Quote from: The Butcher;926531Let's hear it from the man himself:



Why the Artesia RPG uses fucking Fuzion is beyond my paltry faculties.

Maybe Smylie didn't want anything to do with Chaosium or a licensee like Mongoose or TDM (which, seeing how Chaosium has treated all the past RQ licensees and lines like Magic World, that might not have been a bad call).  Now with Legend fully OGL and Mythras is free at last, free at last, who knows?

So in other words its not out yet.

It'll be out the day before the Buckaroo Banzai RPG.

Quote from: Celestial;926686It'll be out the day before the Buckaroo Banzai RPG.

How about duke nukem forever that's never going to come out at this rate.

And it's debacles like this that keep me away from Kickstarters.

Quote from: Celestial;926486So not only is the book not completed, they're still in play testing mode... and yet promised release of the PDF for last month.  But it gets better!

Very sad.  

Incidentally, wasn't it claimed in the Kickstarter that all this stuff was already playtested rules which had been used in Pondsmith's games for years?

Maybe I said it before, but I'm amazed how badly this has been fumbled.  I expected it to not be fully delivered, but I at least thought the book would be finished by now.

I never believed the idea that this was a pre-existing ruleset which just needed to be given pretty presentation.  I was certain it was just some half formed ideas in Pondsmith's mind which he'd haphazardly attach to Fuzion.  All this stalling and convenient setbacks have made me wonder if in all this time the book was ever written to begin with.

Will it be out before Mechanoids, though?

Quote from: RPGPundit;928285Will it be out before Mechanoids, though?

I thought they allready released a Mechanoids collection book? (And the Rifts:Mechanoids book. Not sure of that counts?)

No, those don't count. Kevin has been promising a shiny new Mechanoid Space game since, well, Rifts: Mechanoids at least.

Quote from: DavetheLost;928307No, those don't count. Kevin has been promising a shiny new Mechanoid Space game since, well, Rifts: Mechanoids at least.

Which makes it what, 25 years now?

Quote from: Christopher Brady;926812And it's debacles like this that keep me away from Kickstarters.

What's the ratio of KS debacles to success stories up to now anyway, 10 to 1? It sure feels that way when whenever KS comes up.

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;928753What's the ratio of KS debacles to success stories up to now anyway, 10 to 1? It sure feels that way when whenever KS comes up.

Mine is 1:13
1 Debacle (Far West), 13 successful kickstarters.

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;928753What's the ratio of KS debacles to success stories up to now anyway, 10 to 1? It sure feels that way when whenever KS comes up.

Excluding the Kickstarters that I backed fairly recently, so far I've had 14 fulfill without issue and 2 run into significant delays. Neither of those are at Far West levels yet, fortunately, and I'm hopeful that the finished products for both will see the light of day in the next few months since the PDFs are already out.

Quote from: CRKrueger;928767Mine is 1:13
1 Debacle (Far West), 13 successful kickstarters.

  Almost exactly the same for me, although I'd characterize mine as 13.5 successful, 0.5 debacles--Cartoon Action Hour Season 3 did fine in PDF, but the print version's been one misfire after another. None of them seem to be C.C. Miller's fault, but lack of communication hasn't helped. It looks like things are finally, albeit slowly, moving forward again.

  I think the reason for Shipyard's impression is that Kickstarters usually only get talked about outside existing fan circles when they a) take off spectacularly, b) fail spectacularly, or c) both.

The Robotech RPG Tactics minis game is the only troubled Kickstarter I've been in. And that's not even a real debacle (for me) because I did get the huge box of Wave 1 minis which could probably be flipped for close to my investment. AKA, I spent $150 and I could sell Wave 1 for $100 if I wanted to give up on waiting for Wave 2 (which probably would be smart, but I want a Robotech minis game!).

I've backed 21 projects. Out of those, 16 are complete and I'm generally happy to extremely happy with the results. I am waiting on the Mine Kafon Drone project to go into the field (very cool new tech to destroy mines), and I have 3 game KS that are all shipping within 6 months.

Though to be fair, 90% of the KS I back are effectively finished projects or charity projects (Lightsail, Reading Rainbow, RPM music fest, etc) that I trust.

Quote from: DavetheLost;928307Kevin has been promising a shiny new Mechanoid Space game since, well, Rifts: Mechanoids at least.

I am hoping the partnership with Savage Worlds leads to a remake of Mechanoids.