Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="sorcerersapprentice" data-source="post: 6878725" data-attributes="member: 6798481">Hi everyone. I'm seeking some advice. As you may know I've been working on producing a mountain of terrain tiles and have presently crafted just under 100 x 10x10 designs. Among the completed are the Forest, Jungle, Desert and Snow. My intention as I have said is to offer these designs digitally for $1 USD each. So if you bought the entire set, it would cost approximately $84 USD (I am working on joiners which enable the terrain to fade into other types and these might add to overall expenditure by a backer as an option).I want to offer the designs as Printed 10x10" Mats for $4 USD ea. As Dry Eraseable 10x10" Boards for $10 USD ea.As six-fold 27x18" boards with six designs melded into one for $35 USD ea.As Hex Tiles measuring 3.75x3.25" for $10 USD per dozen.And maybe if unlocked, via a Stretch Goal printed on 1/8" thick fabric surface rubber backed game mats measuring 23.5 x 28" for $50 USD ea.(Prices approximate at this point in time - and do not include shipping.)I'd like advice on what you think I should do as regards maybe breaking my Reign of Terrain Campaign into smaller chunks - because, thinking of the larger picture - while $275 USD for 275 digital designs is a mad steal, when it gets into the physical components side of things AND the logistics - the numbers (and work involved to ensure accuracy and delivery) start to get a bit crazy. Couple of things to know: The Mats are going to be double-sided. Right now I am thinking of putting Night-time versions of the design on the reverse instead of another terrain type. So 21 per set will likely become 22, and if I decide to do night versions 21 day or night tiles can be faced up at any given time. If I decide to put 11 designs of day terrain on one side and 11 designs of day terrain on the other (22) that decreases the number of mats a backer has to buy and have shipped considerably but doesn't allow larger play areas.But for hypothetical, lets say I completed all 275 (not including the extra sets, which I think takes us to around 400 tiles.) I decide to put night versions on the reverse.If a backer decided hey I want ALL of the 275 mats, that would be approximately cost $1100 USD + shipping.If they wanted ALL of the Dry Erase boards, then that would be $2750 USD + shipping. If they thought hey, I'll throw in some hex tiles, actually I'll buy all the hex tiles, and lets say that roughly 24 types per terrain, with 14 terrains, (336 types) - with obviously more than one type in each hex set, lets say 70 per set, (980 tiles) that's almost $10K + their Mat order... I'm not suggesting everyone or even anyone is going to want all of the designs, in one or more formats but it's a possibility. Even halving those numbers is I think putting the full set of terrain out of a lot of backers hands who may not simply have $9800 lying around, but could afford a smaller amount more often over the next year if I commit to four campaigns with four terrain types + tile options per campaign. It's not as impressive as having all of the terrain finished and available to choose from - but I'm one guy and I know my last kickstarters logistics was taxing even at that level - to bite off more than I can chew might place me in a position where I am overwhelmed by issues realting to shipping, tax, volume and communication. If you can see all that terrain but can't afford it at that time - what good is having it all there anyway? Also if I produce just four terrain types per campaign, I can start on the hext tiles now and be ready to launch by March. Any feedback would be appreciated on which direction I should take.Kind Regards,KrisUpdate: I will likely do an 8x8 for the digital sets to make it easy to print each design on a standard a4 sheet.</blockquote>

Verification