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NTRabbit posted:Without knowing anything about either project, a lower goal 6 months or more down the road could reflect that 6 months extra personal time or finances have gone into continuing the project at a part time rate, which means less additional money is needed to enter production Yeah. Mel Croucher's first project for Deus Ex Machina 2 had a £64k goal and failed. The second had a £25k goal, succeeded and has delivered. In that case Mel had already paid for the recording work (including Christopher Lee) and the art assets and was trying to get his money back from pre-sales.
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The Super Villain's Handbook is a collection of 40 archetypal villains statted out for the ICONS superhero RPG but they've hit several stretch goals for conversions to other systems, including Fate Core and Mutants and Masterminds. I'm working on the Fate Core conversion. It closes Wednesday: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/412792115/the-super-villain-handbookquote:The Super Villain Handbook covers forty archetypes for various super villains that one might encounter throughout comics. While the book was created with ICONS in mind, there are many reasons that this is an essential resource for GMs of any superhero game.
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doo-doo-doo-doot-doot-doo-doo Today's Far West update just came in over the wire! GMS's "daily" update* says that it looks like the game "should" drop in May! He even posted a picture of himself mugging next to his InDesign layout, which makes I think the third time he's done that in as many years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYVO5bUFww0 * They've turned into a 2-3 per week thing, because of course.
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I'm happy to say that after quite a while of quiet, the Minion guys came back with a huge update explaining how busy they were and more importantly saying that they heard everybody's complaints about the new name, and now they've got an even newer name - Henchling. They showed examples of all the assets redesigned to use the Henchling name and such. I'm just happy it's not LOLWARS anymore. I was completely ready to write this off as a loss whether or not I'd get the product.
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Apr 28, 2015 14:18
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Plague of Hats posted:doo-doo-doo-doot-doot-doo-doo Today's Far West update just came in over the wire! But this time, he really, really means it! If it does come out, I'm not doin' the F&F on it.
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Is that Speculator promo in One Night Coup from the Coup: Guatemala thing, which would imply that they're going to print that in their Resistanceverse? Because man I wish someone else had the license (?) to print Coup besides IB&G.
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Apr 28, 2015 17:19
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fozzy fosbourne posted:There is a One Night Coup? I assume he meant the One Night Resistance which was/is? on KS.
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Merauder posted:I assume he meant the One Night Resistance which was/is? on KS. Yeah, I did, my bad.
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Apr 29, 2015 02:05
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847271320/car-wars-classic-arenas Oh my god look at the maps you get for your $20. Greyscale grids!
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A year ago I posted about my Kickstarter project for a fiction magazine. Included was a short RPG designed by Brennen Reece. I'm about to go update the KS and release issue #1, so I thought I'd drop by here and post the game. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzinzsuwqwnrtxf/rustandflame.pdf?dl=0 I might end up selling it separately later, so grab it while you can.
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Apr 29, 2015 05:42
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xiw posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847271320/car-wars-classic-arenas Worth it for the nostalgia value alone. Car Wars was the game that got me back into gaming after falling out of love with AD&D.
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xiw posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847271320/car-wars-classic-arenas Love the video- "we're keeping it simple." Translation: we're going cheap and lazy in order to maximize profits off you fools.
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Bucnasti posted:Worth it for the nostalgia value alone. Car Wars was the game that got me back into gaming after falling out of love with AD&D. It's weird for me after hunting and hunting for the Arena Book and finally getting a copy, so it's hilarious to see them reprinting it now that I finally own it. But it'll be good to have actual maps to go with it, the new reprint, and the PDFs of the rare few ADQs I don't own. Having it come with the Car Wars Card Game just has me envisioning them pulling out a box from layers of dust and slamming it down on the table and intoning: "FINALLY." "IT WILL BE FREE."
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Alien Rope Burn posted:It's weird for me after hunting and hunting for the Arena Book and finally getting a copy, so it's hilarious to see them reprinting it now that I finally own it. But it'll be good to have actual maps to go with it, the new reprint, and the PDFs of the rare few ADQs I don't own. Having it come with the Car Wars Card Game just has me envisioning them pulling out a box from layers of dust and slamming it down on the table and intoning: The ADQs really sealed the deal for me, they probably won't live up to my memories, but it's still a deal.
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Mehuyael posted:I'm just happy it's not LOLWARS anymore. I was completely ready to write this off as a loss whether or not I'd get the product. I was the same, LOLWARS was a horrible name Trenchworx has a second project up, this time their 28mm tanks are of the WW2 Manchurian campaign variety
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Bucnasti posted:The ADQs really sealed the deal for me, they probably won't live up to my memories, but it's still a deal. They're still pretty great, I think, or at very least there hasn't been much like them since. My set is almost complete, but it's hard to find those first two years of publication. I'm reminded I really should put together a set of the AADA Road Atlases, too...
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xiw posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847271320/car-wars-classic-arenas Whoo hoo! Your derision reminded me it was ending soon! Backed! Love me some Car Wars and I never had all the arena maps.
