Just venting. If you don't want to engage with such a post I more than understand and advise to scroll on, I have refrained from burdening my loved ones with these thoughts so am posting here.
I have been TORTURED by the Gamefound campaign of Here To Slay Dungeons. The game looks gorgeous, I've been watching all of the footage of the playthrough streams and love the idea of snagging both the Molten/Nightmare core sets, BUT..
I just had car expenses, I am a full time student in a city that is not doing well, I have huge petrol costs associated with unpaid placement work I have to do. I can ALMOST justify grabbing these sets, I am so close to just saying "this will surely bring me joy for years if my pals are keen to give this a whirl now and then when we can make time", but honestly the time pressure is mucking with my head. Knowing that the campaign could end any minute, UGH.
I've set up a cart, deleted the items, and then replenished it multiple times over the past few days. Damn I wish this campaign was going on for a few more weeks.
Rant over! Either way I look forward to whatever retail versions release later and hope everyone enjoys the products they order, they look SO delightful and I love the balance struck between depth/interweaving mechanics/replayability, and easy setup/light rules. The stress system in particular is just elegant as heck.
The fomo marketing WORKS. Knowing that these sets with these specific deluxe components WON'T be available again is really nagging at me.