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Kai Tave posted:So this Mythical Might guy is releasing an app...except he doesn't actually have a coder yet. I could explain a bit of why this is ludicrous from a programming standpoint. But I don't see the need to, because I can just point to the fact that none of the reward tiers for the kickstarter give you anything tangible.
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Less than 24 Hours left on the KS for an expansion to the Best Wrestling RPG ever.
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I think that judging from Mystic Might using the term Heartbreaker in the FAQ that it's probably just a joke and probably a joke made by somebody in this thread
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Mar 7, 2016 09:59
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Mojo Jojo posted:I think that judging from Mystic Might using the term Heartbreaker in the FAQ that it's probably just a joke and probably a joke made by somebody in this thread "Fantasy Heartbreaker" isn't a term limited to the Something Awful Traditional Games forum though, and if this is a joke then it's kind of an anemic one? A dude with no understanding of RPGs beyond D&D and D&D derivatives asking for $25k to make his dream RPG isn't actually some humorous exaggeration, if anything it's incredibly banal. It's vastly more likely that this guy is completely sincere and simply has no clue about anything from RPGs to app development to how to run a Kickstarter, with an outside chance of it being some sort of incredibly low-effort scam.
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Mar 7, 2016 10:05
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Now I'm imagining a Potato Salad-style KS for a game that's literally titled "Fantasy Heartbreaker" and raises all the red flags. By Gamers For Gamers. Lets you be ANYTHING YOU WANT. Uses And a risks section that's just "There's a risk this won't be completed!"
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Mar 7, 2016 10:25
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It's too bad that Cards Against Humanity and Exploding Kittens have basically cornered the Ironic lovely Games market.
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Kai Tave posted:It's too bad that Cards Against Humanity and Exploding Kittens have basically cornered the Ironic lovely Games market. The C&H KS is catching up fast.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Now I'm imagining a Potato Salad-style KS for a game that's literally titled "Fantasy Heartbreaker" and raises all the red flags. By Gamers For Gamers. Lets you be ANYTHING YOU WANT. Uses Not only does Dungeons the Dragoning 40,000 7th Edition exist, but it's free. While it doesn't have an index, it does have a glossary at the back, and a very complete Table of Contents! The dice system isn't 2d20, though... It's roll and keep. 
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Kai Tave posted:"Fantasy Heartbreaker" isn't a term limited to the Something Awful Traditional Games forum though, and if this is a joke then it's kind of an anemic one? A dude with no understanding of RPGs beyond D&D and D&D derivatives asking for $25k to make his dream RPG isn't actually some humorous exaggeration, if anything it's incredibly banal. It's vastly more likely that this guy is completely sincere and simply has no clue about anything from RPGs to app development to how to run a Kickstarter, with an outside chance of it being some sort of incredibly low-effort scam. It's a term I don't think I've ever seen outside this forum and frankly there's almost no way that somebody self aware to know the term would also be able to make a kickstarter that ticked so many of the boxes
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Mar 7, 2016 11:56
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Mojo Jojo posted:It's a term I don't think I've ever seen outside this forum and frankly there's almost no way that somebody self aware to know the term would also be able to make a kickstarter that ticked so many of the boxes BEHOLD, the origin: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/9/
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Mar 7, 2016 11:59
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Mojo Jojo posted:It's a term I don't think I've ever seen outside this forum and frankly there's almost no way that somebody self aware to know the term would also be able to make a kickstarter that ticked so many of the boxes Googling the phrase brings up a bunch of mentions, including the article where it originated from.
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Mar 7, 2016 12:04
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It turns out that knowing a phrase Ron Edwards coined 14 years ago doesn't magically grant you a greater sense of self-awareness, who knew?
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Mar 7, 2016 14:23
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Did he put that question in the FAQ before or after someone mentioned it in the Reddit thread? I could just see him getting asked, googling the term, completely failing to understand it, and adding it in on the KS page. Within about ten minutes, probably.
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Mar 7, 2016 15:05
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Did he put that question in the FAQ before or after someone mentioned it in the Reddit thread?
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Mar 7, 2016 15:19
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Mad Bob is back with some 1/56 French WW2 vehicles, with a handful of German early/mid-war tanks as stretch goals. This is great news if you're a fan of some of the less popular vehicles, his line of Hungarian tanks filled some outstanding gaps at the time, and this one will potentially do the same.
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Mar 7, 2016 15:40
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Evil Mastermind posted:Definitely after; it's the same answer he gave someone about how his game isn't a heartbreaker because it doesn't have the same core classes or races as D&D. Ah. Well that explains away him using a term he can't have been aware of. I was hoping it was just a lame joke as it is quite sad otherwise
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Mar 7, 2016 15:44
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Oh, hey, there's a Kickstarter thread. I'm making an rpg with a non-goon buddy of mine. We put it up on Kickstarter a few weeks ago. Science-fantasy, fairly heavily inspired by anything by Jodorowsky. The Kickstarter is mainly so that we can illustrate our 270+ page rulebook (270 pages at the moment, it's still kinda growing as we add scenarios). The setting is original, and we're using our own system for it as well. I didn't realise there was a Kickstarter thread on Trad. Games or I guess I would've posted this earlier. We got some people forwarded from forums.somethingawful.com but I couldn't find any mention of Emissary on the forum search. So, if you're reading this thread, thanks for the show of support, two goons who backed!  quote:
Even though it seems like we're going to maybe reach our goal, any additional support would be genuinely appreciated since good artists are expensive.
