Not me. I don't even really know who he is. I'm on the Loot Tavern Discord and they have been teasing it for a short while before they mentioned that guy being involved. I'm interested in the themes.How many people who are currently backing Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms backed it because it was advertised by the D&D Shorts guy?
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Corinnguard
Hero
Has anyone performed a History check on this Loot Tavern company?
darjr
I crit!
They’ve got four KS to their name, as in started by and owned by their ks account.
Latest was a 400 page krafting book for 5e, magic items that grow with your character. It was a “KS we love” by the folks at ks.
Over $855 thousand with over 7600 backers.
The previous one to that was also a crafting 5e book, track hunt craft, that went over $1.8 million. Over 18 thousand backers.
I didn’t dig to see if it was the same group of creators.
Corinnguard
Hero
And now their current Kickstarter has 12,149 backers who have pledged $1,523,103 to it. They're close to breaking their latest High Score.
Are they any good?
I am often surprised at how few people seem to be concerned about these things. At least there is a growing trend of KSers offering very meaty previews and quickstarts right from the jump.
Scribe
Legend
It LOOKS put together. This is my struggle with 3PP stuff right now. Theres a lot out there that LOOKS great, but is it? What is it that determines 'great' anyway?
I dont know, feels overwhelming at times.
And Kickstarters often operate on pretty consumer unfriendly models: get ALL this stuff NOW or get it NEVER! With little information on the quality of the final product.
I am not saying this book is bad, by the way, or even that any significant portion of KS projects are bad. But they very often rely on hype and aesthetics rather than actual game design to get people invested, and often the design pedigree is obscured or even entirely absent.
Scribe
Legend
I'm beginning to question how much that even matters.
Matters to who, or in what context? If they are asking for $100 plus shipping for the "print plus PDF complete" version, it certainly matters to me.
Note that I am not saying a KS has to come with known names in the RPG design space. But if it doesn't, it should come with a big fat preview or quickstart or beta that convinces me that the final product will, in fact, be playable.
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