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Author Topic: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?  (Read 37322 times)

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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #315 on: September 09, 2023, 08:39:53 PM »
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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #316 on: September 10, 2023, 02:15:04 AM »
How many Ennie awards has D&D gained? Zach S, a WOTC consultant/foe has more awards than WOTC.

Psst. WOTC have declined to submit or accept nominations for years and years. Way back when they allowed their books to be nominated they won almost every time. So they stopped allowing them to be in the nominations.

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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #317 on: September 10, 2023, 02:17:02 AM »
Twelve years.

Twelve YEARS!

I posted my original comment in 2017.  It's early/mid 2023 now, and things are what they currently are.

I'm guessing Moller will release a flying care before this thing launches.

People who didn't exist when this game was announced are now nervous about going into middle school.

My daughter was not born when this was announced and she is in her second year of middle school already.

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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #318 on: September 10, 2023, 02:18:10 AM »
So, uh… it’s out: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452473/Far-West

I was genuinely shocked when I saw someone post that they got it in the mail.

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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #319 on: September 12, 2023, 12:54:28 PM »
Well, now the question will be how bad is it?
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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #320 on: September 12, 2023, 06:15:08 PM »
Well, now the question will be how bad is it?

I have it.  I'll do a first look overview and review of it on this forum soon.  (3-5 days?) 

I can tell you that mechanically, it's Open D6/WEG D6 with no significant changes I can see from thumbing  through it.  I personally like Open D6 but I also know that it's not perfect.  I feel that the system is either overrated or unjustly despised. 
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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #321 on: September 13, 2023, 09:56:41 PM »
Well, now the question will be how bad is it?

I have it.  I'll do a first look overview and review of it on this forum soon.  (3-5 days?) 

I can tell you that mechanically, it's Open D6/WEG D6 with no significant changes I can see from thumbing  through it.  I personally like Open D6 but I also know that it's not perfect.  I feel that the system is either overrated or unjustly despised.

So considering that it took 12 years for this asshole to finish it, is it "12 years to make" good? Or is it "average if the guy took six weeks to write it" quality?
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Re: Has it really been seven years since Far West was funded?
« Reply #322 on: September 14, 2023, 12:09:29 PM »
Well, now the question will be how bad is it?

I have it.  I'll do a first look overview and review of it on this forum soon.  (3-5 days?) 

I can tell you that mechanically, it's Open D6/WEG D6 with no significant changes I can see from thumbing  through it.  I personally like Open D6 but I also know that it's not perfect.  I feel that the system is either overrated or unjustly despised.

So considering that it took 12 years for this asshole to finish it, is it "12 years to make" good? Or is it "average if the guy took six weeks to write it" quality?

I don't think anything I've ever picked up is 12 years of waiting good.  It's much better than a lot of the crap coming out today.  Disregarding the circumstances surrounding it and trying to take it just as to what's between the covers, I give it a 7 out of 10.  Here's my review: https://www.therpgsite.com/reviews/far-west-a-first-look/

The biggest knock I have with it is that it's an incomplete setting.  My supposition is that's why it took so long to bring out as well.  Honestly, it's a setting that needs a solid 500 page book by itself just to flesh it out.  I think it could have been much better if they had just given a bunch of random tables to generate factions, locations, events, NPCs, and the like.

I also think they tried too hard to make their version of the Open D6 system different.  Most of the changes are probably going to get dropped or modified by house rules by people that play it.  Fortunately, it's 100% compatible with other Open D6 products so reverting to a simpler version will be easy.  I have but not read through Black Star.  I have sneaking suspicion that it may be better mechanically for running the Far West setting.

I like it, I may end up running it in the near future if I can get a table together for it.  It's just going to take a lot of work to prep a campaign.  It's a very compelling core idea with lots of potential for high adventure and treasure hunting. 

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