sure to post my paintjobs in this thread after I finish each of them.
>>97010383To be honest, Gorm is kinda outdated now that we have different (and better) node 1 monsters. I would also say that GCE is better than any expansion, especially now that big ones like dragon king have become really expensive.
I really want to repaint my dragon king as Ive gotten better at painting but stripping it might net me 1d1000 insanity...
>>97010968In terms of getting the best bang for your buck, from the>Going to get at least one of these, depends on how much I spendbracket the best pick'd be the Black Knight then since you're getting GCE>NQ4you already get the King so DBK is kinda redundant, even if good>NN2Slenderman/Witches are the best options but you already get Atnas in GCEAtnas is meh but at least he's no King's Manmeanwhile BK is the only other NN3 option and is also really good
>>97010968Good taste, get Black Knight.
>>97011072Why is Atnas meh? I found it neat, especially if you don't cheese it.
>>97010968>If she comes back to the shop I'll pick her up, but won't go as far as Ebay since anyone selling it is likely a scalper and I hate scalpers.>>Ringtail Vixennot worth spending that much money for "upgrade" cards save for expansions, I did this and it's honestly a waste of money even if I have some fun promo stuff like this gun
>>97011291Atnas is flavorful but thematically sticks out like a sore thumb from the rest of the game and the fight is a pushover if you do it *the intended way*he should've been a separate expansion instead of being tacked onto GCE imo
>>97011381>he should've been a separate expansion instead of being tacked onto GCE imohe was never meant to be part of it imo just randomly made it in due to the chest rolling shenanigans
>>96810592I have the core game, few expansions and gamble chest but have no one to play with and prepare the game to soloing is a pain in the ass. Should i but the KDM simulator to play solo? is there any crack version?
>>97011661sim is always online, so no pirating italthough it is made in unity so there might be a possibility to enable some kind of dev console or some other tool which MIGHT allow to activate the expansions even if you haven't bought them, but it very much depends on how strict they are with this kind of accessalso it isn't particularly well-automated, still doesn't have GCE and then you'll have to rebuy all your expansions againDepending on what you mean by "preparing the game for soloing" you could check out the Scribe app which supposedly helps with bookkeeping
>mfw I have an old 400$ Satan pledge and 'Im just waiting for shit to arrive as soon as they're out
>>97011661Play on TableTop Simulator instead.
Expansion review for the newfriends here>Must buy tierGCE - Has a crazy amount of content and new systems like encounters, philosophies, scouts, and a ton of modelsBlack Knight - The only other Node 3 nemesis. Great fight, good gear, and squire campaign is fun if a bit bullshit (mountain lion)>Great buyFrogdog - Good alternative NQ1, has good gear and the bullfrog dog is a good late game upgrade fight quarry. Sculpt is just okRed Witches - Good fight if a bit easy and replaces the kings man who sucks. Great lore and writing. Great models if you love cheesecake tooSunstalker - Campaign and showdown is good. Another NQ3 quarry instead of the Phoenix is nice. Model is just ok (IMO)Dragon King - Another campaign bundled in which I like better than PoTSun. Showdown with the dragon is fun. Tyrant is kinda meh.>Good buyDung beetle Knight - Great fight, good gear, pretty challenging and pretty sculpt. It's a late game quarry so you don't always get to see it or fight it that muchPariah - Very flavorful fight with unique mechanics. Both pariah sculpts and survivor sculpts are bangers. Good, but can be skipped since butcher is still top tier NN1 and it's kinda punishing to use himSlenderman - Good fight and replaces kingsman. Gives good rewards and showdown is cool. I personally just dislike the model and overall aesthetic of this dudeGorm - Overrated since everyone just rec'd it when it was the only other NQ1. Still decent and has great gear. Showdown and sculpt is just alright. Can be skipped if you have Frogdog or Croc
>>97012795>Ok buyFlower Knight - Way too easy and gives OP gear. Showdown is kinda boring. Pretty model at leastMan Hunter - Good fight and gives good gear. A bit too easy and the other NN1 are just better. Sculpt is kinda boring and staticSpidicules - Fun showdown. Bad gear and story events. Model is amazing but also flimsy and impractical so good luck bringing it to the tableGigalion/Killenium butcher/nukalope - Fun side grades to existing monsters with their own mini showdowns built in. Fun, but better to get new new content first>Shit tierLion god - Crap rewards. Crap gear. Very under baked lore and events. Showdown can just be oops get insta killed lmao.Lion Knight - Awful fight, bad gimmick that punishes you if you win, very exploitable showdown. Only decent thing is the rewards and maybe the sculptLonely Tree - Pretty overpriced modelGreen armor - Lmao>BonusCoD is gonna be must buyScreaming god will prob be good buyBee and weaver will be great buy
>>97012795>>97012799Thanks, Anon. I'll definitely bear this in mind. Do you have any opinions on the survivors of death or any of the white boxes?
