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D&D succeeds at making a video game on par with Skyrim. The game has a turn-based setting so it can run traditional tabletop-style games. The creators release a creation kit, offer IP rights to both the gaming assets and the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, and allow mod creators to create and...

Free access to the SRD beats looking up information online and calculating and organizing by hand. Combat tracking is always near the top of my list for character tools. I like being able to set up NPC parties--particularly high-level enemies--and then run them through mock combats against a...

First, let me congratulate you on the success of MapForge! I’ve followed your work since the early days of Battlegrounds and am considering backing MapForge. I know you’re busy with the Kickstarter, but, when you get a free moment, please answer a two-part question for people who are in the...

I encourage creators to consider doing Kickstarters if they have produced a product they believe in. I don't think such folks are "ripping people off" at all. The posters who've posted subsequently have made strong arguments to that effect, so I'll let them, and you, have the last word. Let me...

I agree that many publishers/creators use Kickstarters as a marketing tool, but I don't find the practice morally objectionable. A Kickstarter helps a third-party producer solve the problem of getting noticed and therefore helps the publisher make sales. How would one sell a product without a...

Jared Blando's work is first rate. I gifted myself with his How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps: Step by Step Cartography for Gamers and Fans and spent Christmas day practicing some of his techniques to make a regional map. Jared's name would be at or near the top of my list of cartographers...

Thanks for the references. I looked carefully at the settings this evening. Conan art inspired the creation of some of my group's old characters. I'm thinking of one character in particular that I made who owed his aesthetic origin to the art of Boris Vallejo. My friends and I later drew...

I'm listening to the audiobook version of Ian Mortimer's Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century on Amazon's Audible. Mortimer's book is a recent Sunday Times bestseller. Mortimer uses evocative language to lead visitors down the streets of...

Got it. Thanks again.

No need to apologize. Thanks for clarifying. The argument for print helps me to understand what may make a print run beneficial. Honestly, I wasn't distinguishing between print and POD before this thread. I surmised that a Kickstart would 1) fulfill print orders through drivethrurpg and 2) help...

Who are the "them"? Distributors and retailers who back a Kickstart?

For that reason, I think it's a good idea for first-time Kickstarters to do the work "on spec" when they can. In other words, and as an example, creators do all the writing and most of the editing for a module first. They also produce the maps, at least the mock ups for a cartographer if not the...

That's prudent, discerning. Like Morrus said, projects will be available for purchase later if they're funded. Maybe folks should wait to learn the community's opinion on EN World before buying from a first-time Kickstarter.

That's helpful. Thanks. Quality of content is tough to predict on a blind purchase. Some of the Kickstarters I've studied, like one of Dan Coleman's, offer previews or even a free, sample adventure module. Dan takes a savvy marketer's approach. It lets potential buyers see the quality of content...

What did the three successful ones do or not do that set them apart from the others?

I suppose DMs Guild gives fans of the Realms a chance to write content that further explores Faerûn in its 2e and 3e versions. The upcoming Yawning Portal title looks like a step in the right direction, too.

Good grief. I haven't played in the Forgotten Realms since 3.5. It sounds like the new story has jumped the shark.

Sentient robots?

Yes, I found the page. In sum, creators need to contact Roll20 and include art in their sample submission, in order to offer "a full experience" ("Become a Creator"). https://marketplace.roll20.net/home/becomecreator

I understand. Lots of neat projects on Kickstarter. Thanks again.