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Mar 7, 2016 15:52
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Dire posted:Oh, hey, there's a Kickstarter thread. Ooh interesting, I love this kind of sci-fi and the art's wonderful. Backed!
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Mar 7, 2016 16:09
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The final 7th Sea 2nd ed sourcebook is Secret Societies, but Wick also announced he would do 7th Sea: Asia in 2017, which is going to be its own standalone (but fully compatible, naturally) core book about not-Asia. Waifus for everyone!
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Mar 7, 2016 16:28
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Dire posted:Oh, hey, there's a Kickstarter thread.
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Mar 7, 2016 16:38
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Dire posted:Oh, hey, there's a Kickstarter thread. This looks like exactly what my group has been looking for, I'll jump in for the physical book soon.
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Mar 7, 2016 16:42
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7th Sea 2e has now gotten big enough that Wick just announced he'll be doing a stand-alone product line about 7th Sea's equivalent of Asia:quote:Mark and I spent a long time considering the best way to tackle a sourcebook about the Far East. Eventually, we came to the conclusion that a single sourcebook wasn’t enough. We couldn’t do it justice. We wanted to do India, Japan and China… and China alone would be an entire book. Just 200 pages for all that real estate and all those cultures… it just wasn’t enough. I'm way more interested in wuxia and chanbara 7th Sea than I am in boring square countries and European stereotypes 7th Sea.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:11
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So am i but fantasy america and africa will hopefully be done well enough to tide me over.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:25
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I mean, how do we know that his take on Fantasy Asia won't just be stereotypes? Unlike LotFR, 7th Sea does an alt version of real countries so alt-China/Japan/Korea/etc. might be a played up stereotype.
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The 7th Sea book list is so long now that I'm starting to feel skeptical. Will they have enough money? Enough time? Enough seas? I'm thinking seven seas may not be enough. They may need to add more seas.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:31
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Covok posted:I mean, how do we know that his take on Fantasy Asia won't just be stereotypes? It's going to be stereotypes, it's just that wuxia and chanbara stereotypes are more interesting than Three Musketeers stereotypes.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:35
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Yeah, but there are plenty of games that let you play Wuxia and Chambara stereotypes, the amount of games that are good for swashbuckling 3 Musketeers stuff is...slim. (I am not saying that 7th Sea is on that list.)
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Mar 7, 2016 18:41
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It's impossible not to view this as primarily arising from Wick's boner for Orientalism.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:The 7th Sea book list is so long now that I'm starting to feel skeptical. Will they have enough money? Enough time? Enough seas? I'm thinking seven seas may not be enough. They may need to add more seas. The next expansion, 7th Sea: Global Warming adds an 8th in place of the North Pole.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:43
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Dire posted:Oh, hey, there's a Kickstarter thread.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:That said, I was starting to consider canceling my pledge when I realized there is almost nothing about the system and how it works. Can you fill us in on that a bit? Indeed. The "no, we don't have a rules preview, and in fact we don't even have it in a form that would make sense to anyone" made it a big HELL NO for me. Either it's a huge mess or it's literally not done at all -- they only promise a "lite" form preview, which . . . yeah.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Oh sweet, Dire, I've been in for a couple days now and it's good to know it's someone on SA. Goon projects are generally a lot more trustworthy. That said, I was starting to consider canceling my pledge when I realized there is almost nothing about the system and how it works. Can you fill us in on that a bit? In fact, I think more of my goon than non-goon kickstarters have been seriously delayed. Also remember Nightfall. e: There's some stuff about the system in the FAQ. It's a stat+skill 2d10 system, where stats and skills are rated 1-5. dwarf74 fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Mar 7, 2016 |
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Mar 7, 2016 18:53
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That Old Tree posted:It's impossible not to view this as primarily arising from Wick's boner for Orientalism. There's no way we're not getting an anachronistic version of Ching Shih, I imagine.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:59
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dwarf74 posted:Uh, the only failed kickstarter I've pledged was a goon kickstarter. Failed as in failed to deliver, or failed as in failed to fund? Pretty big difference.
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Scyther posted:Failed as in failed to deliver, or failed as in failed to fund? Pretty big difference. At best, I don't think goon kickstarters do any better than any other small-scale indie kickstarters. The only upside is that it's theoretically easier to get in touch with the creators.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:There's no way we're not getting an anachronistic version of Ching Shih, I imagine. Her and Zheng He are two of China's most notable mariners so adding them anachronistically would be necessary. It's also a shame the Mongols were out of power by that time period too since they don't get enough respect.
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Xelkelvos posted:It's also a shame the Mongols were out of power by that time period too since they don't get enough respect. That's not going to stop Wick from throwing them in. We'll probably get the world's most anachronistic mix of Jin dynasty, Wu Zetian and Mongols invading from the North for China, and then generic 17th century Edo with youkai thrown in for Japan.
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Mar 7, 2016 19:34
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I know it will never happen but i think it would funny if the soucrous lineages of not-japan would be some kind of magical girl/super sentai kind of thing.
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Lemon-Lime posted:That's not going to stop Wick from throwing them in. I'm looking forward to which racially charged epithet he adds to this version of Asia. In L5R he used heinin as the name for the lower peasant class. While technically correct it would be like making an RPG set during the revolutionary war and referring to slaves as the n word. It means 'half-man' and is still in use to degrade an entire ethnic minority in Japan.
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