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Gateway To Adventure Trilogy For Old-School Essentials

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UPDATED – Updates will be appended to this post as the Kickstarter progresses. It is also the pinned post on my Twitter account.

A new Kickstarter, Gateway To Adventure Trilogy For Old-School Essentials, a third party OSE (Old-School) Essentials collection of supplements launches tomorrow. It is by Appendix N Entertainment, the blog and publishing arm run by Ryan (RJ) Thompson.

Gateway to Adventure is the umbrella for all of Ryan’s OSE offerings.

It features three volumes:

  • Class Compendium
  • Caster’s Codex
  • Combat Conspectus.

Class Compendium will feature new class options, backgrounds, skills, and so forth.

Caster’s Codex features new spells, an alternate magic system (non-Vancian), ritual magic, blood magic, magic items, etc.

Finally, the Combat Conspectus has new combat options, tournaments, alternate initiative, and more.

There are several stretch goals, one of which I have agreed to write. It will be a remaster of my PDF No, Really, It’s Me! [Affiliate Link] to fit the rules and layout of OSE and the Gateway to Adventure series. It will have a Kickstarter exclusive print copy for print backers and a PDF option for all backers.

My adventure is one I’ve run at multiple conventions. It is also the adventure I ran for the first group of games livestreamed from the old Gygax House on 330 Center Street, where D&D took printed form. This was all to benefit Extra Life.

This adventure is about a group of adventurers who met their end at the hands of a band of dopplegangers. The leaders have selected a group to impersonate the adventurers and convince other adventurers to stay away and thus stop upsetting their food supply and killing them.

I have a few ideas for expanding and improving it and look forward to the challenge and sharing it with a new audience and refreshing it for the existing audience.

At the time this is published, the Kickstarter is just shy of 50% of it’s base goal.

I’ve known Ryan personally for several years. He has run multiple Kickstarters and successfully fulfilled them.

NOTE: I will update this blog post with milestones as the Kickstarter progresses.

  • 16 September 2022 c. 2:00 PM EDT – $52.00 shy of 50% funded in about 30 hours.
  • 19 September 2022 – Passed 50% funded.
  • 21 September 2222 – $199.00 shy of 60% funded with 99 backers.
  • 28 September 2022 – 92 % Funded. $1,000 left to reach funding goal.
  • 29 September 2022 – 97% Funded. $456 to reach funding goal.
  • 02 October 2022 – Passed base goal. $1,500 to first stretch goal.
  • 04 October 2022 – Getting close to the first stretch goal.
  • 06 October 2022 – Reached 1st stretch goal, $400 to 2nd stretch goal
  • 10 October 2022 – Reached 2nd stretch goal, 3 days left.
  • 15 October 2022 – Funded! 199 Backers and $17,204 137% Funded.

While it didn’t reach my stretch goal, I will still update my PDF with the ideas I had to make it better. I’m just excited that I was asked to be a part of it.

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Moving Forward With The Card Game

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I am ramping up to do the Kickstarter for my card game in May, 2021. The plan is for fulfillment by November, 2021. (I don’t want it interfering with my busy time of year at the day job.)

Plans were in place to do it in 2020, but 2020 threw the world a curveball, and then I had a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Cancer is an attention whore, so all my plans unraveled.

I had that sucker cut out, and so far the first blood test is clear, my next one is in a month, another in June, and the final in September. If they’re all clear, I’m done, no radiation or chemo needed.

My artist is working on the new art. The base deck will be the original public domain art that others have seen at the various conventions I’ve demoed and play tested it.

The rules are down to one US Letter size page.

I printed a test deck last spring, and had the icons way too small. So I’ll be correcting that.

My plan is to have a sample deck ready for those who indicated they’d plug the KS when the time comes. I want you to have time to play it before you plug it.

The public domain art version will be on DriveThruCards [Affiliate Link]. The commissioned art will be Kickstarter backers only – unless a stretch goal is met. (I reserve the right to use the art I purchased full rights to for other projects.)

If you want an email when the KS launches, join the KS announcement only mailing list here: https://followmeanddie.com/sign-up-for-kickstarter-updates/

Help

I put out a request on Twitter and other social media for information on Backerkit or similar service.

