by nerman8r
Wow. That's a lot of hate against Kickstarter.Personally, I think it's an awesome model for how I'd like society to work. If a company is going to make something that people want, why shouldn't they ask people to invest in the project? Did you read the Zombie 15' KS page? By getting more money up front, they can reduce the price for everyone and make higher quality components and add extra stuff.
If they had had a Kickstarter campaign for King of Tokyo, they probably would have had the etched dice in the first edition, saving people the irritation of having their dice wearing out.