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Designers and Dragons Kickstarter

Started by flyerfan1991, August 05, 2014, 10:30:43 AM

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flyerfan1991

August 05, 2014, 10:30:43 AM
I see that Shannon Applecline's Designers and Dragons is now on Kickstarter --at least according to the Evil Hat e-mail I got-- which makes me wonder how this is going to be different from the other histories out there.  

Such as Playing at the World, among others.

Say Geezer, are you done with that book of yours?

cnath.rm

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September 07, 2014, 12:45:27 AM
I'm not sure how the scope of this compares to other histories, though this looks pretty freaking big.  I'm tempted to (and likely will) toss in the $15 for the ebook versions.
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arminius

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September 07, 2014, 03:15:56 PM
Early drafts of his work have been posted on Rpgnet for free. Based on what I've read (not to mention Appelcline's & Evil Hat's poor showing in the consultantgate and related controversies) I can't see why anyone would pay for it.

flyerfan1991

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September 10, 2014, 09:13:51 PM
Quote from: Arminius;785652Early drafts of his work have been posted on Rpgnet for free. Based on what I've read (not to mention Appelcline's & Evil Hat's poor showing in the consultantgate and related controversies) I can't see why anyone would pay for it.

I'd much rather have Playing at the World, personally.

arminius

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September 12, 2014, 01:45:44 AM
The thing about Designers and Dragons is that people have pointed out there's no references. And given that the details of rpg history are often contentious, I'd really want to know how Appelcline came across a given fact.

This was raised in relation to the first edition, and Appelcline's response was really disappointing: http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/6500?page=1
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