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Isometric Gaming Paper – Quick Review

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I backed the 2017 Kickstarter for Isometric Gaming Paper. I’ve had mine for a nearly two years, and am finally posting a review, lost in my drafts folder.

I reviewed the original Gaming Paper here.

The video with the Kickstarter does a great job of showing how you can use isometric paper for your maps. I got two rolls of isometric paper, and two rolls of hex paper, one on regular white paper,and the other on blue. I also got a package of 100 sheets of 8.5 x 11 inch isometric Gaming Paper.

Just like my review of the original, the same holds true for this stuff.

It’s a great Michigan company, so it’s a way to support a local/regional company for gamers in and around Michigan.

If you need an inexpensive battle map, or just want to do wall sized doodle or mapping, this is for you. It has a bit of reusability, and can roll up or fold up to use an old map in the future.

If you’re looking for a water safe medium that can take a bit of standing liquid for a few minutes, a plastic or vinyl mat is more durable, but gaming paper can handle a small amount of moisture or a quick clean up.

If you’re looking for something that won’t matter if you use permanent marker on it, this is a cheaper and therefore less stress inducing option.

I’m not a big one for elaborate battle maps and don’t play in person often, so I’ve got many year’s worth of maps for live gaming at the ready.

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Artist For the Card Game

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Follow Me, And Die! Is happy to announce Lindsay Poulos as the artist doing the art for the card game so often mentioned here.

I met Lindsay at Marmalade Dog in March, where I interviewed her for my podcast and commissioned a picture for my granddaughter, as I discussed in this post.

Once the art is complete at some point in 2020, the Kickstarter will be launched. The anticipated launch date will be sometime between March and June.

Where To Find Lindsay

You can find Lindsay and examples of here art at the following sites:

Lindsay is a trained artist who wants to make that her main means of support instead of needing a full time job. She lives in Grand Rapids, MI.

She interned with Comfort and Adam, and has done art for a board game. Lindsay is an avid gamer of all kinds of games both tabletop and computer/console. She likes RPGs but doesn’t have a local group.

Playtesting Update

While Lindsay is busy at work with the art, I and another helper will be running as many playtests as possible to refine the information on the cards and in the rules. Basically, we are working to revise the deck to ensure it is easy to play your first game. Playtest deck 3.0 was ordered a few days ago and will arrive any day. I will proof it for errors then order a second deck for the other helper.

When Do We Find Out The Name Of The Game

Once we are sure the layout and verbiage on the cards are clear and no major changes are needed, you can expect another announcement. This is projected to be sometime this summer.

I Have A YouTube Channel, Blog, Etc. Can I get a review copy?

The plan is to resolve all the card and rule issues and a review deck will be created. Some of my friends have offered to do a review, and I will be approaching others. Should you wish to do a review, please direct message Follow Me, And Die! at any of the sites at Where To Find Me.

FAQ

A list of Frequently Asked Questions is available here.

Kickstarter Launch Announcement Email List

To get an email when the Kickstarter launches, you can sign up for the email list here. It will only be used to announce the Kickstarter.

Thanks!

I want to thank everyone who has playtested and made suggestions for the game! Every interaction has shown that this game has promise and is fun. All of the support and encouragement from everyone is greatly appreciated!

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Target Date & Seeking Artists for Card Game Kickstarter

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Over on Twitter I launched my public quest for an artist for my card game for a Kickstarter launch in the first quarter of 2020. You can listen to the companion podcast episode here.

I then reposted the link to that Twitter thread across my social media. You can read the entire thread below this article.

I find that I prefer interacting on Twitter, mostly because I have a growing following on Twitter that is approaching 900, and I expect to be over 1,000 by the end of April. I curate a positive atmosphere and mute and block nonsense and those who spread it. I prefer to talk about games and fun and be supportive of the fun and efforts of others.

There have been several re-shares on Twitter, but my first response was on MeWe.

I want to give it some time before I narrow down to an artist or artists. A cool idea is to have multiple artists so I can have multiple versions of the deck, with a newer artist for the base funding level, and more well known artists at higher funding levels. This is only at the idea stage, and the realities of time and base funding available pre-Kickstarter.

