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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9262075" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Of the RPGs I've backed on KS... I've been sorely disappointed by the core product in several.Specifically: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Traveller T5 - too complex, too schematic. I've got enough traveller to serve the rest of my days already</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seventh Sea 2e - unreadable due to font and layout. Fortunately, not why I got in. I wanted the 1E PDFs. Oh, and the most recent installment of 2E arrived in my email just last month.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The One Ring 2E - Multiple things. First, once I got the PDF, I ran it. We did not enjoy it much. Second, my dead tree got lost in shipping. I'll give credit where due: Free League made it right. And a bit more than right, on the physical score.. It will not see the table again. 1E might.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TFT LE: Not to the extent of the others, but still, imperialization of  what had been metric measures in OE was, IMO, a dick-move by SJ. The other changes are all relatively reasonable... but the dead tree I find hard to read due to font choices. I've heavily used the hex tiles.</li> </ul>WOn't get played because of players:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blade Runner. I did get it to table, one of the 5 enjoyed it, 1 refused to try it...</li> </ul>That's about 2/5 - tho' several of the ones I backed I'm happy with because the price was stupidly low, and they fulfilled; they're worth the price for reading alone, whether or not they hit the table. And note - that list stretches a bunch of years... 2012...And then, there are the three I loved most: VaesenT2K 4eStargate SG-1All three of those have paid off -  If the session was good, i count the worth at $2 per person per enjoyable hour of play. SG1 paid off right quick... before the dead tree even got to me. My biggest let downs have come from creators I've interacted with a lot (Marc Miller and John Wick) and from whom I've liked their prior work (Marc Miller, John Wick, Fria Ligan)... but I can't hold TOR2E against FL because the changes came from the guy with the license... And T5, well, it has some ideas I have used in my last MegaTraveller run. ANd, as noted, I didn't get 7th Sea 2E for the 2e...I am not at all surprised that most KSs are down - less time to play than during the pandemic. Less emotional need to play, too. Plus, there are a lot of grumbles about the fails... but only the biggest get any press for success... so there's a shadow over KS...</blockquote>

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