Kickstarter late pledge stress — worth it or just wait for retail

There’s a campaign sitting in ‘late pledge’ with a timer like it’s trying to speedrun my anxiety. The game looks solid — not life-changing, just solid — but the pledge manager wants shipping money now and delivery window is basically ‘someday when the moon is right.’

I’ve been burned before by minis that arrived the wrong scale and rules that needed a v2 PDF before punch.

When do you pull the trigger on late pledge vs waiting for retail like a patient adult?

Also does anyone actually get refunds when campaigns implode or is that mythological like unicorns and reasonable airline baggage policies.

Not naming the project because I don’t want this to become a flame thread — just the general decision framework.