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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Don't all of Steam forged KS games suck? Like literally all of them? Guild Ball was good but everything since then has been deeply flawed to bad.
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HidaO-Win posted:Guild Ball was good but everything since then has been deeply flawed to bad. And apparently even Guild Ball wasn't good in what they thought was the 'right' way.
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Never buy from Steamforged. All of their games except Guildball suck, and they killed Guildball because people didn't play it "right". They actually killed it because their plan was always to switch to the more profitable business model of dumping lovely licensed FOMO games onto Kickstarter, but somehow they thought making GBS threads on their fans was a better cover story.
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I got my tracking link for Dale of Merchants. Getting the whole shebang. Excited.
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rydiafan posted:Never buy from Steamforged. This is the literal, actual truth. I do also think there is a lot of truth in the excuse they gave re: they had literally designed themselves into a corner, but that's in large part because they fostered an environment with too many of the kinds of players that didn't play well in a community. There didn't end up being enough design space (lmao at this term for my WMH buddies out there) to write themselves out of the situation without doing a new version that would require a big rework. It just doesn't matter because the people in charge stopped giving a poo poo about anything except for the above.
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Is animal adventures bad too? The only thing I have from steamforged is some cats and catacombs stuff.
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Sweeeeet, just got in the deck of Disposable Heroes by Sandy Pug Games. ...and I'm listed first in the special thanks! Awesome! I'm loving the card art, it's totally giving me The World Ends With You pin vibes.
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JazzFlight posted:Sweeeeet, just got in the deck of Disposable Heroes by Sandy Pug Games. I was today years old when I realized that would have been a fuckin' perfect reference to use in marketing and in design documents lmfao glad you like the deck! Everyone should be getting theirs like, today-wednesday!
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Nov 24, 2020 00:24
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Mine arrived at the mail forwarder in the US, should be up here by Friday!
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:I was today years old when I realized that would have been a fuckin' perfect reference to use in marketing and in design documents lmfao Just realized I never answered my survey, so I just did that. Woops.
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A French studio is trying to fund a game about early XX century labour movement and combining not dying of hunger with going on strikes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yeastgames/which-side First snag: their English translator put no other labour into his work save for using google translate. Someone on bgg suggested promoting it on Parler
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That person has microbadges for Karl Marx, Cornel West, and Doctors Without Borders. Fascionating.
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Received my copy of Alice Is Missing. Very high-quality components, new rulebook smell, very excited to get this quarantine-friendly game off the ground!
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How has that kickstarter not namedropped Germinal? "Workers in France going on strike and trying to not starve" was a major part of the novel's plot.
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Nov 26, 2020 22:09
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Fragged Cyberpunk is up.
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Welp, Lords of Vegas's inventory issues mean that anyone who pledged at the $1 tier and upgraded in pledge manager doesn't get the base game until 2022, since they aren't gonna pull the trigger on a new print run until Q3/Q4 2021. And on top of that, they're refusing to cancel pledges for people who don't want to get a box of expansions and upgrade components that they cannot use for a year+.
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Say what you will about Critical Role, but you can't deny they are definitely doing a ton to keep Dungeons and Dragons as the dominant cultural force in roleplaying. I am in super deep in roleplaying stuff, but it still blows my mind when I hear random people talking about d&d out and about (well, more so pre Covid but still). They are professionals and they produce a good product lots of people like.
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Lord_Hambrose posted:Say what you will about Critical Role, but you can't deny they are definitely doing a ton to keep Dungeons and Dragons as the dominant cultural force in roleplaying. And for this crime, they should be tried in an international court of law, but this isn't the industry thread. 
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I posted about my game way, way back when it was first on Kickstarter and a lot of goons here helped me out immensely. I'm thrilled to say my game, DEAD IN THE WEST, is finally out! Use "goonsgowest" here for a special discount on the game to say thanks for all the support: https://gumroad.com/deadinthewest DEAD IN THE WEST is a game designed to feel like playing an old cowboy movie. Characters will be constantly hatching daring schemes, performing crazy stunts and going on adventures with larger-than-life characters. There's a really heavy emphasis on player character diversity and making each member of the party feel totally unique. The game is designed as such so that after a few sessions, no two player characters should play the same. In terms of general advice, though: where do I go from here? How do I signal boost my game?
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Lemon-Lime posted:And for this crime, they should be tried in an international court of law, but this isn't the industry thread.  Uhh... Well... Did their Kickstarter ever end up producing anything? I know they raised a heap of cash but I never heard more after that.
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Lord_Hambrose posted:
Supposedly Amazon picked it up but I haven't heard anything since.
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Animation takes a ton of time. They've released a few videos on the process, most recently last week or the week before. Given that the campaign was for a single 22-minute episode and turned into an entire season, plus the whole Covid mess, it's understandable that the schedule has slipped.
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They funded the origin story comics as stretch goals through that didn't they? Those are out in stores now. Back in August they announced Covid had just down their animation studio so they weren't going to make the scheduled release this fall. They said it should make it out in late winter early spring '21.
