About the only one I get to regularly these days is Airecon, but that is only an hours drive from home!

The text of Maelstrom Expanded ideally requires the core and two Companions, and embraces them with new expanded mechanics for character creation, combat, magic, and campaign play.

Please, show your support for this classic game and the hard work of Graham keeping it alive.

#Tudor #TTRPG #RPG

I like the snippet about the dreadful happenings in Faversham. I've been there. I know what it's like.

I ended up removing that because I couldn't work out how to make it make sense in two lines. My wife is from that area, so I have been there plenty of times, but it is complicated to explain!

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definitely. it's when new KS promise more and updates (or lack of) on previous ones make it clear where the funding is actually going. caveat emptor obviously

I mean using a new project to finish up paying for past ones - running multiple campaigns that each work on their own merits is fine.

I also blame the fake low funding targets that mask the real costs - especially on large, long projects.

absolutely

absolutely. not nearly enough space here to go into details but I've experienced this directly via our work on Cthulhu Wars and others and I'm not the only creative to have done so by any measure

Serial crowdfunding is not a sustainable business model but also precludes gaining any kind of real retail presence.

It is. Being a sole creator is tough, and many (most) KSs from sole creators end up being a bit late.

My impression is that the ones that fail big time tend to be the bigger companies. Is that your impression too?

I feel this, having overrun by a out a year on a few pledges on an older KS myself. but every completed pledge was fulfilled, and every KS since has been early. stuff happens, obviously and its especially tough when you're a sole creator, but taking £££ and then ignoring backers is just psychopathic

I feel guilty because my boardgame has over-run. Part of that is unexpected issues and delays and a big part serious ill-health, but I am almost there.

I suspect that the bigger the KS, the easier it is to fail sometimes...