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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nReturn to Dark Tower is late. But the fact is that it\u2019s been late for some time now as it was supposed to be delivered 11 months ago. Back in February 2021 they announced that development had taken longer than expected and they needed more time to deliver a good game.
Was I disappointed? Yes. Was I angry or resentful? No.
After all, what can you do?! If the cake\u2019s not ready do you really wanna eat it raw just because you want it now? Yes I wanted my game, yes I had anticipated it so much, yes I had already paid for it a year in advance but as a lover of games you knew that what we would all have to wait was for the betterment of the final product. And from a “customer” perspective everything was pretty fair: no one had the game yet and you didn\u2019t see it floating around shops and online markets. We were all on the same boat… boats, funny I thought of this metaphor.<\/p>\n
Then production was completed and, back in November 2021, ships started leaving China. In December delivery began\u2026 in some countries. At the time of writing this, the ship directed to my country has yet to leave port.
Am I disappointed? Yes. Am I angry or resentful? \u2026unfortunately also yes.
Why? What’s different? To me it\u2019s a case of feeling \u201cthird class\u201d. Delays in production are not ideal but at least they lump all the backers together into one huge sad bunch. What\u2019s happening now with delivery creates differences, it makes some of the customers feel neglected and taken for granted. It\u2019s not about quality, it\u2019s about service. Would I go back to a restaurant where I was served 5 hours later than all the other customers who had arrived at the same time I had? Probably not. The food might be great and it might even make you ignore a 20 minute delay but 5 hours will inevitably spoil the taste of the food you\u2019ll eventually get.
I know I\u2019ll eventually get the game and I am sure it\u2019s going to be great but I can\u2019t help but feel less valued than those who are already enjoying their copy or happily reselling it on eBay double the price.
Did Restoration Games wish for all of this to happen? They most certainly didn\u2019t. Did they do everything they could to prevent this from happening? I guess they probably did?! But the way things stand, it doesn\u2019t really \u201cfeel\u201d like it to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kickstarting board game projects can be really productive but the role you play as a backer, the economic as well as emotional investment you have in the thing, compared to the one of simple \u201cprospective customer\u201d, sometimes allows the inevitable ups and downs of any campaign to get under your skin. Or at least, my … <\/p>\n