>>97013148Not him. They all add minimal content but some of the coolest sculpts you can find for survivors. Im torn on them now because you get sprues for up to 4 survivors per monster and naked, rawhide, leather, lantern sets. The idea being you make your own custom survivors based on the characters youre using; immortalizing memorable characters from your game in hard plastic. Ive let so much of my own custom sprues languish in the pile of shame because the white boxes and character card survivors from the GCE are all so cool. My survivors in game rarely look anything like their loadout.
What's the opinion on Survivors/Echoes of Death?I love how those miniatures look and really want to paint them, but how's the gameplay side?
>>97013645>I love how those miniatures lookand that's the main reason to get themGameplay additions are fairly minimalEchoes boxes get you 4 fighting arts a box which first have to be unlocked via basically game achievements, and the conditions to unlock them are generally either fairly challenging or require you to plan and build a campaign specifically to unlock themThat said, some of those fighting arts are really fun/powerful, echoes 2 having probably the strongest arts of all the Echoes boxesBut as a downside echoes don't really work with GCE content unless you houserule strain fighting arts as secret fighting artsSurvivors of Death seems to be a post-GCE update of the Echoes line - you get kind of a "GCE soup" instead of just strain fighting arts - you still get a strain fighting art or 2, but you also get some patterns, character cards, indomitable resources, knowledge cards etcSurvivors 1 also expects you to have frogdog
>>97013645Unbelievable minis, very minor gameplay elements. They can be neat, but there's (usually) no guarantee any given bit of promo content will show up in a given campaign. If you want to paint them then by all means, some of the minis in those boxes are incredible, but I wouldn't delude yourself into thinking they're good gameplay choices.Of the promos, the ones with the most direct gameplay impact are the indomitable survivors. Those are actually pretty cool and change the game in an interesting way -- they add an additional random blueprint that can be earned by beating their respective level 3 monsters. The Fated Dagger mini the other month, for example, if you beat a level 3 phoenix you'll unlock one indomitable pattern you own which could be the fated dagger pattern.
>>97013790>>97013799I see. So it's the type of content that, gameplay-wise, you'd probably get last.Depending on how big is the discount for the base game I may get that. If it's still out of my budget (had to pay for veterinary stuff unexpectedly) I'll get at least one of the pinup boxes to have something to paint.
Question on some of the expansions: I know black knight and dragon king have their own mini adventure. Does that just happen in game? Read that BK is a node 3 monster but isn't that self contained? Or do you just do it mid People of the Lantern campaign? I was able to integrate dung beetle just fine but thats my only other expansion we have in righr now. We haven't touched GCE yet.
>>97014271The Black Knight expansion has the Squires campaign which is a 5 year mini-campaign with special rules. It's the kind of thing you'd do as a one-off, instead of playing normal Kingdom Death.Sunstalker and Dragon King have full blown 25 year campaigns -- instead of People of the Lantern, it's People of the Sun and People of the Stars.CoD is slated to come with a bunch more 5 year campaigns, but you'll need the corresponding original expansions to make them work.
>>97014334Thanks anon. I loved painting the minis and now that i have my friend group addicted to the game, it's a win win, but for the sake of my wallet I only want to get game centric content. Thread really helpped me with that. Hoping to pick up BK on black Friday.
>>97014380It doesn't help any that the Black Knight is legit one of the best minis ever made. God I love this beast.
>>97014414>one of the best minis ever madein terms of looks? maybein terms of plastic quality? fuck no, BK as a whole had by far the worst sprues I've encountered in KDM so far
>>96982240I really enjoy your bleak color scheme. It has a very strong atmosphere. Wish I could paint like that.
>>97012795Anyone who suggests you buy Frogdog has a fart fetish.Don't trust 'em.
>>97013148>>97013645I'm more of a gameplay guy then mini/painter so I would put them in ok buys. If you're a painter and really into the hobby, I'd put them in good cuz overall the value is there in the sculpt quality.
>>97014791Titan bee is gonna blow all other NQ1 out of the water anyway. Maro my words
>>97014866It’s gonna blow something with thems huffing and puffing ass cheeks alright
>>97014892I love this bee
>>96998329>>96998729>>96998735Exactly on Midnight Eastern Standard Time (New York).>>97000224Should be 50% near everything besides seasonals that don't get unlisted (like Lunar New Year Allison or some of the Easter models, for some reason). Not sure if tariffs will make an impact this year. They never do discounts on any other day of the year except for a rare moment when they opened a new warehouse.>>97006662I want to try that LIT stuff and I'm surprised no one is trying it for the novelty of it.>>97010269>Going to see about getting Ringtail Vixen off of Ebay or something since that's sold out.Looked it up and if you want the gameplay stuff, you should either wait for a restock or check out the Facebook group (yeah, I know).
Hello all, Scananon here. Screaming Nukealope finally done! >/KZpVAYyC#BRGoKS805EUH5Y0i-3jxJw
>>97017338bless you scananon.
gamer witch wip
>>97018130What's she playing?
>>97018306Starfox on the super nintendo.
>>97018130does she have a rash?