Target Date

The first quarter of 2020 means that I want to launch sometime between January 1 and March 31, 2020. Since January is the bulk of my busy time at work, I will probably avoid January. It all depends on how well things come together and how well a hopeful new hire is at dealing with the chaos of our busy time of year. One of my colleagues resigned and their last day is this coming Friday. Hopefully we get a new person hired that is a former user, so we only have to teach them the support tech stuff. That’s a wrench I wasn’t anticipating and has thrown off my pacing on some of my blogging, podcasting, and publishing efforts.

Planning & Research

For my first Kickstarter, I am focused on doing all I can to maximize success. I am fully aware that any major misstep or miscalculation on my part will have a major impact on whether I can hope to have future Kickstarters. I have ideas for more things to Kickstart, including more card games, board games, and RPG supplements.

I have backed 69 projects and have learned what I like and don’t like about how a Kickstarter is handled. I want to emulate Kevin Crawford [Affiliate Link] of Stars Without Number [Affiliate Link] and other successful Kickstarters. I want to plan adequately and have the work done ahead of time so that I am merely waiting for the funding to arrive so I can pull the trigger on initiating production, etc. Kevin has graciously shared his checklist and method and the spreadsheet he uses to track art from artists. I plan to put all of that to use.

I have studied the top ten card game Kickstarters as of a year ago to see what pledge levels they used, how many, and which ones yielded the best results. I have sought advice from others who have ran successful Kickstarters, and read all I can find online.

My plan is to have all the work completed that is needed to begin production. I hope that the amount I have set aside to buy art is enough to have the art done and ready to go. The Kickstarter will pay for production, editing of the rules, layout of the rules and the cards to be print ready, and bonuses for the artists. Plus any other costs I identify. Shipping will be a separate charge that is applied once the cards are ready to ship.

Stretch goals will be directly related to fulfilling a production of a card game. If you want T-Shirts, you can get them from my Teespring store. If it isn’t part of the end result of holding a card game in your hand that you can play, then it will not be a stretch goal.

It should be clear that I plan to avoid all the things I know have sunk or greatly delayed Kickstarters full of promise.

If things don’t come together for a first quarter launch, I will only launch in a later quarter if my time line allows for completed production and delivery by November. My busy time at the day job starts in November and runs into and even through February. I don’t want the headache of dealing with work and trying to juggle a Kickstarter. Of course, if I hit a million dollars, I can quit my job and put all my focus on games. I’m not yet sure how much it would have to be for me to quit the day job, but that’s my dream to make my next job more about fun and doing things I love.

Play Testing

Between now and launch of the Kickstarter I will be tweaking the cards for the third iteration of the test deck and play testing as often and as much as possible. My plan is to have this iteration of the deck in my hands before the end of April, by mid-April if possible. I’ll then set up play tests at nearby game stores and take it with me to conventions. Ideally, I’ll have more than one deck and have multiple groups playing on their own without my having to explain it. After I used my new short rules at Gary Con XI, I learned that I have the rules pretty tight, I just need to re-arrange the order of explaining a couple things. Players picked up the game with minimal questions from those rules.

Suggestions

I am always open to suggestions from those who have been there, done that. Anything to help me avoid faux pas is welcome.

To all who have played my card game and made suggestions, I have noted all of them, and applied them where they make sense. My game is the better for it, and I thank you for freely offering those suggestions.

To all who have offered help with things, I will be contacting you soon to discuss the things you offered your assistance.

Some suggested that one of the cards for which I did the art, that it should stay in the game. Others suggested I should have a stretch goal of a Larry Art Version. My concern about that is it might hurt things, but I might consider it. What do you think?

Thanks!

I want to thank all the play testers at all the cons and other locations I’ve played my card game. In some ways, I still can’t believe I made a game that works, AND that people actually like! Also thanks for keeping certain details under wraps to help build suspense.

Many thanks to all those who are interested and shared on social media all my mysterious postings about it.

Local Artist

The picture used in the blog header is from artist Lindsay Poulos from Grand Rapids, whom I interviewed on Episode 86 of my podcast. She is under consideration for doing one version of the art for the card game. You can see her share of the picture on Instagram. Lindsay has experience doing art for board games.

My granddaughter is obsessed with Elsa & Frozen and I commissioned an ink drawing of Nikola with Elsa taking a selfie. Lindsay colored it to give it that last bit of punch. Nikola loves it.

