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<blockquote data-quote="Jan van Leyden" data-source="post: 6164179" data-attributes="member: 20307"><p>I wish the initiators of the projects would be more careful with their promised rewards. Instead of "One copy of the game with ..." just write something like "If the game sees production, you'll recieve a voucher for a 35% discount."</p><p></p><p>Of course, backers wouldn't give you 60+$ for this. But on the other hand you might get the interest of real patrons willing to give you 5-10$ just to help you start it.</p><p></p><p>I have just backed one project last year, which is horribly late, with 20$. I have recieved 3 PDFs, while 7 PDFs, 7 printed books, one poster and a box should have arrived by today. It was pretty clear to me that the author's timeline was unrealistic from the very beginning; I was aware of the risk. I trusted the author to deliver at least a part of the promised things - which he did - so it was a calculated risk for me.</p><p></p><p>But there seems to be a trend for high-proced RPG products financed via Kickstarter: Numenera, Zeitgeist, Exalted, what have you. Backing such a project with 60+$ plus 30$ shipping to Germany? A project where I can't know whether the final product appeals to me? While the risk of project wreck might be much lower with these things, the stakes are much higher. I, for one, don't have lots of free money I can throw at something for just the hope to be happy with our proud of being the owner of a unknown RPG book at some undisclosed time in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jan van Leyden, post: 6164179, member: 20307"] I wish the initiators of the projects would be more careful with their promised rewards. Instead of "One copy of the game with ..." just write something like "If the game sees production, you'll recieve a voucher for a 35% discount." Of course, backers wouldn't give you 60+$ for this. But on the other hand you might get the interest of real patrons willing to give you 5-10$ just to help you start it. I have just backed one project last year, which is horribly late, with 20$. I have recieved 3 PDFs, while 7 PDFs, 7 printed books, one poster and a box should have arrived by today. It was pretty clear to me that the author's timeline was unrealistic from the very beginning; I was aware of the risk. I trusted the author to deliver at least a part of the promised things - which he did - so it was a calculated risk for me. But there seems to be a trend for high-proced RPG products financed via Kickstarter: Numenera, Zeitgeist, Exalted, what have you. Backing such a project with 60+$ plus 30$ shipping to Germany? A project where I can't know whether the final product appeals to me? While the risk of project wreck might be much lower with these things, the stakes are much higher. I, for one, don't have lots of free money I can throw at something for just the hope to be happy with our proud of being the owner of a unknown RPG book at some undisclosed time in the future. [/QUOTE]
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