OSR Old School Essentials Box Sets Kickstarter
Parmandur
Book-Friend
IIRC, their previous Kickstarter became chock full of stretch goals and addons.
darjr
I crit!
That’s an interesting critique of a Kickstarter.
Ope! Sorry.
It’s good to know! Thanks.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
He who controls the past, controls the present.
reelo
Hero
The original "Advanced books" KS made 291k out of 20k , so that's a 1455% success. Nothing to scoff at.
darjr
I crit!
Absolutely not.
I was just making a dumb joke.
And celebrating their success, with a dumb joke.
Froderik
Explorer
I hope not. The Advanced books kickstarter was fun, especially getting some great stretch goals, but it unintentionally created much of the what-books-do-I-need confusion that plagues this product line. Plus, it took too long to fulfill. And, I've complained about this before in another venue, but I'll do it again: its a waste of Gavin's time to constantly focus on reprints of existing material. My (entirely selfish) hope is for Necrotic Gnome to get away from annually repackaging the core rules and to focus 100% of their time on finishing the Dolmenwood material, and produce other promised material for the product line. That said, I'll probably buy the classic box set again, just for the Erol Otus cover. (Darn nostalgia!)
overgeeked
B/X Known World
It is their bread and butter.
reelo
Hero
I'm pretty sure the logistics of reprints and KS are handled by Exalted Funeral now, at least more so than by Gavin Norman.
As for your selfish—but very understandable—hope that the writing for Dolmenwood advances steadily, it is shared by me and many many other people.
Froderik
Explorer
The latest Necrotic Gnome newsletter has more details about the Kickstarter. It looks like my desire for this to be quick and painless was ignored. My poor wallet.
A snippet from the newsletter:
"We [...] have loads of stretch goals lined up, including lots of content for your games:
• A series of mini-adventures written for Old-School Essentials by a team of fantastic writers.
• An expanded equipment list, featuring new adventuring gear, weapons, and armour.
• New character classes and fantasy species.
• And more!"
A snippet from the newsletter:
"We [...] have loads of stretch goals lined up, including lots of content for your games:
• A series of mini-adventures written for Old-School Essentials by a team of fantastic writers.
• An expanded equipment list, featuring new adventuring gear, weapons, and armour.
• New character classes and fantasy species.
• And more!"
