Invincible Overlord wrote in Kickstarter projects:My google-fu is not that great...

But I believe that Bracton has a link somewhere around here about this product when it first came out... and he gave it a big thumbs-up

I backed both of the prior Shadows of Esteren Kickstarters.  I really do think it's great stuff.  Very moody, and the artwork is fantastic.  

This new one ends on August 11.  And according to one of the updates, they will be able to deliver at Gen Con . . . four days later!  I have no idea if they can pull that off, but if they do, that's got to be a new Kickstarter record.

The Shadows of Esteren kickstarter has reached a goal that makes their first book Prologue freely available for download.

The book gives a short overview of what the setting and system has to offer so if anyone is interested :

rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/109112/S ... 0-Prologue

Thunderdave wrote in Kickstarter projects:I gather Shadows of Esteren book one was available through a previous Kickstarter?  Is the book available for sale now?  A quick search only showed the pdf for sale on Drive-thru RPG

There were previous Kickstarters for Book 0 (Prologue) and Book 1 (Universe).  This one is for Book 2 (Travels).  But if you pledge to this one at a level which has physical product (as opposed to just PDF), you can add on copies of Book 0 and Book 1 (for $25 and $40, respectively).  Also, some of the higher pledges already come with Book 0 (and in one case, Book 1 too).

These looks pretty cool.

Dragon Fantasy Coins by NOWish games — Kickstarter

While my wife cuts me a lot of slack with my hobby, I am not sure if she would be happy if I spent a lot of money on a bunch of gaming coins however!  

I'd rather use real coins...

beasterbrook wrote in Kickstarter projects:failure of a rather large Kickstarter.. $122k

The Doom That Came To Atlantic City! by The Forking Path, Co. » Terminus — Kickstarter

Brette:)

I knew of a guy who once went to jail over just 10k in unsent ebay items he had sold (he double sold a lot of stuff, had a lawsuit filed against him by disgruntled buyers, and the states attorney went after him). I can't imagine this dude won't see jailtime after taking 120k.

Mike B.

I think what they are talking about it what he did.. if you use the $$ for what you said you would and fail is fine.. but if you use it form something else thats another matter.. seems to be very little info what happened with the $122k+

9.5% would vae been suck up in kickstarter and amazon fees.. but the rest? No product was made.. no product shipped.. were artists paid? it seems to suggest not..

where did the money go? "After paying to form the company, for the miniature statues, moving back to Portland, getting software licenses and hiring artists to do things like rule book design and art conforming the money was approaching a point of no return. We had to print at that point or never. Unfortunately that wasn't in the cards for a variety of reasons"  .

nice post just posted;)

"I would like to see an itemized break down on what our one hundred thousand dollars bought. It sounds to me that almost no money went into development but rather your pocket. You quit your job then moved to Portland then lived off our investor money. It sounds like the game was an afterthought because according to all your past updates the game was done and just needed to be printed. According to this update it was all lies. You misappropriated our funds for your own goal i.e. your move and trying to start a game company."

very tempting to have 100k sitting in your bank a/c..

As I've said before.. Kickstarter can make or break you..

Brette:)

it would be interesting to see where $110k odd when in 13 months..

Brette:)

Lawrence Watt-Evans, a fantasy author best known for the long-running Ethshar series (The Misenchanted Sword), has a Kickstarter going for a new science fantasy novel, Vika's Avenger. 5 hours left & it's $7 from its top goal ($12K):

Vika's Avenger Kickstarter

"On a distant planet, 12,000 years in the future, a country boy named Tulzik Ambroz comes to the ancient city of Ragbaan seeking the man who killed his sister Vika. Ragbaan's civilization has risen to astonishing heights of power and technology several times — and then collapsed each time, so that now most of the city is abandoned and empty, and the three million remaining inhabitants make no distinction between magic and technology. How can a stranger, with only a portrait his sister drew to identify his quarry, hope to find a single individual in such a place?"

Art for the novel will be by Bradley W. Schenck - the Wee Warriors artist formerly known as Morno - who is also an occasional poster at the Acaeum. He has a website called Webomator, where he has written several blog posts about the Kickstarter:

Back Lawrence Watt-Evans' new novel at Kickstarter, and it will get more and more art by me
At Kickstarter: more pledges for Vika's Avenger mean more illustrations by me
Vika's Avenger at Kickstarter: one more stretch goal to go