D&D may still be the biggest fish in the TTRPG pond, but they are bleeding, and an unlikely shark has begun to circle. Intro (0:49) – Scormey and Beoulus discuss “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” Tabletop Roleplaying (12:20) – “Knave 2nd Edition” is showing how OSR TTRPGs are on the rise, while D&D […]
Tag: Kickstarter
A Postmortem: How NOT to run a crowdfunded project
I spoke about my experiences with the crowdfunding for “Perilous Roleplaying Game” by Jordan Palmer previously, both back in January, and again earlier this month. Neither of these articles painted a very positive view of the project, or of its creator Jordan, but both were accurate and specific to the problems that have plagued “Perilous” […]
“Perilous Roleplaying Game” is a Scam
Well, we’ve reached the 9-month mark since Jordan Palmer has last posted on Kickstarter regarding the status of his crowdfunded tabletop roleplaying game, “Perilous Roleplaying Game”. I covered this all back in January, on the six-month anniversary of that last post, feel free to read that first, before you continue on here. Extremely short re-cap: […]
Flop! – Loot Mechanics #318
Waxing poetic about old-school CCGs, and casting a bit of suspicion towards overly-hyped TTRPGs. Intro (0:49) – Scormey’s been playing retro games a lot lately, and Beoulus has been playing “Tavern Keeper”. CCGs (3:47) – Collectible Card Games. Are there any you are nostalgic for, and would like to see rebooted? We have some thoughts […]
A Perilous Time
So, let me state something right now: I like Jordan Palmer. I like many of the tabletop roleplaying games he has designed. I am not a “Hater”, by any means. This is important, considering what I’m about to say. If you are seeing this blog post, it is because, as of its publication, it has […]
A Pitfall of Crowdfunded TTRPGs
I hate making blog posts like this one, but sometimes, I feel I have no choice. Let’s talk about when crowdfunded projects, specifically for tabletop roleplaying games, fail. More to the point, they succeed on reaching or exceeding their monetary goal, but take way too long to deliver, or simply never deliver at all. First […]