“I don't know how many of you have
ever ridden a bull. But it's like getting in your car and riding down
the freeway at 70 miles an hour--and then chucking the steering wheel
out of the window.”
Well my bull ride with the Slumbering Ursine Dunes Kickstarter is over. It wasn't quite as dramatic as
Keen's 15 seconds in the rodeo, but I definitely had a few wild
moments. They don't tell you in crowdfunding basic training just how
emotionally up and down and work the campaign itself can be. I'm both
simultaneously both exhausted and exhilarated.
Though tired I am fired up to do more
writing—and more gaming. Through all this madness--even up to the
profoundly weird and wonderful session last night in which Tazrun the
wolf-raised thief rescued his twin brother from his “kept man”
status in Brazona—the weekly Hill Cantons game has steamed on.
Over the next several weeks I will be
running some open games for backers both as a thank you and a
playtest of some of the new material we are busy tacking on the
mini-sandbox. The games will mostly be online on Google Plus but
hopefully we will also squeeze in a face to face game or two down
here in Texas. Drop me a line if you are interested.
[The rest of this post is a modified
excerpt from this afternoon's Kickstarter update, posted for killing
proverbial two birds with one stone purposes]
Early this morning the project crew and
a sizable number of backers and players counted down to the end in an
impromptu Google Plus video hangout. Though I would have been happy
and content to have merely funded, coming in at 543% funding, $8,152,
and thus hitting every single stretch goal frankly floored me.
Touching way beyond the money was the
earnest support of many of you in the broader DIY and old school
gaming communities. The sharing and encouragement that helps one feel
like all the struggle and effort was worth it. Kickstarter has an
interesting, backend array of ways to track where money is coming in
and one can tell more or less accurately where pledges are coming in
from. Seeing hundreds coming in from the efforts of fellow bloggers,
gaming forum goers and Google Plus regulars (almost $2,000 alone
there) was a tangibly heart-warming experience.
Thank you.
I'm interested in a face to face game or two down here in Texas ...
ReplyDeleteP.S. Congratulations, and well done!