Glad I could help. Hopefully it was enough to convince you to back, but if not I understand. I agree that had it been on Kickstarter there would have been a much wider potential audience, though I do think the creators and fans did an amazing job of getting the word spread so that it did hit...
Here is some of the reasoning behind their use of Gameontabletop instead of Kickstarter as taken from the campaign page and campaign comments.
Campaign FAQ
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I will grant that it is a good chunk of change, but not out of the norm. It's and avg of $11/pdf available. Well below what you would end up spending for them once they hit retail on DriveThru, assuming they price the pdfs of the hardbacks similar to their Space 1889 line you would be looking at...
Only if you want everything in print.
$50 gets just the Core Rules and quick start adventure +pdfs for both (a fairly good value if you are uncertain about the setting or system)
or
$110 for print core rules and pdfs of everything.
This one just dropped yesterday:
https://www.gameontabletop.com/crowdfunding-189.html#project-block-details
A new updated version of the classic GDW Dark Conspiracy. It is being run by Clockwork Publishing, the same group that produced the most recent version of another GDW classic Space 1889...
So glad to see this system getting some love, it is one of my favorites and wish I could get it to the table more often. Really hope this gets some traction and takes off for Clockwork. I have loved what you have done with Space 1889.
Reaper Miniatures has launched a kickstarter to manufacture their CAV mech miniatures in bones materials. Pledge level is $100 for 51 miniatures currently (4 tanks, 4 planes, and 43 mechs). That's less than $2 per miniature. Miniatures will be manufactured in multiple parts (generally 2-4...
Total of miniatures for the Vampire level is now 221 (counting metal Sophie).
Total pledged is 2.33M.
Next stretch goal is 2.44M for four Golems (Clay, Iron, Flesh, and Stone).
This KS keeps getting better and better.