Reply To: So I am Backing the Fireforge KS but it isn't funded yet.

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Bit worried they are starting to over promise in it now to get it funded (I’ve seen other companies struggle after doing similar things). I’d be a lot more confident if they just ran with their original costings. One thing of a KS is to judge the demand for a product, and for whatever reason (be it advertising, rules etc) it looks like the demand isn’t there.

Perhaps everyone just wants KS schemes with 60% KS exclusives to goad you into backing. But I don’t see anything wrong with the Forgotten Worlds KS in itself.

But better the KS fail (or the creators cancel the project if it only scrapes past the funding mark), and come back again with new marketing and perhaps rules. I remember the Gates of Antares KS bombing BADLY (even with Rick Priestley, Kevin White and Bob Naismith behind the project) because it really was a KS to create something from scratch but there wasn’t a fully fleshed out playthrough video, produced rules, production minis, and even reviews on day one of the project (like we see from CMON).

I think these days there are SO many KS schemes around that backers are starting to “shop” competitively. If there aren’t massive discounts, loads of KS exclusives and a polished marketing campaign…they just move on (no matter how good the idea, the sculpts are)…..which is a shame 🙁