And Now for Something Completely Different

I launched my newest PDF for March, No Really, It’s Me.

This is the first adventure of my monthly PDFs published on DriveThruRPG.

The player characters are doppelgangers who have replaced an adventuring party and must go back to town and convince other adventurers not to return to the dungeon.

Are you looking for a quick scenario idea that you can easily craft to your own style?

Check out my first adventure PDF which is a quick overview of an outline for one of my four hour convention games.

If this does well, I will eventually add all of my existing convention scenarios to my growing list of PDFs.

Twitter Thread Below

I have the entire thread below after the link to the thread on Twitter.

My plan is to Kickstart my card game in 1st QTR of 2019, so I need to work on arranging the art now. I’m interested in artists who are obviously good and experience with card art is a plus. If interested please add a comment with a link to your portfolio, and your rates. 1/n

It is a fantasy theme. I’ll discuss details of number of pieces, payment terms, etc. via Direct Message/email. References for timely delivery is crucial. My plan is to have art and details of production ready so can deliver by Nov. 1st. My preference is for a single artist. 2/n

This is so it all looks like it goes together.

Also needs to be digital so ready to layout the card it goes with. Please ask questions for clarity and cure my ignorance if needed. I want to do this right, since a flop will ruin chances of future Kickstarters. I have ideas for more, so there is a chance of future work. 4/n

You can do original in physical media and scan, whatever your best workflow. NOTE: I set aside part of my annual bonus so payment is available before the Kickstarter. I want to be fair and exposure is a bonus, not payment. 5/n

If you are within a couple hours of Kalamazoo, MI I would like to meet to show the game. Otherwise we can do an online meeting. I work a 9 to 5 job in Eastern time zone, so meetings around that. 6/n

There will be an NDA until the KS is about to launch. You’ll be free to say you’re working on an upcoming KS for my card game, but no details. I think those are the pertinent details. I look forward to having to make a tough choice between multiple artists. 7/n

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Great Kingdom Speaks

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Yesterday, Kickstarter announced that the site for The Great Kingdom Kickstarter had been restored. Read more in yesterday’s blog post.

Today, there is an update, the first in over four years. The prior update was July 23, 2014.

Here is the update:

Nov 13 2018

…and we are back.

hi everybody. 

we are back and we are excited to move forward with THE GREAT KINGDOM. we obviously have had some setbacks, the most important of which is losing CHRIS HAIFLEY as our director. he has moved on to other projects. however, we have put together a great team to get us to the finish line.

it’s also safe to say that it will NOT be the film that we had first envisioned. this has more to do with the evolution of any documentary film. stories evolve and take on a life of their own or the original intent pivots for something even more interesting. our team believes we have something special that is uniquely focused on the history of DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS and we are lucky enough to have talented storytellers to tell you the story.

we will be making more announcements in the coming months when we will be introducing everyone to the team. for now though, THE GREAT KINGDOM (title may also be changed) is moving forward.

– james and andrew

ps. some folks have already written to us, congratulating us and also asking for a link or copy to the completed film. to those folks, we still do need to finish and release the film for their copy to be (e)mailed to them. thanks for being patient.

My Thoughts

Since I expected to never see that money again, I’ll let it ride and take advantage of their film.

I expected some sort of update from the competing Kickstarter, but I didn’t back it, so I don’t know if they are in communication with their backers.

In the meantime, there are less than three days left to back The Dreams In Gary’s Basement. Be sure to jump in on this. $100,000 is only $25,000 away and will allow all the technical things that will help make the film possible to get on Netflix.

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Great Kingdom Kickstarter “Restored”

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The backers of The Great Kingdom Kickstarter received an email to day that the Kickstarter page is now available since the legal dispute is resolved.

The only activity since the email was received are backers asking if this is still a thing, will there be a movie for us to see, etc?

Here is the email from Kickstarter’s Integrity Team.

