Level Up (A5E) Funded we still have to wait for the pdf's

[Gandalf970]

I am new to backing things on kickstarter. So this is funded, but we still have to wait for the 30 days? I understand it must be the rules, but I want the Level Up rules. I know the books will be about 6 months, but those pdfs are ready I just know it. Anyway thanks for a great game Morrus

 

[payn]

30 days wait is nothing for KS stuff. I get your enthusiasm tho.

 

[darjr]

He’s posted before and will probably again but he couldn’t set the end date as the delivery date, it’s a Kickstarter limit I think. But I think he intends to deliver the PDFs on the end date.

 

[Marc Radle]

Pretty sure the PDFs get released when the KS ends. It would be pretty irregular to start releasing things on initial funding …

 

[Sacrosanct]

Kickstarter keeps funds for a while to make sure they clear. That probably accounts for at least half of that time.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I believe some final editing is still taking place?

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Morrus has stated the PDFs will be sent out literally seconds after the Kickstarter ends. That is typical for Endworld Kickstarters (but not the industry norm, which months to a year). The confusion comes because Kickstarter does not let a creator set the delivery date the same month as the end date, even if that is the reality.

 

[Stalker0]

I wouldn't mind a few more preview just so we can give one last round of feedback while they are tightening everything up

 

[Retreater]

Before my family got its first Atari 2600, I would turn on the static channel on our TV and pretend I was playing a game. You could do something similar?

 

[Timespike]

I am new to backing things on kickstarter. So this is funded, but we still have to wait for the 30 days? I understand it must be the rules, but I want the Level Up rules. I know the books will be about 6 months, but those pdfs are ready I just know it. Anyway thanks for a great game Morrus

Yeah, Kickstarters are an exercise in delayed gratification. Most of them wind up running a little bit late, though that won't be an issue here.

In a lot of cases, RPG projects raise Kickstarter funds so they can pay for the expensive parts of development like artwork and editing, so once they've gotten the funds back from Kickstarter (which, as others have mentioned, takes a while; typically a couple of weeks after the actual campaign itself wraps up) that's when they get started on that stuff. Others don't even get started on the writing and development until they've successfully funded, which is why you can see product delivery estimates years away. And in some cases, they really get delayed. I have one that I backed that's still getting worked on that was originally slated to deliver back in 2015!

So Morrus's "do everything first and then do the Kickstarter" modus operandi is a rare and precious thing!