Edgewise
Legendary Pubber
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2017
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The art is certainly terrific, but I have a few doubts about the rest of this. First of all, this sounds like a try-hard Lamentations of the Flame Princess with a dash of The Black Hack (player-facing rolls, etc.). I haven't heard enough about the rules to think that this wouldn't be better as a supplement for Lamentations.
And they are getting Patrick Stuart to edit/re-write the English translation. First of all, it's a shame to hire Stuart for a project but only for editing. Second, it sounds like they're not sure if he's going to edit it or re-write it from scratch. I've noticed that most successful Kickstarters write the text before starting their campaign. That's clearly not happening here with the English edition, at least, so there is a significantly higher degree of risk. Editing and re-writing are pretty different, and you have to layout the whole thing afterwards in either case. Backers should anticipate a high possibility of delay.
And they are getting Patrick Stuart to edit/re-write the English translation. First of all, it's a shame to hire Stuart for a project but only for editing. Second, it sounds like they're not sure if he's going to edit it or re-write it from scratch. I've noticed that most successful Kickstarters write the text before starting their campaign. That's clearly not happening here with the English edition, at least, so there is a significantly higher degree of risk. Editing and re-writing are pretty different, and you have to layout the whole thing afterwards in either case. Backers should anticipate a high possibility of delay.