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I can't speak for other countries, but in the UK, FLGS can work, but they need momentum in terms of level of stock, and having the products people want to buy. Having an online presence really helps too. Smaller stores tend to fizzle after a year or two.

I tried the quickstart yesterday and overall thought it was very good. System felt solid and just about the right balance between depth and simplicity.

I really hope they pass 355k because I want that Ancient Ruins sourcebook.

Can the method used to determine the average review score be adjusted? I say this because I think it's too easy for someone to skew a score by giving a high or low rating. Statistically, the mean is poor figure representative figure because it is influenced too much by a small number of...

I thought the adventure schedule was March and September releases? Unless you mean a non-adventure publication.

5 out of 5 rating for Curse of Strahd I had a read through the book at the weekend and have been quite impressed. It seems quite well laid out and reasonably easy to follow. It's very atmospheric.The usual quibble I have with all the 5e adventures applies - I think they are too long and often...

I guess DriveThruRPG's fees are too high for the above mentioned companies.

I'm not really getting the hype either. I've played tabletop RPGs for quite a number of years and have never heard of 7th sea until the kickstarter phenomenon. I'm not keen on the d10 roll and keep system anyway.

I think when people mention tabletop roleplaying to someone not into the hobby, Dungeons and Dragons is the one the general population have probably heard of. In a similar way if someone mentions games consoles, people think "playstation". So I think D&D will for a long time have an advantage...

Very good points.

FFG Star Wars has been in the top 4 since Autumn/Fall 2012. Maybe there is just a very big gap between 2nd and 3rd place and the online presence of the game reflects that.

So much this. One of my bugbears (pun possibly intended) is bad RPG page layout and the way information is presented. Most of us have busy lives and we need to able to extract key information easily and quickly. I think RPG writers tend to think they need to write more words for some reason to...

Considering FFG SW seems so popular, I feel it isn't well represented on the web in general - thinking of the number of forum posts and articles out there on D&D and Pathfinder - perhaps FFGSW is more of a quiet dark horse that people play but don't discuss much.

Great stuff as always. I'll probably buy a few pieces as I plan to run the game at the some point in the future, and they are useful to print out for use at the table.

Funding seems to have really slowed down the last week or so - maybe this is normal for kickstarters.

I've heard that FFGSW was an improvement over WFRP3, so if the pattern follows, perhaps 2d20 is a more streamlined evolution after FFGSW.

Having learned a bit more about the 2d20 system my feelings towards this game have gone from ambivalent to very interested. All these appeal to me: Skills tied to attributes XP spend on skill improvements, talent trees etc Fortune and Doom points Effects triggering off the result of damage...

I think "Interesting Complications" are much better than detrimental fumbles. Also, complications can occur on any skill check, not just a combat one.

I like the system in the latest Star Wars line of RPGs where rather than a fumble, a "threat" or "despair" roll can mean a narrative shift away from the player's favour in the scene. I like the idea of success or failure being a sliding scale with more possible outcomes, rather than just "yes or...

Yes I see your point. I don't know anything about the old star wars RPGs I'm afraid. Before my tabletop gaming time. I think making a game canonical, and making a well designed game with interesting and descriptive options might be, at least partially, at odds with other.