Reply To: So the recent 9th age Kickstarter campaign failed to fund. Any thoughts on why?

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I hope the irony of trying to promote a ‘quick start’ rules set without a basic 2 player starter pack wasn’t lost on the creators …

And then there’s the text of the campaign itself :

“The 9th Age is for experienced and veteran players, who enjoy a challenge and want to play in the largest and most competitive system in the world. ”

(that’s nice … but that’s not what your kickstarter is selling)

“Quick Starter (T9A:QS)is designed for faster games, with less experienced players in mind.”

This is what the campaign was supposed to sell … and it only is mentioned after scaring away any beginner.
Did I mention the lack of a ‘two player starter set’ type of pledge level ?
It is practically a requirement for multiplayer wargames. GW owns that space by a large margin when you look at the starter sets they offer these days as they cover everything from rulebook up to two nearly complete armies for their major systems. You’d be a fool not to try and copy their approach (IMHO)

The complete army sets will only attract experienced players (who by definition already own at least 1 army) except that wasn’t what the system was supposed to target.

Lack of a background is another issue for beginners. Why are these armies fighting ? What is at stake ? Where is the story ?
That may not matter at a tournament/competitive level, but it helps sell the armies themselves.

And as an added penalty … the system lacks an official owner.
As a new player it is important to have a single reference point for any official content.

I hope the people behind this campaign rally and try a relaunch that fixes the majority of the issues, but so far they have failed to prove that there is genuine interest in mass battle systems in the fantasy genre.

— edit —

This was there second attempt after already :

You’d think they would have learned how to sell their contribution to the 9th age setting by now …