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07-07-2018, 11:01 PM | #1 |
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July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
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07-07-2018, 11:22 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
I approve of this use of the Daily Illuminator. :-)
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07-07-2018, 11:32 PM | #3 |
Doctor of GURPS Ballistics
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
I agree!
Let's see . . . what can I tell you that's new? Oh:
I think this thing is going to wind up hitting 112-128 pages, as space will be needed for art and to break up text flow.
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07-08-2018, 11:55 AM | #4 |
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
Well, his Daily Illuminator has been a long time coming. But thanks, Doug, that addresses the question I had upon reading it ("Wow! It's now over a hundred pages! What else did he throw in there?"), and sounds totally sweet.
Still hoping for at least 470 print backers, 'cuz I want that nice binding. |
07-08-2018, 12:35 PM | #5 | |
Doctor of GURPS Ballistics
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
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Right now, we're looking at my ordering about 350 books to fill 235 pledges (ish). Financially, that puts us on the early end of the UK-based short-run digital print, softcover, not sewn, but using 140gsm paper (about 93# stock). If things shift around, I'll keep backers posted, including once I have a final page count for layout. But as someone once said to me about a different project, "you might get there, but it's a big lift."
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07-08-2018, 02:57 PM | #6 | |
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
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07-09-2018, 02:17 PM | #7 |
Doctor of GURPS Ballistics
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
Hall of Judgment Final Week
We're in the final week for Hall of Judgment, and there's been a lot of movement on the Kickstarter! We passed $12,000 and that puts us on track to more-or-less equal Dragon Heresy unless we see something, as Mr. Furious would say, "either very good or very bad." Layout: Block and Tackle I've been working really hard to pull things together, and the efforts are paying off. In quick-point format:
I've got 22 days left until the deadline set by "we plan to release the product in August" promise I made in the April 1 announcement, and the PDF will be ready by then. Printing That leaves us with the print question. At this point, we've got 275 (ish) print backers. That's more than enough to get us out of POD, but not enough to drive to a full offset print run. Wild and crazy things can happen, and I hope they do. What does this mean? It means unless we see a wild uptick, I'll be using a short-run printer in the UK to deliver 140gsm interior pages (that's about 93# paper; typical DriveThru is 70#/105gsm). Because the printing is in the UK and the fulfillment partner I'll be using is also in the UK, I expect to be working hard on the shipping side of things. I'll probably know more in two weeks on that score. Ask Me Anything I'm working on a "final week Ask Me Anything" session, probably a few hours long, sometime this week. Not sure what that will look like, but I want to do it and take questions about the process, the adventure, and anything gaming-related. Or viking related. Campaign Close Process That brings us to the finishing touches. The campaign closes July 14, which is this coming Saturday. I would deeply appreciate re-shares on social media, and talking about the project in general. The better we do, the more likely SJG is to want to do this again. When the campaign closes, I'll ready and fire up the Backerkit phase, which will have a short survey to get your pledges allocated to product. For those not getting add-ons, is all you'll do with the "survey" is:
It is pretty important to be prompt on this one, and the survey period will be short: Probably 7-10 working days. Note that Backerkit does not set the pace for*digital*reward delivery. As long as the funds settle and there's no weirdness with payment (this happens every campaign; it's depressingly normal) you'll get your PDF on August 1. So that's it! This is the home stretch, and while there's still work to be done, that work is pretty well defined at this point. Grab your axe and shield, board your longship and let's finish strong. Glory awaits.
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07-12-2018, 07:35 PM | #8 |
Doctor of GURPS Ballistics
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Re: July 8, 2018: A New Adventure For The Dungeon Fantasy RPG On Kickstarter Now!
48 Hours to go!
The Hall of Judgment Kickstarter is the first 3rd-party license for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG, and one of the rare 3rd-party licenses that Steve Jackson Games has issued. It's over 400 backers and 400% funding and climbing. What's in it for you?
This book is VERY different, and quite frankly, better in almost every way than Lost Hall of Tyr, from which it sprung. 128 pages (rather than 64), full color, awesome art, and layered and hyperlinked for ease of use. The print copies will be 93#/140gsm interior paper; fulfillment is from the UK so international shipping should be pretty affordable. Finally: let's not beat around the bush: let me quote from the aforementioned foreword: "...it bodes well for Dungeon FantasyRoleplaying Game fans and fans of SJ Games products in general. We now have evidence that licensing third-party publishers to crowdfund content for our games pays off. That isn’t a guarantee we’ll agree to every proposal—our standards remain exacting, and we still prefer people we know and trust—but it means we’ll listen. Intently." -Sean Punch Please support the Hall of Judgment Kickstarter. 48 hours to go.
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