tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post2785463843396245665..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: The Guide to Glorantha - A Kickstarter That Comes With It's Own Spreadsheet (to figure out supporter rewards)Tenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-85107423263113537822012-12-11T04:39:53.869-05:002012-12-11T04:39:53.869-05:00Yeah, considering I got all of 90 pages for $40 wi...Yeah, considering I got all of 90 pages for $40 with Starships & Spacemen, that doesn't seem like a bad deal at all.<br /><br />Oh well, at least I learned a less not to pledge for things unless they give some idea of the page count.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440605975564288373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-27994595590363762982012-12-11T04:38:02.708-05:002012-12-11T04:38:02.708-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440605975564288373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-52986685705875831012012-12-10T23:26:51.465-05:002012-12-10T23:26:51.465-05:00$80 gets you two hardcover volumes of about 600 pa...$80 gets you two hardcover volumes of about 600 pages of content. You decide if that is pricey...Rick Meints - Chaosiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256174944047814981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-40976554503976139822012-12-10T17:58:21.080-05:002012-12-10T17:58:21.080-05:00I'm really tempted, but the level awards I rea...I'm really tempted, but the level awards I really want are a bit pricey (I'm a dead tree book sort of guy). I may just have to settle for the pdfs...hmm.Priddayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17988483528642234280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-8680430475932297372012-12-10T14:30:30.447-05:002012-12-10T14:30:30.447-05:00They have 11 people backing at $3,000 each. O_o
:...They have 11 people backing at $3,000 each. O_o<br /><br />::eyes their backer list with envy::Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-67894698341123812622012-12-10T14:13:48.129-05:002012-12-10T14:13:48.129-05:00Stuart also comments "Some of these numbers a...Stuart also comments "Some of these numbers are weird: You can get all three PDFs for $47 by buying the $35 and $12 tiers. Why spend an extra $3?".<br /><br />The "extra $3" came from the $50 backer level also getting a screensaver and desktop wallpaper pack of many of the best color pictures and maps from the guide". It was not offered as part of the $12 and $35 backer levels. Rick Meints - Chaosiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256174944047814981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-24965332299327614232012-12-10T14:09:27.426-05:002012-12-10T14:09:27.426-05:00Stuart astutely observes: "Edit: Their chart ...Stuart astutely observes: "Edit: Their chart doesn't really match up with the descriptions of the backer levels. (see e.g.: the text description of the shaman level v. the chart description)"<br /><br />If you read more of the information, especially the stretch goal information, you would see that the "Companion PDF" of materials was created through achieving various stretch goals. You would also see in the updates and other places in the information where I point out repeatedly that Kickstarter does not allow you to change any of the backer reward text after someone has backed that level. I would love to include the phrase "plus the Companion material achieved through stretch goals" to many of the reward levels, but as I have said, Kickstarter does not allow that.Rick Meints - Chaosiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256174944047814981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-18329378197347701242012-12-10T14:04:34.259-05:002012-12-10T14:04:34.259-05:00You can only back once specific level, so there is...You can only back once specific level, so there is no way you can get TRADER AND INITIATE. IF you could simultaneously back both of those levels, you would be getting the Atlas in printed form and as a PDF, and you would also get the printed Guide, all for $105. If you chose to back at DAEMON for $100, you would not get the PDF, just the two printed books, thus a savings of $5.<br /><br />There is no intended deception, and while the rewards may not be perfectly scalable to your taste, it is very difficult to offer many things in many different options without introducing the possibility of confusion.<br /><br />As for the savings, they start kicking in at the levels above $125. Rick Meints - Chaosiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256174944047814981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-46400533035223621282012-12-10T12:43:00.088-05:002012-12-10T12:43:00.088-05:00I am very thankful I never got into Glorantha, or ...I am very thankful I never got into Glorantha, or this would be yet another overpriced deluxe set of books I desperately want but don't need to spend money on. Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-77186932524924130772012-12-10T12:00:03.197-05:002012-12-10T12:00:03.197-05:00There is a point where a game setting becomes so o...There is a point where a game setting becomes so over detailed that it is totally inaccessible to the average gamer. Hedgehobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606283586332210195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-69281239484009377592012-12-10T00:08:00.372-05:002012-12-10T00:08:00.372-05:00Edit: Their chart doesn't really match up wit...Edit: Their chart doesn't really match up with the descriptions of the backer levels. (see e.g.: the text description of the shaman level v. the chart description)Stuart K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06028025283809496381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-16543160538148525012012-12-10T00:05:48.723-05:002012-12-10T00:05:48.723-05:00Some of these numbers are weird: You can get all ...Some of these numbers are weird: You can get all three PDFs for $47 by buying the $35 and $12 tiers. Why spend an extra $3?<br /><br />Similarly you can save $25 by buying TRADER and INITIATE rather than DAEMON (also why is DAEMON the same price as SHAMAN are there other rewards?)<br /><br />Also there are no appreciable price savings on some of the larger ones ($125 level = $100 level + $25 level).<br /><br />They've clearly well-funded themselves, but perhaps they could have funded even more by making their numbers a little more internally consistent? Or maybe "a lot of kickstarter funders are really bad at math" is a particularly devious (and successful) gambit?Stuart K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06028025283809496381noreply@blogger.com