DCC Dying Earth (kickstart)

[linebeck]

Anyone have any information about this?  Feels like its been pending forever...

[linebeck]

Looks like a Kickstarter is "coming soon." Hope this is good...

[bobjester0e]

I thought this was already kickstarted (in 2020), but I just checked the DCC forums and...

Sounds like the KS is now supposed to start this summer. O-0

I'll be happy when everything else starts up and runs normally again, as I am sure that the delay is largely in part due to the world-wide pause.

[jeffb]

I got an email today from Goodman-

DCC DYING EARTH KICKSTARTER COMING SOON!
Take a trip to the distant future. A time when the sun has all but extinguished, the moon is gone, and magic has taken its place as the dominant force of the world. It’s almost time to visit…The Dying Earth.

We are just days away from the launch of Dungeon Crawl Classics Dying Earth Kickstarter! A DCC RPG boxed set, officially licensed by the estate of Jack Vance, this Kickstarter lets you adventure with Ioun Stones and The Excellent Prismatic Spray!

DCC Dying Earth is both a sourcebook and a setting for the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role-Playing Game that offers a portal to the singular world of The Dying Earth novels by Jack Vance.

As a sourcebook, it expands DCC RPG core rules and gives players and judges new material inspired by The Dying Earth novels. It also provides a multifarious setting that evokes the distant twilight of the earth as a dim red sun sheds its last life; a world filled with the whimsical and the curious, the evil and monstrous, where magic and science are one and the same.

Within you will find new classes, creatures, patrons, and spells inspired by The Dying Earth for use in your DCC RPG game. With these tools, you can play in Cugel’s and Rhialto’s world, seek the mighty Pandelume, or fall to an indifferent grue while searching for scintillant baubles among the ensorcelled remains of the ancient earth.

The world of the Dying Earth is just days away! Head on over to Kickstarter to follow The Dying Earth campaign.

And in the meantime enjoy all the golden sunshine you can for, in a very short period of time, the world will grown dim and strange and incomprehensibly wonderous.

[Finarvyn]

Kickstart is supposed to go live today.

Demo on twitch as I type. (I know, me being high-tech?)

[geoffrey]

Click here for the DCC Dying Earth kickstarter:

[jeffb]

I wish they had an option for the 6 modules only.

[jeffb]

Jeebus. The KS is nearly at 200K, and still has 20 days to go.

[Finarvyn]

Yeah, I haven't kicked in yet. I'm going to run some DCC for my current group and see how they react to the game, then use that info to help me decide if I want to buy in or not. Actually, I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy in but waiting makes my wife happy.

[Falconer]

I kicked in for $1. I’ve found you can always go in and get whatever you want from the Backerkit as long as you are in.

[thomden]

Jul 1, 2021 20:38:21 GMT -6 Falconer said:

I kicked in for $1. I’ve found you can always go in and get whatever you want from the Backerkit as long as you are in.

If too many people catch on to this loophole, Kickstarters will start failing.

[jeffb]

Jul 1, 2021 20:38:21 GMT -6 Falconer said:

I kicked in for $1. I’ve found you can always go in and get whatever you want from the Backerkit as long as you are in.

That's crazy!

You'd think they would have a tighter system than that.

I don't have any real desire to back this thing, as I'd never use it, but now I'm want to try that trick to see.

[Finarvyn]

Jul 2, 2021 6:09:00 GMT -6 jeffb said:

I don't have any real desire to back this thing, as I'd never use it...

I read Eyes of the Overworld years ago and am now finally reading the rest of the series. The stories are very entertaining and offer an interesting twist on how a D&D campaign might be run, where ne'er-do-well roguish adventurers are constantly on the run from the authorities. Similar to Leiber's Lankhmar stories, yet different in many ways.

I think the DCC version of the rules will be fun even if I don't play it with DCC. I have been following some of the podcasts and these rules have some interesting twists to them. DCC RPG spellcasting is already designed to give more variety in results, and these rules seem to be adding to that effect.

[jeffb]

Jul 2, 2021 7:03:37 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

Jul 2, 2021 6:09:00 GMT -6 jeffb said:

I don't have any real desire to back this thing, as I'd never use it...

I read Eyes of the Overworld years ago and am now finally reading the rest of the series. The stories are very entertaining and offer an interesting twist on how a D&D campaign might be run, where ne'er-do-well roguish adventurers are constantly on the run from the authorities. Similar to Leiber's Lankhmar stories, yet different in many ways.

I think the DCC version of the rules will be fun even if I don't play it with DCC. I have been following some of the podcasts and these rules have some interesting twists to them. DCC RPG spellcasting is already designed to give more variety in results, and these rules seem to be adding to that effect.

No doubt it will be a good read and idea mine. I'm just not interested in shelf queens anymore. Already have too much.

[jeffb]

Just got an email from Goodman- they've blow though all their stretch goals..

DCC DYING EARTH STRETCH GOALS REVEALED ON TWITCH TONIGHT!
Join us tonight for a special Twitch show at 9:30 p.m. EST!

Your support and love is amazing. The DCC Dying Earth Kickstarter has done…really well. Better than that, actually, blowing through every stretch goal we set up—and some we didn’t define to start the campaign. Which means it’s about time to define the undefined, and set up things to go far beyond our original plans.

On Twitch tonight, Marc Bruner and Julian Bernick discuss all the stretch goals we’ve cleared—and reveal the new ones! They’ll go over what has happened and what could happen, and you never know they might talk about a few other surprises as well.

[Finarvyn]

Yeah, I think the list included another 2-3 adventures, more spells, more curses, sample manse ... I can't remember it all, but it's supposed to be exclusive to the KS. I watched the twitch show but didn't write it all down and it's not updated on their KS page.

Nearly $200K, over 2,000 backers, still 18 days to go.

[linebeck]

I pledged for the full package. Long-time Vance fan but found the previous Dying Earth RPG a little too impenatrable to present to players reared on D&D.

[jeffb]

Jul 6, 2021 10:49:31 GMT -6 linebeck said:

I pledged for the full package. Long-time Vance fan but found the previous Dying Earth RPG a little too impenatrable to present to players reared on D&D.

Agreed. I loved to read through Pelgrane's adaptation and wanted to run it, but it was tough to wrap your head around for many (myself included).

[Morandir]

I’m in for the print box set, but probably going to increase my pledge to make sure I get everything. I’m really enjoying the daily updates. I’m rereading the stories as well and having a blast.

[jeffb]

Over 320K now. Pretty amazing.

Ends in a few hours.

[stevemitchell]

Just wrapped up, with the funding hitting 351K. Not bad!

[Finarvyn]

It was fun watching the action live on Goodman's twitch show. They hit 350 (the stretch goal for a 2nd box for the extras) with around 8 minutes left in the KS. Guests on the show included members of the design team, Erol Otis, and Jack Vance's son. Seems like quite a lot of interest in this project.

[delta]

Glad to see how well they did! Even with the Kickstarter over, we had a good time interviewing the designers Julian Bernick & Bob Brinkman about what they've put in the DCC Dying Earth boxed set:

[linebeck]

Briefly perused a pdf of the first book. Very good. Lots of stuff that could be incorporated into an OD&D campaign even if you don’t play DCC.

[Finarvyn]

I printed it today but haven't had a chance to look it through.

For those not "in the know" we're talking about a proofreading copy of the core material. Goodman Games is hoping to stomp out typos. The real thing is still a while off, but hopefully arriving sooner than later.