Within the first day of the campaign’s launch, the creators raised over $12,000 of the $22,000 goal. A secret-ballot election will fairly and democratically resolve this debate and ensure that all voices are heard." "Our staff members have expressed starkly different opinions on unionization over the last seven months. "We fully support our staff's right to decide for themselves if they want a union," a company spokesperson told Motherboard. “This Kickstarter campaign completely supports the efforts of the workers, as we rely on the labor that runs this platform!” “Many workers at Kickstarter are currently working to organize a union and have faced opposition from Kickstarter management,” the creators write on their crowdfunding page. The ironies have not been lost of the game’s creators: The two groups behind the game, the TESA Collective and Jobs With Justice, have expressed solidarity with Kickstarter’s union. It’s hard to ignore the similarities between the objectives of a dystopian board game about worker rebellion under monopoly capitalism, and Kickstarter employees’ own struggle to unionize. Kickstarter’s union would be the first white collar union at a major tech company in the United States. Kickstarter’s newly appointed CEO Aziz Hasan has denied that the firings were related to union organizing, but said that a “union framework is inherently adversarial.”Īt a tense company-wide meeting on October 9, union members held signs reading “Card Checks Are Democratic” and “Recognize Kickstarter United,” while top leadership presented at the company’s headquarters in Brooklyn and welcomed a new board member, according to a current Kickstarter employee who wished to remain anonymous. Now the company, which has situated itself as a progressive outlier from Silicon Valley tech companies, faces a federal complaint for allegedly retaliating against union organizers, and has declined the union’s request for voluntary recognition. Loba is the first planned expansion for the Apex Legends board game.Within two weeks in September, two of Kickstarter’s union’s lead organizers were fired and a third phased out. Some of the other characters planned for future expansions include Caustic, Revenant, Octane, Wattson, Crypto, and Mirage. Image: EA / Glass Cannon UnpluggedĪs an added bonus, backers of any tier of the board game will get a free copy of the planned Loba expansion pictured below when it launches (the launch date hasn’t been announced). Investing in the Full Team or All-in tier in advance will save you $54 or $113, respectively, versus their planned retail prices. For instance, the $125 Full Team tier will include additional minis for Pathfinder and Lifeline, in addition to extra terrain and props, while the $256 Gameplay All-in tier gets all of that, plus two additional squad expansions, card sleeves, a playing mat, and a supply minis pack. Image: EA / Glass Cannon Unpluggedĭeveloper Glass Cannon Unplugged plans to launch the game in June 2024įor those willing to contribute to the stretch goals of the game, additional tiers are available to back that include more cool extras. The minis that come with the game are unpainted but remarkably detailed. Each game takes around 60 minutes to complete (you can see some gameplay here), and the gameplay is about using abilities, resource management, and clever maneuvering, all of which mirror many of the aspects of the popular battle royale shooter. The Apex Legends board game is a team-based, tabletop skirmish game for up to four players, anchored by some great-looking miniatures in three-dimensional terrain. In case you were wondering, the company’s credentials include the board game adaptation of the video game Frostpunk, which secured close to $3 million during its 2020 Kickstarter campaign. Developer and manufacturer Glass Cannon Unplugged is raising funds until June 8, and it’s hoping to secure at least $244,491 to move forward with the project. The Kickstarter campaign for the official Apex Legends board game has launched, and if funded, the game is expected to arrive in June 2024.
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