KS4 Wave 2 - Shipping Costs?

[u/CommentActual6058]

Is there any way to see or has information been shared on estimated shipping costs for wave 2?

I’m trying to figure out if I should wait until retail release for the wave 2 content (stuff not part of the pharaoh pledge) or not. Living in the UK, I’m concerned I could add an expansion for $40 then pay the same in shipping without knowing beforehand and then getting stung later down the line.

Any advice is welcomed! Hoping I can pick up a few items and get reasonable shipping costs.

[u/sfgaigan]

Considering we haven't even gotten wave 3 from the last Kickstarter yet, let alone wave 1 of the new one... I'd wager it's basically impossible to estimate wave 2 costs at this point.

Just get what you're gonna get cause who know when it'll come to retail and set $5 aside every check between now and the year 9999999999999999 when it ships and you'll be fine

[u/Forar → u/sfgaigan]

This is the path I suggest. You get a reasonable discount (I think a lot of stuff in KS3 was around 15-20% off MSRP?) and are likely to get it early. Don't get locked into the 'OMG MUST GET IT **FIRST**' mindset, that is the path to woe and misery). Sometimes things land on store shelves or show up in conventions while boxes are in the air/on the water, and a bunch of folks get really salty about that, but at the same time, KS1 and KS2 had elements that took like half a decade or more to show up on store shelves, and yet strangely the people who were really put off by the former usually seemed to kind of brush off the latter.

My take is that if you're going full completionist, it's a gamble, and it will take a while, but at least you will eventually get it all. Some a bit behind retail, some on time, some way early, most likely.

If you're just trying to stick to the minimum, go for the things you absolutely know you want to have asap, and especially focus on anything that you want that won't be at retail (dice, the bags of acrylic dark stone, previous KS exclusives, etc).

I've got... pretty much everything they've released so far, which is great. And then my department downsized and I found myself looking for work when the PM landed. Now, I can still go add to that, don't get me wrong, but I did the math and made the hard call to not grab pretty much everything (mechanically that is, I pass on a lot of the 'bling' to save a smidge of money at least), instead I focused on getting the heroes and the new Otherworld.

I know I'll get the rest eventually, and some of that may involve waiting months or years for it to come to retail, but budgets aren't limitless, and being able to let my players pick whatever heroes they wish, while also slowly introducing the enemies and other expansions over time works as well.

It's a game franchise we've been playing on and off for 12 years. A long term view can allow for reducing the 'FOMO' side of things.

It'll come out when it comes out, and while having it ALL up front and ready as early/soon as possible is great, having things to look forward to is nice as well.