I had the graphic designer put flipper buttons on the side of the box and the coin slots plus shooter rod on the front. A touch I think pinball players will appreciate.

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I think it looks fantastic!

Hey thanks for the heads up, I am in!

I'd buy it, I've bought a bunch of Kickstarter board games, but there's no Canadian shipping option. Will they be available after the Kickstarter?

Looks like a neat game but honestly, to hell with Kickstarter. I've lost hundreds of dollars over the years to either incompetent boobs who couldn't finish their projects, or scumbags who disappear like a fart in a hurricane - and Kickstarter doesn't give a damn about chasing down either category.

Rant over, but if it ends up being available for sale through a normal channel I'd probably buy it.

I bought in for the twin pack so (if I get them LOL) you can have one of mine.

Catch is you will have to collect it from the factory Hahahaha.

No problem Mike! I'm overdue a HK/SZ trip anyway!

Thanks for pointing that out, I was looking at it on the Kickstarter app and didn't notice the world wide shipping. I'm in, just jumped on board.

The Kickstarter app isn't as nice as their web page. I should have paid closer attention.

Thanks to all of you that have backed! Here are some pictures of the cards and the tokens in the game.

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Hopefully theres enough support from pinside to reach the final stretch goal.

Diane, the entire art package looks amazing, lots of nice touches, heading over to buy in right now.

Thank you and thank you for backing!

For $24, I'm in. Game play looks unique and I like the theme, lol.

Thank you for the support!

I don't play many board or card games, would this be a vs type of thing? Two or more people playing against each other?

It is 2-4 players, every pinball for themselves. So yes, it is vs. type of game.

I thought if the project was not actually made, all money was refunded?

Somehow I missed you post until now. Well, that is why you only pledge to people with a track record. This is my 5th kickstarter. All four previous were delivered on time and in fact three of them were delivered early. I've had hundreds of people back my projects and you can ask any of them and you will not find a complaint of any kind. Additionally, I've run a pinball restoration and sales business since 2003. So, while I appreciate and think people should be cautious on Kickstarter, I feel I've more than proved myself trustworthy.

As for waiting, I do hope to have it available on some of the pinball sites and in some game stores, however, those copies will not come with whatever bonus cards are unlocked via stretch goals (so far two sets of two cards and I am confident of at least one more).

Diane

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Bump for the final day...

Just curious, since the goal amount is already reached and over the amount, does the originator get to keep all excess funds?

Kickstarter is not an online store. It is a forum for people to pitch an idea. You are responsible for deciding whether to back them or not. and the risk of them not being competent to bring the project to completion is yours as well.

I've backed a half dozen successful projects on there and have been happy with the results.

There's not really any excess here. Nearly everyone who bought in is getting something in return so the money is going towards that. The goal amount is basically "it would take this much money to make it feasible/worthwhile to create this item and sell it" and anything over that means more items are sold. I don't have any affiliation with this company nor have I run any Kickstarters, just backed a few and hope I understand how it works.

With some sites, like gofundme, you're often just giving money for someone's (possibly non-commercial) project with only token rewards offered (in which case I assume they do keep the excess) but this is quite different.

Another stretch goal is unlocked now. These cards will not be in the standard version you would get from a store or website.

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Be very cool if they get to the vari target stretch goal!

Bought! I like pinball. I like boardgames.

For a long time I imagined a game like this, with similar mechanics. Now it's there!

I can't count days to have it in my mailbox

Alby

I got a backer email update today. the token for turn marker is a very cool idea. I actually can't wait to see where my token originally came from. I've got a small collection of tokens from various local arcades, most of them are closed now so I can't cash them in. Although I think I'd rather keep them.

if you know anyone that is sorry they missed the Pinball Showdown Kickstarter (why wouldn't they be?), they can still pre-order the game by heading here.
https://sites.google.com/site/shootagaingames2/home/ordering-information

Here is the pile they will be coming from. Some in there I consider very cool like Aladdin's Castle, Century Theater Starcade, Tilt Amusements, Namco, some early 80's Chuck E Cheese ones to name a few.

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Received my game the other day!

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Mine are waiting in the Hong Kong office for my next trip across from the mainland.

Got mine today. I haven't opened it yet but my token looks like a Namco one. Very cool

Great to see them getting into people's hands (and might I brag a little, ahead of schedule).

I just did a second How to Play video for the game. Some people don't appreciate my thematic one that was based on the 1981 Spaceport training slide one so I made a very straightforward one for them.

Regular straightforward How to Play -

Spaceport Slideshow Thematic How to Play -

I did a Developer's Diary talking about the design process for Pinball Showdown. You can read it here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/65896/designer-diary-pinball-showdown-or-quarter

Our next game is now on Kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1919693711/bigfoot-vs-yeti

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I am curious is there any way to buy the cards that didn't make the stretch goal? I.e. The vari-target card?

Make the request via Kickstarter or by emailing me and include your address.