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Jun 20, 2011
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- Website: diceagegame.com
Pledge $1 or more
10 backers
FUN REGISTRATION. One dollar is one more step to the game being at your retailer soon, but it is also the fun registration reward! You will be registered as an Initiate of the game at our tournaments, even without having played a single game! But you know the game. You were here before anybody else and you decided to be in.
Pledge $7 or more
18 backers
MAXWELL'S REWARD. Cheap functional art. For a mere $7 pledge you are pre-ordering and will receive two different Dice Age dice. Let's be honest, you don't play many games yourself, but you want to support this game because you think it's a great idea and would love to see these beautiful mini sculptures exist in the world. (Or maybe you're just a collector of fine art under one inch in height.) Your pledge will put us that much closer to making this game a reality, and you'll be rewarded with receiving two different dice chosen at random. You can keep one and gift one to a friend! Or maybe you can create your own dice mini-game that uses your two unique dice. Let me know what you create and I may add it to the growing list of games used with the Dice Age dice. Includes shipping within the USA. (Shipping to Canada add $5, International add $10 to pledge amount.)
Pledge $25 or more
48 backers
ONE SET TO RULE THEM ALL. For a $25 pledge you are pre-ordering and will receive one Alpha set of 10 different dice, including pouch and rulebook, (everything it takes), exactly as it will be released on the market. The dice are chosen randomly, but you will have at least two dice of each color. You will be able to play in Duel (which is my favorite way to play), start a collection, or build your own army. Includes shipping within the USA. (Shipping to Canada add $10, International add $15 to pledge amount)
Pledge $50 or more
356 backers
THE FULL ALPHA CASTING. For a $50 pledge you are pre-ordering and will receive one complete Alpha collection of 23 different dice, including one pouch and one rulebook. This exhaustive full set will not be sold at your retailer. You can play up to 4 players and no die will be a mystery to you. Includes shipping within the USA. (Shipping to Canada add $10, International add $15 to pledge amount)
Pledge $100 or more
65 backers
TWO FULL CASTINGS OF 23 DICE. For a $100 pledge you are pre-ordering and will receive two full Alpha collections of 23 different dice, including two pouches and two rulebooks. As a partisan of the fullsome, I can tell you it is not too much. You and your friends will be able to build your own armies of dice with doubles: thus, play bigger battles and discover the game's most advanced strategies. You can also give the second set as a present. Includes shipping within the USA. (Shipping to Canada add $10, International add $15 to pledge amount)
Pledge $150 or more
6 backers
ADOPT A DIE OPERATION. For those who really care! For a $150 pledge, you will receive one full Alpha collection of the 23 different dice, and become the godfather of a new die. Every die has the right to just be. For the 23 Dice Age dice that are released now, a hundred of others are still waiting in the laboratory to be reshaped and heralded to the Alpha master level. By adopting a die, you choose a die-to-be that will be redesigned. You will receive a polyurethane unique unpainted casting of the master: what we use to confirm the master before it is carved into the steel mold. Furthermore, when the master appears in the next Dice Age Compendium rulebook issue, your name will be marked as the godfather of this die. Contact us for choosing the die you want to adopt. (Shipping to Canada add $10, International add $15 to pledge amount)
Pledge $175 or more
11 backers Limited (1 of 12 left)
ADOPT A DIE WITH EXTRA FULL ALPHA CASTING. For a $175 pledge, you will receive two full Alpha collections of the 23 different dice, and become the godfather of a new die: Same as above, plus one extra Full casting of the 23 alpha dice. (Shipping to Canada add $10, International add $15 to pledge amount)
Pledge $500 or more
7 backers All gone!
DIPLOMATIC POUCH. For a $500 pledge, you will receive: - One draft PROXY ultra-limited set of the first 16 different dice, - Eight sets of the alpha edition, in deluxe leather pouches: a huge 184 Alpha dice. - A lifetime scoop shipping of one copy of each adopted die PU prototype (see adopt-a-die operation, There are three as of today, may the 30th 2011). - Tournament Expert level promotion and Official Dice Age referee's Orange necktie. With this unbeatable lot, shipped for free anywhere in the US (shipping to Canada add $15, International add $25 to pledge amount), you become an Ambassador of the game. You have all it takes to discover the game, have others discover it, and even make discoveries as a part of the Research and Development. You will be, for years to come, one of the pillars of the growing player's community and specialist of the game with first access to its developments. The PROXY set is handmade and hand painted for you by the designer (yours truly). This is a piece of art and it comes with a signed serialized certificate. Those sets are cast in the silicone mold, therefore there can be only a very limited series. After all, this project sounds the death knell and will end the limited era of the handmade sets. They are closer to the art that inspired this game. The crazy diplomatic pack of eight full Alpha collections of the 23 different Alpha edition dice, including deluxe leather pouches, is for you to have others around you discover the dice. You can hoard them up, make gifts, give dice away one by one as a unique souvenir or reward, as you will have anything it takes to organize your own tournaments: You will also receive the tournament organization kit and the official Dice Age referee's necktie, used at every Dice Age tournament since 1997: - http://jeuxsoc.fr/article/bes_2002/gellule.jpg - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150100677194039&set=t.747449038&type=1&theater. Each time a Dice Age die is adopted, you will receive a scoop copy (physical die) of the prototype. Now and forever. Furthermore, you will really help the game in its history and we thank you for pushing forward new game concepts like this one!
