Done. Great looking mini's.

Is it a standard kickstarter thing to make EPIC and MEGA bonuses that are only available at well above the standard pledge level?

For instance, at $25, you get a box of 5 or 7 miniatures (depending on how you read the listing).  Then there are additional miniatures available if a certain goal is made...but only at higher levels.

1)  Is this standard practice?

2)  At double the pledge I hope you would get double the dwarves.....but is this really a "stretch" goal or just more dwarves for more money?  

What is the motivation for people to jump in as the campaign builds momentum?  At $25, it appears that my extra "stretch" benefit would be exactly zero.  Is that right?  

Why would I jump in at the standard $25 level to add to the project goal when I get zero for doing so?   I would describe this as "demotivational."  Am I reading this correctly?  

FormCritic wrote:Is it a standard kickstarter thing to make EPIC and MEGA bonuses that are only available at well above the standard pledge level?

For instance, at $25, you get a box of 5 or 7 miniatures (depending on how you read the listing).  Then there are additional miniatures available if a certain goal is made...but only at higher levels.

1)  Is this standard practice?

2)  At double the pledge I hope you would get double the dwarves.....but is this really a "stretch" goal or just more dwarves for more money?  

What is the motivation for people to jump in as the campaign builds momentum?  At $25, it appears that my extra "stretch" benefit would be exactly zero.  Is that right?  

Why would I jump in at the standard $25 level to add to the project goal when I get zero for doing so?   I would describe this as "demotivational."  Am I reading this correctly?  

From my read, at $25, you get 7 minis, at $40 you get 15.  At this point, with all of the goals being met so far, it is a simple more dwarves for more money.  However, earlier in the campaign, if I read correctly, the $40 and $25 levels are not really any different until the goals start getting met.  You would essentially be putting more money into the project with the hopes that it hits the goals and funds more minis.  The incentive to put in more money early before the project has momentum is to contribute to that momentum.  Not interested in minis, but my approach to these kickstarters has been to wait it out until it becomes clearer what the project will deliver.

FormCritic wrote:There is no benefit to buying into this kickstarter project early or late.  You get benefits based upon what level you purchase...period.

One of the main benefits is if there is a "limited" something.. for example there are a couple of levels that you now can't buy as they are sold out.. and of course you won't forget about it and miss it altogether..

FormCritic wrote:The logic of a kickstarter campaign is to build excitement for a project.
As momentum grows, more people jump in to take advantage of the growing level of benefits.  The more who jump in, the higher it goes for everyone.

This seems to be the focus for really sussessful kickstarter, getting people excited etc.. I don't know if this is whats its truely for, but it seems to work well for some people.. but its not "more for everyone" the higher it goes..

FormCritic wrote:In this kickstarter, I would be called on to jump in so that other people could benefit.  Wow - a truly tempting offer.  :roll:
Paying more money to get more miniatures is already a familiar model.  It is called, "buying something in a store."
Aside from the overwhelmingly exciting benefit that I might qualify for incredibly wonderful character sheets   , there is no incentive to jump in at the base level.  :shaking2:

Actually with all the goals reached in this kickstarter, there are no other "extra" benfits to you per sa at the moment anyway.. in fact it was the previous people pledges that allowed you to get all the stretch goals already without you haveing to put in any money yourself..pepole have already pledged so that others can gain extra rewards from all the stretch, mega , whatever goals... (you in the generic term)..

Of course if Dwarven minitures is of interest to you then you might be interested in this, I'm not, so it doesn't interest me at all.. you are right.. if I wanted to buy minitures I'm prob just buy them..

Brette:)

I took a leap... This looks really cool... 58$ level....

Tom aka DiscoDadda