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"50 sHAdes of VORpal" on Kickstarter, D&D killer?

Started by ZWEIHÄNDER, October 09, 2014, 09:48:44 AM

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#30
October 14, 2014, 09:52:27 PM
I wonder how the recent changes in KS policy (where they're getting tougher on KS-projects actually delivering) will affect something like this?
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#31
October 15, 2014, 12:17:02 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;792115I wonder how the recent changes in KS policy (where they're getting tougher on KS-projects actually delivering) will affect something like this?

I could only assume they'd have to verify somebody's project if they didn't want Kickstarter to get suckered every other offer.

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#32
October 15, 2014, 02:32:59 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;791229Benoist told me over Facebook that a buddy of his apparently got a hold of the person behind the Kickstarter and...

...it's an actual 15-year-old kid.

Unlikely as it sounds, I kind of hope it's true. But it's a win-win situation, really, since this thing's just as brilliant whether it's satirical or sincere.

That's hilarious and sad at the same time if true because I'd love to see it become a real published game.
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#33
October 15, 2014, 04:45:43 PM
According to a number of RPGnet posters, there is a manuscript for this game. So, it seems highly likely to be actually published.

The thing with joke KS like this and the potato salad one is that they are actually easy to fulfil and give most of their reward very the entertainment they create.

The mock-up cover is amaze:

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#34
October 20, 2014, 10:31:33 AM
The bar for gamers' collective sense of humor is set quite low, isn't it?
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#35
October 20, 2014, 02:34:41 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;793013The bar for gamers' collective sense of humor is set quite low, isn't it?

Comedy is harder than it looks.  It's a lot easier to heckle from the peanut gallery, than it is to get up on stage and risk being heckled, when it comes to comedy.

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#36
October 20, 2014, 06:48:54 PM
It's a pointed and astute piss-take of the absurdity of so much of kickstarter and RPG culture. The fact it could pass as a non-parody is what makes it hilarious.
 

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#37
October 25, 2014, 12:06:51 AM
Quote from: Haffrung;793084It's a pointed and astute piss-take of the absurdity of so much of kickstarter and RPG culture. The fact it could pass as a non-parody is what makes it hilarious.

I think it went just a little too far into the absurd to "pass as a non-parody".
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#38
October 25, 2014, 06:18:53 PM
Quote from: Haffrung;793084It's a pointed and astute piss-take of the absurdity of so much of kickstarter and RPG culture. The fact it could pass as a non-parody is what makes it hilarious.

now that's funny
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#39
October 26, 2014, 12:40:06 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;793946I think it went just a little too far into the absurd to "pass as a non-parody".

It was basically The Onion of kickstarters.

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#40
October 29, 2014, 02:59:26 AM
Quote from: James Gillen;794184It was basically The Onion of kickstarters.

JG

Or maybe the Colbert Report...
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#41
October 29, 2014, 11:21:56 PM
There was a more earnest one the other day that wasn't trying to be funny.

If they're called heartbreakers is this one a lung buster?
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