Sunday, May 7, 2023

The publisher of the successfully funded Rainbow Six: Siege board game has demanded substantially more money from kickstarter backers

From the update (the project funded at $1,541,463 with an original $100,000 goal):

the combined crises of COVID and the war in Ukraine, which we had not anticipated, have changed the international situation

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We already faced this problem with another big project, Darkest Dungeon, and we had to ask backers for an additional contribution to cover these extra costs. More than 80% of the backers paid it

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Depending on your pledge, here is the amount that will be asked, to which you will have to add the shipping costs:

Fresh Recruit (Core Pledge): $39 (original pledge $69)

Trooper (Gameplay All-in): $99 (original pledge $199)

Smooth Operator (Premium all-in): $129 (original pledge $269)

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If you are unwilling or unable to pay, you will not receive your game in October.

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We continue to make refunds for all our projects as we are able. These refunds are made in chronological order of the requests received by email to our customer service support@mythicgames.net and according to a capped amount revised each month. These refunds will continue as long as they do not jeopardize the delivery of the projects.

Via.