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Zaphod42 posted:My Machine of Death game arrived! ... Huh. So that game got permission from various webcomics to use? Was not expecting to see Homestuck in one of those decks. Manifest posted:I finally got my physical copy of Hunters Hunter 2. I got mine too! The metallic ink in the border of the pages is shiiineeeey... ... but my book arrived with a nasty bump across the middle of the book, warping both edges of the cover  It probably happened during transit, but I wouldn't know if it happened before it arrived to my box in the US or after it left it
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Kerzoro posted:... Huh. So that game got permission from various webcomics to use? Was not expecting to see Homestuck in one of those decks. Yup, there's a ton of cross promotion with other Kickstarters, and just other cool internet poo poo. The book itself the game is based on is even a collection of short stories of some internet authors like Yahtzee.
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Kerzoro posted:... Huh. So that game got permission from various webcomics to use? Was not expecting to see Homestuck in one of those decks. A lot of card games, or at least games with cards in them and books seem to seek out web comic artists to make cards for them as draws, and in return they get further promotion to the readers of those comics. Sometimes it can be to some detriment, as anyone who recently got Tim Buckley to do some art and mentioned it excitedly in this thread discovered  Story War was on at the same time and did the same thing, and they even crossed over with each other, and both with To Be or Not To Be NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jan 15, 2014 |
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The guy who made the Machine of Death KS is also a reasonably well known web comic artist in his own right, so it was probably even easier for him.
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Looks like Iron Edda War will be both Fate Core and Dungeon World, as most finer kickstarters are these days!
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8one6 posted:So this just launched a few minutes ago and I'm pretty excited about it: Iron Edda: War of Metal and Bone. After watching the video of him and his friends playing it I'm pretty firmly down. Never really used Fate before but this seems like something cool and unique enough to get my group into it with.
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dwarf74 posted:Looks like Iron Edda War will be both Fate Core and Dungeon World, as most finer kickstarters are these days! Until it hits d20 I'm not backing it...Seriously, I'm not backing it.
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Am I missing something on Iron Edda? It's $35 for the hardcopy+shipping in the US, but only $25 to ship the book outside the US? That seems backwards to me.
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The $25 level includes only the book, not shipping costs. Since drivethrurpg has printing facilities in the UK, it's cheaper that way for UK people.
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Zaphod42 posted:Yup, there's a ton of cross promotion with other Kickstarters, and just other cool internet poo poo. The book itself the game is based on is even a collection of short stories of some internet authors like Yahtzee.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Am I missing something on Iron Edda? It's $35 for the hardcopy+shipping in the US, but only $25 to ship the book outside the US? That seems backwards to me. It looked like the shipping will be paid later for the non-US backers, through DTRPG. I haven't seen a kickstarter do that before. Slabtown Games and Robin Laws are getting in on the tablet gaming scene with StoryScape. It sounds pretty interesting: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/829385949/storyscape-digital-roleplaying-system It sounds very ambitious, but a nicely integrated tablet/rules system does sound pretty appealing. I would like to see a bit more of the system they have in mind before committing to it, though.
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inklesspen posted:The $25 level includes only the book, not shipping costs. Since drivethrurpg has printing facilities in the UK, it's cheaper that way for UK people. quote:INTERNATIONAL SPEARBEARER - A code to get the B&W softcover print from Drive-Thru RPG at-cost. Also includes the full-color PDF and any of the digital stretch goals that are unlocked. This tier is designed for International backers. Backers will pay for shipping when they place their order via DTRPG. My reading is that the $25 level lets you buy it at-printing-cost from DTRPG, so you'll still be paying for printing the book and shipping after paying the $25.
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I haven't been here in a while, but I'm glad someone got talking about Iron Edda already. There is 18 different rule systems to be covered in it, if I remember the correct number, and each system will also have a different setting/take on the premise (Tracy wants 4 basic things to be in each version and beyond that the individual writers/teams have more or less free reign to take it in awesome directions). There will be d20 support - as well as a gamut of other stuff - if stretch goals hit, of more than one variety. I have another project in mind that I want to boost here since I think the creator is a cool guy and I like his stuff, but it's not strictly gaming related (one of those where gaming and fiction meet kinda deals)... so maybe I should post it in the monthly discussion thread?
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UrbanLabyrinth posted:My reading is that the $25 level lets you buy it at-printing-cost from DTRPG, so you'll still be paying for printing the book and shipping after paying the $25. I think you get a coupon for printing on demand, so you just pay for shipping when you do it. It's a better deal for the EU people because DTRPG is in London.
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That's not what print at-cost means though (as someone who's sold a DTRPG PoD product in the past). Could someone seek clarification in the Kickstarter comments? Edit: From the FAQ quote:YES! I'll be printing the stretch goal books through DTRPG the same as the core book. Each stretch goal book in softcover will be an additional $30 USD. If you're International, add another $20 for each book (you'll get a code and pay for printing and shipping yourself just like the core book, so the costs are equivalent). UrbanLabyrinth fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Jan 16, 2014 |
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Here's the tentative list of stretch goals for Iron Edda from the authors blog, by the way: http://www.sandandsteam.net/2013/11/more-stuff-for-iron-edda/ Some of those look really strange, and placed rather oddly too. (Pendragon before Savage Worlds or Pathfinder?  ) Kinda want that Dread conversion, though.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Until it hits d20 I'm not backing it...Seriously, I'm not backing it. Pathfinder is the $70k goal Edit: Already answered.
