Last week, I was a little surprised to see an update from Flying Frogs announcing their next Kickstarter. Details were scarce, but there it was. I wasn't incredibly surprised that there would be a third campaign, but it caught me off guard a bit that they'd be kicking it off right now without much build-up.
But no, we got a few days heads up, a couple of Facebook posts, and it's off to the races with a relatively short, 14d campaign.
This time around they're launching their "Adventure" boxes, which are a pair of basically mini-cores. Intent is apparently an easier starting point for new fans, and good integration with the original two cores (Swamps of Death and City of the Ancients). In this smaller box will be the usual "stuff" - map tiles, figures, cards, gear, missions, but scaled back a bit (e.g. fewer map tiles than a full core).
New mechanics will be "team" heroes - apparently instead of 4 unique heroes all with their own skills, skill trees, and mechanics, each of the 4 Adventure heroes will effectively be of the same class. (Therefore less playtesting and fewer balance issues with an already large Brimstone universe).
There's a bit of apprehension about the team heroes, as it feels like "less," (less content, less customization). I'm actually okay with it - in our house we typically play 2-player, it will be easier for us to run a full squad of 4 without having to remember all the nuances of 4 unique heroes.
The campaign is off to a roaring start already - pushing $650k at the 23 hour mark and smashing through stretch goals.
Anyway, I'm all-in on this one.
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