Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Discussion Thread

[t@nya]

Definitely going to be backing this, even though I'm burnt out on dungeon crawling, just for the principle of the thing.

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by scc

Forgive me for not understanding things properly, but I've never really looked at Kickstarter before, but isn't the amount of money you donate fixed at the time you donate? (Does it go into escrow or something?)

The money is taken at the end of the kick starter period (usually a month) and paid to the project creator (but of the original idea was to make funds available for the final production after all)

Which reminds me for the sake of catching monthly paydays it's good to have kick starters end in the first week of a month rather than say in the third week. (if the kick-starter goes live today and is a month , that will be the case here)

Originally Posted by scc

And any unexpected costs that crop up, like international shipping in this case, the responsibility of whoever makes the project to absorb? (Unless they put in a disclaimer, but Kickstarter isn't, to my knowledge, supposed to be used as a pre-order system, so this might run into ToS problems.)

Well to answer the question, no shipping is dealt with according to the terms of the individual Kick starter. As per previous posts there seems to be a range of ways it can be handled.

And as per philreed's response to me, SJGames have a very fair and reasonable policy here!

Either way international shipping is not an unexpected cost for either side of the transaction.
It is however a variable one, both in terms of how much it is per individual shipment, and how many individual shipments within the whole project it will apply to.

[The Cardinal]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

So... it's now the 1st*, where's the Kickstarter linkie!

My wallet can't throw money at a Kickstarter without a linkie!




* Timezones may vary.

same here (Germany) :)

[philreed]

Originally Posted by Anders

This, Discworld and Mars Attacks in the same year? What a time to be alive!

And something else in print . . .

[Onkl]

Post the link! Post the link! Post the link! shouted the pitchfork and torch wielding lenchmob...

Guys, I am really excited about this and can hardly wait for the campaign to start.

Well played GURPS crew, well played!

[philreed]

Originally Posted by Onkl

Post the link!

Maybe this will do for now . . .

[Onkl]

*falls into catatonic shock, drools on ground*

[ArmoredSaint]

I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a gaming product.

Will it include revised weights for the too-heavy armors presented in the 4th Edition Basic Set?

[Randyman]

Originally Posted by philreed

That will not happen. Every stretch goal is already planned and completely worked out so the financials work. We wlll not repeat the mistakes of the Ogre Designer's Edition Kickstarter. IF we meet all planned stretch goals then there will not be more. We're not planning to fall into the Ogre Designer's Edition trap again.

Hm. I meant to express enthusiasm at what I anticipate to be runaway success, and endorsement of the creativity of SJG staff. I overlooked that aspect of the woes of the Ogre Kickstarter.

[kmunoz]

Originally Posted by Kromm

bards aren't quite the same.

Are bards not quite the same in the sense that they're basically the same but some of the numbers are different, or the effects are tweaked, or are they not quite the same in the sense that there are two different versions of the bard template and powers, sufficiently different that you could conceivably have two different kinds of bards if you included both in a campaign? Or is the new one a more versatile/better powered iteration of the original such that you wouldn't want to do that because the original bard would be sad and jealous?