I pledged a single $5 pdf option for Talislanta: The Savage Land on Kickstarter. Despite my love for the setting, I had two concerns towards the actual completion of this project. First, was the sizable workload on other outstanding Kickstarter that Stewart Wieck had on his plate. Second was the FIVE systems the game was promised to be written for, all with separate hardcopy editions.
The Stewart passed away unexpectedly, and I pushed this project into the near-vaporware status. Heck, up until this week, I had it slated as the absolute last Kickstarter that would make good, even after the three campaigns I'm in right now... that are still going on!
But this week did bring some updates... and some bittersweet vindication of my opinions.
In a statement to the backers:
"The amount of orders required to justify the expense of printing and creating the Savage Worlds and Pathfinder editions of Talislanta: The Savage Land is unsustainable for Stewart's estate and the future of Nocturnal Media. "
So after careful analysis, they realized the late add-ons weren't financially feasible and will stick the original three promised: Fifth Edition D&D, D6, and the original Tal/OMNI system. That's still an ambitious undertaking, but it's far more realistic to all parties involved. Backers wishing for SW or Pathfinder could either accept a 90% refund, and re-routing the funds to other product offers in the campaign.
So with that out of the what, the layout isn't my personal black and white cup of tea, but it is gorgeous to the demographic that matters.
The Stewart passed away unexpectedly, and I pushed this project into the near-vaporware status. Heck, up until this week, I had it slated as the absolute last Kickstarter that would make good, even after the three campaigns I'm in right now... that are still going on!
But this week did bring some updates... and some bittersweet vindication of my opinions.
In a statement to the backers:
"The amount of orders required to justify the expense of printing and creating the Savage Worlds and Pathfinder editions of Talislanta: The Savage Land is unsustainable for Stewart's estate and the future of Nocturnal Media. "
So after careful analysis, they realized the late add-ons weren't financially feasible and will stick the original three promised: Fifth Edition D&D, D6, and the original Tal/OMNI system. That's still an ambitious undertaking, but it's far more realistic to all parties involved. Backers wishing for SW or Pathfinder could either accept a 90% refund, and re-routing the funds to other product offers in the campaign.
So with that out of the what, the layout isn't my personal black and white cup of tea, but it is gorgeous to the demographic that matters.
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