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Hiro Protagonist posted:Where's your source for this? Huge Doomtown fan. I heard it at Gencon from a friend who was at the Pinnacle panel. It's compatible with Doomtown: Reloaded.
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I heard they were continuing it but presumed it was the existing game. Doomtown is probably my favorite CCG / LCG design, tho.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Where's your source for this? Huge Doomtown fan. Pinnacle's website https://www.peginc.com/kickstarters/
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The_Doctor posted:The Shipwreck Arcana is in its final 48 hours, and looks like a nice cheap fun game. P&P is available on their campaign page so you can totally try it out first. It looks pretty good. I like deduction games like this and could use another one to mix up with Hanabi.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I hadn't seen this mentioned but apparently Pinnacle is going to revive Doomtown via Kickstarter starting on the 5th. Sounds like they're revamping the game a bit; Kinda hosed up to KS "revamp" it a few months after they killed the reboot instead of just patching the problems, but I guess preorders trump all in TYOOL 2017.
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The new Doomtown LCG is going to be a 100% compatible with the previous version. They are just adding in Servitors as starts in play cards that modify your outfit.
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The Journey Fraternity posted:Kinda hosed up to KS "revamp" it a few months after they killed the reboot instead of just patching the problems, but I guess preorders trump all in TYOOL 2017. AEG killed Reloaded, Pinnacle are the new license holders.
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I don't envy Legacy 2e navigating springing a potential book size change after funding completion-there's liable to be a lot of frustrated and upset backers.
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GaistHeidegger posted:I don't envy Legacy 2e navigating springing a potential book size change after funding completion-there's liable to be a lot of frustrated and upset backers. I don't envy that navigation either, because I have no understanding of, and very little sympathy for, somebody actually upset or frustrated with that book size change.
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So far only a handful have actually said it'd make them regret having backed the kickstarter which is reassuring, but I'm still not committed to the new size. The big unknown is how people would react to actually receiving the smaller-size handouts and artbook - personally, I'm worried that they wouldn't be happy at all.
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homullus posted:I don't envy that navigation either, because I have no understanding of, and very little sympathy for, somebody actually upset or frustrated with that book size change. There's already folks replying to it with that, Kickstarter backers can get super weird about this sort of thing.
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I put down that I'm fine with the change. But I don't really know which format would be more appealing to a potential buyer in a store.
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HidaO-Win posted:The new Doomtown LCG is going to be a 100% compatible with the previous version. They are just adding in Servitors as starts in play cards that modify your outfit. Now I really regret not buying all the expansions when I came across them for 75% off in SoCal a few weeks ago. 
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GaistHeidegger posted:There's already folks replying to it with that, Kickstarter backers can get super weird about this sort of thing. Eh, I'm not going to judge. I've put enough effort into this book's aesthetics as a selling point that I can imagine changing those turning someone off. As only 2% of people answering the poll (and less than 0.5% of backers) have said they're severely unhappy with the bigger size I think I'm getting off lightly.
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Grail Games put up Reiner Knizia's Stephenson's Rocket on kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986861668/stephensons-rocket-the-classic-board-game-returns Don't know anything about the game, seems like a light 18xx?
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homullus posted:I don't envy that navigation either, because I have no understanding of, and very little sympathy for, somebody actually upset or frustrated with that book size change. I'm not sure I have a dog in this particular race but: 1). Smaller dimension books make for a more convenient carry. 2). Altering the dimensions also alters the pagecount and depending on the thickness of the book in question that can begin to affect things like the binding. The main book itself is supposed to still be around 200 pages even after moving to letter size as opposed to royal, but the additional supplemental settings that got raised through stretch goals are much smaller affairs.
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Flavivirus posted:Eh, I'm not going to judge. I've put enough effort into this book's aesthetics as a selling point that I can imagine changing those turning someone off. As only 2% of people answering the poll (and less than 0.5% of backers) have said they're severely unhappy with the bigger size I think I'm getting off lightly. I am excited to go with a bigger book. I have a friend who backed at the physical level just because he liked the art so much he wanted it a an art piece regardless of if he ran it or not. I think we might give legacy a shot once we wrap up our current 7th See campaign, so fingers crossed.
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Legacy just pushed on update, the game books are all staying royal sized after all.
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Does that mean the book is bigger or smaller than say Pathfinder's Core rulebook? Size, not page count.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Legacy just pushed on update, the game books are all staying royal sized after all. I get the decision. At the end of the day, giving everyone what they paid for is probably the better call than providing an arguably better product but having to deal with the shrieking and possible complaints and refund demands of the tiny minority of backers who'd pitch a fit. At the end of the day, unless it's an objectively better (and to me, this was just subjectively better) product, simpler to just provide what you promised. The book is going to be amazing, regardless. Looking forward to getting mine.
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:Does that mean the book is bigger or smaller than say Pathfinder's Core rulebook? Size, not page count. Smaller, I think - I don't have a copy to measure but it looks about US Letter sized. Legacy is going to be Royal-sized after all that kerfuffle - about the size of Apocalypse World, Fate Core, Blades in the Dark etc.
