There are a ton of them, most of which are shit, and the bloat is drowning out the few good ones. I'm annoyed I am missing some of the better ones, but I don't want to have to wade through the crap to find them. Though I was on a gaming hiatus back then, it reminds me of what people talk about when they refer to the d20 bloat of crappy modules and supplements. I can appreciate that its the poor man's way to be a publisher and all that, but honestly, ask yourselves, "is it really that good?" before you put it out there as another piece of detritus for the public to wade through in search of something decent. From what I've seen, the answer to that question more often than not will be "No. it sucks. I should go back to my day job."
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Hi Joe,
Try this link to follow just the RPG's
http://rpgkickstarters.tumblr.com/
I'm not. But then I haven't backed or got super excited about any yet. I know good things will come of it. Like Crypts & Things and Champions of Zed.
I wish that they had a category for Tabletop RPG, but that is probably asking to much. Another good link to watch is rpg.net tends to post some links as well as the mentioned tumblr link (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?575709-CROWD-FUNDING-SPOTLIGHT-Role-Playing-Games-and-Accessories/)
I was sick of them the moment they started. For fuck's sakes, just write and publish the damn thing, and if it's any good people will pay for it THEN.
That's how we did it in the old days when we had a free market capitalist economy. Thanks to General Motors and the rest, nowadays every motherfucker expects a bail-out.
http://rpggeek.com/geeklist/55015/kickstarter-com-rpg-projects/
Episode 251: Geoff Engelstein in his portion of the boardgame podcast, the Dice Tower, has some great thoughts on the entire Kickstarter bit. It's an interesting take on why Kickstarter works for some media, and possibly the future of crowdfunding projects. His bit starts at 43:42
http://www.dicetower.com/index.php?page=episode_guide_241-260
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