When A Game Store Goes Above And Beyond

Now this is an act of remarkable generosity. Noble Knight Games is taking it upon itself to fulfil the failed pledges of a Kickstarter campaign by Ken Whitman's d20 Entertainment. Ken Whitman has an unfortunate reputation in the industry for failing to deliver on things repeatedly over a 20-year period, and Noble Knight has received a shipment of stock despite knowing that Kickstarter backers have not received anything. So what are they doing? They're donating that inventory to the Kickstarter backers. Noble Knight Games is a store based in Wisconsin, USA.

Below is their announcement. Here's their website.

Dear Gamers,

Unfortunately after receiving our shipment of these d20 Entertainment Kickstarter items, we found out that a number of backers on the original Kickstarter have not received their merchandise.
While supplies last, we are giving away our inventory to anyone who did not originally receive their purchases as they should have.

We have in stock a number of the books and a few of each ship (only one painted version, we also did not receive everything we should have). If you did not receive your purchase as you should have, forward us your invoice as well as your address and contact information and we will send what we can out to you! No charge, no strings attached.

**Please note we are not in any way affiliated with these Kickstarters, products or d20 Entertainment. We are simply a store that purchased product we don't feel right keeping or selling, so we are donating our inventory.**

Happy gaming,
Aaron Leeder
Noble Knight Games

There are entire websites devoted to chronicling the activities of Ken Whitman. He's also known for threatening lawsuits - he threatened to sue RPG.net when some posters there made disparaging comments about him, although nothing came of it. As well as d20 Entertainment, he ran Rapid POD (a printing company). d20 Entertainment ran Kickstarters for a Knights of the Dinner Table live action series, and a Traveller series, although reading the comments of both Kickstarters is fairly indicting.

 

[Paul3]

I live in Wisconsin, about 30 minutes away from Noble Knight. When I told them that I was running a summer school games class for middle school aged kids, they were quick to donate about $80 worth of games to help out.

 

[Johnsson]

Talk about NOBLE Knights. Way to go!

 

[RevTurkey]

I've bought from Noble Knight a few times. Every purchase was perfect. Accurate descriptions, well packed, fair prices. Impact! have impressed me as well with great products and service. Good work.

 

[JeffB]

Ive dealt with Aaron at NKG since the late 1990s. He is a class act , so this doesn't surprise me at all.

Awesome job as always, Aaron.

 

[Galendril]

What a bunch of stand up people! I wish more businesses across all industries operated this way rather than grabbing at every penny they can!

Bravo Zulu!

 

[Curmudjinn]

Ken 'Whit' Whitman is a scam artist. There are millions of them in the world. Luckily, there aren't a ton in the roleplaying game scene, but we are a giving group of people and those who break through seriously take advantage of us. Most of them skulk around charities and medical institutions, also with a large amount of givingand caring people who can be duped.

Top marks to Noble Knight.

 

[PezlerPolychromatic]

Noble Knight Games have always been stand-up people, and I applaud them for their generosity despite being shafted big time.

Ken Whitman must be removed from society by every legal means possible.

 

[Tyranthraxus]

i actually cant think of more than 2 in the RPG game scene.

 

[TroyBentonGames]

This is not the first time Noble Knight has done something like this.
The Store and the people there always act top notched! Well done guys.

 

[Louis Brenton]

Noble Knight seem very worthy of our respect & appreciation. They also support the Tome Show, which is a podcast I know many of us enjoy. In the future, I'll be going out of my way to look at them first when I need to make a purchase.