Tell your overdue Kickstarter story

Tell us your story. Which crowdfunders are overdue, and by how much? What was the original estimated delivery date?

Let's set a 1-year limit on this--to keep this down to a reasonable list, only crowdfunders which are a year or more overdue, please! That's a year or more past the estimated delivery date listed on the crowdfunding page.

Also, please note that this is for tabletop roleplaying game projects only.

 

[dbolack]

I don't even know what that means. I'm a backer and pledged $50 to this project and I can't read it. But the title is "Sorry nothing to update you on".

Unfortunately, in some ways, this project has become a lesson in how not to manage your frustrations with your work. Coupled with the primary updater not enjoying the idea of "Yes, we're still alive, but no real progress to tell you" posts, and it can be rough.

 

[Simon The Hunter]

So I just got an email from the Pixel Dice folks that the final part of my pledge is being sent to me. This, I believe, is mainly because I am Non-US and so there is no tariff stuff they have to deal with, so I am happy, but also still sad that folks are having to wait due to the tariffs (from what the guys are saying).

 

[Clint_L]

Just got another update for the latest Cthulhu: Death May Die expansion, so not only are they not dead yet, they seem to be feeling much better!

 

[Anarcostar]

Sometime the pressures of Kickstarter itself leads to mental health issues. I try to default to sympathy. It is just another risk I accept when backing a project by a solo creator or small team. I've had some projects that I thought for sure were going to fail when it became clear that the creator took on more then they could handle, but somehow powered through, despite personal financial and other hardships (B.O.S.S. Bag comes to mind). Then I had others where the creator struggled with personal issues, but then later was involved in a variety of other new projects while never completing the Kickstarter project and letting it drag on without progress or communication for years. Godsfall: Rise of the Demigods is the first that comes to mind and I steer clear of anything by that creator, Kickstarter or otherwise.

Yes.
“Daughter of Frankenstein” by Beth the Bard has been like that.

Early on the creator did a few updates explaining lots of health and life issues, always with promises of getting back on track.

And I get it. Life can throw curve balls. Family and wellbeing come first.

But then seeing her promoting her other big name projects with D&D In a Castle, plastering her social media updates with all the travel and partying, speaking and panel events, and her very recent collaboration with Kobold Press’s latest Kickstarter (her involvement is why I didn’t back it) …. seeing all of this in the context of literally no update, or responses to the many requests for updates (both through KS and via email) for DoF … this is the worst part.

We can understand health issues, life issues, mental health issues.

But when there is no communication AND there is so much promotion for all the other things the creators seems to be doing all okay…. All sympathy and empathy wears away and it feels like we have been scammed.