Age of Annihilation - Backer Trend and Discussion

[Heirloom]

Just catching up on the news, to hell with Hasbro et al. That public statement after what AH folks said on Discord was a slap in the face. Putting my money into some other game(s). And not gonna let ppl forget what they did to us. ✊

EDIT: Here’s the gem I’m talking about…
https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/avalon...heroscape-fans

“ A Message to our HeroScape Fans




To all the fans of HeroScape,

As of the deadline for the HeroScape: Age of Annihilation, Vanguard Edition HasLab project, we are short of the goal needed to start production on this wonderful game. No doubt you are disappointed in the results. We are too. The anticipation for this project among the Avalon Hill staff was great – we spent months preparing for the campaign, and once launched we worked hard to gain the support of every single backer who pledged.

And it didn’t go without notice that you did the same. So many of you worked hard to help spread the word of our campaign. You offered us your honest feedback, let us know where we may have missed the mark in some places and where we were succeeding. Your involvement in this project was incredible, and we feel lucky to have found such an amazing community of folks who all share the love of this unique and thrilling skirmish battle game. The passion we felt from you was truly an inspiration that kept pushing us to improve the campaign as best we could. So from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Thank you so much for sharing that passion with us.

We also want to extend a huge thank you to the HeroScapers who came aboard to help us create this project. Your work on this game was absolutely unbelievable, and we know how hard it was for you to keep your involvement a secret in those early days! Sincerely, this wouldn’t have been the same without you and we appreciate everything you brought to the table.

So, with that being said, no doubt the big question on everyone’s mind is…

What’s next for HeroScape?

Our unfortunate answer is… nothing. As we said during the campaign if this project doesn’t meet its goal, we won’t be able to produce Age of Annihilation. That has not changed. HeroScape as a project will be shelved, and there are no current plans to attempt a resurrection at this time. The Avalon Hill team will refocus our efforts on the exciting games we currently have coming soon, such as the next HeroQuest Game System expansion, Mage of the Mirror, or the upcoming Yawning Portal D&D strategy board game.

What we did take away from this campaign was a great deal of learning. And for that, we have you to thank. We hope you remain as passionate, as devoted, and as vocal with all our future endeavors so that we create to the best of our abilities the games you love.”

[Knox]

Originally Posted by Heirloom

Just catching up on the news, to hell with Hasbro et al. That public statement after what AH folks said on Discord was a slap in the face. Putting my money into some other game(s). And not gonna let ppl forget what they did to us. ✊

What did the AH folks say on discord? All I've heard this whole time is that if this project fails Heroscape won't be relaunching, as far as I'm concerned the messaging has been completely consistent

[Heirloom]

Originally Posted by Knox

What did the AH folks say on discord? All I've heard this whole time is that if this project fails Heroscape won't be relaunching, as far as I'm concerned the messaging has been completely consistent

I went back to find Encarmine’s exact words from this morning, and of course it’s edited/shortened now. Basically he gave us a little hope, said to give him some time and he’d report back…then I saw the official statement above this aft. Glad we could be a little experiment for you, Hasbro, to improve your sh*t platform and way of doing things, and of course I’ll go check out those games you’ve recommended, thanks so much for that plug! /s

[Knox]

[quote=Heirloom;2547284]

Originally Posted by Knox

I went back to find Encarmine’s exact words from this morning, and of course it’s edited/shortened now. Basically he gave us a little hope, said to give him some time and he’d report back…then I saw the official statement above this aft. Glad we could be a little experiment for you, Hasbro, to improve your sh*t platform and way of doing things, and of course I’ll go check out those games you’ve recommended, thanks so much for that plug! /s

I mean, encarmine is not in charge. He basically said he didn't know and would check back after he found out for sure from the higher ups. And the higher ups stuck to their guns. There is nothing misleading there