Kickstarter Bloatware

[Micah Sweet]

Okay, that explains why I haven't seen it, since I rarely even get a core book in physical form any more (only when I'm certain I'll be running the game).

The only physical books I've gotten in a few years were for Level Up and ACKS II. Lots of pdfs though.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

With miniatures-based Kickstarters, which are my main thing, the stretch goals are the difference between me backing or not. For Reaper and Dungeons and Lasers KSs, the stretch goals can double the value of your pledge, basically. However, I think this falls into the category of what the OP described as "more content."

Yeah, Reaper Kickstarters live and die by their fantastic stretch goals. But those just amount to them making more molds of models they had already done work on anyway, as opposed to going back to the printer with different specs on a book, or creating a bunch of new, unrelated items.

 

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...z0mdonkey ghostfire are the absolute worst about this...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

...z0mdonkey ghostfire are the absolute worst about this...

The Obojima Kickstarters do a lot of this as well.

 

[Thomas Shey]

The only physical books I've gotten in a few years were for Level Up and ACKS II. Lots of pdfs though.

Same. I've backed a lot of games in the last decade, but if I got more than three physical books in that I'd be surprised (and at least one of those was a mistake).

 

[Belen]

...z0mdonkey ghostfire are the absolute worst about this...

Yes. I am done with Ghostfire after they delayed my order for 14 months. I, literally ordered $300 in books and it took them over a year to deliver and the CS was awful.

This is paired with the fact that they do not provide PDFs with physical purchase. They do not even offer a reduced rate with physical purchase.