Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

[wulfenlord]

YoHo Ho me hearties, prepare to be entered by... Pirates of the High Teas

Dare you enter my magical realm?Show

If you were tempted to open, you might have seen 3 red flags immediately.

• Logo in troon flag colors

• Being described as whimsical

• Having the most homogay premise possible, apart from knitting...

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My Roger is most definitely not jolly.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

>compete to gain the affection of the captain
Just play a pirate-themed session of Maid RPG.

And not only is this this company's first Kickstarter, but also their first game in general (though there's quite a bit of "work in progress" stuff).
Worst of all the head lady(?) is a complete n00b at publishing.
I'd say it's very likely there will be a lot of drama surrounding untimely delivery and the printing quality.

I’ve spent my professional life as a woman in tech, with all the baggage and lived experience that goes with it. As I’ve risen to leadership roles, I’ve been intentional about kicking down doors for those coming behind me, pushing to get seats at the table for those whose voices should be heard, and being an advocate and ally whenever I can. I was surprised to discover many of the same problems in tabletop game industry as in tech with respect to representation and inclusion across people of color, women, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and other dimensions of diversity. Following the groundwork I've laid in my tech career, I’m exploring what I can do to help. Becoming a publisher will put me in the driver’s seat, able to work with diverse collaborators and continue bringing new voices to the table.

She's fighting the good fight for all SJWs.

The diversity of gamers is growing. Or more likely it has always been there, but we just couldn’t tell because only certain games were getting made, which created a self-reinforcing cycle. The big question is how to reach the people who would enjoy games some of these unpublished gems.

People don't need your help to get shit published. They use Kickstarter like you do.

[Kugelfisch]

I can't help but read "Character Discoveries" as "Disorders" and it really fits that this group of blithering retards would be on a quest to pick up as many personality disorders as they can.

Think of it as saving you from a hit being every new disorder being a fresh excuse to not being able to work.
It's really just a schizophrenic POV of a commie faggot.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

I can't help but read "Character Discoveries" as "Disorders" and it really fits that this group of blithering retards would be on a quest to pick up as many personality disorders as they can.

It'd be like a reverse Uno. Whoever has the most disorders in his hand at the end wins.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Jeremy Crawford got "let go" by WotC, likely thanks to the poor performance of 6e.

He's a corprate drone who has done almost nothing outside of WotC, and literally nothing outside of d20. He is responsible for baffling decisions like removing Half-Elves and -Orcs on the bases that half races are "racist", and his answers to rules questions are so bad you're usually better off doing the opposite of what he suggested (unless you're cool with your players being able to summon shit through walls).

He will not be missed. Though that probably won't stop him from doing a 5e hardbreaker on Kickstarter or something.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Seems the entire tabletop and boardgame industry is going through a bit of a crisis atm, thanks to everyone and their mother producing their luxurious hardcover books and fancy board games in China. Everything from Dolmenwood to Gloomhaven is having their products stuck in logistics purgatory because they can't (or don't want to) pay the increased tarrifs.

[Kugelfisch]

Oh no! They can't get the trash nobody buys anyway shipped? What a tragedy!

[wulfenlord]

Some of those boardgames get millions of Dollars shoved down their asses on Kickscammer thanks to FOMO perks, I can already see the producers holding their products ransom to extort more money from gamers, while blaming Orange Man. Kugels right on one point though - apart from initial Kickscammer campaigns normal shops are pushing games out at sometimes 50% marked off, just to get rid of them.

I wonder if Coyote Ugly and Into the Mud huts are trying to kvetch their victims for any extra tariff monies yet.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Those hardcover tabletop books are also mostly for the Kickstarter perks. Unless you're some physical collector it's just a lot more convenient getting that shit as a PDF.

[Le Redditeur]

Seems the entire tabletop and boardgame industry is going through a bit of a crisis atm, thanks to everyone and their mother producing their luxurious hardcover books and fancy board games in China. Everything from Dolmenwood to Gloomhaven is having their products stuck in logistics purgatory because they can't (or don't want to) pay the increased tarrifs.

Oh so THAT'S why Gloomhaven is currently out of stock on Amazon! Makes sense. Although what doesn't make sense is that Catan: Cities and Knights has been out of stock for six months now.