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I don't recall specifics (and most of it, of course, wasn't real public), but the general impression seemed to be the "employee spoke up about harassment and workplace culture issues and gets fired" vs "employee is not a good fit and does not work with our customers well" sort of two sides that...

Plus a lot of what she says isn't even opinion/inside-knowledge but publicly verifiable facts: Their previous Kickstarters for Pathfinder Online, and the current state of that project. Their Kickstarter with Ninja Division for Starfinder minis including their public posts about "I know people...

I'm not saying it doesn't. Sorry if my comment was too brief and unclear, but my main point it towards those who think this is some sign that Paizo is worried PF 2e might fail and are shifting towards being a 5e publisher. For one thing, with WotC it was different because their staff was still...

Exactly. Plus it's important to note that Paizo is publishing a 5e book but it's being written by an outside company - Legendary Games. So they are still keeping their staff focused on PF.

FYI - the Kingmaker crowdfunding campaign is open and the support they are offering for 5e - they are also offering the exact same support for PF 1e. Both have an option for the Bestiary. So, they are supporting 5e and PF 1e the exact same amount. Also, in regards to D&D & CR becoming...

That's one of the issues right there. You keep wondering where are all the geeks and nerds who aren't playing, but the reality is that it's not just geeks & nerds who are playing anymore (or, more likely, there are so many nerds now that the definition is approaching meaningless). D&D is not...

Well, obviously it's going to peak sometime, there's only so many human beings. ;) But "geek aligned" is now mainstream pop culture. A movie about freaking *Thanos and the Infinity Stones* of all things just made $2 billion in a couple weeks. Also, if we are discussing anecdotal evidence, the...

My personal anecdotal evidence is that new player acquisition is still increasing. I am actually at the point where there's more groups available to me than I have time for! And I'm hearing from plenty of others in the community that they keep finding new people to recruit who are becoming...

Psst... they are making a Kingmaker collected edition for Pathfinder. They are not making a Kingmaker collected edition for 5e. Just a bestiary. You face might feel a little less slapped if you actually read their announcement.

An "Advanced Player's Guide" for 5e would be an interesting book, but it's just that - 1 book. That's not what Paizo is doing. They have always positioned themselves as an entire alternative RPG with multiple product lines that is more complex that D&D for those who want it. They have never...

I believe all along Paizo has tried to position themselves as the sort of Advanced D&D to D&D in terms of complexity (not quality or anything like that, it's not a jab at D&D). They know their RPG is more complex than 5e (and 4e before that) and lean into that as a selling feature for those who...

No need to Google, KS has a page for that. :) Yes, they are #5 by both funds raised and number of backers. (They just barely squeezed into the #5 most backers right near the end.)

I'm pretty sure your cost estimates are absurdly low. These are professionally produced shows. A Paranoia one-shot would cost just a wee bit more than just buying a copy of the game. How much do they pay for character art for their one-shots? How much do they pay their crew to film, edit...

Aren't they already at 5 extra one-shots? And producing a 10 episode animated series (which they have never done before)? While making a weekly show (looks like about 47 or 48 weeks out of the year)? And several other smaller shows? While doing all of this under their own business with...

Exactly! One of the #1 biggest ways for a Kickstarter to crash and burn is trying to run up the final total by promising excessive stretch goals. It's to the point where I'm wary of any RPG Kickstarter that has a lot of stretch goals. Overpromising and underdelivering (or never delivering at...

Even more crazy is the community around this. It definitely goes to show how, even at a different scale, building a community *first* and then crowdfunding can work wonders. I have been checking Kicktraq each morning, and they had leveled out at $40-60K per day (which itself is amazing!) for...

As for this being rich people getting richer, I'm not their accountant, but I think it'd be an awfully safe bet that they make the majority of their income from their actual careers as voice actors and directors. Critical Role has increased their popularity and visibility, and they are making...

This actually was a very accurate prediction... until they announced they would be doing the Briarwoods Arc. That sped it back up again and they wound up hitting $6M Thursday afternoon. It will be very interesting in the next few days to see how the KickTraq data looks on number of backers and...

Kickstarter is not a store. It's to fund projects people want to support. The fact that it has shifted towards being a pre-order storefront for some projects is moving away from it's purpose. The benefit of crowdfunding over pre-orders is that it measures depth of support. So if you are selling...

Definitely sounds reasonable. They had a Q&A stream last night where they mentioned being at Emerald City Comic Con to reveal more info and make a push there, but with how big it hit, there's not likely to be many who would back but haven't heard of it. Maybe it'll kick up the excitement to tip...