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inklesspen posted:http://www.isfarwestoutyet.com/ expires tomorrow (the domain, that is) and since garethman has stopped giving PDF release deadlines that he'll inevitably break, I think I'm gonna let it go. RIP, rat queens lady. You will be missed. I say, this requires a tribute page to the tribute page to GMS“s lateness. Maybe "Weforgotthatfarwestislate.com" ?
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be the change you wish to see in the world, my guy
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Jedit posted:We didn't. GMS did. But I'm trying so hard.
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JazzFlight posted:I dropped out of this one. I like minis and coop games, but the horrible English in the updates and the huge size of the map tiles (I don't think I'd have the table space) made me drop out. The minis seem to be a good fit for Infinity (somewhere in that 28mm to 32mm spectrum that Infinity minis are in), so a friend and I are thinking about backing. I'm not certain there's enough useful to us to justify it though.
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inklesspen posted:http://www.isfarwestoutyet.com/ expires tomorrow (the domain, that is) and since garethman has stopped giving PDF release deadlines that he'll inevitably break, I think I'm gonna let it go. RIP, rat queens lady. You will be missed. Kind of sad it won't make it to an even 2,000 days.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaoticpattern/hand-of-fate-ordeals/description I'm apparently late to the party finding out about this, because there's only three days left, but have you guys talked about this yet? If so is there a consensus?
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Did the Props from Masks of Nyarlanthotep KS ever deliver? If so, is there a place to buy the package online somewhere? I may be about to run the adventure and I'd love to grab one.
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All signs from the kickstarter comments point towards matters being grim. They have stalked the creator enough to determine he purchased a new car however.
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Peas and Rice posted:Did the Props from Masks of Nyarlanthotep KS ever deliver? If so, is there a place to buy the package online somewhere? I may be about to run the adventure and I'd love to grab one. It did, and I have one that I wouldn't mind selling if you're interested... PM me, or msg here.
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Peas and Rice posted:Did the Props from Masks of Nyarlanthotep KS ever deliver? If so, is there a place to buy the package online somewhere? I may be about to run the adventure and I'd love to grab one. Oh man, I'm a sucker for replicas like that, regardless of them actually being part of a game.
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inklesspen posted:Yeah, I ran it for two years and despite a personal attack from Garethman it's really hard to see the point anymore. He's stopped giving deadlines and his career in elfgaming is ruined, because nobody can hire him as long as Far West isn't out. Best to let it and him be quietly forgotten. FYI Modiphius have hired Gareth to do stuff for both Conan and Star Trek and there was the typical 'i believe in helping people get back on their feet' defence from the owner of Modiphius. Albeit he's familiar with late kickstarters (18 months), multiple failed promises and having to get legal threats to issue refunds, so they must get on swimmingly.
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Jun 19, 2017 20:31
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yegods posted:It did, and I have one that I wouldn't mind selling if you're interested... PM me, or msg here. Rad, PM sent, thank you!
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Jun 19, 2017 21:10
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I feel like Modiphius catches a disproportionate amount of poo poo. Granted he's allergic to deadlines, but his kickstarter bundles offer enough quality & quantity that I don't really care. I mean, the whole point of Kickstarter is that the rewards are compensation for assuming some of the risk. (I could also have just made this post about Mantic.)
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moths posted:I feel like Modiphius catches a disproportionate amount of poo poo. Granted he's allergic to deadlines, but his kickstarter bundles offer enough quality & quantity that I don't really care. I mean, the whole point of Kickstarter is that the rewards are compensation for assuming some of the risk. He's not allergic to deadlines, for Infinity he gave them over and over, and broke them repeatedly. I'm also particuarly hosed off because he tried to ignore uk consumer law and refuse a refund (which he'd been doing to other people who weren't happy). Also, that whole 'assuming some of the risk' is bullshit, all the risk is on the part of the 'backers'. And as far as the UK is concerned, legally it's just a pre-order, it's no different, sure that's harder to deal with for non-UK/EU companies, but if they are then they have to stick to the law. And now Modiphius have gone with 'not a kickstarter honest' by doing everything via pre-order on their website, even for things 1+ years away from release. They've got some okay writers working for them, but the owner's a dick.