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Bummed out that the Dwarfs of Midgard is so high on the list it most likely won't be hit unless something nuts happens. Still, if I can use a suit made of giant bones or rune magic to go all Attack on Titan against a dwarf in a mech, I'm happy.
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NuclearPotato posted:Here's the tentative list of stretch goals for Iron Edda from the authors blog, by the way: I'd think that has something to do with Cam Banks writing it, he's one of the bigger names on that list IMHO.
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NuclearPotato posted:Here's the tentative list of stretch goals for Iron Edda from the authors blog, by the way: It's not that weird, they want fans of bigger systems to pledge more money as a group to get their systems. Nobody's going to TRY to hit a stretch goal at 70k for Pendragon, they might for Pathfinder.
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I'd way rather have viking versus dwarf robits in Pendragon than Pathfinder.
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I'm a little worried that the guy they have lined up for the DW conversion isn't anyone who's done DW stuff before.
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I worry about anything with this many stretch goals, especially when it involves so many people and so many different systems.
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I'm tempted to jokingly ask about Maids of Iron and Bone or Edda Sky Stories, but they might say yes, and I have a lot on my plate already.
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Ewen Cluney posted:I'm tempted to jokingly ask about Maids of Iron and Bone or Edda Sky Stories, but they might say yes, and I have a lot on my plate already. Maids of Iron and Bone sounds awesome and you know it.
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Speaking of stretch goals that make me leery... Earthdawn 4e has put out a list with a whole lot of free physical goods like pins. I have learned from other kickstarters what a terrible idea this is, and holy crap I'm thinking about dropping to a buck. e: Holy mother of gently caress, there's a free t-shirt stretch goal. This is a man who has not thought poo poo through, and I don't think I trust him with my money anymore.
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Mikan posted:I worry about anything with this many stretch goals, especially when it involves so many people and so many different systems. It depends how it's released. I'm working on the basis that the Fate Core will be solid because it's the one that was designed for. The Dungeon World will be an absolute turkey - new designer and system bandwagon. And there will be a couple of gems in the rough amongst the rest (Cam Banks will be very reliable I think even if I've never even owned Pendragon).
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I got my Futuristic Metal Coins in. They seem nice. Maybe a smidge smaller than I expected, but to be honest they were so far behind schedule I don't exactly recall how I had intended to use them in the first place, so… welp.
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Oh, those actually got sent out, finally? Good to know, I'll be able to use them for Netrunner next week hopefully. 
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neonchameleon posted:It depends how it's released. I'm working on the basis that the Fate Core will be solid because it's the one that was designed for. The Dungeon World will be an absolute turkey - new designer and system bandwagon. And there will be a couple of gems in the rough amongst the rest (Cam Banks will be very reliable I think even if I've never even owned Pendragon). Working with that many authors and that many systems kills you with a million little demands, though. It's not quite so simple as reaching out to each person and then letting them do their own thing for the next four or five months. Each quick question, each clarification, each small request adds up. Before you know it you've lost a day of work to five minute problems. That's even without assuming they'll commission art for each stretch goal, because art direction is one of the most time consuming parts of the process. (It also assumes nothing goes wrong during the process, which, uh, including that many people and that many projects you're tempting fate.) I wish it well - I backed the previous KS for the novel and I know most of the people working on those stretch goals - but speaking from experience, stretching too far with stretchgoals is almost always a bad idea. (I've still got two more games to release as part of Last Stand thanks to a mixture of hype and inexperience.)
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Apropos of nothing, I keep reading Cam Banks as Carl Barks on my phone, and I keep imagining this in the Scrooge McDuck universe.
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Fix posted:I got my Futuristic Metal Coins in. They seem nice. Maybe a smidge smaller than I expected, but to be honest they were so far behind schedule I don't exactly recall how I had intended to use them in the first place, so… welp. Still waiting on mine..
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7thBatallion posted:Still waiting on mine.. I messaged them two days ago since my wife got her set and I didn't get mine (Odd, given same pledge level, last name, and shipping address) and was told things were still being shipped out in waves.
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Oh god the Earthdawn kickstarter continues to be and it's just a few days old. Your pledge gets you free buttons, pins, custom mini, and t-shirts - all poo poo that's expensive to produce and ship, and which nobody gives a gently caress about. But if you want a pdf funded by the campaign as a stretch goal, that's an extra $10.  EDIT: Yeah, I just dropped my pledge level to $1. That's all the money I trust them with right now. I will see if it gets its head out of its rear end in some way, and maybe reconsider if so. Instead, I found this to back: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1292093911/eldritch-skies-savage-worlds-edition I like Savage Worlds, I like Cthulhu, and I like the idea of strange sci-fi. And it's a physical book and PDF for $25. It's not at its goal yet, though; I hope it can make it. dwarf74 fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jan 17, 2014 |
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dwarf74 posted:Oh god the Earthdawn kickstarter continues to be I got in on the original Eldritch Skies KS. It is a non-skeevy Cthulhu in the future game. I really like Cinematic Unisystem though.
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Another sign of the apocalypse happened and GMS actually sent out a PDF preview of Far West.
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dwarf74 posted:Oh god the Earthdawn kickstarter continues to be While I still think that this Kickstarter looks disastrous, buttons, pins, and shirts are relatively cheap to produce in even remotely large quantities, and not that expensive to ship.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I got in on the original Eldritch Skies KS. It is a non-skeevy Cthulhu in the future game. I really like Cinematic Unisystem though. I like Cinematic Unisystem, too, but missed this one the first time.
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