I have written several times about the movie in the works from Pat Kilbane of Dorks of Yore, and his RPG Science and History Patreon. The Dorks of Yore YouTube Channel has shared links to a presentation and Q&A by Tim Kask at Gary Con 8, and an RPG Science series.

Backers of the Patreon just got a link to the trailer, and it is awesome! Unfortunately, we were asked not to share it, so I can’t let you see it yet. See below, if you want to see it!

Footage will be shown followed by a Q&A at Gamehole Con in a couple of weeks. I’ve been a fan ever since I saw the footage shared at Gary Con 8. Due to football schedules, both Gamehole Con and UCon are often the same weekend. I decided to support UCon, since it is here in Michigan, before news of this announcement. [UCon has a Tekumel track that brings in people worldwide.]

Kickstarter

Pat has decided to launch a Kickstarter to put even more polish on the post production. There is a rough cut, and in a phone call, Pat filled me in a bit. The Kickstarter is focused on getting the film finished and no sidetracking add ons. The team on this has a lot of skill redundancy to help cover any eventuality, so if the primary person for a task can’t follow through, there is someone else on the team with that skill. They have a rough cut and the Kickstarter is to pay for editing and production costs.

This is a film of great passion undertaken by a small crew, with Pat guiding the process. It is here with far less buzz and drama than two planned movies by competing Kickstarters that settled their lawsuit, but have yet to communicate to their backers what is going on. I knew this would be the case, and I told Pat that I would do all I can to promote his film.

I’ve been an enthusiastic backer of his Patreon since it launched. Pat has paused pledges on months there was nothing new to show because he didn’t feel right taking our money. I don’t know about the others, but I told him, to take it anyway. I gladly backed the Kickstarter when it launched, even though he told me I’ve backed the Patreon at a level I’ll get the movie.

[EDIT: It funded in 12 hours and is now on to stretch goals for extras that are full interviews instead of being chopped up in the documentary.]

Images From The Trailer

Other Mentions Here On The Blog

• D&D DOCUMENTARY NUMBER 3 – REBUILDING TRUST
• TIM KASK TALK – FIRST FIVE YEARS AT TSR
• THE GREAT KINGDOM MESS
• UPDATE – THE RPG HISTORY PROJECT
• THE GREAT KINGDOM – REVIVED OR REFUNDS?
  
• GREAT KINGDOM LAWSUIT RESOLVED – NOW WHAT?
  *Tenkar’s Tavern post on this.
• The Great Kingdom – Silence Is Annoying
• Link to all the Patreons I support.

Writing this article prompted me to do some digging, and I’ve got a new article for tomorrow.