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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveMage" data-source="post: 6446789" data-attributes="member: 10447">But it's certainly not just what we want.  It's having experienced people behind the project.  Otherwise, even if funded, delays can be maddening.  Something like a kickstarter for an RPG tabletop toolkit by a small company is bound to be fraught with issues.  Someone on the staff will get sick or have "life issues" that will delay the project by x months (after which someone else on the project will experience the same) or they will run into the dreaded "unforeseen circumstances" that delay the project even more.  (My advice to anyone who first attempts an RPG-based kickstarter is to add at least 1 year to the expected due date.  You'll need it.  No one will complain if you deliver early.)Every once in a while a new player in the market can have a successful kickstarter, but these seem to be very much the exception and not the rule.  I'm at a point where I will no longer support kickstarters by those who haven't run a successful one (unless my pledge is minuscule).  If I see something I like, I'll just wait until it's released.  And if it doesn't get released - oh, well!</blockquote>