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Pretty sure it’s public domain now, it appears to be in project Gutenberg if you don’t mind the ebook thing! I read Kij Johnson’s actual sequel novel when deciding whether to back this one. I’ve got a second hand copy of William Horwood’s The Willows In Winter en route as well.

I know Ben Riggs inspires mixed feelings among some on here, but I think he’s currently working on a history of post-TSR d&d. Hopefully it covers some of this ground.

I vaguely remember that one, didn't back it though. I think it was a mega-adventure book, and they're not really my thing. I hear you about the ancillaries and accessories and tchotchkes though. I wish so many campaigns weren't loaded up with that stuff, all they do is delay fulfillment. I...

That's a rough run. I've got a few which are looking shaky, but in general I try to only back stuff which has a large team behind it. Solo projects with ambitious art/production design goals are a recipe for things going wrong, much more than it simply being an indie project. Of the ones in...

Let her earn it though play. When she finally gets to multiclass into bard, everyone will cheer a bit...

To be fair, I’ve backed a lot of first time kickstarters, and while sometimes the product has been underwhelming (which happens for well known publishers too) I’ve never gotten completely nothing. I’m reasonably sure the production is quite far along, given this has been advertising on Facebook...

Thief rogue with the entertainer background, for mine. The 5e bard is a spellcaster first and foremost rather than a performer (which was a bad design choice, but that’s an argument for another thread!), and while Olive is interested in magic and a skilled musician, a caster she is not.

I really like the idea of Keshanar, and I’ve backed at $1 with the possibility of increasing later, but they’re doing something very strange with postage. Shipping is (I think) charged at campaign completion and it is at an EXTRAORDINARILY high rate. Here in Australia the shipping cost is much...

Not exactly what you asked for, but this is currently on kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gneissgames/the-gunslingers-guide-to-rexfald/rewards

Overproduction is absolutely standard and normal for every Kickstarter of course. The whole idea is to leverage preorders to, well, kickstart the production run. I have no industry experience so I don’t know what the usual amount of overproduction is. But bear in mind a couple of things. First...

Yeah, they're real pricey these days. My near-complete set of the FFG 40k books sit on my 'retirement savings fund' bookshelf directly above the FR grey box and the original Planescape box set...

There's approximately a million 3rd party steampunk supplements for 5e out there, I wonder if they'll be using an existing one, or homebrewing. In my limited experience (a level 1-5 Iron Kingdoms campaign), the main headaches with emulating the steam vibe in D&D are: making stuff. Engineering...

I do wonder about Hasbro. I believe their D&D stuff is printed in the USA, but what about Magic cards? I assume their board games and toy lines are largely manufactured in China too, because that’s exactly the sort of manufacturing that China does. They could very easily find themselves in...

Yeah, 50% on top of the 34% or whatever that was announced in the first round … that’s not just ‘your hobby is only accessible to financially comfortable people’ territory any more, it’s ‘your industry is dead’ territory. RPGs are probably better off than some other niches of the hobby due to...

Well, it could have an impact with stuff that is printed in (for instance) China, then shipped to the USA for subsequent distribution in different countries. People will be trying to find a way to prevent their stuff entering the USA at all if they can. Obviously impossible (barring...

I backed the aetherial kickstarter, and it went fairly smoothly and arrived without fuss. Ghostfire is I think based in Australia and that’s where I live, which may have affected things though.

That’s likely to vary widely in a case by case basis. What country was manufacturing done in? What proportion of the manufacturing was done there? How many times did the project or its components cross the border in the manufacture/assembly/packaging/distribution/delivery process? Which...

I know that’s the theory, we’ll see what the practice looks like. Lots of companies ship from China to US, then distribute elsewhere in the world from the US. Overseas buyers will certainly be hit in those cases. Similarly, I suspect that many publishers will be worried about completely...

This is kinda sounding like what I (in Australia) was afraid of. Obviously it’s early stages yet and there’s a lot of confusion, but it sounds like prices are going up across the board, even for material that’s printed outside America and purchased by customers outside America.

We might see a shift towards selling STLs rather than finished minis in the miniature sector, at least. Some producers (Trench Crusade for example, even Steamforged with the old Iron Kingdoms line) are moving in that direction already (though GW are by far the big dog in the yard and they...