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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6015725" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">At the time of writing this, Monte Cook's <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1433901524/numenera-a-new-roleplaying-game-from-monte-cook" target="_blank">Kickstarter project</a> for his new RPG, Numenera, is at $425,000 with 32 hours to go. It would be pretty incredible to see it reach the half million dollar mark. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Over the last month, Monte has been continually adding to stretch goals - additional PDFs, t-shirts, adventures, bestiaries, mobile apps. The "REAL DEAL" pedge level (which is the one I went for myself) includes a hardcover rulebook, three adventures, three supplements, a GM's screen, some fiction, character sheets, and a mobile app.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The project has hit the news recently, too. Check out <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2012/game-designer-monte-cook-raises-345k-science-fantasy-game-numenera/" target="_blank">Geekwire</a>, <a href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/23871.html" target="_blank">ICV2</a>, <a href="http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/09/10/monte-cooknumenera-rpg/" target="_blank">MTVGeek</a>, <a href="http://io9.com/numenera/" target="_blank">iO9</a>, and <a href="http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/727120/nerdsourcing-planetary-annihilation-numenera-and-more/" target="_blank">G4TV</a> and Kickstarter itself proclaimed 2012 <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-year-of-the-game" target="_blank">The Year of the Game</a>. Indeed, Kickstarter itself <a href="http://kickstartershq.com/articles/numanera-kickstarter-interview" target="_blank">interviewed Monte</a> a few days ago.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I wrote an article recently on the most-funded RPG Kickstarter projects, and Numenera is rapidly climbing that list. The only things higher are Reaper Miniatures Bones, Order of the Stick Reprint, and OGRE Designer's Edition.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">So. Anyway. 32 hours left. Don't miss out - you get so much more by backing this now rather than buying the products afterwards!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">As an aside - anyone got any idea what large companies like WotC budget for a hardback core rulebook release?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: lime">[UPDATE - this is close! A mere $3K and 2 hours to go!]</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #00ff00">[UPDATE - and it's done! Over half a million dollars!]</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6015725, member: 1"] [SIZE=3]At the time of writing this, Monte Cook's [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1433901524/numenera-a-new-roleplaying-game-from-monte-cook"]Kickstarter project[/URL] for his new RPG, Numenera, is at $425,000 with 32 hours to go. It would be pretty incredible to see it reach the half million dollar mark. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Over the last month, Monte has been continually adding to stretch goals - additional PDFs, t-shirts, adventures, bestiaries, mobile apps. The "REAL DEAL" pedge level (which is the one I went for myself) includes a hardcover rulebook, three adventures, three supplements, a GM's screen, some fiction, character sheets, and a mobile app.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The project has hit the news recently, too. Check out [URL="http://www.geekwire.com/2012/game-designer-monte-cook-raises-345k-science-fantasy-game-numenera/"]Geekwire[/URL], [URL="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/23871.html"]ICV2[/URL], [URL="http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/09/10/monte-cooknumenera-rpg/"]MTVGeek[/URL], [URL="http://io9.com/numenera/"]iO9[/URL], and [URL="http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/727120/nerdsourcing-planetary-annihilation-numenera-and-more/"]G4TV[/URL] and Kickstarter itself proclaimed 2012 [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-year-of-the-game"]The Year of the Game[/URL]. Indeed, Kickstarter itself [URL="http://kickstartershq.com/articles/numanera-kickstarter-interview"]interviewed Monte[/URL] a few days ago.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I wrote an article recently on the most-funded RPG Kickstarter projects, and Numenera is rapidly climbing that list. The only things higher are Reaper Miniatures Bones, Order of the Stick Reprint, and OGRE Designer's Edition.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]So. Anyway. 32 hours left. Don't miss out - you get so much more by backing this now rather than buying the products afterwards![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]As an aside - anyone got any idea what large companies like WotC budget for a hardback core rulebook release?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=lime][UPDATE - this is close! A mere $3K and 2 hours to go!][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#00ff00][UPDATE - and it's done! Over half a million dollars!][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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