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Dolmenwood Kickstarter Delay Messaging

Started by Feratu, April 18, 2025, 11:45:33 PM

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Brad

#45
April 24, 2025, 10:04:48 PM
I think for the most part people are just tired of the utter stupidity behind trying to appease a small group of vocal morons who don't even buy the products they're complaining about. Dolemwood via the 'zines was cool, but everything I've read about the actual KS product (why it's its own game is fucking beyond me) proves that a creator who doesn't remain true to his vision is going to produce something mediocre. Too many cooks and all that...this is especially sad because Dolemwood was really cool.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

grimshwiz

#46
April 24, 2025, 11:08:43 PM
Quote from: Katowice on April 24, 2025, 09:02:43 PMI don't have any experience with Dolmenwood before the Kickstarter, so I don't know what all the fuss is about (examples of "weakness?"). Since I actually am a backer and have the PDF's: what I read is a decent dark fairytale OSR setting (lacking in any wokeness as far as I can tell) along the lines of Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn, etc.  I hate wokeness and safety tools and all that junk, but I'm just seeing any of what some of you are claiming.

Regardless, the books are just books; what happens at your table is where it becomes a roleplaying game.

To each his own, I guess...

I was shocked there was no safety tools or pronouns anywhere.

What people are upset about is the company EF being woke and the complete rewrite of the source material. It is a complete tonal shift.

Persimmon

#47
April 24, 2025, 11:43:59 PM
I asked for and received a full refund for my Dolmenwood KS pledge after I saw the advance pdfs.  They were cool about it and I'm glad I got out when I did. 

I've got my OSE rulebooks and we're currently running Rob Alderman's awesome "Gods of the Forbidden North" campaign with it, but I'm done buying new OSE products.
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