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<blockquote data-quote="amethal" data-source="post: 8368922" data-attributes="member: 22784">I've backed 115 kickstarters so far. I already have way more RPG stuff than I can ever use, so I back stuff that looks interesting or if I want to support the creator, or if somebody whose opinion I respect recommends it. I don't normally even read the updates, but if there aren't any updates for a long time that is a bad sign.The only one I backed based on a stretch goal was the new version (AGE) of Blue Rose, as I wanted a Fate version. Unfortunately that stretch goal didn't fund, which was disappointing but not unexpected. I've had mixed success with kickstarters. Two of my early ones were E20 System Evolved (backed at $50, got nothing for it) and Throne of Night (backed at $180, got 2 of the 6 PDFs and none of the physical books). I also backed the City State of the Invincible Overlord (softcover book due November 2014; still waiting for it ...) and there are three of four other ones where the main product is four or five years late but I haven't (quite) given up hope.On the other hand, some projects delivered way more than I was expecting, such as Castles and Crusades Three Sisters, and the Lone Wolf Adventure Game.A surprising number of creators have had health issues, fires and family bereavements over the course of the kickstarters, and one of them died. Some of them walk away from their projects without a word, whilst others keep posting apologies and making plans that never quite seem to turn out as expected. Most of them are at least slightly late (and some backers get very uptight about this, for some reason) but some make the whole kickstarter process look effortless - the EN Publishing ones I've backed have been very good at this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="amethal, post: 8368922, member: 22784"] I've backed 115 kickstarters so far. I already have way more RPG stuff than I can ever use, so I back stuff that looks interesting or if I want to support the creator, or if somebody whose opinion I respect recommends it. I don't normally even read the updates, but if there aren't any updates for a long time that is a bad sign. The only one I backed based on a stretch goal was the new version (AGE) of Blue Rose, as I wanted a Fate version. Unfortunately that stretch goal didn't fund, which was disappointing but not unexpected. I've had mixed success with kickstarters. Two of my early ones were E20 System Evolved (backed at $50, got nothing for it) and Throne of Night (backed at $180, got 2 of the 6 PDFs and none of the physical books). I also backed the City State of the Invincible Overlord (softcover book due November 2014; still waiting for it ...) and there are three of four other ones where the main product is four or five years late but I haven't (quite) given up hope. On the other hand, some projects delivered way more than I was expecting, such as Castles and Crusades Three Sisters, and the Lone Wolf Adventure Game. A surprising number of creators have had health issues, fires and family bereavements over the course of the kickstarters, and one of them died. Some of them walk away from their projects without a word, whilst others keep posting apologies and making plans that never quite seem to turn out as expected. Most of them are at least slightly late (and some backers get very uptight about this, for some reason) but some make the whole kickstarter process look effortless - the EN Publishing ones I've backed have been very good at this. [/QUOTE]

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