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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truename" data-source="post: 6461123" data-attributes="member: 78255">The first thing I look at for a Kickstarter project is the "Risks and Challenges" section. I feel it gives me insight into the character of the creators, and it also helps me understand how the project will deal with the inevitable problems that arise.In this case, I was disappointed:Software project management is my field. It's incredibly risky: it's *expensive* and nearly impossible to estimate reliably. 90% of typical software projects take longer than estimated; 50% take more than twice as long. $425K is hardly anything for a team of software developers. I don't know how many people they have, but they could easily be burning $50-100K per month when all costs are included.They've scheduled three months to release six modules AND rewrite the rules engine for Pathfinder, on three different platforms. (Kickstarter ends in January; delivery is estimated for April.) Given the rules bugs reported for the 5e version, and given the much higher complexity of the Pathfinder ruleset, I just don't believe it. Coding that sort of imprecise, highly-connected, often subject-to-interpretation logic is way harder than it looks at first glance.If their "risks and challenges" had been less marketing-speak and more about how they planned to manage complexity, reduce scope, or release in phases, I would have been happier.</blockquote>