Run for the catacombs of Khromarium!

lykathea wrote:

Don't think it was committed to be end of 2022 -- was originally July 2023, and was subsequently pushed back to August/September of 2023 as the scope grew. Believe this was adjusted before the campaign ended, even.

This is a direct quote from the kickstarter's home page (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pulphummock/gods-of-the-forbidden-north), right below the picture of the two-headed dragon:
"It should be said here and now, that even if this Kickstarter should fail, Pulp Hummock Press intends to move forward with this project’s scheduled release by the end of this year. "

At least they realized the amount of actual work they still had to do, which is why I didn't back it.

You got this, Jeff!

No adventure, even the G and D series, has survived contact with me as a DM without being modded to suit the needs of the players and I.

Caveman wrote:

rhialto wrote:

The author just posted a fulsome explanation for "why more $ upfront?", and I appreciate his openness even more now. My x:12 chances of supporting just shifted dramatically. 

lol, yeah it not easy to know how much we can trust a total stranger, but he seems sincere.
 

As did Mike Nystul, Ernie and Benoist, etc...  and I actually knew the latter two (which is why I didn't pledge, actually.....)

And after reading his lecture about what kickstarter is....I can get a condescending lecture on about any topic on the internet for free.  Creators on KS can trot the "Kickstarter is not a store..." line out all they want, but the fact of the matter is: people who cough up money for something, expect something for their money.  Clearly those who take the money and run, without meeting their production goals, are unlikely to get funded for their artistic endeavors in the future.  However, to a large portion of those who pledge, KS is a pre-order network, despite the pie-in-the-sky ideal of supporting art, that the platform espouses.  Creators may not like it, but that is the defacto point of view.

And don't get me wrong, I have almost pulled the trigger on this thing more than once.  It sounds and looks awesome.  But personally, I don't really need a megadungeon. I need to toss money down the drain even less. But having said that, I'll probably pay for retail for it, if/when it is available, because I do in fact, want to support independant publishers of OSR/old-school D&D-esque material.  You'd be stunned at the extent of my dtrpg library, of which only a comparatively small portion is comprised of companies like WotC.

Are you familiar with G. Hawkins, who did the Gunderholfen mega-dungeon without any crowdfunding?  Writing, editing, art, layout, everything done by him, without any financial support.  I'll never run it, but that is a passionate

Jimm.Iblis wrote:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/tome-of-adventure-design
 

Thank you!  I saw Matt this weekend at Gary Con, but didn't really get a chance to chat him up.  Good to see him giving this great accessorie a refresh.

rhialto wrote:

Like you I don't doubt their gamer sincerity, but if I were to ask them what the extra $10 (softcover) or $25 (hardcover) above printing costs is for, what would their answer be?

RAMPANT SPECULATION (we're on the interwwwebz...):

from the KS page wrote:

· Website Creation· Marketing Initiative· Gaming Convention Advertising

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gizmomathboy wrote:

Almost 20% more fields in the same space :-)

MOAR WORK FOR THE HARRIED DM!!!!
<grumble grumble grumble>

Chartauk wrote:

Anyone ever add other aliens from pop culture?

Somewhere, I wrote up Predators, though I think I renamed them Dreadators or something silly like that  My intent was that they were meant to be one-off menaces, like in the original movie.  I'll see what I can dig up. 

Tusken Raiders and Jawa seem like a good fit for Hyperborea to me.

Those really, really kick some ass.