Spirit Train - Final Grade (B-) Kickstarter Critique Clip - Not A Winsome Train Game
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Final grade, by the way, Spirit Train, the final journey. Do I want it? Yes, I do. And your main image did a decent enough job to get me in here showcasing your artwork and your components. I still think it could have been substantially better having gone through the page and seeing all sorts of fantastic things you could be spotlighting. But, especially that train. A And that, just the positioning of this thing makes it looks like it blends into the background. But, that's actually the physical component. I feel like that's one of the main things there. But, other than that, do I want it? Yes. Sean chimes in with a B. I'm like, cruising there. Do I want it? Yes. Can you do it? Yeah, you've done it before. I am curious to see where these rank on Board Game Geek.
Cuz that's one thing you did not spotlight is the fact, you know, this is kind of our third game we've done. 9,800. And 10,000. Okay. So, still, you could be like, "Oh, we've shipped out X number of games." type of thing. Minor details. Can you do it? Yes. Not worried about it. Two previous projects, they've shipped them out. And then, how much is it? It feels It feels rock solid, you know? When when we get to that price and it's $59 for the standard, which once again, most of the time most people aren't taking, but 186 people did take here. I'm like, "Okay, I'm in." Then we move up to what I think is the deluxe, right? It's like 99. And I'm like, "I'm in."
I see the value of the deluxe. There's 60 acrylics. There's There's 3D cool-looking trains. And I'm in. But, then, it's kind of just a rug pull on that final pledge of just, "Oh, yeah, there's also But, by the way, the feature pledge We haven't mentioned this expansion at all, but there's a super cool expansion that adds a fifth player." You're like, "Oh, okay, that's neat." Like, "Oh, no, no, no, there's also this super cool expansion that adds a solo mode Uh and a new and a new player board." You're like, "Oh, cool. Cool. It's actually like a leg- It's a whole legacy thing we got in there with eight campaigns." They're like, "Oh, wow, you really should told me more about this." And they're like, "Yeah, that's 80 bucks more." And you're like, "Well, does it come with the 3D trains?" They're like, "It Yeah, it does. Comes with the 3D stuff, too." You're like, "Okay." And I think that that number probably would have been higher. Easily higher if that were just sold better.
Because what you're selling is pretty easy to sell, too. Turn it co-op or solo, add a fifth player, or just more variability on the player board there. Yeah, so I don't feel like they did a great job on the how much is it, but it does feel pretty reasonable. I just feel like the organization of everything was was not done particularly well. Final grade. Do I want it? Yes. Can you do it? Yes. How much is it? Yes. So, we're cruising around an A- minus B plus B range. Like everything everything I'm I feel like all my cons that I'm mentioning are just like, "Hey, I feel like that thing that you already did, you could have done better." But that's mostly just cuz I've seen other companies do it. Like, oh. Um So, yeah. I think I'm going to be too.
Yeah, I think I'm going to be. Just I feel like a lot of little things to spotlight, for sure. When this wins some best art of the year award, start including that in your in your trophy pile as well. But I'm going to go with a Yeah, I think I think I'm going to be, too. Spirit Train, the final journey, go with a B. I tried to talk myself into a B plus, but yeah, leading off to like those pledge levels, yeah, B. No, I'm going to go B minus. I'm going to go B minus. I'm going to go a little bit down on it. I really do feel like there was there was a good fumbling there with just like, "Oh. All right, well, I I I I I I This deluxe version this truly deluxe version gives me everything." Right? And they're like, "Oh, actually it doesn't give you everything cuz there's all those there's other stuff that you have to get as an add-on." They're like, "Oh, you kidding me now?" And it just it I don't feel like it feels as great as you want it to feel like. I'm going to go B- minus.