[Kickstarter graphic]
Hi there,
This is a message from the Kickstarter Integrity Team. We’re writing to let you know that a project you were interested in — The Great Kingdom — is now available on the site. The process for this project’s intellectual property dispute is complete.You can visit the project here.Thanks so much for your patience! 
Kickstarter
Kickstarter · 58 Kent St, Brooklyn NY 11222 · www.kickstarter.com · Contact Us · We’re Hiring

There is no mention of why it took so long after the court case was resolved to get the web page restored. Unless they had to go back so many years to restore a backup and convert it to the current web site presentation. Why are the parties not putting an update out as soon as the page is live? Did Kickstarter just restore it and send them an email, or what?

I last wrote about this here.

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The Great Kingdom – Silence Is Annoying

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I prefer to focus on the positive, and have put all my support behind The Dreams In Gary’s Basement. A movie that exists and now has a Kickstarter for editing. 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.

Keep reading if you want to know more about The Great Kingdom mess.

Investigation

The lawsuit was settled out of court and all court orders lifted as you can see here.

I sent this email on June 30:

From: Larry Hamilton via Kickstarter
Subject: New message about The Great Kingdom
Date: June 30, 2018 at 5:31:35 PM EDT

Will an update be forthcoming? It’s been two months since the case was settled. What does this mean for backers?

I received this reply on July 30:

On Monday, July 30, 2018, 10:36:20 AM EDT, TheMostEpicGame wrote:

hi larry –

thanks for reaching out. we are still working things out with kickstarter to gain access to our kickstarter page in order to make announcements. we’re excited about moving forward, so stay tuned.

  • andrew pascal

Out of Sight

I was reminded of this whole mess and dug in after I drafted my post announcing the Kickstarter to wrap up The Dream In Gary’s Basement. I sent an email to both the filmmakers and Kickstarter.

I sent this email on October 14:

On Oct 14, 2018, at 6:21 PM, Larry Hamilton wrote:

Andrew, Et. Al,

It is now over two months since your reply. You replied to my email instead of my Kickstarter message so I lost track of it.

I am working on a follow up article on my blog, Follow Me, And Die! and lack of communication is darkening my opinion of the whole thing.

If you can respond to my email from July, perhaps you can respond to this one from October.

I won’t starve over $50, but I’d rather have a movie than my money.

All of us want to know what is going on.

Larry Hamilton

I received a reply two hours later. (An encouraging sign.)

On Sunday, October 14, 2018, 10:35:18 PM EDT, TheMostEpicGame wrote:

hi larry –

we appreciate you reaching out. however, we are still under some tight restrictions, though that should be ending soon [emphasis mine. what is this?] and we will have an announcement on the kickstarter page (we’re hoping by the november). we will let everyone know what the status is and what our plans are to move forward. can’t say too much more than that, but know that we’re excited.

for now, and i know it sounds like a broken record, but thanks for being patient.

  • andrew

Waiting & Wondering

So there is still some sort of restrictions, that we have no idea what they are. Is it just the Kickstarter process to re-enable a Kickstarter that has been frozen for years? We have no way of knowing without someone in the know making it public.

Frustration

In my frustration over this whole thing, I sent a message to Kickstarter about this before I sent the email to Andrew & company. I must say the Kickstarter method of attempting to contact them is designed to prevent all but the most determined from getting through.

Message to Kickstarter:

I backed this Kickstarter, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/720223857/the-great-kingdom, and it was made unavailable due to a lawsuit.

If you check here, https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=yrhRL9H9/SZtgTonUcRyZg==&PageNum=2&narrow=
you will see that the court orders to suspend it was lifted as they settled out of court.

What can you tell me about the status of this Kickstarter?

Is Kickstarter holding onto this money?

Have they released it to the creators?

If Kickstarter has the money, when can we expect to get it back?

If Kickstarter released the money, why is the Kickstarter page still suspended?

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Lawrence M. Hamilton, Jr.

Reply from Kickstarter

I was surprised to have a reply from Kickstarter the next day. From what I have read about others attempting to get answers out of Kickstarter, this was fast. 

Kisktarter’s Reply

On Monday, October 15, 2018, 5:59:58 PM EDT, Support <support@kickstarter.com> wrote:

##- Please type your reply above this line -##

Your request has been updated. You can add a comment by replying to this email.

Support (Kickstarter)Oct 15, 5:59 PM EDTHi Larry,

Thanks for reaching out, and for being part of this community. We appreciate your interest, but it’s our policy not to comment on any actions taken by our Integrity team. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes.