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Show older commentsCreator Brent Cerrato 5 days ago
I'm still waiting patiently... but 2 years is a little crazy. Hopefully my dice will magically show up shortly.
Creator Jason Saldana on June 12
I received my first alpha set of dice and they look great, well worth the wait! The detail is amazing and the dice are colorful and sturdy. They are a bit bigger then I imagined which is good because they are easier to handle for children and less of a choking hazard. This will make the waiting for the rest of my rewards much easier, thanks Tristan!
Creator Denis Begin on May 28
Got my Dice!! I think they are awesome and higher quality than expected. Thanks Tristan!!!!!
Creator Paul Maclean on May 24
Less than a month to go to the two year anniversary.
An update with specifics would be appreciated. It is worth your time to do so.
Thank you.
Creator tpanda on May 23
sorry wrong project, disregard my previous comment.
Creator tpanda on May 23
Damn ;) I missed the first delivery.
Maybe tomorrow... the resin is not there yet anyway...
Creator Keith Koleno on May 8
Per your last update, you stated that you were producing 100 dice per day, with a rough estimate of 13,000 dice to fulfill all your pledges, they all should have been done by now. Even if it was only 50 dice per day, at five days per week, they should all be complete before you hit your two year anniversary, coming up next month.
Since it's going on 10 months since the last update, could we please get one soon. I'd like to know what percentage of pledges have been fulfilled to date and what is your currently weekly production of dice, so I have some rough idea when this project will be fulfilled.
Creator Jason Saldana on April 29
I got a message from info@diceagegame.com asking for my postal address which I replied to immediately and a month later I still haven't gotten anything or any kind of response.
Creator Tyler Cushing on April 29
*Bump* - just send a message updating my address.
Creator Denis Begin on April 27
+1 to this. I will also be there.
-Denis
Tristan, I see that you're running Dice Age events and a tournament at KublaCon next month. I'll be there as well, can I meet up with you there to receive my Alpha set? It says that all tournament players will win at least a Dice Age die, so I presume you'll have a bunch of sets on hand.
Thanks
-Sean
Creator Jason Saldana on April 26
22 months after this project was funded and still, as Charles Bronson would have said..."No Dice".
I could have pledged for any number of Kickstarter projects that have actually been fulfilled (like Mantic's Dreadball) for what I pledged for this one, oh well.
Creator Adrian Maddocks on April 21
Quite frankly, I've written this one off. I don't expect dice, nor any money back. Just wish I could delete this from my list of projects so I don't have to keep being reminded of it!
Creator Sean Campbell on April 18
Tristan, I see that you're running Dice Age events and a tournament at KublaCon next month. I'll be there as well, can I meet up with you there to receive my Alpha set? It says that all tournament players will win at least a Dice Age die, so I presume you'll have a bunch of sets on hand.
Thanks
-Sean
Creator Jason Saldana on April 18
Actually, I think we did pledge money as part of a purchase. The pledge levels say "you are pre-ordering and will receive (X) Dice Age dice". If this was an art project then I could understand the philanthropic nature of a donation, and like any other donation one would be able to count it as a deduction on their income taxes.
Creator Tim Collett on April 18
Firstly, I am not defending what is going on here. I think people just need to look at this (and Kickstarter in general) a bit differently.
We didn't give money as an investment or for a purchase. This is way more towards philanthropy. We gave the money that we did to help a person with (what we all considered at the time) a good idea see his idea through. In return, if successful, we as the people who donated hoped to see something for our donation. People and companies do this all the time. A person or company has a great idea and they go to get backing from those that have the money to help them. In return, if successful, the company and/or person that helped with money will get something in return. If not successful, it was gamble and they lost.
