I hear Mike Nystul has found a way to fund his previously funded but money is gone Kickstarters. Tomorrow he's going announce on Facebook his plans to Kickstart conversions of Dwimmermount for Axes & Anvils and Cairn. Dwimmermount, The Infinite Dungeon - coming to a Kickstarter near you. Pledges of $100 and up get to design their own dungeon levels for the project, taking the hard work and putting it on the supporters, where it belongs.
I understand Kevin Siembieda is even getting onto the Dwimmermount bandwagon. Palladium Books is going to Kickstart a Rifts conversion of Dwimmermount, and he's already threatened legal action against any that publish their own version of the legendary Dungeon, including the ACKS and LL versions from Autarch.
Far West, the kung fu western RPG with mystical overtones is going to be retitled Far Gone and will be reskinned as a post apocalyptic RPG, to be released after the apocalypse. Apparently that is an "estimate shipping date" they feel they can reach.
Sine Nomine publishing is apparently putting the finishing touches on their own Fantasy "OSR" game. The writing is almost complete. The plan is to ship hard copies before the Kickstarter finishes funding, as this is about the only way to ship faster then they did with Spears of the Dawn. Larry Elmore is doing the art and the Kickstarter is to fund releasing all of Larry's art into the public domain.
Frog God Games is thinking of doing their own conversion of Dwimmermount for both Pathfinder and Swords & Wizardry. The Pathfinder version will be written by Nick Logue, who owes the Frog Gods personal servitude, and will be released in 2 volumes, each coming in at over 800 pages with each weighing more than a small child. The Swords & Wizardry conversion will be a single volume, but will include optional random encounter details (which will be available for the Pathfinder version as a free PDF download).
The RPG Kickstarters Anonymous group is running an Indiegogo "Flexible Funding" fundraiser. You can find more details at EnjoyingMyAprilFoolsDay.com
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Please please please let this be an April Fool's post.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who funds any of Nystul's future projects deserves to lose their money at this point. Ridiculous.
The RPG Kickstarters Anonymous group is running an Indiegogo fundraiser. You can find more details at EnjoyingMyAprilFoolsDay.com"
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I believed you until I was already past the Mike Nystul paragraph. That one actually sounded believable. :)
ReplyDeleteThe best jokes are the ones with just a hint of realism ;)
DeleteI could see Kevin Siembieda trying to pull a legal stunt like that. At least till his lawyers screamed "LET US DO OUR JOB!!!"
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ReplyDeleteWell done, good sir. I was with you up until Siembieda.
Truth is stranger than fiction, I just got an update from Mike Nystul, he has apparently given The Infinite Dungeon to a company named D# Adventures.
ReplyDeleteOops that's D3 Adventures
DeleteS&W Dwimmermount you say? That's possible now.
ReplyDeleteThe sad part is that despite being an April Fools, the Far West commentary is probably not that far off from the truth. I have given up on it ever coming out given the glacial pace it is taking to finish the work and how many excuses and other things come up to delay it further.
ReplyDeleteGareth is like "Candy Man". Invoke Far West too many times in a negative manner and he will appear.
DeleteI'm in for the portrait, so I know I'm fucked ;)
Far West was the first $100 level Kickstarter I tossed my money in for...and the first to be disappointed by. Like you have mentioned before, I don't have a lot of interest in the game at this point. Dwimmermount was another...and though SJG's Ogre Kickstarter is late, we get plenty of evidence that the problems are with packing, not with the game, and knowing Steve Jackson's reputation, what I will get for Ogre will be worth the delay.
DeleteI spit beer on my screen. That is the best thing ever
ReplyDeletei done did well then ;)
DeleteGod damn if you'd put the Kevin Siembeda part at the very end I'd have believed it all up until then. Even Sine Nomine, which I fully expect could happen given their stunning track record!
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