by redwullf » Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:10 am
Thanks, Blood axe. I'm don't believe we're being scammed. Backers did receive the Player's Guide PDF, so there's no doubt that a product has been written (and it's really quite good). There have been pictures of proofs from the printers. So, I believe there really was honest intention of creating these books and sending them to backers. But, sometime right after the 2nd Kickstarter (for the GM Guide) finished, the author just sort of fell off the face of the Earth, only to reappear briefly with talk of challenges at home and at work, etc., etc. But, this has been going on since about September of last year, and now we haven't heard from the guy (Tom Ryan) in over 2 months, even though his last update (2 months ago) promised that things were still underway.
The real crime (other than absconding with 40,000 dollars of other people's hard-earned money) is that now I've come to disdain Kickstarters and won't really back anything anymore. And, of course, harm to Kickstarter itself, which directly or indirectly, suffers a hit to its credibility.
Anyway, perhaps there will still be books someday, but if there are others in the same boat with me, I'd love to hear from you. I'd like "get the word out" into the OSR community to see if, perhaps, we can light some fires and get some activity, or at least a response.
“The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs. He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own.” E. G. G.