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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Traditional Games > TG As An Industry - Past, Present, Future
 
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viewtyjoe
Jan 5, 2009

Thanlis posted:

Well, and it's not White Wolf any more, it's Onyx Path which really is a separate entity. There are obviously connections, both licensing and personal, but at the end of the day CCP wouldn't bail Onyx Path out of financial trouble and without the Kickstarters Onyx Path couldn't publish books.

No, Onyx Path does publish the books without Kickstarter funding. Their Kickstarters are purely to fund deluxe editions for people who want to throw money at them for such a thing. The products are going to be finished either way, and if you want a print copy, you can buy one through DriveThruRPG, but if you want something more, you can contribute to the Kickstarter, and sometimes they fund other stuff from that money. From their own website:

Frequently Asked Questions posted:

Q: Why is a Kickstarter necessary?

A. It isn’t. All our Kickstarters thus far, and all our planned future Kickstarters, are for deluxe editions only. The outcome of a deluxe Kickstarter does not affect the standard PDF and print release of that book. Kickstarters, however, may affect future releases: e.g. the W20 Kickstarter passed a number of stretch goals which added several Werewolf novels and additional Werewolf supplements to the release schedule. If you want to see more books for your favorite line, backing a Kickstarter is a good way to do that, and get a fancy rulebook to boot.

They explicitly say that the funds from Kickstarter don't fund projects they are currently working on for release. Onyx Path does well enough to keep making more books.

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