This aligns perfectly with how I see this situation, and like I said in my comment below is how I’m currently looking at Russian Railroads and Great Western Trails new editions that are coming shortly. I understand the frustration for folks who just went all-in on the last KS, but I genuinely don’t understand the criticism from gamers who’ve backed since day one. To piggyback on Adam’s point some, I do wonder if this could hinder it’s possibility to truly evergreen.

I really find it shows a lack of appreciation for long time investors and Starling Games never gave any thoughts on this matter. So much so that I’m really considering not backing this campaign and leaving my Everdell collection incomplete (and moreso, not supporting Starling ever again). I believe a lot of the complaints this time round stemmed from the fact that the CE version of previous expansions and the base game or the corresponding upgrade packs weren’t available to be added.After the initial success of the first Everdell KS, Starling Games did offer a retailer level with the Pearlbrook expansion that offered either 6x Pearlbrook or 6x Pearlbrook/Collector’s Edition Everdell. This model particular frustrates me when an expansion includes stuff that should have been in the core game from the get go.

The other issue with Everdell is you should never play all the expansions together; they even state this in the rules. So we would not collect for a country like Serbia if it’s outside of the EU, avoiding the double taxation issue you describe. Which is what I ended up doing with Russian Railroads (after overpaying insane amounts to get German and American Railroads).Glenn: My take on early bird rewards on Kickstarter projects is that it creates winners and losers *within the backer community that is bringing the game to life. The complaint was about the relationship between Starling and their long term backers and not resentment towards new backers getting a deal. Slugfest Games has done wonderfully in this respect with each of their Red Dragon Inn kickstarters after the release of the Character Trove (RDI 5). I have a struggle throwing away expansion boxes though when companies come out with a “Big Box / Legendary box”.