I know everyone thinks that a video is a "must-have" to run a successful Kickstarter, and while it can certainly help, few people want to slog through a 38-minute video about a project they may or may not have an interest in.
My unsolicited advice: keep your initial pitch to 5 minutes or less, and put the relevant info in the first 2 to 3 minutes. If you want to do a longer video, that's fine, link it further down pm the Kickstarter page. It shouldn't be your "pitch video."
Now that all of that is out of the way, Aeon: Ancient Greece Vol#1 for the DCC RPG looks interesting. I may be biased in its favor, as I'm currently beta testing JoetheLawyer's Bronze Age Fantasy Heartbreaker, but the setting and time frame is ripe for a playable setting.
You can snag a PDF copy for 5 bucks, or the Print plus PDF for 8 bucks plus shipping - in the US, a grand total of 11 bucks.
This first issue in the series includes everything you need to create 0-level Ancient Greek characters as well as a 0-level adventure funnel filled with lethal traps, death-dealing encounters, plus, memorable role-playing scenes even Homer would be proud to share and tell others.
You'll need all your wits and the luck of the dice gods (and maybe a few others) to survive and make it through to the end to claim your reward!
Here's just a taste of what you'll find inside AEON: Ancient Greece Zine Issue #1:
- Complete 0-level character creation rules! From Athlete, Basketweaver and Charioteer to Hoplite or Sailor - Over 40 professions and their starting equipment to roll up randomly. Plus…
- Includes a full list and rules for bronze age equipment, weapons and armor…
- Attention Judges! Run your friends' newly created characters through the deadly Labyrinth of Daedalus - a 0-level funnel filled with DCC inspired mayhem, trickery and death (Hades will love you for adding to his empire)!
- Over 100 ancient Greek names - Female and Male!
- Hittite... Minoan... Phoenician... Discover the ancient languages your character might know…
- You’ll also get 4 custom created, Greek themed blank character sheets (see the add-on below for a pic). Plus…
- Includes pre-generated 0-level characters so you and your friends can jump right into the action!
- Fully immerse and inspire yourself in the exciting history of Ancient Greece with an 'Appendix N' for your reading and viewing pleasure…
- Enjoy unique, Ancient Greek themed and inspired artwork spread throughout the entire zine…
- And more!
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Hey, thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteMyself and Christopher (the author) agree with you that our Kickstarter video should have been much, much, MUCH shorter!
Chalk it up to beginner's mistake. It's our very first Kickstarter for the both of us and we'll be the first to tell you we've made a few mistakes - the lengthy video being the top one.
We should have used the second video we did which we just released the other day.
It's a splice of the Spellburn podcast audio where they reviewed an early copy of the zine.
You can watch it here and you'll be happy to know, it's only 5 min and 47 seconds long. Or in our case, short!
https://youtu.be/m9OqnbxmBwU
Again, thanks for taking the time to talk about our Kickstarter. We both really appreciate it.
Harun Bahri
Founder, Sharktopus Games LLC