>>97018130Looks really good. What colors did you use on the skin?
I'd buy their simulator if they added painting models to it like the game Moonbreaker has.>>97018130Why is her controller skin colored?
>>97018361Maybe>>97018816I think it was burnt orange, tan flesh, and pale pink from proacryl>>97020440magic
>>97017086The shipping for LIT is retardedly expensive at $16 and it's $20 for a container of the powder and you need to mix the power with a paint or finish.
The Flower Witch and Disciples of the Witch are just miniatures, correct? They have no gameplay at all?
>>97027244>They have no gameplay at all?in 2030 when abyssal woods release
>>97027384Oh, so they'll re-release them with actual gameplay one day?Cool. Is that the case with every little "non-pinup" set they put out?
>>97027527most of them have eventually become game stuff
>>97027527>Is that the case with every little "non-pinup" set they put out?No, not every, just a good number of them. There are plenty of older 'serious' models that never got any plans to turn them into expansions or anything. But, it's also fair to say that Poots does love to reach into the library of old models when looking for inspiration on what to do next.
Oh fuck me, I forgot to grab something during the Halloween sale.
>>97030767Black Friday soon
>>97031244>black friday next week>have no money saved up
>>97031298Use the credit card
>>97031298>black friday next week>have disposable money>unironically considering getting GCE before BF hits just to not deal with all the black friday/christmas season shipping delays
>>97031298>black friday next week>just found a $7,000 check I failed to cashDoes anyone know if the backerkit pre-order page becomes available for just anyone on BF, or is it only for kickstarter backers?
>>97031298>Black friday next week>I get paid on wednesdayI might be able to actually get the base game + GSC, but I have to check all my /toy/ preorders coming in next month.
>>97031952What /toy/ preorders?
>>97032107bad dragon
>>97031298>black Friday next week>already have base, GCE, dragon king, lion god, gorm, dbk, black knight, lion knight, all 3 vignettesThe fuck is my CoD and Silver City Poots!
>>97031814It's for everyone.
>>97031467Last year the sale started earlier than all previous years by like 2 hours, and by the time I got home to go online and check GCE sold out completely in my area. I'm not too annoyed at it since I wouldn't have been using the content anyway (only got the main game then) but it is something to consider.
>>97032107Bunch of action figures and model kits.
>>97031298> black friday next week> trying to whittle down my debt> close to paying off my last credit card by the end of the yearFor three years, I had to fight the urge to make large purchases like the base game and it seems I may have to wait a little longer.
Trying our my airbrush. I got it as a gift when I first started painting and decided to try it out. Could use some work but when I find a good blue for the veins id say its not as bad as I thought for the first layers. (Ignore the aweful gaps. I bought it preassembled for a good deal.).
How remarkable are the black friday discounts usually? How much cheaper can you expect to get the base game? Also, what is the exact time when the sales start?
>>97039816666 USD for the base game + gambler's chest.999 USD for the base game + gambler's + a bunch of expansionsEverything else goes from 30-50% off.
>>97031244Looking forward to it but I was hoping to grab one of the seasonals.>>97039816Usually 50% off almost everything while the base game is 30% off? They will also sell "naked" models meaning models without gameplay elements or art cards as a preview of what's to come.
It seems EU wareheouse is out of base game so I guess I'm not making my entry this year either.
>>97045992Don't they restock during the sale?
>>97045992>>97047737they always restock on black friday itself.
>>96985218>this thing isnt a rabbitI feel somewhat duped.
>>97048201Well thats great. But what time does the sale start exactly?
>>97048500Friday the 28th at 00:00 EST.
>$444 to buy the starter setShould I? I'm loving the art but I never played a tabletop miniature game before.
>>97049102Wait for black friday
>>97006820Esther looks like the type of girl who does compensated dating
>>97049102If you have TTS, try it to see if the game is for you. Failing that, you could always sell the game to game-only people and keep the miniatures.I really wish they would release art books, they're so good
Should I get expansions or wait for Campaigns of Death to come out?
>>97048500Midnight, New York time. Or 5AM UTC.
>>97049143CoD supposedly requires you to own all the other expansions prior to buying it
>>97049396Not necessarily all, but, the vast majority of CoD's content is tied to at least one other expansion, so to use all of CoD you would want all 12 of the original expansions.
>Come back from hunt with some of our best survivors>plague knocks out every single one>decide to take some survivors on a quick hunt to finish a set>antelope lvl 2 trap is pulled around 6 times>entire group is rolling horrendously>lose 2 more to gobbled upI have never seen this many 1's rolled in my life. This was next level meta bullshit. We lost 8 survivors right before butcher lvl2. We weren't winning with two unbuffed rookies and decided to start a new campaign next session. Should run alot smoother now that we know how to navigate the timeline.
>>97049532the more I play the game the more I realize house rules are a requirement to have fun.
new, move at your leisure>>97049976>>97049976>>97049976
>>97049532plague and murder are so broken that they changed them in GCE so yeah, remove them