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PST posted:FYI Modiphius have hired Gareth to do stuff for both Conan and Star Trek and there was the typical 'i believe in helping people get back on their feet' defence from the owner of Modiphius. Albeit he's familiar with late kickstarters (18 months), multiple failed promises and having to get legal threats to issue refunds, so they must get on swimmingly. IIRC the Conan thing claimed there was a "Garethman is not to work on this until Far West is delivered" clause, which of course means the thing they hired him for will never see the light of day.
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Just... how do I get to the point of taking money without delivering anything. I'm great at doing nothing! But people at my work are always insisting I do stuff because I'm "reliable". It sucks.
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LordAba posted:Just... how do I get to the point of taking money without delivering anything. I'm great at doing nothing! But people at my work are always insisting I do stuff because I'm "reliable". It sucks. Goondolences on having a set of ethical standards.
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LordAba posted:Just... how do I get to the point of taking money without delivering anything. Step #1: Become a RPG "professional", whatever the hell that is. Robin Laws is probably the only one. Ask him. Step #2: Promise the moon (for a monetary deposit). Work hard at your mockups of a moon landing (in the promisees' hands). Step #3: Explain how they weren't funding to actually get the moon, but they were funding the promise of the moon. Then leave the internet forever.
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LordAba posted:Just... how do I get to the point of taking money without delivering anything. I'm great at doing nothing! But people at my work are always insisting I do stuff because I'm "reliable". It sucks. For a more than reasonable consulting fee my colleague Johnny Walker and I can assist you with this project.
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PST posted:He's not allergic to deadlines, for Infinity he gave them over and over, and broke them repeatedly. I'm also particuarly hosed off because he tried to ignore uk consumer law and refuse a refund (which he'd been doing to other people who weren't happy). Also, that whole 'assuming some of the risk' is bullshit, all the risk is on the part of the 'backers'. IIRC the Infinity thing had more to do with CB's iron grip on their IP, insisting to sign off on everything to ensure it fit their fluff. And there's absolutely risk and consequence to the developers, you only need to look as far as your own view of them to see that. Previously snacks and shortcomings were behind the scenes. Now a high profile failure is everybody's business.
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moths posted:IIRC the Infinity thing had more to do with CB's iron grip on their IP, insisting to sign off on everything to ensure it fit their fluff. Yeah, Corvus Belli are definitely the main problem with Infinity. I know they even had to rewrite a lot of stuff because it contradicted things that had never been made public knowledge they had no way of knowing. I think it will ultimately lead to a stronger product in the long run.
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Mutant Crawl Classics has just released the PDF copies of its Corebook, character sheet, and Judge's Screen. That was just a little less than a year from KS to delivery.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Mutant Crawl Classics has just released the PDF copies of its Corebook, character sheet, and Judge's Screen. For example, do Shamans ever get more wetware 'spells' than the, like, four that are specific to their patron, and only then if they roll 24+ on Patron Bond? How do they learn new ones? Why is there support for Level 5 wetware, but none of it seems to exist?
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drat The Man, Save The Music! looks like it might be cool, if the idea of "Empire Records: The RPG" floats your boat.
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I hate to derail the farwest chat, but I decided to back Deep Space D-6. Am I overestimating how fun this will be?
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I got my copies of Blades in the Dark yesterday (1 standard edition, 1 special edition) and I'm pretty impressed. The standard edition looks like Evil Hat's usual hardbound quality; the special edition has a cool cover and a ribbon bookmark.
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Ropes4u posted:I hate to derail the farwest chat, but I decided to back Deep Space D-6. Am I overestimating how fun this will be? Nope. I backed the original and it's a great game. It has a good balance of randomness and resource management.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Nope. I backed the original and it's a great game. It has a good balance of randomness and resource management. Thank you for enabling me...
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John Wick is doing a 7th Sea themed Diplomacy-like: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-war-of-the-cross But, y'know, with minis and exclusive minis. Seems pretty slow going, but $100 is also a pretty large purchase.