Nothing by the creator has been said yet that we won't be seeing our items but timing and lack of communication tend to speak otherwise. I am not mad about this situation because it was a risk I took knowing that I may never see anything, but I am still hoping that I will eventually because I think the idea is solid and what he is/was trying to accomplish is solid as well.
Kickstarter is a great idea and a great place for people to get their ideas out there. The problem, in my opinion, is the people that have those ideas are good thinkers but not good project managers.
Creator Jason Saldana on April 17
Reviewers got copies before backers. I understand the need to promote the game, but those are sets that could have gone to people who actually pledged money.
http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2012/08/dice-age-review.html
Creator Dan Williams on April 16
Thirty four thousand one hundred and thirty four dollars. I wonder how much is left. Actually, there is no doubt how much is left. Five hundred and twenty six backers ponied up about $60 each. How many got anything?
The line below this box says, "Be respectful and considerate." Do they encourage those who solicit our financial support and take our money to do the same?
In a crisis, it is best to over communicate. To under communicate adds to the stress. And to add comments like, "As of today, updates are working against the project, so please don't ask." is insulting.
I have found not a word about game play here or on BGG.
I have been patient long enough.
Creator Jason Saldana on April 12
Two weeks and still nothing...
Creator Dan Williams on April 12
This is one reason I will never back a Kickstarter project again. The lack of transparency is telling.
Creator Jason Saldana on March 28
How many backers have received their rewards? I still haven't received any rewards and I pledged at one of the higher tiers. The money I used could have been pledged to other Kickstarter projects that would have fulfiiled their obligations...Reaper Bones for example, for the same amount of money I could have gotten hundreds of really neat miniatures :-(
Creator benk (Benoit Kusters) on March 28
An official update with status and estimated delivery dates would be appreciated.
Creator Steve Max on March 25
It would be nice to see an update and not have to go thru the comments section. There was a user below asking about the dice being sold on your website & not being sent to backers. If you could speak directly to that I think we would all appreciate it. If you could use the amount of time you are currently spending per reward to give us any sort of timetable that would be great. It doesn't have to be exact but at least an idea would be useful information for us.
Creator Jason Saldana on March 22
This was the first Kickstarter project I ever backed and I still have not received any rewards or a refund. Not a good start to my KS experience. Since then, every other project I backed has been fulfilled within 6 months of the projected delivery date.
Creator Jason Koresko on March 21
Leave an update. You have not updated since July 18, 2012. That is not acceptable. We understand that you are having problems, but you should have the decency and respect to give us an update on the Updates tab. Not giving us updates is very unprofessional. We gave you our money, at least have the respect to update us.
Creator Tristan V Convert on March 19
I am sorry the project takes longer than expected.
Rewards are still getting out one by one.
We'll post an update when we have firm good news about the industrial solution.
Thank you for your continued support and patience.
Creator Watervale on March 18
Unfortunately Tristan refused to refund my pledge and even did not give me an estimated shipping date. That's not what i hoped for when pledging back in June 2011...
Creator Denis Begin on March 13
If I get the Veronica Mars Movie my faith in Kickstarter might be renewed.
Creator Jason Saldana on February 19
Status update? We are fast approaching two years now...
Creator Nicolas Dementen on February 18
Hey Tristan,
Hope production and sales are going on... Good luck for the rest... I'm waiting patiently as I know one day I'll have the full alpha set to play, no rush, the kids are still young ;)
cheers
Creator drew craker on February 15
Just wanting to check about my order.
Drew Craker
Brisbane Australia
Creator Denis Begin on February 9
*ugh*
Creator Sean Campbell on February 5
*sigh*
Creator Tristan V Convert on January 14
Please send me as a Personal Message with your new address when you move. Should the parcel not reach you immediately, I would be notified, since all parcels are tracked.
Creator Brian Conneen on January 10
Since I first backed this project, I've moved twice. Is there anyway to make sure you have my correct mailing address?
Creator Tristan V Convert on January 9
I know you want your dice and I want you to have your dice. This is set. Now allow me a few words, before you get your dice.
There is not one day where I am not casting dice, exclusively for you backers. It's taking long, but it is being worked on every single hour. It's also being worked on to go faster. I am in a hurry too.
Look what happened: We tried three Chinese manufacturers, got robbed, we tried having them done in Mexico – got crappy results, and with handicap people – didn't work either. All those attempts take resources, and... time.
About the shop. Very few dice are sold at the shop and they are bought by backers who want the new dice series. All we do is work on the project you backed, and every attempt to build new dice or buzz around Dice Age is only and exclusively designed to get you, backers, exclusively and in priority, your dice.
