Broadly speaking, Mythic Games says that if you don't pony up the extra cash, you'll have "to wait", but the studio doesn't specify exactly how long you'll have to wait. What happens if you don't pay the extra Mythic Games is asking for? Part of that delay can be attributed to the developers making changes to the game's box and minis (to reduce shipping costs and footprint), but it hasn't exactly won over backers, and that's also partly why many are upset that Mythic Games is choosing to introduce this extra cost now. Kickstarter backers have also been frustrated that the Darkest Dungeon board game has been delayed since its original launch date, and that's part of why the shipping costs are higher now the game should already have launched.
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It's hard to imagine that backers wouldn't have preferred an update sooner, with Mythic saying it was still making calculations to avoid looking like it's springing a brand new cost on backers out of the blue. Mythic Games states in its post that it knew it would need to increase shipping costs when the Ukraine war broke out, but it chose to remain silent until it had accurate figures for backers. With that said, there are a few things to point out. The industry as a whole has had to deal with large increases to material costs, and even more to shipping costs over the past couple of years. International shipping is becoming more expensive owing to the pandemic and to the Ukraine war, which is also what led the developers of Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game to pass on shipping costs to customers back in April last year. It's worth saying that Mythic Games doesn't give off a vibe of trying to scam people here.
Some fans are suggesting that this extra cost is being requested in order to "cover massive failures in production" on Mythic Games' other Kickstarter projects, although naturally, we don't have any proof that that's what's happening, and it seems unlikely other than that other profits Mythical has are unable to sufficiently fund Mythical for this cost. AussiesOnTheRocks says that Mythic Games' explanation of why it needs this extra amount is "a mixture of truth, bullshit and bad business practices/internal structure".
Redditor AussiesOnTheRocks describes this request as "extorting KS backers", and many commenters on that Reddit post agree with them.
Naturally, this has some backers displeased. Here's a breakdown of how Mythic Games is calculating the contribution you need to make if you're a Darkest Dungeon board game backer. Mythic says it wants your contribution by August 1st in order to start shipping by mid-August, but that if you don't pay, your game will be "added to containers as payments are made". Depending on your level of pledge, this could be anything from $18 through to $69. As such, Mythic is asking players who want their Darkest Dungeon board game Wave 1 content to pay extra in order to receive their games in a timely fashion. However, due to a "significant increase in costs" which Mythic Games attributes to both COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, the developer says shipping has increased "by an average of 600%". In the update, Mythic Games says that "Wave 1" of the Darkest Dungeon board game is ready to be shipped and that "Wave 2" should start printing in early 2023. If you want your Darkest Dungeon board game on time and you backed it on Kickstarter, you'd better be willing to cough up some extra cash. Mythic says that it and Red Hook are coughing up half of the cash needed to cover unexpected extra shipping costs the studio estimates extra costs of about $1.75 million, and it's contributing $775,000 towards that, with Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook contributing the remaining $100,000. In essence, Mythic Games wants you to pony up some extra cash if you want your game delivered soon. However, in a new update posted by Mythic Games on Wednesday, the company says it needs an "additional contribution" in order to "bring the Darkest Dungeon board game to life". The game was successfully Kickstarted to the tune of $5.6 million, so you'd think it would be reasonable for backers to expect their games to be delivered on time. It's been over two years since Mythic Games' Darkest Dungeon board game was originally announced. Why do the Darkest Dungeon board game creators want more cash? Mythic Games wants an extra payment from backers by next week if they want their game in a timely fashion, or else they're going to have to wait an indeterminate amount of time. The creator of the upcoming Darkest Dungeon board game is asking for extra cash in order to ship the game.
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