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There is about a day and a half left on my kickstarter, Dirt Dog. We're funded, so check it out if you are interested in a cute game about dogs running around in underground obstacle courses chasing after critters. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/580070528/dirt-dog
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Has anyone had a look at the rules for Shiver? Interested how it compares to something like Monster of the Week
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Hollandia posted:Has anyone had a look at the rules for Shiver? Interested how it compares to something like Monster of the Week I cancelled my pledge after following the progress until today. It just seems more invested in being a big cronchy campaign based game and not a focused horror experience. Lots of doo-dads and character options and crazy poo poo, but not much in the way of how all of that actually helps the game. I'll stick with Call of Cthulhu or whatever hot horror thing is in the indie market these days.
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*Something* bad is going on with Wormwood - kickstarters of expensive tables. They just posted a video that goes on about some reactor malfunction or malfunctioning weapons fire and that every else is fine and we're all fine now, everything's fine no nothings wrong no we can't tell you what's wrong why would anything be wrong? I have a bad feeling I'm not going to get my table. Comstar fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Dec 3, 2020 |
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I think it's more they need to stop talking about flagrantly flaunting OHSA rules in front of their cameras, and talking about some of their employees weed habits. He's also in a mask, when he normally isn't, so it might also be covid related. Particularly if they aren't meeting their state mandates regarding face masks in the workplace.
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For the last year I've been working with some of the more prominent voices in the South East Asia RPG community. For those that don't know, Kickstarter does not allow people in many countries, including the entire SEA region, access to their platform and the money it brings in. By working together, and publishing through Sandy Pug Games, we're going to kickstart a compilation of three major games, plus (hopefully) a 10 game mini zine showcasing the RPGSEA community and their amazing work. Just got the preview page up today. Please give it a follow. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/our-shores-an-rpgsea-compilation For anyone concerned, this won't interfere with any of my previous Kickstarters. My role here is purely administrative and takes up v little time. Nemesis Of Moles fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Dec 3, 2020 |
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holy poo poo yes I am so excited for this
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Infinitum posted:I think it's more they need to stop talking about flagrantly flaunting OHSA rules in front of their cameras, and talking about some of their employees weed habits. Yyyyyyeah they've posted a ton of videos with folks not wearing masks, and they just recently had both a video where a number of employees admitted, on camera, to having come to work high, and a video where the CEO of the company tells a line worker to disregard safety regulations if he feels like it. So my guess is they're in legal hot water for one or both of those things.
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Arcsech posted:Yyyyyyeah they've posted a ton of videos with folks not wearing masks, and they just recently had both a video where a number of employees admitted, on camera, to having come to work high, and a video where the CEO of the company tells a line worker to disregard safety regulations if he feels like it. This is some serious “Shake Hands with Danger” territory.
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:For the last year I've been working with some of the more prominent voices in the South East Asia RPG community. For those that don't know, Kickstarter does not allow people in many countries, including the entire SEA region, access to their platform and the money it brings in. By working together, and publishing through Sandy Pug Games, we're going to kickstart a compilation of three major games, plus (hopefully) a 10 game mini zine showcasing the RPGSEA community and their amazing work. Just got the preview page up today. Please give it a follow. Neat project and Maharlika looked cool on itch.
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Arcsech posted:Yyyyyyeah they've posted a ton of videos with folks not wearing masks, and they just recently had both a video where a number of employees admitted, on camera, to having come to work high, and a video where the CEO of the company tells a line worker to disregard safety regulations if he feels like it. Having watched only the video where they poo poo on OHSA, and knowing nothing else about them, that guy gives major techbro vibes.
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All I can say is: even if they do succeed and somehow have a next KS, don’t give them any further money, you do not want to support people who violate OSHA standards knowingly.
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DalaranJ posted:This is some serious “Shake Hands with Danger” territory. I'm trying to remember but Wormwood is a woodworking shop right? Ignoring OSHA guidelines in something like is more Klaus the forklift driver territory.
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El Fideo posted:Having watched only the video where they poo poo on OHSA, and knowing nothing else about them, that guy gives major techbro vibes. That line about 'no longer being a startup' hit me right there too.
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Bieeanshee posted:That line about 'no longer being a startup' hit me right there too. Yeah it has a certain "oh poo poo we need to start actually being responsible now?" vibe to it I actually prepared some Safe Work Method Statements today, and the amount of paperwork that goes into even simple tasks is very lengthy.
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The video itself comes across as a bad april fools joke. If they need to actually do the sort of introspection that he's saying they do, then they also need to have open and professional communication with their customer base. That video is absolutely not that.
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Fragged Cyberpunk is in its last 36 hours. I'm happy to see a week-long supplement kickstarter do so well, happy to see new Fragged material, and happy to have a new take on cyberpunk. It's also totally self contained, so if folks are interested in it but don't want to cross reference with another book, it's a good place to check out Fragged (especially in advance of the second edition).
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