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Yep, Pathfinder books are letter sized.
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Though I did see that Paizo started putting softcover royal sized versions of the core PF books.
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Atomicated posted:Tim Fowers has a new kickstarter up: Now Boarding So this now also has a tier to get a new edition of Wok Star. I've never played the original, how is it?
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Though I did see that Paizo started putting softcover royal sized versions of the core PF books. So royal is smaller. Okay, that's what I was wondering.
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Memnaelar posted:I get the decision. At the end of the day, giving everyone what they paid for is probably the better call than providing an arguably better product but having to deal with the shrieking and possible complaints and refund demands of the tiny minority of backers who'd pitch a fit. At the end of the day, unless it's an objectively better (and to me, this was just subjectively better) product, simpler to just provide what you promised. I like to think that I'm not going to throw a fit over something like this but speaking purely from myself I've begun to prefer the smaller size for RPGs lately, when I elect to buy hardcopy at all. They take up less space and they're easier to transport. I wouldn't have raised a huge fuss but cards on the table, I'm glad that a resolution was reached that keeps the parts that I care about (namely the corebook, maybe the setting supplements if I get impulse spendy when the pledge manager goes live) the size they were originally stated.
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Atomicated posted:So this now also has a tier to get a new edition of Wok Star. I've never played the original, how is it? It's decent. Kinda simple, not the sort of thing I replay all that regularly, but if you want to source ingredients and fill orders on a short timer it's fun enough. I feel like that Kitchen Rush game that was Kickstarting a while back might end up as a better buy but it's hard to say until that ships and I get to play it.
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Kai Tave posted:I like to think that I'm not going to throw a fit over something like this but speaking purely from myself I've begun to prefer the smaller size for RPGs lately, when I elect to buy hardcopy at all. They take up less space and they're easier to transport. I wouldn't have raised a huge fuss but cards on the table, I'm glad that a resolution was reached that keeps the parts that I care about (namely the corebook, maybe the setting supplements if I get impulse spendy when the pledge manager goes live) the size they were originally stated. Oh, I wasn't trying to generalize and say everyone who prefers the small edition would've been a fit-pitcher. I prefer it myself (although I was confusing, I suspect, about that when I said the larger book was a subjectively better decision). I just mean that it makes sense that you maintain your initial promises, rather than deal with the minority who would pitch a fit, which is in itself a minority of the folks who preferred the smaller book. Besides, it'll fit nicely on my shelf with my other AW-powered books like Blades in the Dark. ;-)
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US only and kinda expensive, but this could be useful to some - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1834692986/gaddis-gaming-tabletoppertm?ref=project_link
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Hey, remember SUperhero 20XX? You know, that weird superhero game where you fight Cthulhu with one of 275 pre-generated characters? The one created by a guy who's KS record is "4 created, zero funded, zero backed"? Well, after badmouthing people in the comments, he's finally hit on the secret of KS success:quote:Hello all,
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Someone with more knowledge of how Kickstarter operates help me out here, is the "we'll just make the funding goal a single dollar!" plan actually something Kickstarter allows you to do? I feel like this has been done before, I want to say the Penny Arcade guys did a KS like that at one point, but I don't know if they've closed that loophole since.
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Kai Tave posted:Someone with more knowledge of how Kickstarter operates help me out here, is the "we'll just make the funding goal a single dollar!" plan actually something Kickstarter allows you to do? I feel like this has been done before, I want to say the Penny Arcade guys did a KS like that at one point, but I don't know if they've closed that loophole since. Yeah Penny Arcade did it and it was in violation of the T&C's at the time. It also wasn't raising money for anything in particular. Kickstarter have a loose approach to enforcing their own guidelines. If you aren't already famous then the just setting a one dollar target won't work
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Mojo Jojo posted:Yeah Penny Arcade did it and it was in violation of the T&C's at the time. It also wasn't raising money for anything in particular. Kickstarter have a loose approach to enforcing their own guidelines. Just page Luke Crane, he's supposed to be the person managing Games at Kickstarter and he probably wouldn't stand for trash like that.
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Mors Rattus posted:A verbal agreement, huh  What a train wreck.
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Torg Eternity just sent out the PDFs to backers.
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I recently went down the rabbit hole of solo rpgs and discovered the GameMaster's Apprentice cards, which are also useful for randomizers during a normally GM'ed game. The creator has another kickstarter, ending soon, for updating some of his first six decks and adding Fantasy: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/376399785/the-gamemasters-apprentice-a-fantasy-deck-for-any?ref=nav_search I've been pleased with the quality of his other products, and you can find a link to a demo of his base set on the kickstarter page.
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After having cancelled Tiny Wastelands, Gallant Knight Games launched Tiny Dungeons 2e, an update of their original game, Tiny Dungeon. It's a very rules-light system that's perfect for quick one-offs, convention games, and introducing new players to RPGs. Full transparency: if enough stretch goals unlock I might be writing one of their "micro-settings."
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Weird kickstarter of the week: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/990619951/consentacle-a-card-game-of-human-alien-intimacy?ref=category_recommended A cooperative card game about sex with an alien. Totally SFW.
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