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#RPGaDAY Day 29: What has been the best-run Kickstarter you have backed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Philip Francis" data-source="post: 7743032" data-attributes="member: 6908230"><p>Interesting replies so far as I clearly have a different perception of 'best-run'! My biggest frustration with RPG kickstarters is that so many participants treat it as a glorified pre-order and then spend months venting anger that they don't have the book. </p><p></p><p>My favourite KS was Pelgrane's Time Watch - partly as it was my first but also because Kevin Kulp did a great job of keeping the updates full of enthusiasm and opening the window on his design process. If I'm backing a creative project to see it being delivered I want to feel like I am contributing whether through positive comments on the message boards, or play testing drafts as well as by providing some of the funding. I don't mind that this was 'late' as the massive expansion of funding enabled us to get a full colour rulebook and when finally fulfilled there were lots of extra freebies thrown in such as a GM screen.</p><p></p><p>The 'worst' KS for me was Feng Shui 2 - it was just a pre-order for a revised rulebook. The end product was nice, on time and uninspiring. There was little insight into the creative process and the whole thing felt very corporate. It wasn't clear why they needed to use Kickstarter to get this off the ground, it felt like Atlas could have just thrown a 'coming-soon' onto their website and taken it from there.</p><p></p><p>Overall I would award 'Best-Run' to Talislanta:The Savage Land. They are landing relatively close to their anticipated date, have kept everyone engaged and are producing a great looking product. There is insight into the creative process through early drafts, art choices, and proof reading feedback. They are also managing to deliver 3 variations of the product requiring 3 sets of layout because of stat-block differences (the sort of detail you wouldn't normally get to see as a consumer) and all this despite the tragic death of the original driving force Stewart Wieck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philip Francis, post: 7743032, member: 6908230"] Interesting replies so far as I clearly have a different perception of 'best-run'! My biggest frustration with RPG kickstarters is that so many participants treat it as a glorified pre-order and then spend months venting anger that they don't have the book. My favourite KS was Pelgrane's Time Watch - partly as it was my first but also because Kevin Kulp did a great job of keeping the updates full of enthusiasm and opening the window on his design process. If I'm backing a creative project to see it being delivered I want to feel like I am contributing whether through positive comments on the message boards, or play testing drafts as well as by providing some of the funding. I don't mind that this was 'late' as the massive expansion of funding enabled us to get a full colour rulebook and when finally fulfilled there were lots of extra freebies thrown in such as a GM screen. The 'worst' KS for me was Feng Shui 2 - it was just a pre-order for a revised rulebook. The end product was nice, on time and uninspiring. There was little insight into the creative process and the whole thing felt very corporate. It wasn't clear why they needed to use Kickstarter to get this off the ground, it felt like Atlas could have just thrown a 'coming-soon' onto their website and taken it from there. Overall I would award 'Best-Run' to Talislanta:The Savage Land. They are landing relatively close to their anticipated date, have kept everyone engaged and are producing a great looking product. There is insight into the creative process through early drafts, art choices, and proof reading feedback. They are also managing to deliver 3 variations of the product requiring 3 sets of layout because of stat-block differences (the sort of detail you wouldn't normally get to see as a consumer) and all this despite the tragic death of the original driving force Stewart Wieck. [/QUOTE]
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