3050 and beyond, instead of the Succession Wars era of around 3025 that all previous boxed sets of the game had used for setting.įans had repeatedly requested such a boxed set in the past, but CGL had been uncertain whether or not it was a viable product. Considering the 34 days left in the campaign, the already overwhelming response before the social media and journalism snowball effect have peaked, and the fact that it’s been rolling in roughly $1000 a minute since I started writing this, I have little doubt that Battletech could become one of the highest-grossing Kickstarter videogames to date.CGL announced on 13 June 2019 that they would run a crowdfunding campaign for a boxed boardgame set that was set in the Clan Invasion era of ca. $1.85M will see an expanded and open-ended campaign for your mercenary crew, and $2.5M will bring about PvP gameplay in the arenas of Solaris VII (the arenas made famous in MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries ). In less than seven hours, Battletech has reached the $610K mark, well on its way to the second “funding stage” that will see it grow beyond the base skirmish game and enjoy a single-player story campaign once $1M is reached. Publishers and marketing teams don’t have to lie to generate sales, and die-hard fans have the opportunity to buy-in early and support the developers.Īnd support they have. In an era rife with pre-order gouging, this seems to fulfil the same purpose of the pre-order-based “market research” some bigger publishers are citing, while allowing the scope of the game to expand or contract to suit the response. Harebrained are veterans of Kickstarter at this point, and it’s clear they know how to handle themselves. Rather than seeking funding for an entire game, leaving backers vulnerable to cancelled projects and drastic design decisions that may leave fans feeling cheated, Harebrained have come to the table with an already-funded game and asked the community if there’s enough demand to see that game expanded upon. If you ask me, this is a great twist on the usual approach to funding a game through Kickstarter. They’ve put forth the funding for the base game themselves and are instead turning to the fans in the hopes of expanding it to fit demand. And one way or another, it’s a game we’ll be seeing reach completion, as Harebrained have come seeking not funding for the base game, but instead with a series of stretch goal-like offerings. It’s also the first of its kind in over twenty years (limbo-stricken MechWarrior Tactics notwithstanding). Set in 3025 (the year the Third Succession War ended, for the truly devout), Battletech, as is the current title on Kickstarter, is a return to tactical turn-based combat, the way the series was originally conceived. Oh yeah… and a little thing called Battletech. What you may not realize if you weren’t swooning over the Kickstarters for those games the way some of us were, is that Weisman himself is responsible for the Shadowrun pen and paper. Harebrained Schemes, you might know, have been responsible for the brilliant new Shadowrun games, including Returns, Dragonfall, and Hong Kong.
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