[Archive] Shieldwolf: War Is Coming (kickstarter)

cornixt:

This is interesting:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/shieldwolf-war-is-coming

It looks like it is going to be another Warhammer copy, or at least everything is compatible and in a similar style. Only four armies: Empire-ish, Orcs, Ogres, and Army-of-women-without-concept-art. The latter is what sounds most interesting to me, but it looks like the stretchgoals are being met quickly enough that something is going to be revealed soon. Plus they have a War Mammoth for $60. The quality and prices will give GW a run for their money.

Business-wise it is confusing. A south-eastern European company (Greece, I’m guessing based on the people in the company), models made in the UK, except that the US currency is the only rate fixed and the US has free shipping. Not sure what to make of that.

sam585:

I looked at this the other day, I am turned off by the fact that no dwarfs are present : (

Dînadan:

Business-wise it is confusing. A south-eastern European company (Greece, I'm guessing based on the people in the company), models made in the UK, except that the US currency is the only rate fixed and the US has free shipping. Not sure what to make of that.

cornixt
I think it's a case of using US dollars as the currency to attract more backers (iirc, during the Mantic Dungeon Saga Kickstarter it was stated (don't remember if it was Mantic or one of the backers) that they were pricing in dollars rather than pounds because Americans are less likely to back a project that's in another currency); the 'variable' rate for other currencies is just them trying to look helpful by providing the exchange rate as it was at the launch of the Kickstarter, but also acknowledging that exchange rates fluctuate over time, so those outside the US may end up paying more/less than expected due to fluctuations in the exchange rate.

They're probably manufacturing in the UK because they don't think their local casters (if there are any that is) are able to deliver the desired quality and/or quantity and/or on time.