We cannot give up only because it's hard. It's not uncommon for a game project to take several years. Other kickstarter projects use this platform as a marketing device. Dice Age is about changing dice history from scratch, and it turned out it's also about holding tight against adversity.
I know these are words, and these are not your dice in the mailbox. But it's where your parcel will come from.
We are working everyday on providing handmade rewards, and we are working on the long-term, on finding a viable manufacturer with the goal to get all the backers their dice at the same time, so we don't spend 20 minutes on each die, worming our way out in the world. There are advancements, only I’d prefer to come up with firm good news – and a time-line - on the next update.
Also, with the feedback and testing we receive from the backers who received their dice, we are working on the rules. Rules – and dice - evolve all the time. This also takes resources and time. We don't want you to receive just a piece of art, a bunch of weird dice that will sit on your shelf. We are working all the time - all the time - to get you an actual awesome game truthful to the spirit, and before anybody else. Dice Age is still at a confidential level. Maybe it was launched too young, but we are all on the boat. We will prevail. We don't give up.
You'll get your dice soon in the mail.
Some are going to come up with more complaints. Yes, they do hurt. But we thank everybody for their enthusiasm. In the end, we're doing our best, and we are proud of it. I also want to thank the silent majority, who is infinitely understanding and extremely supportive. Thank you.
Creator David Kerstanski on January 9
@Adrian I would even settle for a response from Tristan, but yes most certainly a refund or the dice. At the point in time where it becomes some kind of pyramid scheme in which you have to get your friends to buy dice in order to get your own, enough is most certainly enough.
Creator Adrian Maddocks on January 8
I would appreciate either the dice or a refund, sooner rather than later. Like many others, I've waited patiently, but enough is enough.
Creator Paul Maclean on January 8
I will wait patiently until 20th June 2013, as that's the two year mark.
Creator Gee Barger on January 2
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Creator Heath_Bar on December 31
Also still waiting here.
Creator Oregon Pinkrose on December 27
Still waiting here.
Creator Damon Gregory on December 21
I received my dice today, thank you. But really, you were holding them until someone else bought dice from your web store? At least that's what you wrote in the letter you included. You have an obligation to deliver dice to your backers as soon as they are produced. Not after you get a web store up and running and certainly not until and after other people start buying from your web store. You received over three time the amount you asked for, yet you need more money before you can ship the promised rewards?Terrible. Well, I can tell you this, I will never back another venture you produce or purchase a product I see your name attached to and I suggest other backers who have not received their dice yet raise their voices. I saw your November 18th post, but didn't really believe you meant that for backers, guess I was wrong about that.
Creator Sean Knuth on December 5, 2012
Very excited to get this product. I'm a psychologist that runs therapy groups with teens that make use of physical (as opposed to electronic) games, and Dice Age seems like a perfect fit.
Creator Tristan V Convert on December 4, 2012
Indeed. I'm doing my best for Christmas. I can send and receive PMs before the 19th of December to settle this.
Creator Robert Blake on December 2, 2012
Can some people expect dice this Christmas? I am trying to plan my shopping, and it'd be nice to know if dice are on the way.
Thanks!
Creator Tristan V Convert on November 18, 2012
Today, what we need to achieve is to trigger sales in order to ship sets out.
The shipping order depends on what has been answered on the shipping survey but also on how much the recipients can help us trigger sales or talk positively about the game so that it snowballs and we take off onto a faster production process.
Furthermore, I sent the survey to the 2 sets tier because I was asked to, but I wasn't ready to do so.
Thank you for your understanding, continued support and patience.
Best regards,
Creator Phil Tucker on November 15, 2012
I backed at the "TWO FULL CASTINGS OF 23 DICE" level and answered "I am a young jedi! Where is the arena?" in the survey, which I believe was the "fastest" survey response -- no dice here.
Creator tpanda on November 15, 2012
Got my dice yesterday, thanks Tristan for your work!
For info I had the full alpha casting and answered "3. I'll keep with the prophecy" in the survey.
Cheers!
Creator Tristan V Convert on November 10, 2012
Backers are getting the dice based on what they answered to the survey. Correct, emails are going out when the dice are shipped, with a tracking number.
Creator Phil Tucker on November 9, 2012
Are emails going out before dice? Are addresses being confirmed? Is there tracking info? What is the backlog like at this point and how is priority being decided? A little information, that you certainly know, would go a long way. Reading comments from seemingly random backers receiving dice is almost more frustrating than it is encouraging.