Tell your overdue Kickstarter story

We're putting together a potential article on overdue (or failed!) crowdfunding projects.

So, tell us your story. Which crowdfunders are overdue, and by how much? What was the original estimated delivery date? We've set up a survey with which you can provide us information, and we'll be using that survey to put together an article in early 2026.

We have set a 1-year limit on this--to keep this down to a reasonable list, only crowdfunders which are a year or more overdue, please! That's a year or more past the estimated delivery date listed on the crowdfunding page.

Also, please note that this is for tabletop roleplaying game projects only.

Use the link below to fill out the short survey. It should only take a couple of minutes. Please note that if you include anything in the additional comments box, you may be quoted in the article.

Overdue Crowdfunder Survey

Please tell us about your overdue crowdfunder. Note that for the purposes of this survey, a crowdfunder's fulfillment must be at least a full year overdue.

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Note--this thread was originally started in late 2024, but the survey has been created as of 20 December 2025 for an article due to be published in early 2026.

 

[jerryrice4949]

Sirens Battle of the Bards https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonejamison/sirens-battle-of-the-bards

Not only have the two people taken the money and run but they both appear to be miserable humans. So it’s like a double whammy. Bank rolling jerks and nothing to show.

 

[eyeheartawk]

Everyone's favorite edgy boi Raggi is over a decade late on the LotFP Referee book.

 

[Belen]

e20: System Evolved: This is the one that makes me truly angry. This was funded in 2010. The last update was 2014. The creator, an ENWorlder, blocks anyone who asks him about this KS. I understand he went through a difficult time, but his behavior since was terrible. This creator should never be allowed on a project again and I refuse to buy anything associated with him.

Dragon Eye Dice: This is a doozy and I will not back anything else from Spider Mind Games. I understand they had issues with the company making the dice in China; however, the sheer number of outright lies in their updates have been bad. They say it is shipped and they checked all the dice only to then go back on their update when people get low quality junk. They keep saying they are trying to make it right but they are selling dice now to new people before they fulfill backers.

 

[Mistwell]

DotMM was one of the only 5E adventures I was looking forward to reading and running for my group, but I was very disappointed after reading the intro and the first level or two. Then a few days before we were supposed to play, I sat down to prep, (and even though Undermountain or any large dungeon takes more prep than normal) it became readily apparent that this was going to take more effort than I was willing to do to make it usable. I used very little of the adventure as written and mostly wrote my own stuff. So, I applaud anyone who actually ran this to competition. We moved on to a Waterdeep campaign pretty quickly.

We are in a combined Waterdeep campaign. Mostly in the dungeon but we return to the city here and there as a home base. Our overarching quest includes finding something in the dungeon to help the city.

 

[Frozen DM]

I've been lucky to only have a few kickstarters never actuall deliver. But Axe N Shield Terrain risers is currently 5 years late. They claim to have been impacted by COVID supply issues, but continue to sell their products on their online store instead, leaving backers with no updates for over a year now. Very disappointing, since not getting a product fulfilled is part of the risk, but then they charged shipping on products that aren't even being shipped (or created as far as we can tell).

 

[TiQuinn]

I've been lucky to only have a few kickstarters never actuall deliver. But Axe N Shield Terrain risers is currently 5 years late. They claim to have been impacted by COVID supply issues, but continue to sell their products on their online store instead, leaving backers with no updates for over a year now. Very disappointing, since not getting a product fulfilled is part of the risk, but then they charged shipping on products that aren't even being shipped (or created as far as we can tell).

I know a couple of folks who were in the same boat - one finally got theirs 2 years ago, and another is still waiting, with no responses.

 

[CellarHeroes]

Sirens Battle of the Bards https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonejamison/sirens-battle-of-the-bards

Not only have the two people taken the money and run but they both appear to be miserable humans. So it’s like a double whammy. Bank rolling jerks and nothing to show.

I hadn't heard of this project, and out of curiosity (morbid?) I thought I would check it out. As soon as I saw the names associated with the project, I felt like I needed another shower.

"We're an indie studio of geeks and gamers..."
No, you're a group of opportunistic grifters who look down on "geeks and gamers".

Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest. I have absolutely hated these people ever since I was first introduced to Satine at Gary Con when she was trying to sell a comic book.

 

[jerryrice4949]

I hadn't heard of this project, and out of curiosity (morbid?) I thought I would check it out. As soon as I saw the names associated with the project, I felt like I needed another shower.

"We're an indie studio of geeks and gamers..."
No, you're a group of opportunistic grifters who look down on "geeks and gamers".

Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest. I have absolutely hated these people ever since I was first introduced to Satine at Gary Con when she was trying to sell a comic book.

You are 100% correct. I have had a couple KS that never delivered but this is the one I regret because of who benefited.

 

[Staffan]

If we're doing RPG-adjacent Kickstarters, Lasting Tales/Fantasy Series 2 was supposed to deliver in May 2022 and still haven't. Last sign of life was a post in February about getting red wax versions of some more of the minis. It appears the creator had been pyramid gaming Kickstarters (filling the holes in the previous Kickstarter with the money from the new one) and when the world went nuts around Covid, the pyramid of cards fell over.

 

[Retreater]

Luckily I've had only a few KS RPGs that were delayed, and I've gotten them all within a few months of the time estimated. The disappointments I've had have been boardgames with a lot of miniatures. It looks like 2-3 of those won't fulfill. All from the same company.