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Anyone else still not get those promised printed Appendix N Adventures?
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While I've never met John in person, I have talked to him on the phone on several occasions. He and BHP are the group that put out the boxed set versions (and hardback) for my Swords & Wizardry Whitebox rules set a couple of years ago. I've always found him to be an honest and hard-working guy, and he was able to hand-assemble and ship several hundred WB sets safely in the past. Until he jumped into the Delving Deeper RPG at the same time as the XPloreers RPG at the same time as the DCC Appendix N project he was doing fine. He seems to have expanded way too fast.marshal kt wrote:Do any of you actually know him, other than what he's posted on the website?
Have any of you ever purchased products from him before? Did they arrive on time?
Oh, I'm not so sure about this. When I read the tales of "Cugel the Clever" I find that I spot the scams, contrivances, deceits and devices but he doesn't ever seem to. In the real world I can never be sure if I'm Cugel or the reader.Raven_Crowking wrote:To be completely fair, we have all spent a lot of time on a game heavily influenced by the writings of Jack Vance. If we were not on the lookout for all kinds of scams and contrivances, deceits and devices, that would in fact be unusual. Everyone knows that the NPC tied up in the haunted house is really an assassin; the NPC looking to adventure with you at the inn is really a thief ready to take your hard-won gold as soon as you show a moment of weakness.
You're saying there was someone in there I was supposed to rescue...?Raven_Crowking wrote:Everyone knows that the NPC tied up in the haunted house is really an assassin.
Not only that, but get rid of the stupid stretch goal system, and close the project to new backers when the funding goal is reached.Skars wrote:Don't forget that with services like Kickstarter, if the project falls through amazon still takes their cut. So, you really _can't_ refund everything to the backers. Honestly, I think the OSR would be best off using a p500 style system a la GMT and MMP wargame companies or along the lines that Michael Curtis and Goblinoid did for Majus-have it written first and just source the crowd to get it published.