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Doctor Zero posted:Whoo hoo! Your derision reminded me it was ending soon! Backed! Love me some Car Wars and I never had all the arena maps. Holy poo poo - was this KS even mentioned in the thread? I didn't know it was happening. drat it, now I have to rush and go through my PDFs to see if it is worth backing now. I played the card game once and remember it being fun. I think? $45 for it and the other stuff seems like a pretty good deal. EDIT: Wait a minute: quote:What if I want both the boxed set and the PDF? DOUBLE EDIT: I guess you get the ADQ PDFs if you pledge above $40, but already having the full run, this is not the deal for me. Retail prices for everything plus shipping equals bleh. Also, the digital supporter level is $12. You can get those two Arena books in PDF for $9 on the SJG site. berzerkmonkey fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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There are rumblings that Cthulhu Wars will have a Season 2 Kickstarter "very very soon." Yes, this is before they've completely fulfilled "Season 1" and have two more outstanding Kickstarters (Theomachy and Orcs Must Die). That being said, considering that they did actually put out Cthulhu Wars while stuff like Two Rooms and a Boom, Deck of Legends, and most Resistance 1.5 completely failed at providing a deck of loving cards, I have to say I'm pretty impressed by Petersen games' ability to actually fulfill their projects, regardless of what I think of the game (which I like overall, but I'm not sure if I $100+ like it).
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Plague of Hats posted:Far West Speaking of this, just for comparison purposes: The Fate Core KS just updated with info on the remaining stretch goals (Shadow of the Century is in alpha playtest!), and points out that the KS launched just over 2 years ago. In two years, they've delivered:
So in less time than it's taken GMS to write one game, Evil Hat has put out nine books and is almost done with four more. And that's not taking into account the other stuff EH has put out in the meantime (board games, novels, the monthly Patreon...) But, as we all know, that's just a trick on EH's part to make people give them money.
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I mean, to be entirely fair, GMS is one single complete clueless idiot, whereas Evil Hat is a company of multiple professional designers and editors. You should compare him to someone whose league he's in. 
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Like, say, Jamie Chambers, who still hasn't delivered Metamorphosis Alpha?
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I mean, to be entirely fair, GMS is one single complete clueless idiot, whereas Evil Hat is a company of multiple professional designers and editors. You should compare him to someone whose league he's in.  What's funny is that back when Far West launched, GMS did have some support systems in place, but over the last few years he's been alienating people and burning bridges left and right. Steve Kenson took over the rights to distribute ICONS after the Team-Up debacle, and there was something where GMS pissed off Cubicle 7 but I don't remember the details on that. e: Metamorphosis Alpha is also about as late, but at least Jamie has released completed chapters to backers, so there's proof it exists. It's not like GMS, who didn't start serious work until he was backed into a corner and refused to release drafts or evidence until, again, people backed him into a corner. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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I'm still waiting for the Far West transmedia empire to take off. Wasn't he promising quote:The next project already underway is a FAR WEST fiction line, available in electronic and print formats.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I mean, to be entirely fair, GMS is one single complete clueless idiot, whereas Evil Hat is a company of multiple professional designers and editors. You should compare him to someone whose league he's in. Lee Garvin?
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In search of more Far West related laughs, I went over to the website, where you can sign up and pay for a FAR WEST Subscription. What does the subscription get you?quote:The Far West Society is our official fan membership community, available via subscription. A look at his forums also shows GMS still divorced from reality in December 2014, posting mockups of FAR WEST miniatures  quote:So yeah. Pretty damned nifty. Something to think about once you're getting ready to play...
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GrandpaPants posted:There are rumblings that Cthulhu Wars will have a Season 2 Kickstarter "very very soon." Yes, this is before they've completely fulfilled "Season 1" and have two more outstanding Kickstarters (Theomachy and Orcs Must Die). That being said, considering that they did actually put out Cthulhu Wars while stuff like Two Rooms and a Boom, Deck of Legends, and most Resistance 1.5 completely failed at providing a deck of loving cards, I have to say I'm pretty impressed by Petersen games' ability to actually fulfill their projects, regardless of what I think of the game (which I like overall, but I'm not sure if I $100+ like it). From what I'm hearing, they plan to do the second CW Kickstarter immediately after the "everything but the base game" wave for CW goes out. Also it's a straight reprint, so everything is already tooled up and all they have to do is get a new production run made.
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Gravy Train Robber posted:
Is that . . . is that a mini you can make on Hero Forge? Edit: the chain thing is the same, anyway. I didn't spend the time to recreate the whole thing, but... yeah. homullus fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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homullus posted:Is that . . . is that a mini you can make on HeroForge? Yes, yes it is. I just ordered some stuff off of Hero Forge, and that is DEFINITELY just their screenshot tool. I re-created it in about five minutes, and probably put about as much effort as he did. https://www.heroforge.com/load_share=12985
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Oooh I almost KSed Hero Forge way back when but ultimately decide to just wait for retail. Have you used it? How are the minis?
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I actually thought the gun was attached to the chain which would have made it about a thousand times dumber. Also, I just lost too much time playing around on Heroforge. I'd also be interested to know how the results look.
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Doctor Zero posted:Oooh I almost KSed Hero Forge way back when but ultimately decide to just wait for retail. Have you used it? How are the minis? It's more expensive than I would like, but it's great for custom minis. A few details came out rough, but not to the extent that it was hard to paint them. The clear plastic they use makes it really hard to see things unpainted, but even just primer makes everything stand out. All in all, I'm very happy with it, and would definitely recommend it to anyone not put off by the price. Here's a lovely phone pic, along with the original screenshot from heroforge. It's a WIP, so don't blame them for my bad painting. I also changed the base from square to round before ordering it.  
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homullus posted:Is that . . . is that a mini you can make on Hero Forge? Heh it's their background now when I just went to the site. Oh no wait it was a targeted link, I am dumb.
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GrandpaPants posted:... I'm pretty impressed by Petersen games' ability to actually fulfill their projects ...
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Feng Shui 2 digital links have just been sent out.
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fozzy fosbourne posted:Has anyone played Theomachy yet? The game's been out in Polish for several years, so Polish people. Also anyone who's ever played Texas Hold'em, because it's basically Hold'em with power ups.
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