Tell your overdue Kickstarter story

[A2Z]

Dolmenwood and King Beowulf (9/2024) are both late, but both publishers have a good track record and make great products. I'll be satisfied if they show up by the end of 2025.

I've backed King Beowulf as well. And like you I still trust Jon Hodgson will get it finished. It helps that he posts an update every month. However, I doubt we'll see it this year.

 

[thirdkingdom]

Exalted Funeral is generally late with products, although usually not a year late. (I'm waiting on Glumdark from them, which supposedly is going to be shipping this coming February, but which I expect will more likely show up next summer.)

That said, when the products do arrive, the physical products tend to be beautiful, so everyone cuts them a lot of slack.

I suspect everyone who ponied up for Dolmenwood will be pretty happy with the books when they finally arrive.

They ran into this issue with both Dolmenwood and the OSE boxset reprint. I think one of the reasons that people like Crawford are so successful is they just do one thing. As soon as I saw all the add-ons for Dolmenwood I knew it was going to take far longer than they anticipated to produce it. It's one reason I no longer back crowdfunding projects as a retailer -- at least, ones that aren't written, laid out, and ready to go to print.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

They ran into this issue with both Dolmenwood and the OSE boxset reprint. I think one of the reasons that people like Crawford are so successful is they just do one thing. As soon as I saw all the add-ons for Dolmenwood I knew it was going to take far longer than they anticipated to produce it. It's one reason I no longer back crowdfunding projects as a retailer -- at least, ones that aren't written, laid out, and ready to go to print.

Yeah, the super-broad "we'll get you a Dolmenwood kitchen sink as an add-on" campaigns are just asking for fulfillment issues. (Heck, this is one of the reasons that restaurants with super-broad menus go out of business more often as well.)

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

Paradoxically, it can be a lot easier to get things done quickly for a tiny operation than for a larger one. Growth has its downsides, and one of those is often agility.

I am familiar with the concept but let's remember that these people are choosing their own delivery dates when they set these things up and most of them are not first-time crowdfunding efforts.

 

[Bae'zel]

I backed it too and I'm not going to agree with that "understandably" part - the original quote for delivery was September 2024. If they had been 3 or 4 or even 5 months late there would have been no additional complication. Now it's a full year late and they have yet to start shipping to the U.S. I'm not inclined to cut any slack here.

“Understandably” in the sense that the whole “situation” in the USA right now would cause trouble for imported goods like this.

I’m super pissed off too, but was trying to be nice about it. This will be my last crowdfunding campaign because I’m sick and tired of everything always being 1.5 to 2 years late (eg CMOn). I’ve had enough.

 

[Morrus]

I am familiar with the concept but let's remember that these people are choosing their own delivery dates when they set these things up and most of them are not first-time crowdfunding efforts.

Sure. I was just refuting the implication that being a larger company makes things quicker.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I've backed King Beowulf as well. And like you I still trust Jon Hodgson will get it finished. It helps that he posts an update every month. However, I doubt we'll see it this year.

Also trust Hodgson. And of course Beowulf is unusual from a KS fulfillment standpoint in that they had an entire container (pallet?) stolen. Which is so weird.

I didn't back KBeo myself, but feel for the backers and the publisher. terrible situation all around, and one I'm sure Handiwork sized publishers (ENW being similar size I bet) see as a cautionary tale.