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RPG Crowdfunding News – Gloomhaven, Astra Fauna, and Forty Foes, and more
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<blockquote data-quote="sevenbastard" data-source="post: 9062926" data-attributes="member: 83473"><p>I like the Gloomhaven board game mechanics. I think it will be hard for it to surpas d&d just because it's card based. I want it to succeed because I love the strategy especially the initiative system. </p><p></p><p>But i see four problems</p><p></p><p>One, im not sure how it would play on a VTT. You can play d&d a bunch of different ways online using supported and unsupported systems. To play Gloomhaven the VTT would need to support card based and the official cards.</p><p></p><p>Two I'm not sure how many of the 18k people who pledged the crowd funding are pledging for the rpg or just picking up the board game.enough folks might not buy it.</p><p></p><p>Three it's a high barrier of entry. You can play pathfinder with the rules you find online and virtual dice. Folks spend a lot of time charachter crafting and staying involved with builds. Gloomhaven looks great at that but you need the cards to do it. In most groups one person will have the game and it will live at that person's house. Many people get excited to play when they are fiddling with the system, but when they can't interact.its tpugh (Hopefully they support it with a free virtual character builder).</p><p></p><p>Four Its going to drop in summer of 2024. Right at the same time as 5.5.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sevenbastard, post: 9062926, member: 83473"] I like the Gloomhaven board game mechanics. I think it will be hard for it to surpas d&d just because it's card based. I want it to succeed because I love the strategy especially the initiative system. But i see four problems One, im not sure how it would play on a VTT. You can play d&d a bunch of different ways online using supported and unsupported systems. To play Gloomhaven the VTT would need to support card based and the official cards. Two I'm not sure how many of the 18k people who pledged the crowd funding are pledging for the rpg or just picking up the board game.enough folks might not buy it. Three it's a high barrier of entry. You can play pathfinder with the rules you find online and virtual dice. Folks spend a lot of time charachter crafting and staying involved with builds. Gloomhaven looks great at that but you need the cards to do it. In most groups one person will have the game and it will live at that person's house. Many people get excited to play when they are fiddling with the system, but when they can't interact.its tpugh (Hopefully they support it with a free virtual character builder). Four Its going to drop in summer of 2024. Right at the same time as 5.5. [/QUOTE]
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