Daggerheart Class Packs kickstarter is live.

[Swanosaurus]

Didn't read the thread, but I'm surprised how little money this is making....I don't think this bodes well for the game.

I just discovered Daggerheart (I was aware of it when it playtested, read a little about it and deemed it far too crunchy, but now I had the opportunity to play it and loved it), and over here in Germany, it seems t be well-received. I co-own a bookshop where we ordered ten copies, which was a huge risk for us, and we actually sold all of them within a few weeks. That's more than we sell of any D&D-books in the same timeframe. Now, this is hugely anecdotal, but it makes me feel that Daggerheart will do well.

Still, I'm not backing that kickstarter - I don't need more cards, and there's really no new content to get me excited about it. Maybe it wasn't that smart to make this their second outing? A big supplement would probably have created more hype (though I don't see what supplement would make sense at this point - maybe a really big bestiary, or maybe some kind of setting material that works with the do-your-own-setting ethos of DH).

 

[zedturtle]

I just discovered Daggerheart (I was aware of it when it playtested, read a little about it and deemed it far too crunchy, but now I had the opportunity to play it and loved it), and over here in Germany, it seems t be well-received. I co-own a bookshop where we ordered ten copies, which was a huge risk for us, and we actually sold all of them within a few weeks. That's more than we sell of any D&D-books in the same timeframe. Now, this is hugely anecdotal, but it makes me feel that Daggerheart will do well.

Still, I'm not backing that kickstarter - I don't need more cards, and there's really no new content to get me excited about it. Maybe it wasn't that smart to make this their second outing? A big supplement would probably have created more hype (though I don't see what supplement would make sense at this point - maybe a really big bestiary, or maybe some kind of setting material that works with the do-your-own-setting ethos of DH).

I think it makes sense in that it is very low overhead (just new packaging, the same cards) and allows them to figure out how to produce new Class offerings without a new core set. The big stuff is coming down the pipeline – Perkins, Crawford, and Baker are all working on different offerings, but that takes a lot more time. We're still in very early days.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Hmmmm.

That is aggravating.

Why all the cards if it can't do proper procedural generation with them...

It's basically just a procedural set of Experiences (which are free form) short - it's just that no one has bothered to write official rules for it.

And the cards are the best thing since the printer for group character creation - getting half a dozen players together round the table to create a cohesive party in a medium weight system and never have anyone looking up a rule in the rulebook or a spell description to copy out.

Not everyone in my multiple groups uses them in play although most do but they are game changing for the first sessions.

 

[Neonchameleon]

In my case I didn’t back this one because the cost of getting all the decks was rather steep, so instead I ended up buying another Core Set. Some others may have decided to do the same(…?)

I think that was basically the consensus of the Daggerheart subreddit - there was nothing new there and the lead times were too long - and if you want more than one pack just get a new core set (and our crafty player makes her own cards). It's a Kickstarter that's selling nothing new for the table.

 

[Imaro]

Didn't read the thread, but I'm surprised how little money this is making....I don't think this bodes well for the game.

Eh, I dont think it says much about Daggerheart as a whole (though to be fair I haven't seen any DH products doing gangbusters on kickstarter).

I do wonder what this says about the feasibility of this project. Personally I'd rather grab two more core sets than the full set of cards and I dont think that would change with a commercial release... but thats just me.

 

[Parmandur]

Eh, I dont think it says much about Daggerheart as a whole (though to be fair I haven't seen any DH products doing gangbusters on kickstarter).

Third party Daggerheart production got chilled a bit by their license shenanigans: seems to be a vibrant homebrew scene, though?

 

[Agamon]

Didn't read the thread, but I'm surprised how little money this is making....I don't think this bodes well for the game.

Niche in a niche in a niche. I'm surprised how much it made.

 

[Agamon]

Hmmmm.

That is aggravating.

Why all the cards if it can't do proper procedural generation with them...

Could always just draw the class and then randomly draw from the allowed domain cards. The results would be the same as what is needed.

 

[Parmandur]

Could always just draw the class and then randomly draw from the allowed domain cards. The results would be the same as what is needed.

Yeah, I suppose so. The double Domain cards would be more fun.

 

[Vael]

I wouldn't mind another set of cards, mainly the ancestries, but yeah, the price of the KS was a bit much.