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GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Kickstarter!

Started by dbm, August 31, 2016, 02:05:37 PM

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AaronBrown99

#16
September 02, 2016, 11:20:00 AM
I love the Dungeon Fantasy series as a way of focusing the maelstrom of options in "raw" GURPS.  Definitely backing!

If this is successful it would be great to see a CAR WARS kickstarter...

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dbm

#17
September 02, 2016, 01:02:47 PM
Quote from: AaronBrown99;916772If this is successful it would be great to see a CAR WARS kickstarter...

WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE

Err, the last Kickstarter they did was for Car Wars?

jcfiala

#18
September 02, 2016, 01:58:57 PM
Quote from: dbm;916789Err, the last Kickstarter they did was for Car Wars?

And the next edition of Car Wars is expected in January.
 

ArtemisAlpha

#19
September 02, 2016, 02:15:29 PM
I've backed. I've really enjoyed my D&D 5e game, but I find that I'm having some issues trying to stretch 5e to do more than just be D&D. Sometimes I want the crunchy that is GURPS, and I think that this will be a great way to get my gaming group, who normally aren't in to that kind of crunchy, to give GURPS more of a shot.

David Johansen

#20
September 02, 2016, 02:18:35 PM Last Edit: September 02, 2016, 02:20:42 PM by David Johansen
Ester, if this thing flops we'll be eating crow.  Though I usually advocated for a series of short GURPS Lite booklets to build up sales of the core books.  Honestly this kickstarter is a better approach.  Who could have foreseen the rise of crowd funding back in 2008?

One thing I really like is that the retailer option is $75.   With the screen and three sets, that's a little better than 50% off.

Too many retailer options are for $500+ which is more than I want to risk on a long term gamble.
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AaronBrown99

#21
September 02, 2016, 02:19:26 PM
Quote from: dbm;916789Err, the last Kickstarter they did was for Car Wars?

For a set of maps, not an Ogre-anniversary edition version of Car Wars. Unless I'm very much mistaken, which happens.
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dbm

#22
September 02, 2016, 02:25:46 PM
Fair enough :)

Ulairi

#23
September 02, 2016, 03:13:13 PM
I'm in for $250.

RunningLaser

#24
September 02, 2016, 03:15:55 PM
This is tempting.  I've tried to muddle through Gurps 4th to no avail, but this does look to solve a bunch of that for a dope like me.

dbm

#25
September 03, 2016, 07:02:23 AM
Cover sketches - nice, reminds me of my early gaming days

Shawn Driscoll

#26
September 03, 2016, 09:12:47 AM
Meh. It's still GURPS. And its not a new setting book.

David Johansen

#27
September 03, 2016, 11:55:06 AM
The lack of a setting is an interesting choice.  Very much a "play Forgotten Realms or whatever with GURPS."

Personally, I'd have liked this to be GURPS Banestorm but then I also want the box full of action figures so you can show crouching, kneeling, aiming and so forth.  GURPS could totally be the action figure combat system.
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Exploderwizard

#28
September 04, 2016, 08:42:50 AM
I want some more detail about the game before leaping in. I am already a GURPS fan but I remember being excited about the Dungeon Fantasy series then kind of bummed because the whole deal was geared to super powerful high point total characters.

Part of what I like about fantasy gaming is the zero to hero experience. Starting out with 250 point templates for all the archetypes kind of kills that. I would like to know if this new incarnation has support for both low and higher point totals.
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danbuter

#29
September 04, 2016, 08:53:24 AM
It's about time! I also agree that this would have been much more successful if they'd released it during D&D 4e.
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