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July 5, 2019 at 4:34 pm #1411897

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Projects I’ve backed that have encountered delays and/or production issues:
Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster
Star Citizen
Conan
Through the Breach
Relic Knights
Robotech RPG Tactics
Mutant Chronicles: Resurrection
the Infinity RPG
Siege of the Citadel 2nd Edition
MYTH
Mercs: RECON

And those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. there have been at least a few others that failed and/or were delayed but that is the very nature of crowd-funding. For some of these Creators these can be whole new endeavors in areas they are lacking crucial expertise, there can be project bloat due to stretch goals that adds unforeseen costs, and any number of other mishaps that can occur. Very rarely will failure be out of malice or intent (barring some notable exceptions cough-palladium-cough), and the creators will normally have taken a substantial hit along the way in terms of their personal finances, mental well being and personal life.

As it’s been noted already, crowd-funding is never a sure thing. If you can;t afford to lose the money you are putting in, don;t. no matter how big or well established the company is there is always a chance things could go awry, and it’s stated as such in the Kickstarter terms of service. And honestly? Kickstarter and their like are really kinda useless to complain to once they have their cut of the funds….