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Personally, I suck at keeping track of Kickstarters, not only for actual RPGs, but for other things related to RPGs like
Dice handmade from Bulletproof Glass (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1874304670/prism-dice-handmade-from-bulletproof-glass)
Voodoo Tarot Cards (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vudutarot/the-new-vudu-vodou-tarot-and-espiritismo-tarot-rel/)
The Ubiquitous Weekly Awesome Miniatures run from new companies you've never heard about. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fantasyminiatures/rpg-fantasy-miniatures-by-minx-studio/description)

Crowdfunding and indie publishing is almost the de facto standard for RPGs at this point, it seems like a dedicated thread to simply list them would be a good idea.  Not talk about them, not argue about them, just crowdfunding links.  If people want to talk about them in more depth, they can do it other appropriate places.

So, how do you think theRPGsite should handle Crowdfunding?

The main forum has too many stickies already. So I vote no, to a ks sticky.

Quote from: dragoner;891522The main forum has too many stickies already. So I vote no, to a ks sticky.

The full poll is up, there's another option.

I was thinking the same thing about the Sticky in the main forum, so I put up the option of having a new KS forum in the first area of the site, the Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central.  That would make the first grouping 5 forums instead of 4.

That way instead of a sticky that would become a mess, just have a new forum for all threads Kickstarter/IndieGogo/etc. on things related to RPGs.

Quote from: dragoner;891522The main forum has too many stickies already. So I vote no, to a ks sticky.

Yes. The posts per page could be increased as well.

To keep track on Kickstarters, I recommend this resource:
http://rpggeek.com/geeklist/202074/kickstarter-rpg-projects-2016/page/1?

RPGgeek is cool. I'm good with all of the above suggestions, esp with a sub-forum for ks threads.

Ignoring my distaste for Kickstarters in general, I think it should have it's own sub-forum under the News and Adverts section.  Mainly because you ARE advertising (maybe for someone else, maybe for your own) a product that is (hopefully) coming in the near future.

I'd prefer that things stay the way they are. It makes easier to discuss the Kickstarters I think, when threads flow and die as interest grows and ebbs in particular KSes.

I hates the stickies. Hates!

KS subforum? Don't know. Does it bother people that KS stuff pops up in the main forum? Or KS board games pop up in Other Games?

I think having KS in the main forums gets them more exposure. Which I feel is a good thing.

Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

lol

It might be like trolling the rest of the users here because 50% of posts are about D&D and it's ilk.

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

Yes.  The moment you separate any forum, you create an unintentional 'Us vs. Them' mentality.

They're all role playing games.  Let's keep it inclusionary, please.

Quote from: dragoner;891692lol

It might be like trolling the rest of the users here because 50% of posts are about D&D and it's ilk.

Yes I notice and this is exactly what is annoying to me. Most of the dnd topics are actually not about RPGs, but rather game specific talk. But I understand how this forum has long history and it's userbase us used to this.

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place. :)

Quote from: Itachi;891735I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place. :)

I'm with Itachi, really.

Quote from: Spinachcat;891660KS subforum? Don't know. Does it bother people that KS stuff pops up in the main forum? Or KS board games pop up in Other Games?

I think having KS in the main forums gets them more exposure. Which I feel is a good thing.

True.  KS stuff in the main forum doesn't bother me at all, but I was thinking if it had it's own forum there would be better chance to get notice of KS for dice, minis, maps,

Quote from: jux;891734Yes I notice and this is exactly what is annoying to me. Most of the dnd topics are actually not about RPGs, but rather game specific talk. But I understand how this forum has long history and it's userbase us used to this.

Not sure what you're saying.  

Quote from: Itachi;891735I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place. :)

Some men just want to watch the world burn. (and really like forum paging :D)

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

RPG.net's D20 Ghetto? That got weird when non-D&D D20 non-fantasy games were shoved there, like SWN got shoved there, but I could have Mazes & Minotaurs threads in the main forum.

I actually think ENworld had an interesting system by tagging the threads, so if you just wanted to see 3e or 4e threads or General threads or GenCon threads, you could click and isolate those.

I think their system works because technically there isn't a "main" forum, unless you are talking about the forum for the current edition.

Quote from: jux;891734Yes I notice and this is exactly what is annoying to me. Most of the dnd topics are actually not about RPGs, but rather game specific talk. But I understand how this forum has long history and it's userbase us used to this.

This forum has really nice software and an adept seeming admin, that's it's strongpoints. That said, there isn't a reason anybody couldn't post about other games, it is just the same old story that there might not be too many replies. However, there are a manageable amount of users here, so the signal to noise ratio is low. As an incessant organizer, I'd probably split out the different game types into sub-forums at least, though with how it is going here, I don't think there is a problem.

Still too many stickies at the top though.

Quote from: Itachi;891735I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place. :)

I am against combining forums simply because of the vitriolic/diatribe-laden relationships between some of these groups.

And for those of with preferences, having these topics separated makes life easier. I don't think I've ever been into the storygame or boardgame or videogame forum here.

Any kind of record would be helpful.  I generally like knowing about RPG KSers, but I often find out too late.

Cheers

Yeah, I don't think we really need a KS sticky. I'm not convinced, at least not yet.

Quote from: RPGPundit;893231Yeah, I don't think we really need a KS sticky. I'm not convinced, at least not yet.

So you don't see people advertising a KS being out as an advert?  (No snark, just wanting clarification.)

Quote from: Christopher Brady;893326So you don't see people advertising a KS being out as an advert?  (No snark, just wanting clarification.)

To me, it depends a lot on how they do it.

Here's the thing: I think there's legitimate interest among our users in hearing about KS projects for RPGs.  People want to have information, they want to be able to discuss it, and it's great if game designers come on here to talk about their games and upcoming projects, be they KS or others.

On the other hand, we don't want the forum to get swamped with low information posts that amount to trying to garner free publicity and begging people to back their KS projects.

So I guess to me, the difference is whether the thread in question feels like an invitation to actually engage in discussion or if it feels more like a low-effort ad.  That's why I've shut down a few threads of people making publicity for their KSes, but allowed a lot of others.

Fair enough.  That's all I was curious about.