If you have any questions about the status of the project, you’ll want to contact the project creator. To do so, make sure you’re logged into your account used to pledge, visit the project page, and click on the creator’s profile image. This will open up their bio page where you can then click the blue “Contact me” button.

Best,
Raúl

Still Waiting

I know some things take time, but not being a lawyer, or having any hint of what is going on just adds to frustration. I’m sure they spend a lot of time fielding emails like mine. At some point we’ll have answers and be able to define “soon.”

The Other One

The first documentary to fund on Kickstarter, Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary, is still viewable online. There is no update since 2016. However, the comments are active asking for an update, as they can tell that the creators have logged on. If you look, Andrew Pascal, who signed the email answers to me, has his name in the URL of the first Kickstarter under Westpaw Films. He launched the second film effort, for whatever reason. 

The same is true of their Facebook page, no activity since 2016.

Does the silence mean that they are trying to combine their efforts and are working with Kickstarter to merge? I doubt Kickstarter would do that. 

More likely they have some sort of agreement when they settled to either pool resources and work together on one film, or one will fold and refund all backers, or one will wait for the other to complete and release their film first. I think the first two options are most likely.

Until they tell us what’s going on, hurry up and wait. . . .

In the meantime, if you want to back a D&D documentary that has a rough cut and is raising funds for final editing and production, see yesterday’s article. NOTE: It hit the funding goal of $25,000 in the first 12 hours and has reached the second stretch goal. As one stretch goal is met, a new one is revealed.

Other Mentions Here On The Blog

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The Dreams In Gary’s Basement

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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

Title card. Screen capture from trailer for The Dreams In Gary’s Basement.
The Gygax home when D&D began. Screen capture from trailer for The Dreams In Gary’s Basement.
Elastolin figures and dice. Screen capture from trailer for The Dreams In Gary’s Basement.
TSR Sales Graphics. Screen capture from trailer for The Dreams In Gary’s Basement.

Other Mentions Here On The Blog

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

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Shadows Over Driftchapel – A New Adventure Kit Kickstarter by Absolute Tabletop

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I backed two Kickstarters from Absolute Tabletop,  Adventure Kit: Oath of the Frozen King, and A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin: 5E Campaign Setting Guide. Because I liked their adventure kit concept, see my review here, I backed the Dragongrin Kickstarter, as it holds more tools.

The Adventure Kit concept is something a GM can build on their own, to help them build adventures in their world. If you don’t want to build your own custom tables, you can get an Adventure Kit and use it to get you on your way creating adventures for your players.

Their new Kickstarter is Adventure Kit: Shadows Over Driftchapel, a setting inspired by the Victorian era. It’s a gaslamp, and perhaps steampunk type setting. The book is done, along with editing and layout. The Kickstarter is to fund more art and printing.

A 5e setting with the Adventure Kit model, something that should appeal to the OSR.

Here’s the blurb leading from the Press Release:

A vast and loathsome shadow approaches – coming Tuesday, September 4 from Absolute Tabletop…

Introducing the upcoming Kickstarter for our second volume of ENnie-nominated Adventure Kits™ – Shadows Over Driftchapel. 

Shadows Over Driftchapel is a fantasy horror adventure set in Gloam, our Victorian/Colonial-inspired world brimming with eldritch horrors, flickering gaslight, and destructive black powder. This versatile adventure-building resource contains everything you’ve come to love about Adventure Kits: modular locations and encounters, intriguing NPCs and fulfilling plotlines, encounter and scene generators ready for on-the-fly-use – plus a few extra stretch goals, if you’ll help us fund beyond our mark!

Hither comes the Gloam – on Tuesday, September 4, the Kickstarter begins, and the monstrosities and madness of Driftchapel will be thrust upon you… 

Follow us on Kickstarter to get real-time updates, and be one of the first to help fund our next Adventure Kit, Shadows Over Driftchapel! https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/absolutetabletop

Here is the link to the companion YouTube video: https://youtu.be/8sdqOj6Sx-Y

Here is the link to the companion Podcast episode: https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die/episodes/Follow-Me–And-Die—-Episode-24—Dragongrin-Kickstarter-from-Absolute-Tabletop-e257on