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Anyone else in here back Planet Mercenary? Or, for that matter, read Schlock Mercenary? As someone who ain't gonna get a group together for the thing, I certainly plan to enjoy reading it.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Nope. I backed the original and it's a great game. It has a good balance of randomness and resource management. This is ending in under an hour and fairly cheap. I'm intrigued, can you elaborate?
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Bombadilillo posted:This is ending in under an hour and fairly cheap. I'm intrigued, can you elaborate?  not my pic You have your ship (with different stations), your crew (the dice), and the outside threats (the deck of cards). Each turn, you play the top card of the Threat deck to the side of the board; the numbers along the side represent that card's current HP. Then you roll all your dice, getting either crew symbols (Engineering, Command, Security, etc.) or the Threat symbol. Any dice with the Threat symbol go to the track at the top; those dice are locked in and unavailable until either you use a ship ability to remove them, or the track fills up (in which case you get the dice back for your next turn but must play the top card from the deck). The rest of your dice then get assigned to the various stations, each of which do different things. This is where the resource management comes in; you only have so many dice to spend on attacks, repairs, rerolls, or what have you, so it becomes a situation where you have to balance which threats you can deal with right now and which you'll have to put off for later. On top of that, each station can only take specific roles, so if you don't roll an Engineer you can't repair your shields...unless you have a way to reroll/reface the dice. Once the crew stuff is done, you roll the d6, and every threat card with that number activates and does what it says. So in the above pic, if I roll a 2, then the Invaders card to the left of the board and the Bounty Ship and Fighter on the right would all activate; I'd have to send one die to the Infirmary (can't get that back without a Science officer rolled), lose all my Shields, and lose two points off my Hull. If I rolled a 4, then only the Invaders and Fighter would activate, and if I rolled a 5 then nothing would activate. You win if you manage to run out the deck and eliminate all Threats in play. You lose if your Hull reaches 0 (Shields get hit before the Hull, unless a card says othewise). The physical game is very high quality with a great box and solid components. It comes with four different ships that all play differently, an optional end boss, and plays out in about half an hour/45 minutes.
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silvergoose posted:Anyone else in here back Planet Mercenary? Or, for that matter, read Schlock Mercenary?
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I have been reading the comic for years - it's a nice mix of hard sf and humor, and holy crap the dudes work ethic is something - zero missed strips or delays in like 15 years, daily comics with punchlines, and lunlike a lot of webcomics the art has come a hell of a long way. However. I didn't back the rpg KS because the third-party art was just not particularly attractive - the 'realistic' version of the strip's aliens were nightmare fuel. Also I am a huge anti fan of RPGs using Hilarious Random Cards for their wackiness. Interested to hear how it plays...
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Evil Mastermind posted:Quick & dirty & hopefully good: That's for the awesome quick/effort, jumped onboard!
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I joined in with about 2 minutes to go!
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PST posted:He's not allergic to deadlines, for Infinity he gave them over and over, and broke them repeatedly. I'm also particuarly hosed off because he tried to ignore uk consumer law and refuse a refund (which he'd been doing to other people who weren't happy). Also, that whole 'assuming some of the risk' is bullshit, all the risk is on the part of the 'backers'. And as far as the UK is concerned, legally it's just a pre-order, it's no different, sure that's harder to deal with for non-UK/EU companies, but if they are then they have to stick to the law. And now Modiphius have gone with 'not a kickstarter honest' by doing everything via pre-order on their website, even for things 1+ years away from release. I have never had any trouble with any of the four KSs I backed of theirs. I had a slight problem with one of my Achtung! Cthulhu hardcovers and they had a replacement to me in less than a week.
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Did I miss something or did the Delta Green KS not deliver the core book? I know I backed it, but I don't see anything indicating it was delivered yet.
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Nystral posted:Did I miss something or did the Delta Green KS not deliver the core book? I know I backed it, but I don't see anything indicating it was delivered yet. The Agent's Handbook has been completed. The Case Handler's Book (I believe now just to be called Delta Green) is still being worked on.
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