Basically moving from the ASW discussion in the other thread... it is just normal ASW routine 99 percent of the time boredom and wait.
I have few experience on KS. One, the Up Front debacle... I avoided when I read the possibility of foul play... and saved myself. Others I backed were miniatures and usually masters and plans were already done (in one case I saw the sculpts in person before the KS was even launched, thanks for being friend with the owners of the company!). I kickstarted 4 boardgames beside T2k and got involved (as scenario designer) into another one. The latter, LnL World at War, was two years late more or less... the other, Invasions, all testing was already done before KS, and still ran late (okay last delay had something to do with COVID and shipping from China... and they also messed some thing... not a pleasant experience). Flying Pig OTS 3 was delayed by some months. But I know Mark Walker and well at least I kept us informed. The last two are ATO Buffalo Wings and War and Peace. Former is a second edition of something I already own so the bulk of the work is done, but again they placed a bit too many stretch goals, but they claim to be on time (before Xmas). Then latter (funded yesterday), OSS War and Peace 6th Edition, reprint of the 5th Edition plus errata, no stretch goals. Should be easy peasy, but:
We are planning a fast turn-around for War & Peace. At this point all of the 6th Edition game development and art-work are complete. The time spent from the successful end of this campaign forward will be on ushering the game through the press process. Although we hope to fulfill sooner, we are estimating the second quarter of 2021 for delivery. But we hope to do it sooner
.
This to say it takes time (I have a game stuck in last bit of test and design from months...), and certainly the ore stretch goals you add and unlock the more it takes. It should also be noted that they started with a less complete design that other campaigns I backed, so time time... and more time.