Is The One Ring 2E Kickstarter going to break the records?

At over $140K in the first half hour and shooting quickly past the $200K mark before the first hour was up, the numbers on Free League's Kickstarter for the 2nd Edition of The One Ring are whizzing up faster than the eye can see!

THE ONE RING™ Roleplaying Game, Second Edition

A new edition of the roleplaying game set in the world of The Lord of the Rings™ by J.R.R. Tolkien, designed by Francesco Nepitello.

www.kickstarter.com

The record for a TTRPG Kickstarter is Matt Colville, at over $2M for his Strongholds & Followers project (and a followup $1.3M campaign). The next highest was John Wick's 7th Sea at about $1.2M.

There were over 6,000 people who were following the pre-launch page for this Kickstarter, which runs for three weeks.

 

[EthanSental]

not wanting to derail the thread especially coming from members I respect from previous conversations/threads.

 

[Weiley31]

So, this is an . . . odd thing for me to have to ponder.

I've already funded the Savage Pathfinder kickstarter at the complete digital level ("Runelord Digital").

And truthfully, I'm not all that interested in The One Ring 2nd ed. to actually play the game. I have TOR 1e hardcovers for the original release, player's companion, and Rivendell, and everything else on PDF. If it's a question of playing TOR, I have everything I could possibly need.

But man oh man . . . that collector's edition hardcover? ** Droooooools **

I've read Lord of the Rings once every year since I was 11 years old. I've read the Silmarillion 3 times. I've spent close to $1,000 on the Fantasy Flight Lord of the Rings cooperative card game. So the Tolkien fan in me looks at that collector's edition hardcover and says, "You can't call yourself a Tolkien fan and not own that book."

But I can't realistically pay for both the Savage Pathfinder AND the TOR 2e kickstarters at the same time.

First-world problems at its finest. Decisions, decisions . . . .

I never played either, but I'd lean more towards TOR 2E Collector's Edition hardcover. Even though I never played TOR 1E and was only getting the AIME books just to mine crap for my DND games. Especially since it's a homage/shoutout.

And this is coming from a guy whose ONLY experience with Lord of the Rings, despite knowing of the books, is the movies and some of the video games I've played and enjoyed. (Third Age, Shadow of Mordor/War, and Two Towers/Return of the Kings on the PS2.)

 

[Paragon Lost]

Uh, I think Russ knows some of the principle people involved

I wasn't talking to Russ, Darjr. I was responding to Ethan, but thanks for playing.

 

[darjr]

That isn't how it happened. Let's not just make stuff up, eh?

And this is the quote I meant. @Paragon Lost

 

[darjr]

Ha!

 

[doctheweasel]

So, this is an . . . odd thing for me to have to ponder.

I've already funded the Savage Pathfinder kickstarter at the complete digital level ("Runelord Digital").

And truthfully, I'm not all that interested in The One Ring 2nd ed. to actually play the game. I have TOR 1e hardcovers for the original release, player's companion, and Rivendell, and everything else on PDF. If it's a question of playing TOR, I have everything I could possibly need.

But man oh man . . . that collector's edition hardcover? ** Droooooools **

I've read Lord of the Rings once every year since I was 11 years old. I've read the Silmarillion 3 times. I've spent close to $1,000 on the Fantasy Flight Lord of the Rings cooperative card game. So the Tolkien fan in me looks at that collector's edition hardcover and says, "You can't call yourself a Tolkien fan and not own that book."

But I can't realistically pay for both the Savage Pathfinder AND the TOR 2e kickstarters at the same time.

First-world problems at its finest. Decisions, decisions . . . .

I'm in a similar boat. The fact that they end in different months/paychecks is a godsend.

 

[Paragon Lost]

And this is the quote I meant. @Paragon Lost

Then why quote and reply to me then Darjr? Instead of Ethan?

 

[Weiley31]

We got High Elves now. And it's only day one. At this rate, by the time its all over, we'll have Nazgul and Sauron pre-gen characters. Author's Note: Please disregard that last part as I was joking.

 

[Paragon Lost]

I'm in a similar boat. The fact that they end in different months/paychecks is a godsend.

That the Savage Worlds one ends this month and the One Ring ends in March is perfect for me. It allows met to stay within my hobby monthly spending limit which keeps my wife happy. Otherwise I start getting the side eye from her which makes me twitchy. lol

 

[smcc360]

Looks like they’re forging something... precious.