Far West RPG what went wrong?

jcfiala · May 04, 2018, 09:30:06 PM

Quote from: Krimson;1037380I'd laugh but I backed Topher Gerkey's Rosemont Bay five years ago.

Yeah, I backed that one too. Happily, also at the pdf-only level.

Anon Adderlan · May 06, 2018, 09:00:43 PM

Quote from: Jetstream;1036943So, hey! Funny story.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Adamant/far-west-western-wuxia-mashup-adventure-game/posts/2176530

"I've been completely redesigning FAR WEST, from top to bottom."

#Slowclap

Also "A friend of mine died, and I was sad."

Last thing I saw him do before he blocked me on Facebook (I wonder how many of his backers are) was tear into one of his fellow publishers (by telling them nobody knew or cared who they are) because they asked Nicole to clarify they weren't the McFarland who happens to be a rapist. And while I may not update my Kickstarter or respond to messages (which isn't good), I'd neither engage in the kind of emotional manipulation we see in his Kickstarter, nor dismiss legitimate concerns like that.

But sunk cost fallacy or not, there are people who buy his bullshit, and I hope they get what they paid for.

jcfiala · May 07, 2018, 03:24:07 PM

Quote from: Anon Adderlan;1037830But sunk cost fallacy or not, there are people who buy his bullshit, and I hope they get what they paid for.

I bought his bullshit, and I bought your bullshit, and at least I got a collection of short stories out of Gareth's kickstarter. He may have only updated once in the last year, but you haven't updated in the last four years.

RPGPundit · May 09, 2018, 01:40:34 AM

Quote from: urbwar;1037475Rich hasn't been attached to this for years. That image Pundit posted was likely one of the ones GMS photo manipulated himself. He started doing that a few years ago, which led to some pointing out he used a few pictures he didn't have the right to use (as someone else owned the rights to them) or something to that effect.

Jesus Christ, the clusterfuck never ends with this thing!

urbwar · May 09, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1038140Jesus Christ, the clusterfuck never ends with this thing!

So true. Glad I never trusted GMS with my money again after the ICONS Team Up pre-order failed to deliver (which is a shame, cause it's actually a decent book, and wish it had come out in print)

RPGPundit · May 11, 2018, 01:09:45 AM

I saw somewhere (rumor?) that he's now claiming he's switching his whole system? To D6?

urbwar · May 11, 2018, 04:04:58 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1038525I saw somewhere (rumor?) that he's now claiming he's switching his whole system? To D6?

No rumor; it was in an update he made to the KS. I saw that mentioned over on TBP.

sniderman · May 11, 2018, 07:28:56 AM

Quote from: urbwar;1038542No rumor; it was in an update he made to the KS. I saw that mentioned over on TBP.

Here's the update:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Adamant/far-west-western-wuxia-mashup-adventure-game/posts/2176530

jcfiala · May 11, 2018, 11:57:16 AM

Assuming it ever gets released, I like the idea of it being D6 a bit better than it being D20.

But aside from chatting about it online when it comes up, it's not something I worry about overly much. $10 invested 6 years ago is noise in my budget - my wife used to spend more on Starbucks each week. (and, ha! now that she's back in the hospital I'm spending more on that. Thank goodness she's got good insurance.)

If a game appears, I might try it out. If it doesn't appear, then it's been something else to talk about on the internet that isn't my wife's health problems. Either way, I seem to have come out ahead.

GRIM · May 12, 2018, 06:43:05 PM

I had a very similar game concept where America got settled - from the East - by the Chinese and Japanese.
I never bothered developing it because of Far West. I should just fuckin' do it.
It's a bloody shame he oublietted Bas-Lag as a gae setting too.

RPGPundit · May 14, 2018, 03:09:16 AM

Quote from: jcfiala;1038568Assuming it ever gets released, I like the idea of it being D6 a bit better than it being D20.

Was it ever D20? Or just a homebrew system that used d20s?

Anyways, this endless clusterfuck is hilarious.

Almost_Useless · May 14, 2018, 08:30:14 AM

d20-adjacent, maybe. It's been a while since I've looked at the rules doc. There framework was like a very light d20 rule set, with some Fate-type Aspects, and some pretty nice rules on building your own martial arts.

Redforce · May 14, 2018, 11:12:19 AM

Quote from: Willmark;980563I wonder who the idiot was that ponied up 1k?

Probably invested in Star Citizen, too.

RPGPundit · May 16, 2018, 03:16:49 AM

Quote from: Almost_Useless;1038947d20-adjacent, maybe. It's been a while since I've looked at the rules doc. There framework was like a very light d20 rule set, with some Fate-type Aspects, and some pretty nice rules on building your own martial arts.

I'd comment on which of the two systems I'd think it's better, but that would be imagining that this thing is ever going to see the light of day.

Omega · May 16, 2018, 03:52:36 AM

In a few years he can change the system again and stall for a few more.