Kickstarter and board games

In my opinion, Kickstarter is a positive influence on board games in general.  Kickstarter allows so many creative people a platform to put their ideas out there and get backing to make them a reality.  It's amazing to me how many new ideas for board games arrive on Kickstarter every day.

What I Love About Kickstarter

There so much variety on there and you can get details about the product your backing and even sometimes get involved in the design that you will be receiving.  You can follow the designers work and get updates along the way.  There's always new ideas to explore and enjoy.  Often you forget you backed something and it can be a surprise when you finally receive it.

What I Hate About Kickstarter

As much as I love the number of items to look at, there's definitely too much to back.  I hate that there are so many KS only benefits to backing a game that you can't get unless you back the item.  I really wish some of these groups would make that content available later for a price, you can still have it be free to benefit the backers, but available to others for a charge.  I hate that you back it and often don't receive it for many months later.  

Again, I still think KS is good for board games, but I would like to see the industry make a few changes on how they use the platform.