What dead game would you resurrect?

[R_J_K75]

It has virtues and problems. Its just different enough to have annoyed heck out of a lot of the extent fandom, and Sasquatch's lack of follow-up didn't help.

To a point. The corebook is fine, but the tier add-ons were A) Late, and B) More lightweight than I think people had reason to expect.

Seems alot of RPGs companies are releasing supplements to their core products at a much slower rate than say 10 years ago. I'm always a bit leary of backing Kickstarters, for one you never know what youre getting, if anything at all. and It's usually well over a year to a year and a half before you actually get the physical product. By the time it comes I've forgotten all about it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Seems alot of RPGs companies are releasing supplements to their core products at a much slower rate than say 10 years ago. I'm always a bit leary of backing Kickstarters, for one you never know what youre getting, if anything at all. and It's usually well over a year to a year and a half before you actually get the physical product. By the time it comes I've forgotten all about it.

I don't back anything unless I have good reason to expect some degree of (usually electronic) product ASAP after the campaign ends.

 

[overgeeked]

Seems alot of RPGs companies are releasing supplements to their core products at a much slower rate than say 10 years ago. I'm always a bit leary of backing Kickstarters, for one you never know what youre getting, if anything at all. and It's usually well over a year to a year and a half before you actually get the physical product. By the time it comes I've forgotten all about it.

To me that’s a feature. I give future me a surprise gift at some random point.

 

[R_J_K75]

I don't back anything unless I have good reason to expect some degree of (usually electronic) product ASAP after the campaign ends.

Im pretty much the same way, as much as I want hard copies, .pdfs do come in handy at times. Since 2012 I've only backed 8 Kickstarters, most of which were from well established companies, and I never ended up not getting what I ordered. I will say that even though I am no longer playing 5E at the moment the Grim Hollow Monster Grimoire was very nice.

 

[R_J_K75]

To me that’s a feature. I give future me a surprise gift at some random point.

I dont disagree but on the other hand sometimes by the time I get what I ordered we've moved on and it just sits on a shelf until I find a use for it, if ever.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Seems alot of RPGs companies are releasing supplements to their core products at a much slower rate than say 10 years ago. I'm always a bit leary of backing Kickstarters, for one you never know what youre getting, if anything at all. and It's usually well over a year to a year and a half before you actually get the physical product. By the time it comes I've forgotten all about it.

The particular problem with these was that they were stretch goal bonuses. Not everyone is quick with those--it took a long time for all the ones for Part Time Gods 2e to come out, but when they did they were substantial. Not so much these, and one of them never came out at all (the Shipyard book).

Basically, while the people who tore into them were excessive about it (there were a lot of accusations of fraud and such that there's no sign is true), people had reasonable cause to be grumpy about it.

Which is too bad; I still think the core design was pretty sound.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm always a bit leary of backing Kickstarters, for one you never know what youre getting, if anything at all. and It's usually well over a year to a year and a half before you actually get the physical product. By the time it comes I've forgotten all about it.

Who the heck are you backing? I have backed an OMG number of campaigns and I don't think I've ever gotten zero back and, outside of the pandemic, most of mine fulfill very close to the time expected. The new @SlyFlourish book is going to be here on Thursday, five months early.

Don't back randos who've never run a campaign before and always check to see how long it's taken someone to fulfill their previous campaigns before backing a new one, even if it's "a big publisher." (I decided not to back 9th Level's new game today, since the last one I backed was due out by now and is just now going into layout, which cannot be blamed on supply chain issues.)

 

[R_J_K75]

The particular problem with these was that they were stretch goal bonuses. Not everyone is quick with those

Fortunately, I've never had a problem with entire KS being delayed because of stretch goals or them showing up after the original product.

Basically, while the people who tore into them were excessive about it (there were a lot of accusations of fraud and such that there's no sign is true)

What I read on DTRPG yesterday was pretty hard to follow and determine fact from fiction, so I'd be inclined to take it with a grain of salt.

I still think the core design was pretty sound.

I believe this came out 2017 or 2018? At that time I was starting a new 5E game, had some new players and wasnt looking to play anything else, so this totally flew under my radar.

Who the heck are you backing? I have backed an OMG number of campaigns and I don't think I've ever gotten zero back and, outside of the pandemic, most of mine fulfill very close to the time expected

I don't think I've ever gotten a KS when it was expected, but even so it just always seems like a long time from the time the KS is announced, launched and finally received, but I've always gotten what I paid for. Take ShadowDark for instance. I'd think that it was announced a month or so before the KS launched, looks like it closed on March 18th and was supposed to be fulfilled in July. though I did get the pdf shortly after the KS closed. I got an email yesterday that the physical product most likely won't be delivered until late November or early December. So, for all intents and purposes it'll probably be about 8 months to a year all said and done by the time I get my hard copy.

 

[SlyFlourish]

Who the heck are you backing? I have backed an OMG number of campaigns and I don't think I've ever gotten zero back and, outside of the pandemic, most of mine fulfill very close to the time expected. The new @SlyFlourish book is going to be here on Thursday, five months early.

Don't back randos who've never run a campaign before and always check to see how long it's taken someone to fulfill their previous campaigns before backing a new one, even if it's "a big publisher." (I decided not to back 9th Level's new game today, since the last one I backed was due out by now and is just now going into layout, which cannot be blamed on supply chain issues.)

In fairness, you really never know how this is going to turn out. Since I can't get a full manuscript ready before a Kickstarter (I'm no Morrus), I really don't know what the print schedule will be like. I also don't know what else will hit the fulfillment centers. In my last two Kickstarters I rolled well and both weren't too much of a problem. That said, it's taking a whole extra month to get books to Europe.

We just set our date out a year and hope it'll be better than that =)

 

[Retreater]

4E D&D (with online tool support)
WEG Star Wars (2nd edition, revised)